Ok got this tonight at Wallymart for 29.92 + HST as a gift to my 8 year old daughter. She only like Autobots and never heard of Jetfire before. Enter Jetfire...
The only way to explain how good this figure is, is how she reacted to it. I've never heard her use the word amazing so much. It was an instant win. The numerous comments about the red chrome and how you can combine the weapons together with the battle mask to make one big mega gun was one of her favorite discoveries. She was swooshing that thing around and fire that missile. So I'd say Hasbro did a great job. She even slept with it standing on her night stand.
For me, I have to admit, I did like it, a lot. I don't collect Generations figures but I have purchased them in the past for my daughter and this Jetfire has bumped Sandstorm to #3. #1 is Metroplex of course
My favorite aspects of Jetfire were the quality joints. Lots of articulation and lots of ratcheting audio porn. The figure is solid. The red chrome was stunning. Reminded me of Scoria's sword. The tranformation was not unnecessarily complicated. It was logical, no thanks to shitty instructions though. A quick YouTube search yielded much better visual steps on how to transform this guy.
My daughter loves it and I was impressed. Both alt and bot modes are visually appealing. Quality is what I would expect from the Generations line. No issues. Strong enough hinges and joints.
Next step, show my daughter the "fire in the sky" episode from season 1. She will be in heaven.
If you haven't gotten yours yet, get one. For $29.92 + HST, you can't go wrong.
