Phil's
Transformers Firecon & Generation 2 Sparkstalker
and
Masterforce Sparkdash Javil
Review

Firecon Sparkstalker

For details on articulation, action feature & transformation and general moaning about the robot mode see the Firecon Cindersaur review.

I'm looking at Sparkstalker and thinking "What on Earth are you?". I think he looks a bit like a sort of fish monster due to the flat smooth skin but TFWiki reckons he's an insect resembling Gigan from the Godzilla films. He's mainly pinky purple with a white body, forked tail and arms.

Robot mode moves the purple to the limbs & face keeping the white on the chest. It's quite a decent colour balance which works. Both better and worse is to come....

Sparkstalker was sold in the US & UK in 1988.

Masterforce Sparkdash Javil

Sparkstalker was recoloured and renamed for his Japanese release. The white stays the same but the pinky purple becomes red. Red works well on many Transformers toys and it does it's job nicely here.

This repaint was named Javil & released in Japan in 1988 as Japanese toy number D-321.

Generation 2 Sparkstalker

Sparkstalker & Flamefeather, probably due to having their wings gang moulded together, were chosen as the two Firecons that got re-released in 1994 as European exclusives. The following changes were made to the colours of plastic used:

Pinky Purple becomes Clear Red
White becomes Purple
Grey becomes Neon Lime Green

Hideous. Quite, quite hideous.

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