Availabilityīluestreak was available in the United States and UK in 1984. Another major variant of Bluestreak is a Mexican version with flat grey paint. Three bars corresponds to the earliest releases, while 2 bars is the most common version. Alongside other minor molding and date stamp variants, his rifle also had noticeable variation in the number of horizontal bars the left side of the triangular rear stock of the gun- 0, 2, or 3. Mold injection points on his plastic parts were moved or hidden. The area where the roof attaches to Bluestreak’s head/face was similarly reinforced. Partway through 1984, The die-cast rear end of the car had small protrusions added to the “b-pillars” to better support the roof. Some of these issues were addressed in Bluestreak’s major casting variations. When transforming or storing Bluestreak, be sure to never apply direct pressure to the roof in either direction - always operate by moving the head itself. Often, the damage is subtle, such as the tab on either side of the rear window shearing off, causing it to fall into the trunk area. His rear windows are similarly fragile, although slightly better supported and protected by the die-cast pieces they are mounted to. Added to the fact that his roof is supported in the rear only by two small tabs, this has left a large proportion of original toys roofless. His roof and windshield are attached to the panel on the back of his head by a thin piece of clear plastic, which breaks with incredible ease. Rubsign location: None (1984), or left side door (1985) Collector Notesĭespite Bluestreak’s design making heavy use of die-cast parts such as the hood and rear quarters, he is very prone to major breakage. Interestingly, the two blue “Turbo” badge stickers were designed to blend in to the earlier Diaclone release’s blue paint, and were not altered to fit with Bluestreak’s silver deco.ĭate stamp location: Bottom of car, near rear wheels Bluestreak’s transformation is more complex than Hasbro’s smaller offerings, including more advanced tricks like using his waistplate to lock his hips in robot or car mode, and folding his arms up in an interesting opposed position seen in several other Diaclone designs. Further attention is given to detail by a wide variety of buyer-applied stickers, decorating his alternate mode with lights and badges, and his robot mode with details and colors, including stickers that appear behind the rear car windows on his shins. His robot mode shares many of the hallmarks of Diaclone design: the hood and front fascia become the large chest of the robot, his doors become “wings” behind his shoulders, and he has two non-firing shoulder-mounted missile launchers to compliment his armament of a chrome rifle. His doors open, though the Diaclone driver would have originally boarded by opening the roof. Clear windows front and back, as well as supporting his “open” T-top roof complete the look of realism. He features four-spoke (a mark of the real-life turbo model) vacuum-metalized “chrome” wheels shod in rubber tires. Descriptionīluestreak’s all-silver alternate mode closely resembles a real Datsun 280ZX, including stickers badging him as such. The US Patent, titled Reconfigurable toy assembly (aka Transformers G1 Bluestreak) was filed on Octo(U.S. However, so far, all claims of “blue Bluestreaks” have either been not been proven genuine, or been proven not to be genuine. Due to the fact that Bluestreak’s instructions depict the blue and silver Diaclone toy (as well as his name being Bluestreak!), many collectors wrongly believed this blue version was released in Transformers packaging. This version of the 280ZX was released in Diaclone under two color schemes:īlue with a silver hood, or silver with a black hood and roof.
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