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Day 53: Jetfire

Jetfire, Autobot air guardian, an impressive toy when released in 1985. Jetfire gave the Autobots some much needed air support. Rather than import a Takara design, Hasbro brought in a beautiful Takatoku toy design of the Valkyrie jet from the Macross anime series. It made for a beautiful toy, but came with some complications to the storyline. Jetfire was absent from the Japanese toyline, since the toy represented another property. To better allow for the animated series to air in Japan (or so the story goes), Jetfire's design was radically altered in animation and, for some reason, he was renamed Skyfire. All of these business and IP shenanigans were lost to kids in 1985. They just wanted a cool toy.

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