Phil's
Legends of Cybertron Thundercracker,
Classics Jetfire,
Universe Starscream
and
Universe Special Team Leaders Silverbolt
Review


Thundercracker

Thundercracker is sole new toy is Wave 4 Legends of Cybertron. If you look at my LoC Starscream review I hinted that there might be not enough to a larger toy if it could be shrunk so successfully. Thundercracker goes through this and comes out the other side - he's *better* than his larger toy.

Jet mode still has the pop up top to the jet but it doesn't do anything, you'll have to imagine the missiles there. all of the jet mode top is moulded in dark grey plastic.

To TF the undercarriage swings to the side on an arm connected to one of the robots arms. The legs and lower body fold out under the plane Cyberjet style, and the feet fold down. The nose cone folds down to become the chest revealing the head and the arms. Position the gun on it's arm - either over the hand or stored to the side.

For a start the robot mode has 2 hands. Then the gun looks sleeker as well - not being made from the top of the jet helps ! His revealed arms, waist and feet are moulded in dark blue. He's got shoulder and hip ball joint articulation. A lovely simple small jet toy that works - get an army of them.


Jetfire

Jetfire is a Wave 2 Classics Legend toy.

Odd one this. Decepticons are seriously under represented in Classics LoC, and none of them are jets (See my moans about the lack of small Decepticon jets ad nauseum) Instead we get what looks like a near perfectly presentable Jetfire colour scheme with the grey becoming white ........ But What you can't see from the preview photos is that Jetfire's colours are spoilt by the off white colour used instead of the blue for his arms and feet. It doesn't match the colour used on the rest of the toy..... which looks less like Jetfire and more like an Aerialbot.

The only other problems I have with the toy are that when I see the name Jetfire I think swing wing jet, and there's already been a LOC Jetfire using another toy in the Cybertron line !


Starscream

Starscream is a wave 1 Universe Legends toy.

Looks great in the Starscream colours with the grey becoming a more silver grey and the blue becoming a darker blue. Red, blue and orange paint highlights are added to the jet and the robot's head gets painted black.


Silverbolt

Silverbolt appears in the Universe "Special Team Leaders" pack exclusive to Target & Argos.

This version swaps grey for a creamy white and blue for a very dark brown nearly black. Lots of red paint highlights on the jet. It's a good set of Silverbolt colours but it does really remind me of the colours used on the Calibre Minicon team (Air Military recolour) and Wing Sabre.


Unreleased Full Sized Versions

I'd have paid money for the unmade LoC Thundercracker painted as Skywarp, and I don't think that would have looked out of place in either classics or Universe. Instead LOC Skywarp joins the list of must make repaints with above and the yellow NSC, green Hoist as Scavenger and Red Armada Wheeljack as Sideswipe.

Possible Future Repaints

Having started as Thundercracker, done as Starscream and should have been done as deluxe Thundercracker's Skywarp recolour, the obvious choices here are Thrust/Dire/Ramjet and Sunstorm & Acid Storm.


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