Review: #904
Name: Fireflight
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Age of the Primes
Year of Release: 2025
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 3)
Mold Status: retool of Age of the Primes Slingshot
JET MODE:
Fireflight is based upon his G1 appearance and transforms into a predominantly red jet.
It's not a bad looking jet, and the red looks quite vivid in person, bringing some color and pop, helping him stand out.
Fireflight is a minor retool of Slingshot (the wings are situated lower against the fuselage), and the contrast in color schemes helps to differentiate them, but this also means that Fireflight is not that exciting.
Due to the design of the jet, it is quite chunky, but it also means that he does not have much undercarriage kibble, which is a worthwhile tradeoff.
A decent looking jet mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
Unfortunately, Fireflight transforms pretty much like the rest of the Deluxe Aerialbots, so it's quite boring and generic. The simple transformation has the back extend to form the legs, while the arms unfold from either side of the cockpit. The cockpit then folds onto his back.
ROBOT MODE:
In robot mode, Fireflight can also be a little bit generic, but the extra white that comes out, which is contrasted nicely by the splashes of red makes him more visually interesting than some of the other Aerialbots.
Unfortunately, as a by-product of the simple transformation (and probably budget issues), Fireflight has a horrendous amount of kibble. The cockpit on his back may be forgiven, but all the wings and tailfins sicking out the back of his legs are terrible.
The head sculpt is okay, it's squared off look reminds you of the original G1 toys.
A shot against Slingshot shows that the biggest change in robot mode is the different head.
Articulation is fine, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a pair of double barrelled blasters.
Fireflight can either hold the guns in his hands.
Or they can plug onto the outside of his forearms, which does look slightly better and more integrated.
Those guns can peg onto the wings outside his legs (the same place as in jet mode), but you're just adding to the amount of kibble at that point.
And speaking of the kibble, his heels stick so far out the back, and the wings are so big, that it makes the legs too chunky and unwieldy. It's awkward posing them.
Too much bulk is in his legs, if only some of that could have been transferred to his arms, which feels flat in comparison.
It's not a horrible robot mode, but is a tad generic and bland.
OVERALL:
Like the rest of the Aerialbots, you have no choice but to get him if you wanted Superion. He's better than Slingshot due to his more visually interesting color scheme (but that is a subjective thing). Otherwise, this is an average figure, it's doesn't do anything amazing, and the kibble in robot mode really hurts.
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