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(More customer reviews)I was given the original Jetfire as a present around 1985, and I can remember being very confused when watching the Transformers television show because Jetfire was called "Skyfire" and although the coloring was the same, the overall design was definitely different. Was he the same guy? If not, where was the Skyfire toy, and why didn't Jetfire appear in the TV show?
I did not discover until about 15 years later that this had something to do with licensing. The original Jetfire toy was not based on the Transformers toy line at all, but some bizarre cross-marketing scheme that somehow ended in a Veritech fighter from Macross/Robotech getting an Autobot symbol slapped onto it. Evidently Hasbro/Takara were able to procure the rights to produce the toy, but not to include its image in the TV show.
The cool thing about this "Classic" transformer is that its design no longer resembles the original Jetfire/Veritech design, but the Skyfire design that appeared in the Transformers TV show. They would have been better off calling this Skyfire, but were probably banking on the popularity of the original toy to help sell more units than memories of the TV show...Or there's some other bizarre licensing thing behind the scenes.
Definitely a good piece of TF history to own for any collector.
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Among mysteries of science lies the key to victory. A quiet, pensive warrior, Jetfire has returned from Cybertron to join the Autobot cause! Redesigned to fit modern sensibilities, this 8-inch Jetfire transforms from spacecraft to robot and back again in order to help destroy the Decepticon menace. Or will science cause him to join up with his old friend Starscream against the Autobots?Figure includes spring-loaded weapons and has a removable battle helmet. (Image shows figure with helmet over face.)
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