Skywarp



Skywarp is an evil Seeker jet from the planet Cybertron.

Biography
Skywarp is the sneakiest of all Decepticons. Enjoys playing cruel pranks on fellow Decepticons and appearing out of nowhere to attack Autobots. Not too smart. Would be useless without Darth Grievous's supervision.

Powers and Abilities
His Top speed of 1500mph, his power is very powerful and Can instantly teleport up to 2.5 miles.

He Carries heat-seeking missiles, cluster bombs and variable-calibre machine guns.

He can transform into an F-15 Eagle and could get the drop on his enemies within seconds.

Toys

 * Skywarp (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003/2008)
 * Japanese ID number: 23
 * Accessories: 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, 2 "Machine Guns", 2 wings (left &amp; right), 2 rudders (left &amp; right), 2 tailfins (left &amp; right), 2 fists (left &amp; right), front landing gear


 * The only 1984 Seeker with a deco not used previously in Takara's Diaclone line, Skywarp transforms into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates Starscream and Thundercracker. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of Transformers, really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.


 * Early Hasbro stock photos of Skywarp show him with a plastic purple nosecone. This was changed to a soft, black rubber nosecone when the toy was actually released. However, a Mexican variant retained the purple plastic nosecone. The same stock photos also show him with purple launchers with black triggers and muzzle rings, black feet, black shins, black outer arm panels, purple horizontal stabilizers, and both sets of purple missiles. These stock photos were also later used to promote Takara's 2001 reissue.


 * In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue (limited to only 1,000 pieces) by Takara as a convention-exclusive item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "Collector's Edition" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of Hasbro's Commemorative Series series IV, though due to US toy-safety regulations, his missiles were made extra-long since his spring-loaded launchers were now fully-functional.


 * In August, 2008, Skywarp was released with Thundercracker as number 11 in Takara's Transformers Encore line. For this release Skywarp's Decepticon symbols were painted and his purple stickers were changed to a much bluer shade of purple. Curiously, Skywarp's wing stripes in this release are factory-applied stickers, instead of the tampographs on his two-pack buddy.


 * This mold was redecoed into Sunstorm and retooled to make Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust.


 * For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp's box was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank. The actual specs intended for this toy, but accidentally given to Thundercracker, are presented here. Hasbro's Commemorative Series Skywarp reissue had his bio rewritten to explain his higher stats.


 * More information on Skywarp at TFU.info