Shockwave Lab SL81 SL-81 Energy Sword for Siege Jetfire/Skyfire Netflix cartoon upgrade kit

It was inevitable that someone would release upgrades for the War for Cybertron show. Today we look at Siege Jetfire's energy sword. Without delay, let's get started!

I decided to actually get two blades for Jetfire. I know he only had one in the show, but the more the merrier. What can I say about the energy swords? It is a nice fit and add-on. Its done very well. You can get it for the time being in TFsafari.com or Ebay. I had to get it on Ebay and through a select few carriers. Not everyone ships to Hawaii for an odd reason. TFsafari doesn't either. It should run you roughly about $10 each blade or a little more. I got mines pretty much $13 for both. If you are a fan of the show or the Jetfire figure, this is a must have. 

Transformers Earthrise Dirge and Ramjet Amazon Exclusive! Part II of II

 

                                                       

Today we have comparisons and final impressions of the Amazon Exclusives. The classic and original trio seeker comparisons will be analyzed here. Let's get started.

With the classic versions. 

They can exchange each others weapons. I do like Classic Dirge's colors and the stickers that came with it. Though I called the ER coneheads bland, they do look like a better improvement in comparison to the classics. The classics are more easier to transform though. ER is the way to go if you still need the coneheads. 

With the Seeker Trio

Based off of the SS mold. There are some differences such as wings, head, longer knees, and the chest area (rectangular vent and turbine). The nosecone for the original seekers are actually longer than that of the coneheads. Besides this, I don't have much to say here but the coneheads are here to complete your seeker team. One more Seeker to be released.

Final word:

A nice improvement over the classics but nothing that expresses wow though. They are exclusives so they are sought after and hard to find now. They are easy to fiddle with overall and play/transform the same as the original trio seeker. I shall leave it here. Thrust is coming soon I hope, so I can complete the conehead trio.

Transformers Earthrise Dirge and Ramjet Amazon Exclusive! Part I of II

 

                                                          

Well, Amazon came through with an exclusive. Was definitely easier to obtain than Target's exclusive.

First off, a minor complaint that lots of TF fans shared.

Amazon decided to skip out on the boxing. They have this new check off box on whether you want it in the delivery box or not now. It's really dumb. Like some folks said, the rich just got richer. Not to mention the bottom of the toy box wasn't sealed. Lucky thing the figures were ok. With some low heat blow drying the labels came out but still....

Boxing and contents... like usual

I included their WFC location card though I'm not into that. 

Standing tall

Straight off the Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp mold albeit the head changes and wing differences. Their null rays are straight up black colored. They look okay but I really dig how the original trio looks better with this mold. I'm just not really feeling their robot modes. Nice to have but that is that.

Alt mode

This mode shines really well due to the variance of the wings from the raptor mold from the original seekers. I always liked Ramjet's small wings, it really made this alt mode stand out despite it being miniature size in comparison to the others. Dirge's wings are different as the edges flap up; another cool deviation from the original raptor wings. His surface wing design is very delightful looking as well. He is missing some reprolabels such as his stripes in this mode. Like robot mode, peg the weapons in any way you see fit. They originally fit under the wings but to each his/her own.

That is it for now. Part II will conclude this review and will feature comparisons to the original seeker trio plus the smaller, deluxe classic modes. Toodles.