![]() Early production toys had removable turrets, which could simply be rotated to align with the connector and lifted off, leaving many toys turretless. The wingtip darts are often broken or bent. For this reason, he can only hold the rifle in his right hand.īlitzwing’s brick-like design is mostly sturdy, but it belies his design weaknesses. In robot mode, Blitzwing can wield his sword and rifle, however, the fist holes are in the inner side of the hands, rather than the top. Once the cockpit is flipped down, the robot’s yellow-helmed face is revealed. The legs slide down and use the die-cast rudders as feet. The large wing sections rotate up, and the arms and fists are extended from the flat tan area under the wings. The transformation to robot mode is closes to jet mode. The transformation between the two modes is simple and apparent, as the cockpit of the jet is clearly visible in the rear deck of the tank. The hull features molded headlights at the front, and the turret has molded hatches and smoke grenade projectors. The tank features tiny rollers underneath to allow it to roll, and a rotating turret. The tracks and road wheels are raised molded details, highlighted with gray paint. The tank mode is rather bland by comparison, but it represents a rather squat, plain-looking tank. This mode is almost entirely covered in stickers or painted detail. A non-rolling die cast front landing gear supports the cockpit section of the plane, while the rear rests on semicircular bumps molded onto the upside-down tank turret. The jet mode features unpainted die-cast rudders, tiny plastic elevators, and large underwing missile launcher. The jet mode is characterized by its more accurate flat top and delta-shaped wings over the unrealistic squared off fuselage and a tank turret hanging on the belly of the plane, pointed rearward. Descriptionīlitzwing transforms into a brick-like purple and gray MiG-25PD or a tan Type 74 tank. Blitzwing’s US Patent, titled Reconfigurable jet-plane toy (aka Transformers G1 Blitzwing) was filed on (U.S. Unlike most Diaclone contributions to Transformers, the Triple Changers eschewed the die-cast and plastic drivers in order to change into vehicles of varying scale. Its wing-mounted missile launchers had much stronger springs, and the sword came to a sharp point, instead of the rounded point most commonly seen on American Blitzwing releases. This version differed broadly in its color scheme, using a forest green and gray deco with whitish weapons and missiles. Movie - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) (181)īlitzwing was sourced from a 1983 Diaclone design by Koujin Ohno, called Triple Changer Jet Type.
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