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Day 57: Dreadwind

Dreadwind (and his pack-in partner Smokejumper) were some of the last toys released in the Robots in Disguise, coming exclusively to Target store shelves in 2004 when the next toyline, Armada, had already started rolling out. Dreadwind is a redeco of a Generation Two design, a 1994 Decepticon named Dreadwing (note the G), which is so closely named that it no doubt causes confusion (need a mnemonic? DreadwinG with the G for G2, DreadwinD with the D for Robots in Disguise). This design was also the basis for BB in the Japanese line in 1998.

Dreadwind turns into a B2 stealth bomber, and has a secondary tank mode as well. 

  


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