Editing Flight stand

[[File:TransformersExclusiveDisplayStand_EvasionModeOptimus_StockPhoto.jpg|upright=2|thumb|I'm the luckiest boy-slash-truck in the worrrrrld!]]

"'''Flight stand'''" is a common term for objects designed to display items off the "ground" to make them appear suspended in mid-air. They can range from simple one-piece pillars that plug into the bottom of an object, to complicated multi-jointed armatures with wide, detailed bases.

As the nickname implies, the most common use is to make something look like it's flying, but depending on the stand and what it's supporting, they can also be used for dynamic action snapshots. With posable figures, a "flight stand" can sturdily support poses for leaping, swimming, running, lunging, being blown back by impacts or explosions, etc. Many stands are simple colorless-clear plastic, but they can come in a variety of colors and styles, even being designed to look like jet exhaust, flames, energy beams, background elements, and the like. Many are customizable, coming with multiple attachments to support different items, such as flat support beds, cradles for specific joint areas (notably ''{{w|Gundam}}'' under-the-armor-skirt hip joints), pegs designed for specific support points, gripper claws (typically for around the waists of action figures), and so on.

While the general concept has been around more or less forever, "flight stands" have become a such staple of the Japanese mecha model kit hobby scene that certain standards for pegs sizes and the like have become nigh-universal. Many Western companies have begun to take advantage of this, either designing toys to be compatible with these standards, making their own display stands, or both.

As far as ''Transformers'' is concerned, they've gone the "both" route; some toys come with flight/support stands included, and most any modern ''Transformers'' toy will have a hexagonal/circular flight stand port fitted to the standardized 3mm flight stand joint somewhere on them (if not multiple somewheres). The flight stand you buy at the hobby shop may be labeled for [[Bandai]]'s ''Gundam'' franchise, but the included attachment peg will (or at least ''should'') work perfectly with your ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Needlenose (G1)#Legacy|Needlenose]].

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==Official ''Transformers'' flight stands==
* '''Transformers Age of Extinction Figure Stand''' (2014)

:This colorless translucent display stand was given away by [[Toys"R"Us]] Singapore with any purchase over $30 Singapore Dollars. It included a base embossed with the ''Age of Extinction'' logo, and two arms with claws. 


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* '''Transformers Exclusive Display Stand''' (2015)

:This display stand was sold by [[TakaraTomy Mall]] and marketed as attachable to the ''Transformers Masterpiece Series'', ''Movie Advanced Series'', and ''Legends Series''. Made of colorless translucent plastic, it consists of a base with the Autobot logo, and a triple-jointed arm with a 3mm-peg to insert into flight stand ports.


* '''Transformers Masterpiece Stand''' (2015) (version 1)

:This display stand was a re-deco of the above stand, and was provided as an accessory with [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Masterpiece Tracks]] and [[Loudpedal#Masterpiece|Loudpedal]], in solid black and translucent purple, respectively.


* '''Transformers Masterpiece Stand''' (2018) (version 2)

:The second type of ''Masterpiece'' display stand, with a serrated square-shaped base, was included with [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Beast Wars Megatron]], [[Dinobot (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Dinobot]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP52|Starscream Ver. 2.0]], [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#MP52|Skywarp Ver. 2.0]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#MP52|Thundercracker Ver. 2.0]] - with the base being recolored each time to better match the character.


* '''HasLab Victory Saber Flight Stand''' (2022)

:When the [[Hasbro Pulse|HasLab]] crowd-funded [[Star Saber (G1)/toys#HasLab|Victory Saber]] project passed 17,000 backers, it unlocked the inclusion of a translucent blue flight stand featuring the ''Victory'' logo and the Autobot insignia. The stand features a removable "arm", which can attach to the base in two different ways to support Victory Saber in both vehicle and robot modes.


[[File:Tensegbase.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Now you too can wield the eldritch [[magic]] of anti-gravity, for the low price of $17.99!]]
* '''Anti-Gravity Pedestal Tenseg Base''' (2022)

:A decidedly odd release, these uniquely branded flight stands stand out from the rest by featuring a tensegrity mechanism that makes the upper platform appear as if it is floating in midair. A silver base is included with a redeco of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom| Kingdom]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Ultra Magnus]]' inner robot as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Anti-Gravity Pedestal Tenseg Base|Optimus Prime]], and two alternately colored bases are sold separately; one in <span style="color: #a62621">heroic Autobot red</span> and the other in <span style="color: #634993">'''EVIL''' Decepticon purple</span>.

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==3mm flight stand compatible molds (pre-''Prime Wars'')==
It is important to note that this is '''''NOT''''' a complete list of ''every'' toy with a 3mm flight stand port, as their inclusion had started to become fairly common by the mid-2010s. Kicking off with ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)| Age of Extinction]]'' and the opening [[Prime Wars Trilogy]] line ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'', the port became ''incredibly'' commonplace, a trend that has continued on to this day. [[Studio Series|''Studio Series'']], the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'']], [[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|''Cyberverse'']], and so on and so on into the foreseeable future, just about any new normal-retail ''Transformers'' toy is likely going to be compatible with the 3 mm flight stand peg.

Thus, list section will be limited to toys from before that time, or from lines where the overwhelming majority of toys lack flight stand peg compatibility. Otherwise we'd be listing nearly a decade's worth of toy releases here, and that'd be ridiculous.

{{Note|Most flight stand compatible ports on robot-mode Transformers are found around the butt area. Get them giggles out right now, we'll wait.}}

===''Generations''===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
* [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Arcee]]
* [[Skids (G1)#Generations|Autobot Skids]] / [[Crosscut (Autobot)#Generations|Crosscut]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
* [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|Armada Starscream]] / [[Jhiaxus (G2)#Generations|Jhiaxus]]
* [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|Windblade]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Voyager'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
* [[Roadbuster (G1)#Generations|Roadbuster]]
* [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Generations|Sky-Byte]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===''Age of Extinction''===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 5|High Octane Bumblebee]]
''TBA''

===''Movie Advanced Series''===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Classic Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 5|Classic Bumblebee]]
''TBA''

===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
* [[Stormshot]]

===''Masterpiece''===
* [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Tracks]] / [[Road Rage (G1)#Masterpiece|Road Rage]] / [[Loudpedal#Masterpiece|Loudpedal]]
''TBA''

===''The Last Knight''===
* [[Sqweeks#The Last Knight|Autobot Sqweeks]] ''(found in the undercarriage of both forms behind the kickstand)''

===''Movie The Best''===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 6|Optimus Prime]]

===''Revoltech''===
[[File:TF-DOTM-Revoltech-SFX-Jetwing-Optimus-Prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.33]]
This one may be cheating, hence the separate category. Certain ''[[Revoltech]]'' figures come with stands and extra holes for those stands. Those figures will be noted, but all Revoltech figures have 3mm peg holes in their feet to use the base instead should they include one.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|<u>'''Yamaguchi Series'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|19. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|19fs. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Ultra Magnus]]}}
{{Bp-d1|25. [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Megatron]]}}
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|width="25%" valign="top"|<br>
{{Bp-d1|46. [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Revoltech|Starscream]]<br>(figure stand included)}}
{{Bp-a1|47. [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Revoltech|Hot Rodimus]]<br>(figure stand included)}}
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|width="25%" valign="top"|<u>'''Sci-Fi Series'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|30. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Revoltech|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|38. [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Revoltech|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|40. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Revoltech|Jet Wing Ver. Optimus Prime]]<br>(figure stand included)}}
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|width="25%" valign="top"|<u>'''Legacy of Revoltech'''</u>
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|LR-008 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|LR-044 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#SFX040|Jet Wing ver. Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|LR-049 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Revoltech|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|LR-050 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise#Revoltech|Bumblebee]]}}
|}
{{note|Legacy of Revoltech is a series of reissues of popular Revoltech toys, unchanged from their original releases.}}

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