Ramjet (G1)/toys
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As a Seeker, Ramjet can generally count on receiving a toy whenever Starscream does.
Toys
Generation 1
- Ramjet (1985, 1986, 2001)
- Japanese ID number: D-56
- Accessories: 2 "Cluster Bombs", 2 fists (left & right), 2 wings (left & right), 2 tail fins (left & right), front landing gear
- The original Ramjet toy was a retool of the Diaclone "Jet Robo Acrobat-Type" F-15 Eagle that was used for Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp, with new wings that seem to be inspired by the prototype F-16XL, and new "Cluster Bombs". He is otherwise identical to the other Decepticon jets aside from color. Ramjet's robot mode stickers are the same design as Starscream's, but in different colors.
- In robot mode his official instructions have the user pulling down his nose cone to complete his head transformation, like Starscream. However, Ramjet's character model depicts him as having his head untransformed, leaving a distinctive "conehead" shape to his appearance. This trait is shared by Thrust and Dirge, leading many owners to do the same thing to differentiate the three later Decepticon jets from the three earlier ones.
Generation 2
- Ramjet (1993, 1994)
- Accessories: 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles, 2 fists (left & right), 2 wings (left & right), 2 tail fins, front landing gear, sound effects box
- For the Generation 2 toyline, Ramjet was redecoed with the purple replacing white, black replacing burgundy, and sky blue replacing the original black, leaving him to appear as if he were Skeletor's personal aircraft. Still, he features new firing missile launchers and a sound effects box which is mounted above his engines. These parts were also used on the Generation 2 release of Starscream.
- Of note is the fact that his sky blue parts are extremely prone to yellowing, or in this case greening. Many Generation 2 Ramjets can be found with their blue parts in a teal color.
- This version of the mold would also have been used to make Generation 2 Sandstorm.
Classics
- Ramjet (Deluxe, 2007)
- Accessories: 2 missile launchers (left & right), 2 missiles
- Classics Ramjet, following the trend set by his original Generation 1 toy, is a retool of Classics Starscream and transforms into a modified fighter jet based off the hull of an F-15 Eagle. Aside from the different deco, changes from Starscream include a new nose cone/head, new F-16XL inspired wings and new projectiles for his missile launchers. The new missiles, combined with their launchers, result in a mash-up between his G1 toy's non-firing weapons and his animation model's standard-issue Seeker rifles. Unlike Starscream, his shoulder movement is unimpeded due to a lack of wings behind his shoulders.
- As with most Classics toys, he features a heat-sensitive rubsign.
- Ramjet's instructions neglect a couple of features on his toy; the wings can swivel back and forth and up and down in robot mode, to better balance the figure, and the circular air intakes on his chest can swivel out in either mode. The latter is used to form landing gear in his vehicle mode, as it was in both Starscream and Skywarp.
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Henkei! Henkei!
- Ramjet (Deluxe, 2008-07-17)
- Japanese ID Number: D-04
- Accessories: 2 missile launchers (left & right), 2 missiles
- Henkei! Henkei! Transformers Ramjet is a redeco of Classics Ramjet. He features a significantly altered colour scheme, generally to make the toy even more closely resemble his appearance in the Generation 1 cartoon. His wings are molded in bright red plastic instead of gray plastic with red paint. His hands and feet are molded in white plastic instead of gray, to match more closely the cartoon model. Despite the figure's appearance, Henkei! Ramjet features no gray plastic at all, only white or red plastic painted gray. Ramjet, like the other figures in the line features vacuum-metalized parts, his jet boosters and vertical stabilizers on his wings and his cockpit seat are chrome plated. Since Henkei! toys do not feature a heat-sensitive rubsign, Henkei Ramjet has five Decepticon sigils tampographed total, one each on the top side and under side of his two wings and one in front of his canopy.
Universe (2008)
- Aerial Rivals (Multi-pack, 2008)
- Series: Classic Series
- A redeco of Cybertron Legends of Cybertron Starscream, Universe Ramjet transforms into a Cybertronic "tetrajet". His wings, which end up on his arms in robot mode, each feature a swing-out weapon; the right arm has a blade, while the left has a (non-firing) cannon. He was only available in a Target-exclusive five-pack with Air Raid, Autobot Blades, Skydive, and Thrust (who shares his mold).
- Aside from Thrust, this mold was also used to make Cybertron Skywarp, Sunstorm, & Ramjet, War for Cybertron Starscream, and Dark of the Moon Cybertronian Starscream.
Timelines
- Ramjet (Deluxe, 2011)
- Accessories: 2 missile launchers (left & right), 2 missiles
- Timelines/Generation 2 Ramjet is one of the 2011 Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive figures. He is a redeco of Classics Ramjet in the colors of his Generation 2 toy, including replicating most of the sticker details. Most of the sticker details were recreated with paint, but the detail on the insides of his shoulder intakes and on the top of his feet were once again stickers, presumably because it was rough getting tampographs put in there. Ramjet also now has a rubber nosecone, presumably for safety reasons. Ramjet (and Cheetor) went up for preorder on April 27, 2011. Ramjet was sold out by April 29, 2011.
United
- United Ramjet is a redeco of the Classics Ramjet mold. This release is the first time he is offered with both of his wing mates Dirge and Thrust.
- This version of Ramjet is more closely based on his cartoon appearance, although he retains the bulkier G1 toy-inspired missiles of his earlier releases. His missile launchers are solid dark grey. His hands and forearms are dark grey plastic, with the forearms painted white. His wings are painted metallic red, while his jet boosters and stabilizers are dark grey plastic. Like his Henkei! Henkei! release, his Decepticon faction symbols are tampographed on both sides of his wings, and on his nosecone in front of the cockpit.
Kre-O
- Ramjet (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
- Collection: Collection 3
- Bag number: ***** 53
- Accessories: Logo brick, 2 clip-on rifles
- As part of the third wave of blindpacked Kre-O Micro-Changers, Ramjet is a Kreon who can be rebuilt into a tiny jet. He is essentially a redeco of Kreon Dirge, using almost all the same parts and construction; except that he comes with a new back-harness attachment piece to replace the flak jacket used in Dirge's assortment.
- This Micro-Changer assortment was the last one to appear at Target, with later waves showing up only at ToysЯUs or drug/discount stores.
- Kreon Class of '85 (Kreon figure set, 2015)
- Set number: B5152
- Voted: Best Headbutt
- Accessories: 2 clip-on rifles
- Kreon Class of '85 Ramjet's deco is much more heavily toy-detailed than the Micro-Changer. Oddly, his leg-wings are black instead of burgundy. Like the rest of the set, he uses the almost-totally-retooled 2015 style of Kreon body.
- This box set of thirty Kreons was a San Diego Comic-Con 2015 exclusive, with leftovers being sold on Hasbro Toy Shop online after the show.
- Ramjet (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2017)
- Collection: Collection 3
- Accessories: Logo plate, 2 clip-on rifles
- In 2017, the Collection 3 Micro-Changers were re-released in a whole new production run, first appearing at Walgreens stores in the U.S. These releases use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon (making most parts incompatible with older Kreons), with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. Ramjet's tampographs are slightly altered, changing the flat light gray to metallic silver.
- Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
Generations
- Seeker Squadron 3-pack (Platinum Edition, 2015)
- Accessories: 2 "Cluster Bombs", 2 fists (left & right), 2 wings (left & right), 2 tail fins (left & right), front landing gear
- A reissue of the original Ramjet toy in a Platinum Edition 3-pack with Thrust and Dirge.
- In the United States, this set was officially a Target exclusive, though only ever found at a single Target store, otherwise only available via the company's website. However, it was also stocked by US-based online retailers BigBadToyStore and TFSource, who supposedly obtained it as an import from Asia. It was available in several of Hasbro's Asian markets (namely Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines; it's currently unknown whether it was exclusive to any particular stores there or not). In Australia, it was sold at Myer stores, whereas in Canada, it was available via the Canadian Walmart website (but never found in stores).
- In the United Kingdom, it was sold at Toys"R"Us stores and A1 Toys, whereas in Spain, was officially available via the Spanish division of Amazon. In Germany, it was originally available via Bankroft, an online retailer that otherwise specializes in Nerf blasters and accessories, as part of a special "Fan Edition" arrangement through Hasbro Germany, with the help of several German fan sites. Due to low sales, the unsold stock was later sold to Actionfiguren24, a German online retailer that specializes in imported toys, who was able to lower its price for its existing stock of imported Seeker Squadron sets as a result.
Masterpiece
- Ramjet (2016-03-19)
- Japanese ID number: MP-11NR
- Accessories: 2 null rays, clear hologram pilot figurine
- Masterpiece MP11NR Ramjet was revealed on the TakaraTomy Mall website in October 2015 as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive, the first Conehead retool of Masterpiece MP-11 Starscream. Later the same day, the listing disappeared before the preorder period started. The listing reappeared at the end of November, with preorders staying open from November 30 to December 8. It was limited to 2000 pieces in Japan.
- The pictures in the original October listings had the figure slightly mistransformed in jet mode (the nosecone was not fully closed) and featured the hologram pilot cast in orange plastic, while the updated pics from the November listing show the figure's nosecone correctly closed and the hologram pilot is now cast in clear plastic.
- Unfortunately, quality control problems with this figure are very commonplace, with seemingly a majority of specimens having a misassembly in the robot shoulders that prevents fully locking the wings together in jet mode.
Merchandise
Super Collection Figure
- Ramjet (2003)
- During Act 6 of Takara's Super Collection Figure line, Ramjet was released as a limited articulation PVC figurine not actually based upon his cartoon model, as he is a retool of Starscream with new wings and a new head. He also came with one of the parts to for a Build-a-Figure PVC figurine of Grand Maximus.
MyClone
- Ramjet (2003)
- Japanese ID number: MTF016
- MyClone Ramjet was released in the fifth series of the MyClone trading figure line, which was third and final series to feature Transformers characters. Following the MyClone aesthetic, he is a cutesy representation of Ramjet's animation model in super-deformed proportions. He features articulation in his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips and knees, all of the parts capable of being removed, then mixed and matched with any other MyClone figure.
3D Battle-Card Game
- Ramjet (2007)
- A 34-point "common" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Ramjet "transforms" into a white and red jet, generally following his Classics deco scheme. He uses the same parts layout as Movie Starscream, Dreadwing, Thundercracker, and Jetfire, and Generation 1 Starscream and Skywarp.
Transformers - Mini Bust
- Ramjet (Diamond Select, 2008)
- Ramjet was released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008 and exclusive to online retailer Big Bad Toy Store. He was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 250 pieces. The sculpt features Ramjet's distinctive wings. Strangely enough his motto on the box is "The skies are my castle, and I like to live alone" as found *in*his tech spec as opposed to "If it flies, crash it" as it was in both his tech spec and Transformers Universe profile.
The Loyal Subjects
- Ramjet
- The Loyal Subjects Ramjet is a Wave 2 figure with standard articulation. He is mostly based on his Classics toy. For every 16 figures, there are 2 Ramjets. The basic mold, but not the accessories, was also used to make Dirge and Thrust, as well as the "Ghost" versions of all three Coneheads.
