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Starscream - Classics - Figure

"My enemies will be left nothing but the ashes of their defeat"

Starscream has been one of those characters who has had the fortune to be both popular and enduring. A regular in the TF universe lineup, he has always remained a jet. The Classics lineup sees Starscream reprising his role as a modern day military jet, as is normally the case with him

Alt Mode

Starscream's alt form very closely resembles his G1 look. He is mainly white with red accents on his wings and some blue trim here and there. He also has his missiles on either side of his wings, in which the missiles are launchable. The detailing is very nice, with the rear turbines, steel plating details and wing details. However, they forgot one detail: LANDING GEAR! The rear wheels are molded to the belly of the plane, and there are molded wheels towards the front, but the nosecone wheel is absent. It makes it feel lacking in a way.

Another area that is lacking is the belly area, where there is a huge empty cavity. This is for the cockpit while in robot mode, but it does take away from the look a bit. Starscream does have one rubsign on his left wing. Would have been nice to have one on each wing, but I guess most figures only get one, if any at all (See Classics Megatron for a rubsign omission). While his transformation looks to be G1 accurate, there are a couple of twists to it. However, you can figure it out pretty easy.

Robot Mode

His robot mode comes off looking pretty nice for the most part. Some pics made him look somewhat chunky. However, in person he's pretty proportionate. Yellow shows up in his color scheme in this mode. The tailwings fold up nicely by his feet. The 'landing wheels' for his front half form his turbines that are on either side of his chest. His nosecone hangs off of his back.

The missile launchers peg towards the shoulders. Between the size of the missiles and the launcher itself, they look huge for the figure with the missiles hanging down just below his knees. His face is somewhat disappointing. He has red eyes, which are not piped, but besides his black cranial chamber the head is largely unpainted. The QC on this figure looks to be of good caliber.

If there is any major complaint about Starscream, it's in his posing. While the hips and shoulders have good movement and the knees have free horizontal movement, the actual knee and elbow joints only offer 3 positions. Also, due to the nosecone hanging off from the head, the head is stationary. Finally, due to the bulk of the launchers, moving the arms around will require folding the wings back a bit. I had alot of hope that Starscream would get a good treatment for Classics. However, mainly due to the lack of good posing ability, I am left thinking they could have put more effort into him.



ReviewerBlitzwing  
DateSeptember 30th 2006  
Score (8 out of 10)  
Reads16731
LinkClassics Starscream Database Profile  

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Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by primal-convoy on 2007-03-04 03:34:17
My Score:
Apologies if this has already been mentioned but:

1/ The head CAN be moved from left to right, by moving the nosecone at the back of the head the opposite direction.

2/ The original G1 seeker mold had rear landing wheels molded into the feet. Obviously the Classics version''s are not free-wheeling, but they are G1-esque nonetheless.

3/ The space at the bottom of the plane mode is a necessary evil to the transformation. This new seeker design has a different mold to the G1 or even Japanese Robot Masters transformation, whereby the arms would fold out from the "spine" of the plane mold (where the canopy ends and the it sopes down into the main part of the chassis. That design created flaws (such as the head being noticeable in plane mode and creating complications with the wings being in the "right" place in bot mode, etc).

I''m a big fan of the novel way Hasbro has engineered around this problem.

My only gripe is in the lack of hip movement but I think that for now, we won''t be seeing any toys of this size approaching Masterpiece (and considering Takara hasn''t made a great Starscream Masterpiece yet with the CORRECT colours then there isn''t a "masterpiece" yet either).

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by madprime on 2006-12-15 14:06:13
My Score:
The old G1 Blasters will fit on this SS arms. I tried it it looks kinda cool to see classis SS with the old g1 (not US reissue) cannons.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by Tramp on 2006-11-18 01:54:27
My Score:
First off, this figure is sweet as cherry pie. I love it.

Now, As far as making him a "cone-head", no, you can''t. Unlike Ramjet, who will be a cone-head, if you fold the nose-cone up, the end of the canopy will cover the face. Ramjet doesn''t have that issue because his nose-cone is not designed to fold back. As far as the face goes, the eyes are real easy to fix so they look better. Just use a very small paintbrush and apply some silver acrylic paint to the eyes,. then, after they''re dry, apply some red acrylic clearcoat to them. Just that little bit improves the look tremendously.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by PowerKille on 2006-10-15 19:43:15
My Score:
Honestly this thing looks better than mp, and its more affordable and sizable (look on ebay, the thing looks terrible. It doesn''t even make the fans on the side of his head angular but makes them reall small.) The only thing i don''t see well on him is the way the nosecone points back. they should''ve made it lower. Hope u can make him a cone head though. Definatly must get!

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by bigwhitey on 2006-10-10 02:07:23
My Score:
sadly SS is 3rd from the bottom of my list. i hate the chest landing gear, the big hollow on the bottom in jet mode, and the "guns"(look like missles)are way too big. you cant have him pointing them forward without moving the wings back or puting them in his hands. ok to put on the shelf in bot mode though, ya just can''t pose him well.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by blitzwing on 2006-10-04 09:08:23
My Score:
figureguy, read again: "The rear wheels are molded to the belly of the plane, and there are molded wheels towards the front, but the nosecone wheel is absent" and "The ''landing wheels'' for his front half form his turbines that are on either side of his chest". I should clarify. When I say landing gear, I mean a traditional jet-type gear with a nosecone wheel and 2 rear wheels. They could have at least made the wheels rollable instead of just a fixed mold.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by Nemesis-X on 2006-10-04 07:50:00
My Score:
There probobly won''t be a thundercracker since we''re already getting a repaint for thundercracker and a remold for ramjet.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by figureguy on 2006-10-03 14:55:03
My Score:
Just to set the record straight...THERE ARE LANDING GEAR ON HIM! It''s easy to miss, and it doesn''t really come across in the instructions. The two circular ''fans'' on his chest in bot form are hinged, and if you open the fans to the outside, in plane mode, they become two wheels from the side. I know the landing gear was an issue in the review, and there are NO rear landing gear. I found this by accident, but it does definitely add to the vehicle mode.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by Plumpdragon on 2006-10-02 18:46:50
My Score:
Very nice great new version of the "con" we all love to hate.

The face is a bit dissapointing though, they could have given him a nice evil smile.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by slugpitcher on 2006-10-02 16:07:19
My Score:
i''ll probly end up getting any version of this they produce.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by ultra_optimus_prime on 2006-10-02 00:42:11
My Score:
Getting this as well. He looks cool alright. I wish the MP version had the same color as this one.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by joeyia on 2006-10-02 00:06:47
My Score:
The guns were big on G1 Starscream too, and they were also missle launchers.

I hope they do Thundercracker :)

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by lucs on 2006-10-01 17:32:41
My Score:
Blasters are a bit big, which makes you have to move the wings for certain poses and I agree the empty undercarriage is disappointing in jet mode as well as the lack of front landing gear, even though I don''t see where they would put it. The head does rotate left and right (not stationary), which makes for overall good possability

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by geekbot on 2006-10-01 09:47:48
My Score:
The notched joints SUCK! It ruined this figure for me.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by bigwhitey on 2006-10-01 01:28:29
My Score:
my only complaint is that he has missles instead of the blasters. other than that 2 thumbs up-way up. can''t wait for the rest of the seekers =D

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by j on 2006-10-01 01:06:54
My Score:
I am long already, but after seeing these new G-1 toy''s,
I am have grown more taller and proud!!

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by j on 2006-10-01 01:05:33
My Score:
Anyone who thinks this is not kool, is a fool.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by j on 2006-10-01 01:04:17
My Score:
This toy rules and is by far better than the original hands down!
THats saying alot since I am hardcore. G-1 too.

Starscream - Classics - Figure
Posted by Galvatron397 on 2006-09-30 22:57:58
My Score:
Well, even with the minor problems, this figure just looks too good to pass up. I get him.

  



   
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