Jhiaxus’s transformation is very simple, as it follows the same basic scheme was the original Armada toy on which the mold is based. Jhiaxus never transformed in IDW, and certainly not in the short timeframe when he had this body, so there’s really nothing to compare it to other than G2 Jhiaxus turning into a jet, as well. He’s a very vibrant orange and grey space jet with giant cannons on top, and I guess he looks okay. Jhiaxus is a retool of Generations Armada Starscream (which represents IDW G1 Starscream) with new wings and cockpit, as well as guns mounted under the wings to replace the former’s swords. After a long absence from the story since Furman stopped writing IDW, Jhiaxus returned along with the Dead Universe crew in the Dark Cybertron event, and thus got himself a proper toy in the Generations line.
IDW Jhiaxus, on the other hand, was an ancient Cybertronian mad scientist who got sucked into the Dead Universe along with Nova Prime and their buddies, but not before he was able to be a mentor to a young Senator named Shockwave. In the UK comics, Jhiaxus was the leader of the G2 “evolved” Cybertronians and was a pretty nasty guy. Jhiaxus is one of those characters Simon Furman created for the Marvel UK Transformers comics who managed to avoid fading into obscurity by maintaining a major role in the IDW continuity (and having a random repaint in the RID toyline).
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