Main
Features
 FOTD
 Toy Fair 2023
 SDCC 2023
 Toy Fair 2020
 NYCC 2019
 SDCC 2019
 Toy Fair 2019
 SDCC 2018
 Toy Fair 2018
 HasCon 2017
 SDCC 2017
 Toy Fair 2017
 SDCC 2016
 Toy Fair 2016
 SDCC 2015
 Toy Fair 2015
 SDCC 2014
 C2E2 2014
 Toy Fair 2014
 SDCC 2013
 C2E2 2013
 Toy Fair 2013
 SDCC 2012
 C2E2 2012
 Toy Fair 2012
 NYCC 2011
 SDCC 2011
 Toy Fair 2011
Archives
 Books
 DVD
 Music
 Statues
 Prop Replicas
 Toys
 Video Games
Credits
Contact


This site is part of Amazon, Walmart, eBay, and Entertainment Earth affiliate programs. We may earn a commission when you click one of their links.


Related Links:
16bit Tumblr
16bit Twitter
16bit Instagram
ASWN
EE Podcast
Galactic Hunter
Glyos News
OSM News

Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro, 2020
Day #2,234: September 29, 2020
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action FigureRamjet & Dirge
WFC-E27

Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Voyager Amazon Exclusive 2-Pack
Item No.:
No. E8623
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Includes: 2 robots
Action Feature: Transforms from jets to robots
Retail: $59.99
Availability: August 2020
Other: Ramjet & Dirge again, again

  PREVIOUS RSS NEXT  

Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action FigureAny time Hasbro makes a new Starscream, fans start to ask for Thundercracker, Skywarp, and others like Ramjet & Dirge. It's an obligation - they're relatively minor characters and exist mostly as Starscreamy goons for a brief period in the cartoon. This bigger scale seems to be a definitive line for super-articulated versions of the classic 1984-1986 (read: cartoon) characters, so it makes a lot of sense that these would come out and make a great exclusive for someone.

These figures show what does and doesn't work with updates of old toys. The original toys had wings molded in color with features resulting from toy designers making the best possible robot out of a pretty good vehicle mode. The cone heads come out of an alternate transformation of those toys, but now we're seeing Hasbro and Takara-Tomy have to use extensive paint and strange tooling decisions to replicate the look of those original toys. The good news is that they look a lot like the robots in your head from the cartoons, but the bad news is all that paint means more paint scraping is likely. Keeping these nice may be tough, but if these figures will live on your shelf or in a diorama? They're going to be fine.

Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure

Each 7-inch robot is derives from Earthrise Starscream [FOTD #2,181] with expected changes. Each has a new, distinctive head - one is even screaming! - with a cone head. The cone of the jet mode hangs off the back as kibble, which means you get twice the pointy parts. Each has a unique set of wings, new blasters, new shins, and even a new chest - many elements you probably wouldn't notice at all and were probably an unneeded expense in the development of the toys. I appreciate going the extra mile usually, but the shins don't look a lot more like the original toys - but they do look a bit more like the cartoon. Just a bit. They also have orange cockpit chests for some reason, lighter faces than the cartoon, and seem sort of like a pastiche of the Decepticon goons without being exactly like any specific version of those characters. It's probably the right move, but it also leaves me wondering what the priorities and directives were for their designs.

Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure

Articulation and transformation is effectively exactly like Starscream/Thundercracker/Skywarp other than the wings. As the Clone Troopers/droid repaints/etc. of the brand, these guys are the repaints you demand to buy, and probably don't have any particularly strong affinity toward. I like the colors, though, and the jet modes are no slouch. Reproduction sticker makers will probably make a killing, though - Dirge is missing the Decepticon sigil on the plane nose and the distinctive stripes on the wings. Ramjet is missing the blue wing stripes and abundant symbols as well. The 1985 jet toys also have distinctive arm cannons, and while Hasbro did tool new ones for the 2020 coneheads they don't match the original toys at all. This isn't necessarily a problem - it's just a different take on an old toy, which gives you the odd hybrid of something that's meant to be a classic update while also being a new take on the old toy. Which is better? Well... I don't know. I found the 2020 ones to be less pleasing due to the abundant paint catching my eye as something odd.

Dirge's wings also look odd - the brown fins up front don't sit flush with the blue of the body of the jet, so it looks a little bit off. It's admirable that they got this out of the Starscream design, but because it's not perfect I could see demand for upgrade part packs or another overhaul of the family of jets again. (I emphatically do not want to rebuy the entire crew again.)

It's my hope that this is the final family of Starscream repaints that I collect - the $10 "Deluxe" mold had so many variations, rare exclusive and otherwise, that I missed. These guys are a bit bigger and generally seem more interesting to look at, so I'm all for keeping them and also getting Thrust as well as any other hypothetical repaints. If Hasbro changes the mold or scale again, I don't think I'd be as interested - but if they want to give us G2 Ramjet and Sunstorm and Slipstream (new mold, of course) and generic Air Warriors, I'd buy them all. We're cycling a nostalgia drain - counting the "Classics/Generations" and "Masterpiece" would make these the third significant overhaul of the coneheads molds - and I assume we'll have another set of them before 2030.

--Adam Pawlus

Additional Images

Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure
Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Earthrise Seeker Elite Voyager Ramjet & Dirge Action Figure

Click here to see more Hasbro figures in Figure of the Day.

Click here to see more Transformers figures in Figure of the Day.

Want to buy this figure? Check Transformers availability at our sponsors:
Entertainment Earth

HTML Comment Box is loading comments...

Featured Toy Video

Click Here for 2019
Figure of the
Day 2020
January 2020
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
February 2020
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
March 2020
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031
April 2020
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
May 2020
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31
June 2020
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
July 2020
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031
August 2020
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
September 2020
1 2345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
October 2020
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
November 2020
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
December 2020
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031
Click Here for 2021

16bit.com is best not viewed in Apple's Safari browser, we don't know why. All material on this site copyright their respective copyright holders. All materials appear hear for informative and entertainment purposes. 16bit.com is not to be held responsible for anything, ever. Photos taken by the 16bit.com staff. Site design, graphics, writing, and whatnot credited on the credits page. Be cool-- don't steal.
We know where you live and we'll break your friggin' legs.