Some new images of Gentei/Henkei Exclusive Dark Skyfire have surfaced over at ACToys. Photos include images of both robot and alternate modes with a color scheme that is very reminiscent of Skywarp. Click on the thumbnail to see all the images.
by xjunky under Universe Classics 2.0
Some new images of Gentei/Henkei Exclusive Dark Skyfire have surfaced over at ACToys. Photos include images of both robot and alternate modes with a color scheme that is very reminiscent of Skywarp. Click on the thumbnail to see all the images.
Ravage_Eject
WANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
airfox
Wow… that's actually pretty cool.
-airfox
enkidoamark
Hate that I missed that sale now. That's pretty much the story every time I pass up a lower price on a transformer.
chugway
whilst the original colour scheme with the grey was kinda funky i wouldn't make a buying decision based entirely on what is fairly obviously a really terrible photoshop of Classics jet/skyfire. Can't blame anybody who Preordered and hate's black TFs for being disappointed, but claiming they believed the original pics were guaranteed to be what the final toy looked like is at best a bit optimistic.
Personally i'd rather he was closer to TFA Skywarp's charcoal grey (astrotrain look hideous, so i'm just thankful he's not that colour) but the black is still smexy. At least he won't yellow as henkei skyfire has started to
but excited enough to open the thread and post
Pravus Prime
Awesomesauce x 100.
Really looking forward to this guy.
Phil
I feel like it is definitely lacking some paint apps.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Me too! So i went out and bought myself 2!
lars573
So glad I pre-ordered this guy.
46+2
PASS! Dont like this mold to begin with.
Railguard
Galva-Cannon
The cockpit also isn't partially painted over like the regular Henkei Skyfire. To be more realistic I guess, since it has a US Navy inspired deco. But it makes it a bit more like the Classics version.
Weirdwolf
Wow a black and purple version of a toy I already have and plan on getting rid of soon. Color me unexcited.
BScorpinok75
Was once on my list of wants. But for $80 I have decided to pass.
Jazz Hands
Oh my frickin' God. You bastard, you had to go and show me that, didn't you. Now I absolutely have to buy for that reason and that alone, it's just too awesome to pass on now.
Edit: Not at that price baby. Not when I can get Treadbolt for £20. I'll be using that picture as a reference when I paint him though…
WhiteMocha
Holy cow, good catch! Hahaha! I've never heard of the "black bunny" planes, but you're right, that is clearly what it is based on. Well, I guess Reprolabels has an obvious upgrade set to do for this figure, then.
Somehow I like the idea that Evil Skyfire (or SG Jetfire, whomever people prefer him to be) is an appreciator of, well, "gentleman's magazines." Maybe he should have been released in the KISS Play line.
Galva-Cannon
I just realised that it's Black Bunny Skyfire!
It's an homage to the US Navy VX-4 Air Test & Evaluation Squadron. They tested planes for the navy in this colour scheme, originally on F-4 Phantoms, then some F-14 Tomcats got painted up like this as well. They had the Playboy bunny on the tail also, as a nod to Hugh Hefner's private jet which had the same thing.
They've copied the livery down to all the little details like the blue stripe on the tail, with the four stars, and that's why the Decepticon logos are blue. And it has purple stripes in the same places that the real jet had red ones. The only thing missing is the Playboy bunny. Pretty cool huh?
Rodr-Evil
Very cool!
Astroscream
And the case with this figure is once you go black we don't want you back.
Darkspeed
I thought he would be more grey than black… I liked the older pics, he kinda looked more like Astrotrain than Skywarp.
Might have to wait for more pics, but still think it looks sweet.
Optimus Prime
Once you go black, you can't go back.