He was renamed Autobot Jazz (due to copyright) and several modifications were made to keep the toy conformed to US safety standards such as elongated missiles and launcher, plus the used of flexible black plastic for gun and missiles Hasbro followed Takara package design change and released Jazz in flap window box. The toy was reissued as Autobot Jazz by Hasbro in April 2003. Commemorative Series 3 Autobot Jazz (2003).The mouth is different from the original. Collection 01 Meister along with 02 Prowl were debut sets for the new T/F Collection line, and started the whole reissues. Meister came in flap window "Collection Series" style box. Takara T/F Collection 01 Meister (2002).Generation 1 Autobot Car Electrum Jazz (2002)Ī special "Electrum" version, covered in gold chrome-plating, was also released in 2001, commemorating the cartoon episode "The Golden Lagoon" (in which the Transformers coat themselves with a metallic gold substance and become temporarily impervious to their various weapons).A few prototypes of the toy in package were made, and have sold for over $1300 in auction. Jazz was also to be released as a Laser Cycle, repainted from Road Rocket, but the figure was never released. Generation 2 Laser Cycle Jazz (unreleased).This series also printed a bio for Jazz where he had the new motto " Decepticons keep bad company-each other!" Jazz appeared in his Generation 2 form in the short lived UK Generation 2 comic series. Jazz was one of the Autobot cars to be released on Generation 2, with a slight repaint and weapons change. Jazz was released as an Action Master in 1990. (As an interesting sidenote, in Dreamwave's More Than Meets the Eye, an in-universe encyclopedia of all of the characters, Bumblebee notes that Spike would have thought that Jazz's Pretender shell would have looked "different".)Ī Kmart store exclusive of Jazz, essentially his Pretender car without the shell and its accessories. Jazz was released as a Classic Pretender in 1989. Generation 1 Classic Pretender Jazz (1989).This version of Jazz is nearly the same as the one sold in stores, except it came in a brown cardboard box and the stickers had the words Martini (misspelled as Martinii to avoid paying out royalties) and Porsche removed from them. Generation 1 Autobot Car Cookie Crisp Jazz (1985)Ī special variant of Jazz was given away as a promotional item from Cookie Crisp cereal in 1985.The 1984 version of Jazz was re-issued in Europe in the early 1990s and Japan in 2001. The name Jazzz also appears in early Transformers coloring books. Original script scans from the DVD box sets show that the writing staff also used the name Jazzz. According to original tech spec notes written by Bob Budiansky found at Iacon One in 2006, the original name for Jazz was Jazzz. He was later released in 1984 by Hasbro in the U.S. There was a movie-related contest associated with these inserts.Īutobot Battle Station Metroplex with Slammer, Scamper and Six-Gunĭecepticon Trypticon with Full-Tilt and Bruntĭecepticon Reflector (Spectro, Spy Glass and Viewfinder)īlister carded toys included decoys – rubber figurines of the original characters in red and purple mold colors.The toy that was to become the Autobot Jazz was originally released as part of the Japanese Diaclone series in 1983. Some boxed Autobot and Decepticon figures were released with a special Transformers: The Movie promo poster that had glow-in-the-dark elements. There were 4 styles of Minispies – 4 Wheel Drive Vehicle, Porsche, Dune Buggy and MX-1 Vehicle – each available in blue, white and yellow. The Autobot Mini-Cars from 1984 were re-released in 1985 to include an exclusive Minispy figure. All figures from 1984 were re-released in 1985 with rub signs, which revealed if a figure was an Autobot or Decepticon warrior.
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