(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to Legends of Cybertron Thundercracker. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Legends of Cybertron Thundercracker here.)

    There's already a Voyager-sized Jetfire toy in the Classics line, but I guess Hasbro thought the character was important enough to make a mini-sized repaint of him, too. So, here he is! He's not really futuristic aircraft anymore, just a fairly realistic jet, but it's still unmistakably Jetfire, given all the white and the nice red stripes used for the deco. The red really helps to add contrast against the white, and both are definitely very Autobot-y colors. (It is odd that the outside of the tailfins have red stripes, but the insides of those tailfins don't have any paint apps, however.) The bits of black and dark blue also work great against the other colors as well, but all of the plastic on the toy is just variations of white. The dirty white really doesn't look all that good, and isn't nearly different enough from the "pure" white used on the rest of the figure to provide much contrast. As such, Jetfire looks fairly plain, especially in robot mode. More red or black paint apps or plastic should have been used in robot mode, perhaps on the arms, to make Jetfire look a bit less bland. (On the plus, side, though, his face is painted very well, and really makes the character look like Jetfire even in robot mode, even though the head itself is Cybertron Thundercracker's.)
    No mold changes have been made to Jetfire.
    Jetfire is a nice nod to the G1 toy, and the actual color scheme itself isn't bad, if unoriginal, but Jetfire definitely needs another plastic color besides just variations of white-- he looks a little bland compared to LoC Thundercracker.

Review by Beastbot

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