Day 78: Air Raid (Cyberjets)

Kicking off a series of Cyberjets, very detailed toys based on modern jet designs with complex transformations and a design that emphasized poseability and articulation. This is Air Raid, meant to be the same character from the 1986 Aerialbots (and the 1994 ones as well, as drawn here), but he's broken out from his previous team and has a new F-117 stealth fighter mode. The Cyberjets were among the last Generation Two toys released in 1995, and their design presaged the flexibility found throughout the subsequent Beast Wars line.

Day 79: Superion (Universe)

The combined form of the Universe Micromaster Aerialbots is Superion, an amalgamation of six robots plus their pack-in accessories that serve as connectors, head, and extremities of the gestalt warrior. While in Japan, the original source of the design ( Sixwing , 1992) was available in a collected set, this combiner needed to be purchased one bot at a time in the 2007 Universe release.

Day 251: Mad

The last of the Air Assault Micron Team trio is Mad, who turns into a Concorde SST. A design that's been used several times already -- see Jetstorm , Scattor , Thrust , Mach , and Quantum -- this version has some of its plastic parts in a translucent finish, giving it a high tech feel. Mad was available in Japan in 2003. He was later rechristened "Skull Buster" in Fan Club-generated lore.

Day 26: Nemesis Prime (Alternators)

Nemesis Prime, an evil twin to Optimus Prime first introduced in the Armada line, gets the Alternators treatment, allowing a reuse of the Dodge Ram SRT-10 design. In the North American market, this toy was only available at the Hasbro Toy Shop and at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2006.

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