{"id":2268,"date":"2015-05-08T18:47:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T01:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2015-05-09T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T21:51:23","slug":"combiner-wars-firefly-fireflight-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268","title":{"rendered":"Combiner Wars Firefly (Fireflight) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-thumbnail wp-image-2284 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-200x133.jpg\" alt=\"Firefly-107\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Combiner Wars deluxe Firefly is the current name Hasbro has given to G1 Aerialbot Fireflight. While the original figure transformed into an F-4 Phantom II, this new Firefly transforms into a Harrier jumpjet. While Firefly\u00c2\u00a0came out first, it&#8217;s a reuse of the Quickslinger body\u00c2\u00a0&#8212; the majority of the details between this review and <a href=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2139\">Quickslinger<\/a> will be the same.\u00c2\u00a0 Read on for the Firefly review and photos.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Packaged:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0Firefly\u00c2\u00a0has the wave one packaging style that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s smaller because it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t include a comic book, has 4-language text, and a minimal bio, but it\u00c2\u00a0is a bit simpler to open.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2268 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-103'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-103-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-103-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-103-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-103.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-102'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-102-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-102-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-102-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-102.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-101'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-101-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-101-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-101-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-101.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Vehicle Mode:<\/strong> G1 Fireflight was a red F-4 Phantom, which looks somewhat similar to the Harrier in a few ways but the key difference is that the Phantom had its wings at the bottom of the fuselage instead of the top, which makes CW Firefly here inaccurate. As Firefly and <a href=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2139\">Quickslinger<\/a> share a body in this line, their details here are the same, the only differences being the shape of the back of the head, and the deco. The majority of the plane is red plastic with a white undercarriage, wings, and a painted tail; silver-gray plastic makes up the fold-down landing gear.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2268 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-106'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-106-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-106-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-106-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-106.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-105'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-105-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-105-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-105-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-105.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-104'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-104-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-104-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-104-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-104.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Robot Mode:<\/strong> Firefly feels like the prototype for the Combiner Wars limb bots, many of the other figures share the simple transformation of the arms and cockpit, or the fold-out\u00c2\u00a0transformation of the legs.<\/p>\n<p>The front of\u00c2\u00a0robot mode loses a lot of his red coloring compared to the G1 character, which makes him the most white\u00c2\u00a0robot mode\u00c2\u00a0of the Aerialbots, including the chest combiner joint which highlights the gap it causes in the chest. The deco also adds a good amount\u00c2\u00a0of silver and blue. The head sculpt, which is the only unique element of the figure, borrows from the G1 figure with a little Don Figueroa art tossed in; the design is a blocky knight motif.<\/p>\n<p>Articulation is the same as Quickslinger, obviously; the joints are a touch less tight but nothing drastic. The right elbow is wiggly side-to-side but holds poses fine. Accessories are also the same molds as Quickslinger, and the hand\/foot weapon can be held above or below the hand.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-2268 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-107'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-200x133.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-107.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-110'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-110-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-110-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-110-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-110.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-109'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-109-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-109-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-109-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-109.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-111'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-111-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-111-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-111-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-111.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-108'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-108-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-108-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-108-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-108.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-112'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-112-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-112-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-112-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-112.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Limb Modes:<\/strong> Firefly traditionally transforms into Superion&#8217;s right arm, but can transform into any arm or leg. Everything said about <a href=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2139\">Quickslinger<\/a> fits here as well, although the joints on Firefly as an arm aren&#8217;t quite as tight as his mold-mate on my sample so Powerglide as a gun causes this arm to sag. I like how the hand\/foot accessory has the cannon design, there&#8217;s even sculpted barrel detail within. If you need to tell Firefly&#8217;s hand\/foot from Quickslinger&#8217;s, Firefly has the silver-gray plastic at the thumb joint while Quickslinger has white.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-2268 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-115'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-115-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-115-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-115-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-115.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-113'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-113-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-113-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-113-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-113.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\/attachment\/firefly-114'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-114-133x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-114-133x200.jpg 133w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-114-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Firefly-114.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 133px) 100vw, 133px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Overall:<\/strong> Firefly is ok\u00c2\u00a0but underwhelming since he doesn&#8217;t get his own vehicle mode, and all that white plastic in robot mode makes him seem a little bland compared to the other Aerialbots. The deco does carry G1 credibility\u00c2\u00a0in vehicle mode, but the similarities to Quickslinger don&#8217;t entirely melt away even there. On his own, he&#8217;s just not quite as unique as the other Aerialbots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Review sample supplied by Hasbro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combiner Wars deluxe Firefly is the current name Hasbro has given to G1 Aerialbot Fireflight. While the original figure transformed into an F-4 Phantom II, this new Firefly transforms into a Harrier jumpjet. While Firefly\u00c2\u00a0came out first, it&#8217;s a reuse of the Quickslinger body\u00c2\u00a0&#8212; the majority of the details between this review and Quickslinger will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/2268\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Combiner Wars Firefly (Fireflight) Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","category-toysandcollectibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2328,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}