Transformers Masterpiece Collection MP06 Skywarp by Takara

The MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp is a repainted version of the MP-03 Starscream�s F-15 Eagle design. Skywarp features a new array of colors---primarily purple and black with a little silver and grey---and also features a switch-between face sculpt selection including the (A) typically bland and apathetic Skywarp and (B) the snarling Skywarp. Presumably Skywarp, like Starscream, should also include a missile-rack display stand tailored for both jet and robot mode. The Skywarp mold is a mixture of die-cast and plastic, allowing for an extensive range of articulation. In robot mode the wings are inverted, the cannons arm-mounted. The writer of this description must reluctantly concede the fact that this Skywarp appears to be possibly more impressive than the MP-03 Starscream. In the Gen 1 continuity Skywarp was a quiet, brooding Decepticon sometimes varyingly underplayed. Skywarp is noted for his teleportation function, an ability unfortunately limited by Skywarp�s unrefined intellect and lack of imagination. The original cartoon portrayed Skywarp, like Thundercracker, rankling impassively under the tentative and self-serving authority of Starscream. During Transformers: The Movie, Skywarp was counted among the badly damaged Decepticons voted out by Starscreamï ½s mutiny and jettisoned from Astrotrainï ½s compartment bay into deep space. A little later, Skywarp, along with Thundercracker and the Insecticons, was recycled for the creation of Galvatronï ½s new army.