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Day 281: Air Military Exdimensions

This is where my desire to be a completist collides with my lack of familiarity with some of the more esoteric Japanese releases. As is pretty evident from the last few months, Takara reissued a lot of the Mini-Cons ("Microns") from the Armada, Energon and Cybertron series. Oftentimes, these redecos were intended to be the same characters just with different, localized names. Where it gets complicated is in some cases, later storylines revealed the Japanese incarnations to be their own separate characters with distinct names. 

The Exdimensions were 10 Japanese exclusive three-pack releases in the Legends of the Microns line. Some of these characters I've already covered as they worked their way into Micron Boosters or other promotional releases. The ones that are left, I didn't want to commit a daily slot for each one, so I'm taking them on in three-packs. 

Air Military Exdimensions is a trio of combat jets that I've drawn many, many times before, a redeco of the Air Military Mini-Con team. Pictured here from furthest to closest are Glide (a multi-engine cargo plane), Recon (a Blackbird-style jet), and Flame (a stealth bomber). 




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