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A Hasbro Transformers Action Masters Soundwave figure from 1990. Eagle-eyed readers will note the figure is not quite in mint condition.
In 1994, Hasbro released a series of die cast figures that were based on popular movies and cartoons. The series was titled "Action Masters". The figures were available as both singles and in sets. At least one set was also released under "The Power of the Force" banner.
C-3PO, R2-D2, Princess Leia, and Obi-Wan Kenobi 4 pack
Han Solo, Chewbacca, Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and Luke Skywalker 6 pack
Free Mail-Away Special Edition "Gold" C-3PO
Various single packs. They were the same as the above collections with the exception of an alternate version of Darth Vader
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
One of 2 non-Transformers Animated figures from BotCon 2011, this Thundercracker is from the Shattered Glass universe where the Decepticons are heroes.
Pictured in robot mode, his deco is based on the Actionmaster Thundercracker toy with all the vibrant neons and clashing colors. This color scheme is easily the most gaudy and hideous of all the figures I own.
This is one of three total Shattered Glass figures I have. I have simply decided to keep him as a souvenir, and not because I like the fiction/line.
He was one of the BotCon 2011 attendee exclusive figures.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
I have 17 Classics Decepticon Seekers. They all use the same base mold.
The first two rows of "alpha" seekers also have upgraded and accurate weapons from Dr. Wu.
First row: Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker
Second row: Ramjet, Dirge, Thrust
Third row: Acid Storm, Sunstorm, Bitstream, Hotlink
Fourth row: Thundercracker (Henkei! Henkei!), Dirge (Gentei! Gentei!), Thrust (Gentei! Gentei!)
Fifth row: Air Warrior (CHMS Knockoff), Sunstorm (CHMS Knockoff), BotCon 2011 Actionmaster Thundercracker, TFCC G2 Ramjet
Continuing my Action Master series :P
So glad I got the purple Animated Shockwave instead of the stupid grey one :P
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.
If the 1960's was the era made most defined by choices made under the influence of mind altering substances, then the 1980's would be the equivalent time period for toys.
This is Sky Lynx, one of the multitude of G1 toys reissued under the Encore label from Takara, the Japanese half of the Transformers partnership. In case your memory is hazy, fellow 80's child, Sky Lynx is the one with the pretentious sounding English accent on the show, and is kind of a dick.
If I remember my history right, during the mid 80's, the popularity of Transformers exploded, which left Hasbro/Takara scrambling to find new product in order to sell.
As a result, there was an external search to bring third party toys under the Transformers label. This in itself was not unique, as Transformers started off under the Diaclone line, with some Microman and others thrown into the mix. Omega Supreme. Shockwave, Predaking, and Reflector, I believe, were all not developed in-house.
Having said all that, the 80's were a strange and wonderful time for toys. All sorts of weird stuff was being developed and sold - certainly, while the toys were of a simpler design, when you went to a toy store there was probably a better chance of you being surprised by something on the shelf. By comparison, toys these days are pretty tame, with the only exotic things being Barbie's latest fashion accessory, or some of the more questionable WWE figure designs.
So.. Sky Lynx. Created by Tomy (back when Takara and Tomy were not one as it is these days).. I honestly have no idea what they were thinking.
The set comes in two parts - a space shuttle that transforms into a bird with a long tail and skinny chicken feet, and a blue.. thing that transforms into a Lynx, I guess, but really it's a vague cat creature of sorts. I don't have a memory of the parts ever separating on the show, but that could just be me. The blue part is where the characters boarded Sky Lynx for transportation.
Transformation is pretty straight forward, with the more delicate of the two being the Shuttle as it has various panels and uses an archaic sliding system for its tail and neck. This is probably the first Encore release I ever handled that I felt had flimsier plastic.
The two parts "combine" for lack of better terms (held together by three pegs) and would either walk or roll depending on what setting you had it on
Sky Lynx was one of the bigger Transformers toys. I know it can be hard to tell from the photos, but even without extending the tail the shuttle has to be close to a foot long, and for sure with it extended it exceeds 12 inches in length.
Colour scheme is pretty attractive, consisting primarily of the Ultra Magnus palette of white & blue with some red thrown in for good measure. There are,also gold chrome stickers and plastics that pop quite nicely. Detailing on the various parts was well done, even by modern standards.
Of course, as a toy goes, it's kind of boring even by 80's standards. The fun part was the shuttle, as it could actually transform into something, albeit a bird thing with generally limited articulation (which wasn't really a thing back in the day). The blue thing, well, really just became a set of legs for the upper half, and I remember being disappointed as a kid that other than walking, Sky Lynx didn't do much. He didn't come with any weapons or any other accessories, and the only offence he had was the laser embedded in his mouth.
It also didn't help that he was the anal retentive one on the show.
Another problem with the toy was that Sky Lynx also fell apart.. alot.. especially when you were flying around with him in combined mode.
Or maybe I had man hands as a child.
So, there you have it - an interesting relic of the past. But I suppose it could be worse. At least Sky Lynx had some sort of transformation.
He could have been a Pretender.. or worse - an Actionmaster.