[Knock-Off] Jetfire reissued in the US, sorta

Tempest · Post by **Tempest** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:39 pm

I found this while I was surfing around.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/cy ... 003/12/21/

its a knock-off of Jetfire under the name of Galaxy Defender. Its alright but it lacks a few things.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 2:54 am

Yay! I'll have to look for him.

Cap'n · Post by **Cap'n** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 6:22 pm

*Squeal!*
WANT!
MUST HAVE!
MUST BUY!

Flesh Creature · Post by **Flesh Creature** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:09 pm

I bought one of those when I was at the shore last summer.

Dark Rodimus · Post by **Dark Rodimus** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 7:22 am

What's your opinion of the toy after buying it? How much did you pay for it and was it worth it?

Cap'n · Post by **Cap'n** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 6:06 pm

If its priced like the rest of the line anywhere from $5.99 to $7.99

Flesh Creature · Post by **Flesh Creature** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:39 am

I payed about ten dollars for it but on the boardwalks of the Jersey shore things are always more expensive.

Sideswipe · Post by **Sideswipe** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 3:37 am

I hopethey bring it out in Australia. Most of the walmart stuff (like Jhiaxus and the landfill team) usually go to the store target down here

Cap'n · Post by **Cap'n** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 9:43 pm

Target? I hate Target, they hate American veterans, cause they are based in France.

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 10:45 pm

Anyone else seeing a gap in logic?

And that is a seriously nifty toy.

Unicron · Post by **Unicron** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 12:37 am

Originally posted by Denyer
Anyone else seeing a gap in logic?

If you're refering to Cap'n talking about Target, its not a gap in logic, its a lack of explanation.

While I don't remember all the details, there's some story floating around the net that a group of Veterans or people somewhere asked a local Target for some sort of support or sponsorship for some event or something. The Target turned them down because of a corporate policy or something that prevents them from supporting some groups.

Something that has been tacked on to that story is that Target has some sort of connection with France, either owned or run by some French based company or some such.

EDIT: After some checking, I found that this story started back in 2002. And its false. All the details are here.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 3:11 am

Argh! Forgot to look for it at walmart today.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:20 am

Originally posted by Unicron
its not a gap in logic, its a lack of explanation.

You're suggesting "[Target] hate American veterans [be]cause they are based in France" is a logical statement?

It contains two factual inaccuracies and the conjoining of statements is roughly as semantically valid as "otters are a friendly species because they have shiny white teeth."

Unicron · Post by **Unicron** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 4:58 am

Originally posted by Denyer
You're suggesting "[Target] hate American veterans [be]cause they are based in France" is a logical statement?

I wasn't trying to say that. I guess I could have worded things better. Too late now

Dark Rodimus · Post by **Dark Rodimus** » Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:45 am

Since another company has secured the rights to the Jetfire mold, I wonder if Hasbro or Takara will try to get the rights in order to do a Jetfire reissue. They might not be interested though, but a reissue would be pretty cool. As for Target, I really don't like to shop there. They never seem to have what I want, and they're usually more expensive than Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart has better prices and selection.

Jetfire426 · Post by **Jetfire426** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:48 am

i might pick him.. maybe do a little repaint or some battle damage on him.. i've always been a Robotech fan... so i might slap the ROY FOKKER leader 1 scheme on him.. that would be cool

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:49 am

Well, I went to Walmart again today, and they didn't have any Jetfire KOs. I should try K-Mart because they had others from the Galaxy Defenders line as well.

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[Knock-Off] Jetfire reissued in the US, sorta

Jetfire reissused in the US, sorta