Am i the only one that's really distracted by the incorrect placement of the blade relative to the rest of the sword? The edges of the sword should be at the same angle as the guard. I hope this is a mistake in transforming the toy rather than a design choice.
The sword can be configured either as G1 toy accurate or JP G1 cartoon accurate. So you can flip the blade around 90 degrees meaning the flat side faces forward.
I have a list of all G1 characters that have been released in CHUG form. You can find it here. Please feel free to let me know if I got anything wrong so I can fix it.