It looked like the Jet-style Vehicon was gonna be a Japan-only release as well, so I jumped on BigBadToyStore’s preorders a few weeks back. The wings add about a third again to Jet Vehicon’s mass, so if it does eventually show up over here, it’ll probably hafta go in a case assortment with somebody a little smaller to compensate.
Jet Vehicon is Car Vehicon‘s robot mode with an entire new vehicle shell. Yeah, it looks like it’s just a car with wings, but it’s not Car Vehicon’s car with wings. It’s an entirely different car with wings, and one that matches the show’s model exactly. I am super in love with Jet Vehicon’s altmode. This may be because as a child I had a fascination with cars with wings (versus jets), a fascination which you may have noticed manifesting itself in this webcomic. Or maybe it’s just that it objectively looks super cool.
For the love of god, while getting him into robot mode, transform his wings first. If you don’t, you’ll have to transform everything back so you can get to the wings properly. There’s no clearance to flip them up otherwise. As one would suspect, other than the wings, Jet Vehicon’s transformation is exactly the same as Car Vehicon’s. He’s just reshelled, after all. And so he has the same amazing everything-fits-into-his-legs transformation and the wonky elbows. The former is great, the latter is not so great.
If the toy has any disadvantages over its predecessor, it’s that the shell of the jet mode is harder to peg together when putting him back in vehicle form. Closing him up again can be a little annoying.
As with the other Japanese Transformers Prime toys, Jet Vehicon comes with a little Mini-Con dude you put together. This one transforms from a Vehicon blaster into …an iguana, I think. Ah, yeah, his name is Igu. Well, that settles it. (Then again, Iguanus never transformed into an iguana.) Now that I’ve gotten four of these Mini-Cons, I can see the appeal of pegging them together to make larger weapons, as intended. Right now my Breakdown’s holding a giant double-barreled drill cannon that’s half his own mass.
I wanted two of each of the two kinds of Vehicons, and now I have them, so I consider myself done with Vehicons. Until they come out with more different kinds, I guess. I feel four total is a manageably-sized army.
Two of each is my limit this time around to…though that includes two of the First Editions and I’m debating whether or not that should include two of the Takara flightless ones.
I think youve transformed the wings wrong. They’re meant to spread out to the sides more like G1 Starscream’s wings. That’s what I do with mine anyway and I think it looks much better.
But I have to use all of the articulation! Otherwise I’m wasting some.
There are little kids in third world countries whose mommies don’t have any articulation to give them. Waste not want not.
What’s that big thing with the drill on the front?
It is this: http://tformers.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1342
You mentioned “Breakdown’s holding a giant double-barreled drill cannon that’s half his own mass”.
I would very much like to see this, and I hope you may grace us with it in a future post!
I just want to know whether “drill cannon” means a combination drill/cannon or a cannon that shoots drills.
is it me or does the flying vehicon car mode look a little like KITT with wings
I totally see that. That is so KITT with wings. I really wasn’t worried about getting this toy before, but after seeing these pics and noticing that, this is definitely a must buy toy for me.
The chest “window” can be popped off on all thee versions of the RID Vehicon mold. This lets you put that decepticon sticker where it should be. Protip: Just make sure to wipe any finger prints off before
reapplying the clear chest plate.
You sure? These seem kinda glued-in.
The pegs are melted internally to keep it in; I took it apart and managed to get it out, but I honestly wish I hadn’t, it put white stress marks in the clear plastic and broke one of the top pegs that doesn’t extend all the way though. If I ever manage to find the car version at retail I’ll probably buy another to attempt it again and fix my jet vehicon’s window.
I tried that on mine, but I couldn’t scrape off enough plastic to get it out. It didn’t seem worth the hassle to keep at it, less I break the figure.
Hey, Walky, where again did you get those clear plastic risers?
The Container Store.
Thanks!
Can Igu’s handle be moved like Noji’s, or is it locked in place?
It swings to and fro.
Those look fantastic. I’ve been on the lookout for a Vehicon since your first post about them. I thought I had FINALLY found one last week, but it ended up being this cruel tease: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7740529952_2f926a087a.jpg
(Dead End on a Vehicon card)
Man, some Chinese factory worker’s a jerk!
Nice of them to include both swords…
YAY! Finally found a Vehicon (this time the card and figure matched)!! At the grocery store, of all places.
I actually thought the Jet Vehicons look more jet-like in the series, but apparently I’m wrong about that.
Argh, the normal Vehicons are still not available in Europe. It drives me nuts, because I don’t want to spend the extra money for shipping one or two of them.