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Transformers Movie 2 Leader Jetfire | 
| Brand: Transformers
List Price: $44.99
Buy New: $35.00
as of 11/21/2009 09:41 CST details
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Seller: Target.com/ITC
Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 1001
Batteries Included: Yes
Age: 5 - 12 years
Battery: 2 AA
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 10 x 12.5
MPN: 89894
Model: 89894
UPC: 653569412762
EAN: 0653569412762
ASIN: B001TM5X28
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Prepare for battle with this AUTOBOT warrior by your side | | • | In robot mode, this mighty ally features electronic speech and light-up eyes and chest | | • | In SR-71 Blackbird jet mode, get in gear with combat and cool conversion sounds that let you know this hero means business | | • | MECH ALIVE gearing reveals moving armor panels and internal gears that let you recreate some of your favorite movie scenes or create your own | | • | This good guy is ready to take on DECEPTICON forces once and for all |
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Product Description
Awesome robot-to-vehicle figure features electronic speech, light-up eyes and chest and MECH ALIVETM gearing that reveals moving armor panels and internal gears. Jet combat and automatic conversion sounds in SR-71® Blackbird® jet mode! MECH ALIVE gearing reveals moving armor panels and internal gears that let you recreate some of your favorite movie scenes or create your own!
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| Customer Reviews:
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 not like they used to make them November 8, 2009
J. Zinger (Layton, UT)
Gosh took me an hour to just get it out of the box....other than that the jetfire transformer is an awesome transformer!....they don't make the transformers the way they used to, and transforming them ain't as easy as they used to be either. Once you trasnform them once or twice or so it becomes a little easier, but I just bought them for show and play with them every once in a while when I am bored. Overall great toy, but I wouldnt recommend it to kids with tendencies of breaking toys within the first day of having them.
Play value reinvented! October 27, 2009
Jones Spirius (NY USA)
For a while now many movie toys have lacked a key component of what makes transformers so special. This is play value. It is a simple concept that makes a person just plain enjoy his/her transforming robots. Jetfire has this in spades! In either mode he is very nice as an SR-71 Blackbird or as an angry old man with a Gatling gun on his arm. This figure exudes pure fun. Then there is the combined mode. Wow. If you have this guy do yourself a favor and pick up leader Prime. I 100% guarantee that you will become a Jetfire fan overnight when you see the towering figure that is the combined Optimus+Jetfire Super mode!!!! The toy is just so versatile that you really should stop reading this review and pick one up for yourself!
 Jet Fire It Up! October 6, 2009
D Strick (Birmingham, AL)
Jetfire is a grizzled old man of a transformer so how does he stack up as an action figure?
For Kids:
I can't see how any kid who's into Transformers at all would not like this guy. He's huge, both in robot and in vehicle modes and has lights and sounds. In combined mode with Optimus Prime he's an awesome battle bot of crazy proportions. What's not to like? Well, his transformation is not easy and the combining takes some skill as well so I would not recommend breaking a kid in on this guy. Additionally the panels that make up his vehicle form are thin and have small tabs all over them that could break with an impatient child.
For Adults:
In robot mode as he comes out of the box he's quite impressive. He's not really any taller than Leader Class Optimus but seems bigger due to the bulk on his back. It adds a heft to him. While he's heavy he's not overbalanced with it like Human Alliance Sideswipe (Transformers Movie 2 Human Alliance - Sideswipe w/ Sergeant Epps) and the way it's all hooked to his back looks regal on him as opposed to silly. His arms and legs are well articulated but there's not much you can do with his head. Push the button down on his chest and gears in his chest move, his head and chest light up and he says his name in a neat Irish accent.
Changing him to the SR-71 Blackbird is a challenge to say the least and it will take several times to become proficient at it. His main body simply unfolds but the panels of the plane are the difficult part. They click and tab together very delicately. A few of them are designed to pop off instead of break - which is good - but it can get annoying about the 5th time the same panel pops off while you're trying to finish up. Once changed he's as solid as he should be though, assuming you clicked everything into place correctly.
From the top this guy is a picture perfect SR-71 and looks just plain awesome. Take her up to 75,000 feet at Mach 3 baby! In this form you can press a button near the back of the plane to make a swooshing noise. The only problem is that from the sides and bottom you see that the robot is, for an intents and purposes, just hanging there on the bottom of the plane. I know there was probably no way to do it but it would have been cool to somehow hide some of those parts (like his arms) inside the plane.
His third mode is to combine with Leader Class Optimus Prime to form a super robot. This adds something special to owning these two toys that makes them awesome to have. Transforming Jetfire to "combine mode" is pretty simple from his vehicle form and Optimus only needs the flaps on his back opened up. There are four main hook up points. At the feet where they snap together very solidly, under the waist, between the Optimus' legs, where they click together with a plate, with a "belt" that wraps around Optimus and connects around his waist and then at Optimus' shoulders (these are the only hook ups I tend to have trouble with)(EDIT - Turns out you should start at the shoulders and work your way down and there is no problem). Some Jetfire flaps become a cool big gun and the gatling gun hooks to Optimus' arm too.
This mode is astoundingly big and dwarfs everything else on the shelf. It looks kind of manga-ish but really good (there's already tons of pics of this up). The button in the back becomes a combined mode sound when you press it. It's the sound of a huge machine walking and is pretty cool. There really is something special about holding this giant mech in your hands. The arms and head are Optimus' so are fully articulated but from the waist down he's pretty immobile. It probably couldn't be helped.
It's tempting to go 5 stars just based on wow factor but to be realistic Jetfire's jet mode has some issues and his transformation and combining are difficult. I'll go 4 stars but really mean 4 1/2. :-)
Jetfire is a great toy October 3, 2009
K. McManes (Sardinia, Oh USA)
I am writing this for my 10 year old son; these are his words:
When I opened the box, I was happy to see that it was here. I was really surprised how big this item was. It's huge! It is a little difficult to transform back into a jet, but it is worth the work. There are two parts that go over the head and snap together to connect, and then hook into a back slot that is a little difficult when you are a beginner.
There is a difficult part when you attach Jetfire to Optimus Prime, you have to take his stomach off of his back and bring it down and then take a hook and connect it to Optimus' groin area. It can be hard to pop it on.
But overall, it is a great toy. When he and Optimus are together, it looks awesome and ready to fight The Fallen.
I would recommend this for others to buy.
My son is thrilled with it because he collects Transformers and has over 300 of them. You've helped complete his collection! October 2, 2009
Catherine Leann Hampton (I'm in Illinois.)
I recommend going through Amazon for toys that you may not be able to find elsewhere on the Internet, or, if you can't find them at a lower, if not competative price.
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