This isn’t Skytread or Flywheels.

He’s Blitzwing wearing some unusual colours!

Of all the Platinum Edition releases, this set stands out like a sore thumb because the colours they went with were so random. The other G1 Platinum Edition releases were straight up reissues with fancy boxes, so why make this one set have out there paint?

Well, that’s a mystery for another day. Let’s just see if Blitzwing is any good!

Packaging

Vehicle mode (Tank mode)

Blitzwing is a chocolate tank and honestly looks pretty great. The brown looks a bit drab but it does look realistic. The only real problem I have is the gappy back end that has the jet cockpit out on full display.

Surprisingly, there’s some playability in tank mode. The turret rotates a full 360° degrees and he rolls thanks to tiny wheels under his treads.

Transformation

Blitzwing has a simple transformation that’s simple but still good fun a few decades after it was designed. You can literally cycle between all three of his modes in less than five minutes.

Vehicle mode (Jet mode)

Blitzwing is a red velvet jet and I’m not sure which mode I prefer. The jet mode certainly has brighter colours and more paint as well as stickers. It’s up to personal preference whether bright colours are better than realistic colours.

Personally, it depends on my mood.

There’s definitely less playability in this mode though. There’s supposed to be firing missiles but that gimmicks been neutered and all that’s left is the deploying landing gear under the cockpit.

Robot mode

Triple Changers usually have one compromised mode to accommodate having three modes. Unfortunately for Blitzwing, it’s his robot mode.

Seriously, his arms are weird, his hands don’t work right and he has no feet. Well, at least the new colours look good in this mode.

For posability… I’ll be forgiving because this is a G1 Transformer and a Triple Changer. All Blitzwing can do is move up at the shoulders.

Gimmicks

Blitzwing’s got one thing and that’s that he’s a Triple Changer. Like I said earlier, Blitzwing was supposed to have firing missiles in jet mode but that feature was removed.

Toy or collectible?

Blitzwing’s a collectible.

He’s a G1 reissue, with new colours and he comes in a very fancy box. The set he came in was also massively overpriced when it was first released. The set’s available at pretty reasonable prices now because of how hard it shelfwarmed.

Closing

Blitzwing looks great in his new colours and he’s a lot of fun despite being a 30 year old toy. Yes, Blitzwing has a pretty weak robot mode but that just adds to his retro charm.

I hope the other member of this set is as good as this…