Jet Corps
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- The Jet Corps is aDecepticonsubgroupfrom theOperation Combinationportion of theGeneration 1continuity family
TheJet Corps(ジェット quân đoànJetto Gundan) areScrash's primary infantry team and the arch-foes of theAutobotRoad Corps.Each member of the team has a personal vendetta against a member of the Road Corps, fueling a very bitter rivalry between the two groups.
The Jet Corps consists of:
- Dark Jet(leader)
- Shadow Jet
- Moon Jet
- Flare Jet
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Fiction
Operation Combinationstory pages
The Jet Corps has an extensive and personal history with the AutobotRoad Corps,with each member having a rival on the other side.The Rivals of the Road Corps and Jet Corps Collide!
Scrashsent the Jet Corps to plunderEarthof its energy alongsideBattle Gaia.They initially met resistance from the Road Corps, leaving Dark Jet to go toe-to-toe withSpin Road.The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!
Despite the efforts of the Road Corps, the Jet Corps and Battle Gaia continued to advance toward Earth. Out of options,Guard Cityand the Road Corps summoned forth all theMicromaster Combinersscattered across the globe to join in the battle which had finally arrived in Earth's orbit.The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!
Eventually, the Autobots united into the "Autobot Scrum Combination"which destroyed Battle Gaia and drove the Jet Corps back. The Jet Corps were last seen carrying the remains of Battle Gaia back into outer space.Conclusion
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Toys
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
- TF-07Fire Roadvs.Shadow Jet
- TF-08Checker Roadvs.Moon Jet
- Known designers:Takio Ejima(TakaraTomy)
- Released in the eighth and final year of the original TakaraFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformersline under theOperation Combinationbanner, the members of the Jet Corps are (mostly) identical to the fourHasbroEuropean-market smallPredatortoys. Each one transforms from robot to fighter jet, and includes a spring-loaded missile launcher with teeny missiles that would never pass USsafety regulations.They also retained the "Megavisor"gimmickof their European counterparts, except that, as neitherSkyquakeorStalkerwere released inOperation Combinationproper, this feature went entirely unadvertised. (Skyquakewassold in the Japanese market, but in a European box that sported Japanese-language stickers. Big nope on Stalker.)
- The only real difference between the Jet Corps and the Predators are in the small green missiles. Though they are functionally the same, there are many minor molding differences between the two. The most immediately-noticeable difference without directly comparing the two is the bases; the Jet Corps missiles have a circular base, while the Predator missile-bases have fins that extend beyond the base.
- Due to a combination of factors (one of them beingGold Plastic Syndrome), the Jet Corps's missile launchers are quite delicate.Neverload one of their launchers while one of them is holding it, as there's a distinct risk that post will just snap right off.
- Each Jet Corps member was only available in a "vs." two-pack with one of the AutobotRoad Corpsmembers, themselves identical to the Predators' rival team theTurbomasters.
