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Jetfire - Classics - Figure

"Victory lies in the conquest of unknown mysteries"

In the beginning, Jetfire was the product of Macross technology. Bandai allowed Takara and Hasbro to use some of their molds for the Transformers line back in 1984. One of those products was the VariTech fighter from Macross (or Robotech for the Americans). Interestingly enough, Hasbro blended him with a humanoid face into the animated series and renamed him Skyfire. Jetfire from the G1 era remains one of the most sought after and favorites from the Autobot legion. Jetfire has appeared in every series since Armada and now makes an appearance in the Classics lineup.

Robot Mode

Jetfire's alt mode is that of a military jet. The design in essence updates the VariTech look. Almost everything that Jetfire was back in 1984 remains. This includes the color scheme of white with red and black accents. All the wings are adjustable, from the fuselage to the tailwings. The engines in the rear also double as his feet in robot mode and retain the split port look. One nice plus is that he has fully retractable landing gear. The rear wheels fold up into his belly, the front wheel folds into his nosecone. There is a rubsign on his left wing.

There are only 2 things that take away from the look. One is that the large ports for attaching his armor are left showing. His arms are also visible from under the wings. It's too bad they couldn't find a way to retract the hands or else it wouldn't really matter. As it is, this is only a minor quibble. Overall, the look is very sharp.

Looking at the front of the jet, there are a pair of double-barreled laser turrets. They have full 360 degree rotating ability and can be independently aimed. As impressive as this jet looks stock, it looks even better when armored up.

For the Macross fans, there is a way to give Jetfire a Gerwalk mode. However, the nose makes this mode front-heavy and it's almost impossible to keep it standing without standing him at a slight upward slope. This obviously isn't an official transformation mode. To convert Jetfire to Super Alt mode, you only need attach his armor and flatten his tailwings.

Super Alt Mode

With his armor on, Jetfire possesses alot more firepower. His hands become less noticeable as they hold a laser cannon in place. On either side, he is armed with a launchable missile.

On top is his booster pack allowing him suborbital and interstellar flight. The armor also retains the Macross look. In fact, one might wonder if some reverse engineering might take place between HasTakTomy and Bandai. Maybe this will be an updated VariTech... who knows.

By sliding the top plate on the booster packs back, 2 more laser cannons flip over to the front. That makes 8 laser barrels and 2 missile launchers in total. Jetfire can be transformed both with and without the armor in place. The transformation is trickier than it looks, but is easily figured out.

Robot Mode

Jetfire's robot mode is very faithful to his animated G1 look. The laser barrels that attached to his hands in the Super Alt mode can combine to form his double barrel laser rifle in Robot mode. The face is very nicely done and includes blue piping ability.

The rear wings don't fold over on themselves like the G1 mold did, but you can either lay them flat or keep them hinged back. It's a matter of personal choice in the end.

His posing ability is excellent. All of his joints are pseudo-ratcheting so they hold well. The one oddity is that the horizontal swiveling is located below the knees and the elbows on this mold. On most others, the swivel is above. Therefore, you might not get all the poses in you like but you can get pretty close. The head has vertical and horizontal movement, which adds to his posing strengths.

Super Robot Mode

By attaching his armor on, you form his Super mode. His helmet slides over his head. This is incidentally how the helmet is stored while in Alt mode. Note the 'antennae' also form the turrets used on the nose of the Alt mode. Prior pictures showed this mode being somewhat portly looking. While the helmet does give off that image, in person it's not as chunky as it looks.

One weakness in this mode is that Jetfire becomes back heavy. Therefore, posing becomes somewhat restricted. Other than that, movement itself is not hindered by adding the armor on.

You can extend the gun turrets then fold them over 90 degrees to add shoulder cannons to his arsenal. This, by the way, does help regain some of the lost balance. Jetfire's look has let some fans down lately, especially in Energon. With this new Classics mold, Jetfire gets the treatement he's needed for a long time. While there are a couple of minor bugs with the figure, overall it's a stellar addition to the lineup.

Reviewer	Blitzwing
Date	December 2nd 2006
Score	(9 out of 10)
Reads	23064
Link	Jetfire Classics Database Profile

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Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by volcomstone on 2007-06-20 10:33:33
My Score:

Kickass toy right here!

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by SkyFire2001 on 2007-06-08 23:08:26
My Score:

I was finally able to get my hands on this one, a rare find. Overall, this is what the charater Skyfire/Jetfire should have been (Major Skyfire fan), but my main gripe is the blue missles and the topheavyness, which mine did topple over and broke one of the four helmet guns off (ouch). After careful consideration, I knew glueing it back on was going to be too much trouble, so I modified the helmet to a matching two head guns, and detailedthe other spots with all things, a red Gundam marker, to make it look like targeting sensors and a bit less of a Macross Valkarie. I have no other complaints, and out of the classic series, this is one of my favorites.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by Otaku on 2007-05-05 07:20:50
My Score:

The review pretty much nailed it: its a great toy though there are enough tiny nuissances to warrant docking the score. Most have mentioned the hands, but I''ll add that the light pipping and visor don''t match up as well as they could. Honestly, the complaints are small enough that I would score the figure a tad higher if the next highest wasn''t a perfect 10. I am pleased that the eyes do still light up even with the helmet on, even if they look a little silly with how low down they are on the visor.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by rodimusprime0007 on 2007-02-06 17:37:16
My Score:

I just bought SkyFIre the 1st of February 2007, and let me say it is one of the best TF tiys that i had boughtnext to my old G1 collection i bought the last one in Kmart in East Srtoudsburg PA, thats why i give it 10stars ive been looking for him since he was anounced to be out in sotres and had trouble locating him online i love the articulation and the sculpture of this TF toy:-)

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by gigazarak on 2007-01-25 04:41:40
My Score:

If the guns on the helmet werent so far from the horizontal centre of the helmet and closer to the sides of the head , it woud be a better helmet! but thats hardly a reason to HATE it, it rocks the freakin'' house down!

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by gigazarak on 2007-01-25 04:36:42
My Score:

Really, really good. No Really :)

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by GARRETPRIME on 2007-01-22 16:50:35
My Score:

hmm yes quite jawesome

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by cheetor_182 on 2007-01-10 23:57:17
My Score:

awesome

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by maxconvoy on 2006-12-16 22:17:26
My Score:

Awesome! The word is he''s really difficult to be exported in the Philippines. Two specialty shops has three a piece and there going for PhP 2,000 pesos. This bot is a must-have definitely.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by amethysted on 2006-12-06 21:46:55
My Score:

WOW! What a great figure! I just managed to pick one up today at the Edison, NJ Target... No more.

The Jet mode is beautiful. The nose is a little short for a jet, but once you transform him, I figured out why... The nose splits in half and folds up to form his ribs/ side of chest. The details are wonderfull including all the homage to G1 Jetfire and G1 Anime Skyfire. All the major designs are there. A fanboy''s dream! The color scheme and paint apps match very well. All the right paint in all the right places... The blue translucent plastic is a nice touch, too!

Classics Jetfire is armed to the teeth! He has over six functioning guns and you can mix and match the combo thats right for you. I kept the forearm cannons and back pack. I can do without the helmet, though... I gave the dual laser cannon to Prime... Good soldier...

Anyway, the articulation is OK. All in the right spots, but his back kibble kinda limits certain poses. With all the homage and incredible sculpting of this figure, I''ll allow for a slight loss of articulation...

Jetfire is awesome! Good job Hasbro! Finally!

Now who will the repaint be? Thundercracker? Cyclonus? Shockblast? Hmmm...

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by slugpitcher on 2006-12-05 07:27:52
My Score:

i don''t know what''s wrong with your review but the first line or two of text disapear after all the pictures load.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by Death-Axe on 2006-12-04 19:34:41
My Score:

sweet... now if only toyzanggamez will get it on import in time for christmas...if not then :''(

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by blitzwing on 2006-12-04 18:13:51
My Score:

Shockwave, the hand issue was probably the biggest reason I didn''t give it a 10. Although the pegs for the armor would prevent a good nook for the hands to be retracted, I wholeheartedly agree they should have done something different.

I suppose I''ll be going to Hell for making baby Jesus cry...

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by ShockwaveRider on 2006-12-04 14:29:21
My Score:

Re the suckage: I meant the toy, not the review. The review is honest and pretty thorough.
Except where you made baby Jesus cry. =^.^=

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by ShockwaveRider on 2006-12-04 14:25:51
My Score:

Allow me to be the first to be brave enough to say:

IT SUCKS.

There is in my mind no excuse for a toy at his price point to not even make a teensy bit of effort to hide the damn hands.
The nose is ugly, and just does not blend at all with the rest of the design.
Some leg armor would have helped the bot mode look a little less weenie-riffic.
The helmet is just stupid looking.
The entire design, while a helf-decent hommage in bot mode, is incredibly ugly and ungraceful in alt mode. Titanium WW Jetfire is much more elegant, and in my opinion much closer to the animation in both modes.

Right, that having been said, I''ll just take my unpopular views and go play with my old buddy, G1 Jetfire.
::PPPPPPPPPP

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by shadowjin on 2006-12-03 12:48:55
My Score:

Nice review...however, you made baby jesus cry when you said VariTech.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by darkdecepticon on 2006-12-03 10:43:16
My Score:

I wish the removable armor treatment had been given to classic ultramagnus.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by GPD-Prowl on 2006-12-03 07:01:04
My Score:

Finally a G1 Skyfire! Will definitely pick him up, just need to find him.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by darthsutius on 2006-12-03 02:33:12
My Score:

Can''t wait.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by Plumpdragon on 2006-12-03 01:19:31
My Score:

Looks really marvelous!!

The removable armor is a great touch and I love how he looks fully armored vehicle mode.

The add-on armor and cannons are nicely in character for the scientist turned warrior that Jetfire is.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by bossc351 on 2006-12-02 23:41:12
My Score:

Damn! Found Grimlock and Mirage today but no Jetfire! This seems to represens the G1 version honorably.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by 18th_angel on 2006-12-02 22:01:09
My Score:

although I''m gald to see that the arm cannons are removable, I think I''m going to pass on this guy. I''ve already blown my classics budget by getting Megs (who I absolutly ADORE!!!). I will have to see. as of right now, he is on the bottom of my list... along with Grimlock.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by blitzwing on 2006-12-02 19:16:37
My Score:

kc8wzm, the helmet is removeable... thankfully.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by thunder_ritz on 2006-12-02 18:20:31
My Score:

I love this mold to death with the exception of the swivel joint below the knee. It''s a trend that I''ve noticed in some of the other classics (Starscream, Astrotrain and Bumblebee) that I find EXTEMELY annoying because when you try and pose them a certain way they look like they have to take a piss. Hasbro, keep the swivel above the knee. You guys gave Classics Prime and Megs great articulation; keep it up with the rest.

Other than that, Jetfire''s the bees knees.

Jetfire - Classics - Figure
Posted by kc8wzm on 2006-12-02 18:01:04
My Score:

Question: Is the helmet a separate part or is it still connected to the robot? Like say Energon prime''s helmet for his super mode?

-The Grumpy TransFan

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