Zardak - Revision history

BerylRoll at 20:21, 20 February 2026

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	{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}

	:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black ~~repaint~~]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).		:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).

	:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.		:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 17:05, 7 August 2024

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Toys\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].		* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross\|Macross]]'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Toys\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].
	* Though Select's ''Convertors'' lacked any tie-in media, packaging bios described Zardak and [[Zark]] as brothers, hence the Easter egg reference in "A Team Effort".		* Though Select's ''Convertors'' lacked any tie-in media, packaging bios described Zardak and [[Zark]] as brothers, hence the Easter egg reference in "A Team Effort".

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''Wings Universe'': clean up, replaced: Deathsaurus (Victory) → Deathsaurus (G1)

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Wings Universe''===		===''Wings Universe''===
	Right after giving a prepared speech about [[Zark\|his relative]]'s campaign, Zardak was among the Warlords who were eliminated when [[Deathsaurus (~~Victory~~)\|Deathsaurus]] sent an unwitting [[Falcon (G1)\|suicide bomber]] to a council meeting. {{storylink\|A Team Effort}}		Right after giving a prepared speech about [[Zark\|his relative]]'s campaign, Zardak was among the Warlords who were eliminated when [[Deathsaurus (G1)\|Deathsaurus]] sent an unwitting [[Falcon (G1)\|suicide bomber]] to a council meeting. {{storylink\|A Team Effort}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 21:40, 7 May 2021

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	**''ID number:'' '''C-06'''		**''ID number:'' '''C-06'''
	**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet		**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet
	{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}

	:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).		:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 05:01, 7 May 2021

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===''Wings Universe''===		===''Wings Universe''===
	Zardak was among the Warlords who were eliminated when [[Deathsaurus (Victory)\|Deathsaurus]] sent an unwitting [[Falcon (G1)\|suicide bomber]] to a council meeting. {{storylink\|A Team Effort}}		Right after giving a prepared speech about [[Zark\|his relative]]'s campaign, Zardak was among the Warlords who were eliminated when [[Deathsaurus (Victory)\|Deathsaurus]] sent an unwitting [[Falcon (G1)\|suicide bomber]] to a council meeting. {{storylink\|A Team Effort}}

	==Toys==		==Toys==
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	**''ID number:'' '''C-06'''		**''ID number:'' '''C-06'''
	**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet		**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet
	{{note\|''~~[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|~~Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}

	:''Gentei! Gentei!'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).		:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).

	:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.		:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.
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	:This figure was also repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Jetfire (SG)\|Jetfire]].		:This figure was also repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Jetfire (SG)\|Jetfire]].

	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Toys\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].		* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Toys\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].
			* Though Select's ''Convertors'' lacked any tie-in media, packaging bios described Zardak and [[Zark]] as brothers, hence the Easter egg reference in "A Team Effort".

	==External links==		==External links==
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	~~[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]~~
	[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]		[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
	[[Category:Repurposed toys]]		[[Category:Repurposed toys]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 04:54, 3 January 2021

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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Gentei! Gentei!''===		===''Gentei! Gentei!''===
	*'''Dark Skyfire''' ([[2010]])		*'''Dark Skyfire''' ([[March 18]], [[2010]])
	**''~~Japanese~~ ID number:'' '''C-06'''		**''ID number:'' '''C-06'''
	**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet		**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet
	{{note\|''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}
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	:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.		:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.

	:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]], [[2009]], with the toys shipping in March 2010.		:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]], [[2009]], with the toys shipping in mid-March 2010.

	:This figure was also repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Jetfire (SG)\|Jetfire]].		:This figure was also repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Jetfire (SG)\|Jetfire]].
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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#~~Generation 1~~\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].		* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Toys\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].

	==External links==		==External links==

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	{{factions\|decepticon}}		{{factions\|decepticon}}
	:''Zardak is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Wings Universe\|Wings Universe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''Zardak is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Wings Universe\|Wings Universe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
			[[File:gentei-darkskyfire-toy.jpg\|thumb\|upright=2.8]]

	~~{{faceless}}~~		'''Zardak''' is a masked [[Decepticon Warlord]]. He leads the [[Maladroid]]s.

	'''Zardak''' is a [[Decepticon Warlord]]. He leads the [[Maladroid]]s~~. He's not [[Jetfire (G1)\|Dark Skyfire]]~~.

	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Gentei! Gentei!''===		===''Gentei! Gentei!''===
	~~[[File:gentei-darkskyfire-toy.jpg\|thumb\|upright=1.6]]~~		*'''Dark Skyfire''' ([[2010]])
	*'''Dark Skyfire''' (~~Voyager,~~ [[2010]])
	**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-06'''		**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-06'''
	**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet		**''Accessories:'' Hydrogen-fuel Turbo Thruster Pack, two-piece rifle, 2 photon missile launchers, 2 infrared homing missiles, helmet
	{{note\|''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}

	:''Gentei! Gentei!'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).		:''Gentei! Gentei!'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black repaint]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).

	:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.		:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.

	:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]] [[2009]], with the toys ~~finally~~ shipping ~~sometime~~ in March 2010.		:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]], [[2009]], with the toys shipping in March 2010.

			:This figure was also repurposed as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)\|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Jetfire (SG)\|Jetfire]].
	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Maladroids.html Maladroid photos] by the Toy Archive, including Zardak		*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Maladroids.html Maladroid photos] by the Toy Archive, including Zardak


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	[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]		[[Category:Fan Club-original characters]]
	~~[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]~~
	[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]		[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
	[[Category:Repurposed toys]]		[[Category:Repurposed toys]]

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	:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]] [[2009]], with the toys finally shipping sometime in March 2010.		:Pre-orders for Dark Skyfire opened up on [[November 12]] and closed on [[December 11]] [[2009]], with the toys finally shipping sometime in March 2010.
	::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''		::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Destron/DarkSkyfire/darkskyfire.htm More information on Dark Skyfire at TFU.info]''

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].		* Zardak and his Maladroids were inspired by the 1980s [http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Convertors.html ''Convertors''] toyline from Select. Zardak was a small version of the [[Takatoku Toys]] ''Macross'' VF-1S Super Valkyrie toy, later recolored black with some very festive stickers. A larger version of the Valkyrie, of course, was released as [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generation 1\|Jetfire]] by [[Hasbro]].
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	*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Maladroids.html Maladroid photos] by the Toy Archive, including Zardak		*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Convertors/Maladroids.html Maladroid photos] by the Toy Archive, including Zardak

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	{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}		{{note\|''Gentei! Gentei!'' [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Gentei! Gentei!\|Dark Skyfire]] was [[Repurposing\|repurposed]] as Zardak in "[[A Team Effort]]".}}

	:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black ~~repaint~~]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).		:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)\|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dark Skyfire is a [[TakaraTomy Mall\|Toy Hobby Market]]-[[exclusive]] [[black redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics\|Classics]]'' Voyager Class [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Classics\|Jetfire]]. The primary changes to his deco are mainly for making him, uh, darker. Specifically, he's cast in glossy black and purple plastic, with painted purple details and new thin white stripes on his wings. The tips of his backpack cannons have been significantly remolded to make the barrels and stalks on which they are mounted a single, newly-jointed piece, with the result being that the cannons' bodies stick out ever so slightly from their housing. This change is likely to make the barrels more durable under the constant spring-loaded strain of being hidden, as well as allow one to pivot and deploy the cannons without sliding back the panels that are keeping them hidden, due to the fact that deploying the cannons this way with the previous tooling often resulted in the (detachable) tips of the cannons to pop out and send them flying. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat-sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, but instead has some [[Vacuum metallizing\|vacuum-metallized]] parts (his jetpack's exhaust nozzles).

	:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.		:The extent of Dark Skyfire's 'Dark' originally varied from image to image: early pre-production mockup images showed a dark matte grey similar to e-Hobby [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys\|Astrotrain]], whilst later images appeared gloss black with high-contrast silver details, leading to speculation that this redeco is the previously unreleased 'ghost' Classics Jetfire. Some possible hints of this remain, such as the Hasbro Classics-styled open cockpit instead of ''Henkei's ''half-painted version, as well as some entirely new paint operations, such as the added stripes on the sides of the intakes just behind his shoulders.