Review: #903
Name: Skydive
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 Air Raid
JET MODE:
Skydive transforms into a jet, with his defining feature being the patterns on his wings.
It's a decent enough jet mode, but it's looks simple and it is simple.
Skydive is a retool of Air Raid, and the main difference is in the tailfins. It's a bit disappointing that Skydive is a retool but it is also understandable (and the Aerialbots never really had that much unique character anyway).
The biggest negative is the undercarriage kibble. Skydive is thick, which is disappointing, and it's because the whole robot is shoved underneath.
A decent jet mode, just a shame about the undercarriage kibble.
TRANSFORMATION:
Skydive has a simple transformation, and that makes him boring, adding to the generic feeling of the figure. The cockpit folds back. The legs unfold from the back, fold out the arms and then the head, and you're done. Effectively the whole robot was the undercarriage kibble from jet mode.
ROBOT MODE:
Skydive's robot mode is accurate to his onscreen appearance, and there's now an added splash of red to help break up the black and grey.
For such a simple Transformer, he carries a decent amount of kibble. Not only the cockpit on his back, but the tail fins behind his legs are giant blocks sticking out too.
The head sculpt is okay, the face has surprisingly organic curves to it.
Again, the retool in robot mode is minimal, mainly regulated to a new head. Well, it's better than a straight repaint.
Articulation is fine, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a pair of guns.
The guns aren't too big, in fact, they may be a little bit thin to look good.
The guns can peg onto the wings on his back, the same place as in jet mode.
As mentioned earlier, he has a lot of kibble, which makes him feel lazier, in that the designer could have done a few additional things to make him cleaner.
In particular, those large blocky legs can feel awkward to pose. It's also annoying that the rear tailfin is only attached via a 5mm post.
While this is an inoffensive robot, it's also quite generic and bland.
OVERALL:
Like the rest of the Aerialbots, Skydive is only one to get if you wanted Superion. He's not a horrible figure, but just lacks any sort of cleverness or ingenuity in his design. It's a symptom of the G1 character, but when translated into toy form, he just feels so generic and bland.
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