Air Raid and Slingshot are inspired from Transformers Generation 1, and are modern updates offered in today’s style and articulation. Air Raid becomes the left leg for Superion, and Slingshot becomes the left arm. These are numbered as 1 and 2 of 5, and you’ll need Silverbolt, Fireflight and Skydive to form Superion.
Thank you to BigBadToyStore for sending along Hasbro’s Transformers: Age of the Primes Aerialbot Air Raid and Slingshot Figures for review.
Availability: May 2025 at BigBadToyStore
Air Raid and Slingshot are packaged in a window box with artwork that’s seen in the Age pf the Primes line, with images of them on the front, left side, images of Primes on the right, and images in both modes on the back. Included is a sheet of instructions that is shown in the video above.
Air Raid comes in red, white and black as his primary colors, with a metallic silver, white and a dark grey face and helmet, with blue eyes on his head sculpt. He includes the Autobot logo on his chest, and his tail fins are attached by 5mm ports. The bulk of the chest in red, with the arms and legs light grey, with the jet mode being primarily black, with the white and red showing at the bottom.
He includes a set of identical blasters, which can be stored in his hands, or the bottom of his wings.
He transforms into an unlicensed F-15 fighter jet. The cockpit is metallic silver, and he has red and blue stripes on the wings, and Autobot logo’s on both. There is a landing wheel with the Autobot logo on the front.
Slingshot is mostly the same colors as Air Raid, with his head sculpt being white and orange, with the cockpit also being orange. His chest is mostly red and black, with white arms, legs, black hips and feet. The jet mode is mostly white, with some red, blue, black and a red Autobot logo on both wings.
He also includes a set of blasters, which can be placed on the sides of his forearms, or hands.
He transformers into a British Aerospace Sea Harrier, and is a small bulky looking plane in this mode. The blasters can be stored under his wings in this mode. There is also a tiny landing gear wheel on the bottom.
A breakdown of both of their articulation is featured in the video.
Overall, Air Raid and Slingshot are great modern updates to the 1980’s Transformers Generation 1 animated series and toy line, and they did a really good job on this one. Make sure to grab these and other figures now at BigBadToyStore!
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