I open a toy & post it here... VOL 2!

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[Robimus]

I'd say it's more the character than the figure to me. Hasbro could make the most articulate Aunt Beru figure ever, I'm gonna be like "who really wanted this?"

It's a bit like Yarna Gargan. Yes, I'm sure there were collectors looking to complete their Jabba's Palace dioramas - but to make her a man line figure was silly.

Thus the rows of her at TRU and eventually the dollar clearance sale

Originally Posted by Team Jetfire

That?s what I was thinking, but I was pleasantly surprised with how good he was. Call it low expectations, but if he had some type of blaster I?d put him up there with one of my favs. So strange to say that too.

[Robimus]

Great figure. Biggest issue is that articulation killing vest. I'm glad they fixed the issue with the Officer mold

Originally Posted by Team Jetfire

[Team Jetfire]

Originally Posted by Robimus

I'd say it's more the character than the figure to me. Hasbro could make the most articulate Aunt Beru figure ever, I'm gonna be like "who really wanted this?"

It's a bit like Yarna Gargan. Yes, I'm sure there were collectors looking to complete their Jabba's Palace dioramas - but to make her a man line figure was silly.

Thus the rows of her at TRU and eventually the dollar clearance sale

I totally get that for sure. I?m sorry to say that the most recent live action iterations have done surprisingly little bolster the action figure ranks for me. Sure Andor was fun, but do I really want a 6? Andy Serkis in a white jumpsuit?

[Robimus]

Totally.

Andor doesn't make for great action figure fodder, despite its excellence. Andor, his droid and Luthen should be it really.

Mandalorian more fits the mold in that way with its Super Commandos, Dark Troopers, Baby Yoda's, so on.

Originally Posted by Team Jetfire

I totally get that for sure. I?m sorry to say that the most recent live action iterations have done surprisingly little bolster the action figure ranks for me. Sure Andor was fun, but do I really want a 6? Andy Serkis in a white jumpsuit?

[Team Jetfire]

Originally Posted by Robimus

Great figure. Biggest issue is that articulation killing vest. I'm glad they fixed the issue with the Officer mold

100% and is also funny how people were going nuts over this figure, but seems like the general releases are better.

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Hasbro- Transformers Siege: Jetfire




Long time coming and honestly worth the wait, Siege Jetfire is a PHENOMENAL figure and is possibly one of my favorite iterations of the character since the original. I suppose this is as good a time as any to re-tell how I came up/was saddled with this silly username; Apologies if you have heard this before. The early to mid 2000’s were the heyday of online forums of all types. Facebook was a thing, but not in the way it is now and fandoms looked to forums to provide haven’s for conversation and discourse regarding their favorite pieces of pop culture. Back then I was into Transformers something fierce was keen to bond with others around the globe over our shared interest in Transformers. If I recall correctly I probably originally joined TFW2005, one of the most popular Transformers fan sites at the time, around the time of Transformers Cybertron under the super clever username “Darth Optimus”. I was pretty active in the board given that it was my first foray into online discourse, but I also learned a lot of the unwritten rules of the online world and given that I’m someone who likes to debate and play devil's advocate, a seemingly unending amount of free entertainment going back and forth with anyone who would engage about a host of discussion topics (toy and Non-toy related) that would be raised. Two discussions in particular that I recall were a back and forth about questioning one members assertion that his wife was bi-sexual while being in a committed relationship and the ridiculous notion that Downshift (Greed muscle car from Cybertron that has a WheelJack head) has a girlfriend. Admittedly I think I would be extremely uncomfortable about my views at the time which is why I am very thankful that a server issue wiped out all traces of Darth Optimus and I was able to start again. Wanting to start fresh I created a different username on April 27, 2006 (as per my current TFW2005 profile) that would encapsulate my first Transformer toy and favorite Transformer character: Jetfire. And rather than being Jetfire156765, I thought it would be think of all the Jetfire characters coming together as a team of Jetfire (kind of like Team Rocket from Pokemon) hence the name Team Jetfire. I’m not just a fan of the first one, but rather of them all, and there has been a good amount since I picked that name. From there I used it as a pseudonym for all of TFW2005’s sub-sites including cybertron.ca, hisstank.com and of course here. I also have it as my handle for my Instagram review page and was using it playing Call of Duty on the Playstation Network; which incidentally led to many people calling me TEAM JEFFERY on mic’d up chat, but that is a different story altogether.

In any case, the popularity of online forums have waived since the glory days back then in favor of Facebook groups which is a bit of a shame given that online moderators ran a tough line when it came to off topic posts and everything on Facebook is inherently political, however I will always be grateful for the hours of wasted time that eventually led me to doing these daily reviews.

Pros: So much is good about Jetfire. First of all I just want to say that even though I lost interest in the cartoon, I LOVE that Jetfire received so much attention throughout the series: quite literally a dream come true for an old school Jetfire/Skyfire fan. He looks great in both modes and matches the animated model well, the transformation is challenging, but also intuitive and all the accessories/details add so much to the fun of this figure. I also applaud Hasbro for including some dynamic blast effects for the weapons and afterburners.

Cons: I know he is probably in scale with the rest of the line, but I find Jetfire to be just a bit too big. It’s also frustrating that a figure of this caliber does not have ankle tilts. Also, and this is a minor, old school gripe, I wish they included the little ear antennas on this helmet to match the G1 Toy.

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[ghostlurk29]

I'm kicking myself for not buying Jetfire back when TRU was clearing him out for $50.

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Originally Posted by ghostlurk29

I'm kicking myself for not buying Jetfire back when TRU was clearing him out for $50.

$50!?! Dang, that IS a great price. Maybe the reissue will drop to that.