Reveal the Shield
Decepticon Legends
The Decepticons are badly outnumbered in Legends Class assortments from Hasbro’s various Transformers lines these past few years. Not only were there no bad guys included in that first set of classics inspired Generation 1 (G1) Legends, the new Reveal the Sheild (RTS) Legends wave has a 2 to 4 ratio. So while you can currently turn your desk into an Autobot parking lot, it’s going to be awhile before we can see it become an airfield for Decepticon flyers.
Though it’s not long in coming. One of the figures that was redesigned and released this year was Starscream, the Seeker. The Seekers are basically a team of 3 (or 6 or 9 or 12 depending on the continuity) robots with the same body, but different colors and personalities. Whenever we see a Starscream in a toyline, you know that Thundercracker and Skywarp aren’t far behind.
The RTS Legends Class Starscream, like the Classics/Henkei/Universe/Generations Seekers, turns into a classic McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle. You have to really want to see it though, since the accuracy of his vehicle form was sacrificed to allow the for the transforming gimmick. The proportions make his silhouette look more like an F-18 I think.
I don’t remember the F-15 being in any media except the G1 Transformers cartoon. We got F-14 Tomcats in Top Gun, F-16 Fighting Falcons in Iron Eagle, Boeing AH-64 Apaches in Firebirds, the B3 in Broken Arrow, the SR-71 in X-men, the Bell 222 in Airwolf, the Mikoyan MiG-31 in Firefox, the SWAT Kats’ Turbo Kat, Battlestar Galactica’s Colonial Viper, VF-1 Valkyries from Robotech, and A-Wings from Star Wars… Nope, no F-15s. We never got to see this aircraft in a big role and that makes me wonder how the guys behind the original designs decided on it.
But as I was saying, the alt mode; It’s funny-looking.
How funny looking? Read the rest HERE.
