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Images and text from Hasbrotoyshop.com: Add another warrior to your action-packed robot battles with this sinister SKYSTALKER figure. Start the excitement in robot mode and then convert him into stealth jet vehicle so he can tear through the “skies” in pursuit of his enemies!
Robot Mode: I think the details are what really make the creep factor here. He doesn't have a friendly face or happy smile - he just has a single dot in the middle of his head in true G1 Shockwave style. Such a face betrays no emotion and looks emotionally cold, which is really what you want in a Decepticon killing machine anyway. Look inside the chest armor panel and you'll find ridged lines angling down his sides, looking like a set of robotic ribs. His three fingered claws are sharp and his feet also look like claws from a bird of prey, adding to the menace of his appearance. I'm a sucker for lots of detail on a figure, and Skystalker has that in spades. His arms have several parts sculpted in such as the hinges on his fingers and a tube that runs from his elbow up his forearm into his hands. The wings on his back are full of details including turbines, raised lines, tubes and raised lines set at nice looking angles. Even his feet have some detailing including non-bending hinges towards the top of each claw and raised, vertical armor in the middle of each claw. In the detail department, Skystalker definitely does not disappoint! Skystalker is cast in black and metallic flake green. The green color border lines on being a grey or silver color, but there is definitely a green tinge to it. Not surprisingly, the black parts mostly come from his jet mode. The green parts are mostly his robot mode parts that are hidden in his vehicle mode. This includes his arms, thighs and feet. Several parts are painted a dark red color (almost the color of wine). These parts include his waist, the aforementioned "ribs" and the bottom and antennae on his head. A more traditional bright red is used for the single eye on his head. A touch of gold paint can be found in the center of his waist section. Some gunmetal is found on his wings (they're part of the weapons) and his lower legs. There are sixteen points of articulation on this figure. That sounds average (and it is by the numbers), but when you look at the quality of those points, the articulation is pretty darn amazing on this figure. Nine of these articulation points are ball joints, allowing for a wide range of movement. His feet are spring loaded, giving them a "grasping" motion as he gets up and lands. You can't really have him hold anything bigger than a Mini-Con or weapon with it, but it's a nice play action. On each wing you'll find a silver tube. This connects to his axe weapons. Detach these pieces and connect them to the holes in his hands to give him two very cool looking weapons. Each weapon also has a clip on it that allows you to attach the weapons to his forearms, giving him two ways to hold them. It also allows you to connect the two weapons together (though not in any particularly useful configuration). With so many of the initial "Revenge of the Fallen" Scout Class figures lacking accessories, it's refreshing to have one that not only has accessories, but really cool ones to boot! Transformation to Robot Mode:
Vehicle Mode: In this form, almost everything you see is black on this aircraft. A bit of the green color from the robot mode shows through at the top, but not so much that it's distracting. Color decos in this mode are mostly gunmetal and white. Gunmetal is found on the engines and white is used on Decepticon symbols on his chest as well as the numbers "808" on the back of the vehicle. His red eye shows through in this mode on the front, making it look like he is glaring at any targets he pursues, quite fitting for the personality of the design. In a fun bit of homage to Mecha series such as Robotech, Skystalker has a "Battle Mode" which is really just his vehicle mode with his legs set up as they would be in robot mode. This form stands without a problem, but in all honesty it winds up looking more cute to me than menacing, and I'm not quite sure how he would "battle" in this mode (maybe use his claws to swipe at enemies), but it's neat that the designers even worked this into the transformation at all. If you flip Skystalker over in this mode, you'll see he has two very distinct pegs in between the two front claws of his feet. These allow him to attach to Mindwipe, a Voyager Class Decepticon released around the same time. Mindwipe is also based on a stealth bomber in vehicle mode, making these two quite an interesting pair. This is a nice sign of things to come, having two figures sold separately able to interact with each other. In the upcoming "Hunt for the Decepticons" line, a Scout Class Autobot named Breacher and the Voyager Class Autobot Sea Spray will be able to perform a similar interaction, with Breacher fitting on Sea Spray's back in vehicle mode. I like this play pattern a lot, especially since it's one not often seen nowadays in the Transformers line.
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