Blitzwing (Cloud)

The name or term "Blitzwing" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blitzwing (disambiguation).

Blitzwing is a Decepticon from the Cloud continuity.

"Chaaaarrrrr- Oh darn! My wallet fell off!"

Blitzwing (ブリッツウイング Burittsuuingu) is a Decepticon who resides in Cloud World's Underground.

Toys

Generations (Japan)

Mit der Geschwindigkeit eines Kampfjets und der Stärke eines Panzers!

• Blitzwing (Voyager, 2013)
  • Japanese ID number: TG22
  • Accessories: Rifle, scimitar, missile

The TakaraTomy release of Generations Blitzwing was officially repurposed as Cloud Blitzwing.

Blitzwing is a modern reinterpretation of his original toy, and transforms into two vaguely futuristic vehicles: a jet with an opening cockpit and back-mounted rocket boosters, as well as a tank with a rotating turret and a spring-loaded cannon that launches its missile when the barrel is compressed. The cannon can be swung out and deployed for use in jet mode. He comes with a blaster and a sword, both of which mount/are held by 5 mm post. He features 5mm ports for his hands, shoulders/vehicle sides, cannon base, and wings, while both weapons have numerous additional posts and ports.

In a nod to his Transformers Animated incarnation, he sports a face-swapping feature, allowing him to switch between a more traditional, visored face, a monocled face (inspired by the Animated character's 'Icy' persona), and a black jack-o'-lantern-like face (inspired by the Animated character's 'Random' persona).

The toy is renowned for one significant design flaw. The first is that tabs meant to anchor the robot shoulders to the chest never solidly lock into place—they are simply too far apart. This makes his shoulder assemblies swing up and out of his chest when the shoulders are rotated up. Pressing the shoulder slots into the chest tabs sometimes works to counter this, but it depends on the tolerances of each individual figure. The problem can be completely eliminated with a little work:

1. For those not wishing to modify the toy itself, spacing material can be affixed to the back of the shoulder piece. This creates support in the back and allows the front tabs to remain in place.
2. Alternately, one can disassemble the figure and lightly sand the screw mounts and inside chest walls on the front half, bringing the back of the figure and the front closer together, and allowing the shoulder assemblies to lock in completely solid as originally intended. This has the potential risk of over-sanding, which prevents the legs from clipping securely to his chest for his vehicle modes.

Blitzwing was retooled into Generations Doubledealer and Cloud Starscream.

• More information on Generations Blitzwing at TFU.info

Notes

• Cloud Blitzwing is technically consistently colored like the Hasbro Thrilling 30 Blitzwing (no purple stripes on the shoulders), perhaps based on what was available at the time of making Cloud art, but the intention was likely to market Takara's contemporary release of Generations Blitzwing.