One photo shows superion and ultra prime on a table with legends thundercracker naturally a recolor of legends starscream, a. Transformers generations deluxe class thundercracker. As a result of gang molding, skywarp also uses starscreams stoic face, the decision being the difference between skywarp and starscreams stoic face was negligible enough not to make a significant difference. Thundercracker and skywarp, a transformersbeast wars. Combiner wars leader thundercracker sighted at canadian. Generally depicted as a deadly decepticon who transforms into a jet fighter and who serves as megatron s secondincommand, starscreams defining trait is his. Thundercracker is the name of eight fictional characters in the transformers series. Transformers generations deluxe class thundercracker action. At a glance, someone who isnt a fan may not see a big difference, but for me, the small differences in proportion and in articulation make all the difference. List of the transformers tv series characters wikipedia.
Starscream has the ambition to overthrow megatron as the decepticons leader. Starscream is a decepticon from the generation 1 continuity family. The sculpt would later be used for acid storm and more recently as thundercracker. First of all, let me just say great comparison photos. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. Will starscream, skywarp, thundercracker, ramjet, dirge and thrust be able to put aside their differences and merge into one single giant robot. Skywarpstarscreamthundercracker transformers works. Starscream is a fictional character in the transformers franchise. The name thundercracker has been used in machine wars where he is a jet alongside skywarp and starscream. The cartoon model has gray that is much lighter than the blue. He is one of the most frequently occurring characters in the transformers fictional work, appearing in almost all versions of the story. The designers did not just slap on a new head and call it a day. Combiner is optional, but highly recommendable for large files.
This article needs additional citations for verification. The first of mine was a twopack with classics thundercracker and ultra magnus which annoyingly was just a whiteandblue recolour of classics opimus, though not the same one featured here but a much taller one which did not come with armour. This trio of figures are now going up for preorder at various sites, starscream being a single pack while thundercracker and skywarp are sold as a twopack. Thundercracker and insecticons into space, and starscream tosses megatron. Both the thundercracker and starscream models of this toy are great. The original thundercracker was introduced in 1984 as one of villainous decepticons in the generation 1 stories, able to turn into a blue jet fighter. Without a sense of purpose, thundercracker would find his life unbearable. Ko henkei thundercracker with pictures and how to tell. Im a sucker for seekers and thundercracker was one of the first transformers i got as a kid, so he has a special place in my heart.
Classics thundercracker is a faithful reproduction of his original toy, but with modern standards of toy engineering, transformation, sculpting detail and articulation. Coming courtesy of tag hobby, weve got a great set of new images for dstyle starscream, thundercracker, and skywarp. Leader starscream transformers generations combiner. Megatron comes to the idea of turning his aerial elite into a combiner team. The voice is spot on when he speaks for the ultimate realism. One of the earliest releases was a very g1 styled standalone leader class megatron, followed by a voyager class optimus prime who could combine with four other autobots to become ultra. This has been true for the legends class starscream released in 20. Skywarps rant was cut short when thundercracker spoke out loud, warp, we need to calm down.
Will they manage to help him make the right decisions at the right times. Night shrouded cybertron forever now, the endless war between the decepticons and autobots having knocked the planet from its orbit. The main difference between the two starscreams is that hasbros left is. Between autobots and decepticons chapter 1, a transformers. Feb 8, 2019 explore georgiapope27s board starscream, skywarp, and thundercracker.
One photo shows superion and ultra prime on a table with legends thundercracker naturally a recolor of legends starscream, a toy many. Gone are starscream s guns, replaced with tiny pistols, but she retains his prime armour combiner feet, moulded pink but painted black, and his enigma. Megatron overlooks the potential threat starscream represents for one very good reason. Prior to the events of the series, optimus prime and megatron have engaged each other in a final duel, while the new combiner victorion has been born from the. Combiner wars leader thundercracker sighted at canadian retail. Combiner wars 2015 leader class series 2 thundercracker is back in stock type your email address and click the submit button. Differences between takara and hasbro mp11 sw masterpiece skywarp. Starscream is one of the fastest flyers of the decepticons, reaching speeds up to mach 2. We could have ended up like he didnt finish since his body shuttered in a joint action from both consciousness. He is one of the most frequently occurring characters in the transformers fictional work, appearing in almost all continuities of the transformers franchise. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.
This skywarp figure looks just like him and hell be a match for any autobot who tries to take him on. Hasbro transformers leader starscream action figure for sale. Fyi, a triplane is like a biplane but has three stacked. Instead, thundercracker seems to have the smirk head, if the samples at toy fair last.
May 03, 2019 looks to me like there isnt a big enough luminance difference between the blue and the gray. The real difference being the obvious blue deco and the inclusion of a thrilling 30 comic. He is a former decepticon who now serves as a member of cybertrons ruling council along with hot rod and the mistress of flame. Starscream commands one of the most fearsome military units from cybertron. Added this to my legends class seekers collection starscream, skywarp, and thundercracker. To make the difference between the autobots and destrons, their forces consist of both autobot and decepticons from the original cartoon that had an militarylike vehicle mode such as the aerialbots, and other protection services like the protectobots. New official photos of generations combiner wars leader.
Transformers combiner wars leader class thundercracker. The jet modes are awesome looking especially under different colours, the japanese version is certainly better in small details. Transformers combiner wars leader class thundercracker video. You can relive the legends of thundercrackers many battles as starscreams lightning fast wing man with the. Thundercracker is contemptuous of anything that cannot fly. Hasbro released him with huge missiles and the holes on the launchers were resized accordingly. Youre gonna attempt to overthrow megatron, fail, cry, then repeat the cycle. Transformers generations combiners wars starscream leader class. They had both heard of the failed combiner experiments, and how the fused results were unsettling to say the least. Starscream is a fictional character in the many continuities in the transformers franchise. Hasbros new leader class starscream has just been released as part of the combiner wars line although like other leader class figures weve picked up, such as megatron and ultra magnus hes a standalone toy who doesnt participate in the combining gimmick. Cast mostly in light blue and grey plastic resembling generation 1 thundercracker s paint scheme, he transforms into a lockheedmartin f22 raptor fighter jet. He expects a swooning seeker but instead gets a revelation he didnt bargain for. Later, starscream, skywarp and thundercracker attacked the city of protihex under.
He has controlled the decepticons at times, but he usually suffers defeat. This is a tribute to thundercracker skywarp and starscream from transformers g1. Generation 1 starscream and pretender starscream received a. He can hang out with thundercracker and skywarp, and maybe ramjet will come visit occasionally when he blows through the vacation days hes built up with unicron. Starscream is the treacherous decepticon air commander and the deadliest of the seekers. Leader starscream transformers generations combiner wars. Generations combiner wars 2015 leader class series 2. Transformers generations combiner wars leader thundercracker.
Special materials in his jet frame allow him to unleash controlled sonic detonations that can be heard 200 miles away. Transformers generations deluxe class thundercracker action figure. Starscream is a near identical repaint of the combiner wars thundercracker who was a repaintremold of the generations jetfifre. There are many toys of starscream and where there is a starscream toy. This mold is an exact copy of starscream, as it should be. Starscream is stuck in a dead end job and skywarp and thundercracker are worried about him. Im going to justify my thundercracker as having just thought of what he thinks is a particularly clever bit of wordplay for his script. Thundercrackers is a little more brittle then white starscream and skywarps is too, but not nearly as bad as green starscreams. He has the additional ability to produce controlled sonic booms of deafening magnitude that can be heard within a 200.
Starscream and thundercracker now have the correct heads. He cant tell the difference between diplomacy and flirting. Im just saying, he grinned impishly, that between you and tc, im surprised. As a result of gang molding, skywarp also uses starscream s stoic face, the decision being the difference between skywarp and starscream s stoic face was negligible enough not to make a significant difference. They transform super tight and are easy enough for my five year old son to transform with a little help at the end. Hasbro transformers leader starscream action figure for. Starscream leader champion bottom line the best,biggest, badass,movie starscream done starscream has the lights and sounds,popout weapons, arm converts to cannon with attachable firing missile launcher just like in the movie,jet engine and atomic conversion sounds as well as lightup eyes and chest. This is a list of characters from the transformers television series.
His card art can be found on the bottom corner of the front and on the side. Thundercracker, like most autobots of the day, originated from takaras 1983 diaclone toyline as jet robo f15 eagle acrobat type. Starscream is the hidden main antagonist of the transformers. Hot on the heels of stege starscream and his colonial viper altmode is. The off amount and percentage simply signifies the calculated difference between the sellerprovided price for the item elsewhere and the sellers price on ebay. G1 thundercracker skywarp and starscream tribute youtube.
This is surprising, it turns out there is an actual difference between the most recent release of masterpiece skywarp and the hasbro asia release of two years ago. It is a fantastic duo of decepticon seekers other than starscream, the skywarp and thundercracker g1 toys certainly bring back memories of the transformers back in the 80s. The canadian hasbro transformers website has updated with new official photos of the upcoming generations combiner wars leader class thundercracker thundercracker is a heavy retool of the leader jetfire figure and is based on guido guidis idw seeker design. Like his fellow decepticon jet fighters, thundercracker can attain speeds of up to 1500 mph. Soundwave growled and tried to lunge at starscream but moonstriker blocks his path. Starscream is ruthless, cruel, and more intelligent than the average decepticon, but also, unlikely to act directly on his aspirations without first securing conditions favorable to his ascension. Later in armada, to avoid using super starscream and all that, the redecoed starscream toy is introduced as an entirely new character as thundercracker. Generally depicted as a deadly decepticon who transforms into a jet fighter and who serves as megatrons secondincommand on earth, starscreams defining trait is his desire to overthrow megatron and take his place as decepticon leader. A great remodel of an old favorite toy from my childhood. But still, i cant deny that yours look more true to character. Transformers generations combiners wars starscream leader.
The squadron has brought him great power and glory, but that means nothing as long as megatron is the one who rules the decepticons. This version included a small plastic and diecast driver that could fit in the cockpit of the jet, and featured numerous stickers reading f15 that were omitted from the transformers release. Generations combiner wars leader class thundercracker. Transformers generations combiners wars thundercracker leader class. Differences between takara and hasbro mp11 sw masterpiece. Hasbro transformers generations combiner wars thundercracker. He also cannot tell the difference between any two humans. Transformers generations combiner wars leader class. Unified heads of state, megatron and starscream, brace themselves for the unpleasantness of iacon after theyre invited to the citystate to meet with their newly appointed leader. Combiner wars leader thundercracker sighted at canadian retail leader thundercracker was spotted today, by yours truly, at a specialty action figure and hobby store in montreal, canada, for 65. Transformers mas01 optimus prime mega 18 action figure. While he is not a combiner or even appears in the comic book, this figure has been released under the combiner wars banner and that logo is printed right in the front. Also, there is one huge glaring difference between the two which could really be an issue if youre deciding which to go with. He cant tell the difference between diplomacy and flirting summary unified heads of state, megatron and starscream, brace themselves for the unpleasantness of iacon after theyre invited to the citystate to meet with their newly appointed leader.
While this is going on, the stunticons arrive, combine into menasor and defeat. The main difference between the two starscreams is that hasbros left is mostly red plastic and takaras right is mostly white plastic. Skywarp is a redeco of generations combiner wars leader thundercracker. Thundercracker idw comic pack by hasbro i dont have a lot of patience for repaints these days, but when it comes to the seeker trinity, i will always open my wallet. I have owned a legit henkei thundercracker as well as henkei skywarp since day 1 and the packaging on both of them have always had starscream s picture on the back of the card. Probably because of some difference between distribution in england, and distribution in canada. The combiner mode head is just a bigger starscream head with a tftm crown on it. From darkmounts tallest spire, thundercracker gazed at polyhexs skyline, secretly enjoying the yellow and red lights shining from the windows of distant skyscrapers.
Starscream walked towards moonstrikers back to see four huge tires. In what is considered to be a major drawback to the toy, the majority of its. History deserves to be remembered recommended for you. Just how tall are the combiner wars combiners, anyway. Intent on making sure the original trio of seekers is finished, hasbro released skywarp as the fourth use of this sculpt as part of combiner wars. The main use of the combiner is a tuneup optimize the performance. Skywarpstarscreamthundercracker works archive of our own. Optimus prime, leader of the heroic autobots, battles the tyrant megatron and his evil. Megatron and starscream are trapped and alone before megatron realises starscream might have just gone into heat. Its a difference between medium blue, and dark blue between the two versions as noted above. He is also one of the strongest decepticons in cybertronian history and a graduate of the cybertron war academy, starscream is a treacherous highranking decepticon who turns into a jet.
Since then other characters from have been introduced in other transformers stories, most similar to the original. Combiner wars and unite warriors have both had a very strange approach to some of their characters. Thats why it irks me when hasbro releases a new seeker mold and takes so long to release all three. The selfproclaimed pride of the cybertron war academy, hes famous not only for his incredible. Magic square msb26 tornado team starscream thundercracker skywarp set of 3 show. Again, note the difference in the hue of the colored plastic in the rear thrusters, as well as the feet, between the two versions of canopy.
Transformers combiner wars thundercracker complete leader jet. See more ideas about transformers art, transformers and transformers prime. As with starscream, this vehicle mode is ridiculously inaccurate. Thundercracker is a redeco of the classics starscream toy using the modified version first seen with skywarp. Moonstriker, this punk thinks he is better than me when he knows hes not. As in, if the image were black and white, the blue area would look almost the same shade as the gray area. Unite warriors uw06 combiner haunt leader grand galvatron.
Feel free to leave comments, however, please refrain from discussing the differences between vintage g1 toys, hasbro reissues, takara. Combiner wars and titans return have both shown that hasbro and takara tomy have taken retooling and partial tooling as hasbro has called it to new levels and thundercracker is proof of that. For some reason, the stats on skywarps, starscreams and thundercrackers. Oct 09, 2015 robertson, phillips, and the history of the screwdriver duration. The only time i remember skywarp got a mass retail regular release and easy to get was in combiner wars. The toy also features a more g1 toy styled deco rather than cartoonbased, particularly in the yellow eye color and wing stripes. Its a bit of a shame that his upper legs are unpainted, but none of the classics or previous masterpiece seekers had thighs in any colour other than that of the lower part of their legs.
After combiner optimize the code, the petitioner separate and assists to get multiple outputs. Was seen in starscream s coronation due to an animation error. Generations combiner wars leader class starscream toy. Oct 03, 2019 whats so special with skywarp he always ended up exclusive or multipacked unlike with starscream and thundercracker. Initially, various subcontracted companies were responsible for releasing the toys in the individual european countries which involved language variations. Im two thirds of a thrine a skywarp and thundercracker. The autobots also known as cybertrons in japan are the heroes in the transformers toyline. Originally built for the generations line as jetfire complete with some of the nastiest red metallised plastic weapons ive. Daves combiner wars rant legends wave 1 thundercracker starscream redeco bombshell beetle windcharger tailpipe retool powerglide attack jetcannon permalink. Nov 19, 2008 this is a tribute to thundercracker skywarp and starscream from transformers g1. Unite warriors uw06 combiner haunt leader grand galvatron combiner wars and unite warriors have both had a very strange approach to some of their characters. Originally, european countries got the same transformers toys hasbro had previously released in the usa, although different countries got different toys and sometimes, the toys sported noticeable differences from their us counterparts.
He transforms from a robot into a jet fighter, and includes a missile launcher and four limbmounted weapons, plus two guns based on the traditional seeker arm rifles. New official photos of generations combiner wars leader class. In terms of his colouring, masterpiece thundercracker owes a lot to the 2011 release of the classics seeker mold as generations thundercracker. Hasbro brings this unique, complicated decepticon combiner to life with this masterfully designed. Where starscream was a chunky chappy elita1 looks much much thinner almost to the point where you think starscream might have been bulked up to make the difference more obvious. This version of thundercracker is a retooling of the voyager class starscream toy, with a new head. Dec 06, 2014 just how tall are the combiner wars combiners, anyway. Magic square msb26 starscream from magic square is a g1 inspired legends scaled figure that transforms from robot to jet and back. Todays figure is thundercracker and it shouldnt be surprising to anyone that hes a repaint of the generations legends class starscream. Decepticon jets thundercracker transformers, g1, decepticon. The colors between starscream, thundercracker and skywarp are different enough that you really get the sense that these are unique.
Mastermind creations third party transformers knight morpher screecher, stormer, and warper aka hearts of steel starscream, thundercracker, and skywarp knight morpher screecher, stormer, and warper from mastermind creations are based on the idw hearts of steel triplane versions of starscream, thundercracker, and skywarp. One of the earliest releases was a very g1styled standalone leader class megatron, followed by a voyager class optimus prime who could combine with four other autobots to become ultra prime. There is no difference in the plastic between the two white versions and neither have the brittle plastic like the green one had. As one of my thundercrackers had part of his plastic crack, so i replaced him. Sep 18, 2015 unfortunately hasbro didnt shell out for a cape youll have to find a takara masterpiece starscream for that but this is still a nice nod for long time fans. Transformers combiner wars legends skywarp starscream. Oct 11, 2015 hasbros new leader class starscream has just been released as part of the combiner wars line although like other leader class figures weve picked up, such as megatron and ultra magnus hes a standalone toy who doesnt participate in the combining gimmick. It means what the reducer performing everything done by combiner. New images of dstyle starscream, thundercracker, and.
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