Jolt's only new color in this form is silver, which is used to paint the face. The designers were definitely aiming for fidelity to the first Armada Jolt and they succeeded. His head sculpt is also based on Armada Jolt's, with two eyes, a mouthplate and a small chin piece on top of the mouthplate. The turbines from the sides of the vehicles become tube shaped armd and his rotors wind up on his back. The same basic design from Armada Jolt is retained, including a bullet shaped head, the back of the helicopter (stabilizers and all) forming the front of his body, with the tail of the vehicle winding up between his legs. I do find it kind of funny that this Jolt's transformation differs from his predecessor's a lot, yet the two still wind up looking almost exactly alike in robot mode. Swing the bottom of the figure down to form the robot legs.Between the darker shade of red, the contrasting black plastic and his detailing he is one neat looking Mini-Con. In terms of pure appearance, Universe Jolt definitely has a leg up on his predecessor. Nothing mind blowing, but it's nice to see this wasn't somehow lost. Jolt's rotors can be spun by pushing them, the same "action feature" that Armada Jolt had. the blue color looks nice against the red color, and the pink is a bit unexpected, but looks cool as well. Paint decos are done up in light blue, found on his front windows and pink, found on the back. Black plastic is used for contrast on the turbines and his rotor blades. Jolt is mostly cast in red plastic, a much darker shade than his Armada predecessor. You can also look at the top of the rotor and find lots of line detailing as well, a feature he shares with Armada Jolt. This is most notable if you look at the sides, which have lines sculpted in representing his windows and doors. One of the things Armada Jolt had going for him was a good amount of sculpted detail, and Universe Jolt also features quite a bit of detailing. The sides have turbines mounted on them and the tail has two horizontal stabilizers and a rotor at the very end with a vertical stabilizer attached. Like the Armada Jolt, this one has tubes at the end of each rotor, with one end coming to a point. That said, there are still many elements that carried over from the Armada design into this one. The tail section is also much more streamlines, narrowing towards the middle of the vehicle rather than at the very end. Whereas the first Jolt has a very wide front end, the new one has a more oval shaped and thinner nose. However, this time around he's much more streamlined. Like his previous incarnation, Mini-Con Jolt transforms into a helicopter. Instead of a redeco of the Armada Hot Shot figure, Hasbro and Tomy went back to the drawing board to engineer a whole new figure along with Hot Shot's Mini-Con buddy Jolt. While Generation One is certainly its focus, Armada got a little bit of love towards the end of 2008 with the release of Hot Shot. Transformers Universe seeks to celebrate many aspects of Transformers. Retailer: General (Toys R Us, Target, Wal-Mart etc.) Price Point: $11.99 (varies depending on retailer)
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