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Title: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Stealth Viper on May 10, 2011, 09:38:53 AM
Due to trademark issues, the SkyStriker (as we know it) cannot be sold with that name in Canada. As such, our packaging will carry the name "SKYFIGHTER".  This name change may apply in other countries as well, however the USA release will still be called "Skystriker"

The toy itself will of course be identical, only the packaging/name will be different. Look for it on shelves this fall.


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Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: bandonov on May 10, 2011, 09:41:51 AM
WOW!  That is wild, I wonder who ownes the trademark in Canada?
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: pdaat on May 10, 2011, 10:13:19 AM
Me.  But Hasbro wouldn't pay up.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: freakx2001 on May 10, 2011, 10:57:06 AM
Always had plans to pick mine up in the states anyways. I'm sure Zellers will be selling it for $59.99 or something crazy like that anyways. With our money being worth more and my frequent trips to the stats, I'll get it there.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: cmderinchief on May 10, 2011, 10:57:51 AM
Packaging variant!   :wink:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 10, 2011, 12:28:17 PM
What currently has the rights to Skystriker?  At any rate, it doesn't really bother me.  It's not like we'll see it in Canada, anyway... :wink:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: 5h4rK on May 10, 2011, 01:27:49 PM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
...It's not like we'll see it in Canada, anyway... :wink:

^^^^This!
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Redmao on May 10, 2011, 01:44:21 PM
Maybe striker sounded too violent  :shifty:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 10, 2011, 01:45:40 PM
Quote from: "Redmao"
Maybe striker sounded too violent  :shifty:
Skypeacemaker, perhaps?  Skysharer?  Skyfriend?
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Gyre-Viper on May 10, 2011, 03:44:34 PM
I wonder what this means for any future card back references of the Stryker.  Actually now I'm curious to see Ace's file card.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: 5h4rK on May 10, 2011, 03:52:50 PM
Quote from: "Gyre-Viper"
I wonder what this means for any future card back references of the Stryker.  Actually now I'm curious to see Ace's file card.

I am curious too.. maybe a new birthplace?  ::)
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 10, 2011, 06:40:11 PM
Quote from: "5h4rK"
Quote from: "Gyre-Viper"
I wonder what this means for any future card back references of the Stryker.  Actually now I'm curious to see Ace's file card.

I am curious too.. maybe a new birthplace?  ::)
"Nom de code: As"
Hey, the isn't the jet in Canadiens colours? :wink:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: bandonov on May 10, 2011, 07:11:22 PM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
"Nom de code: As"
Hey, the isn't the jet in Canadiens colours? :wink:

No that is the SDCC Starscream Skyfighter... :lol:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 10, 2011, 07:15:00 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
"Nom de code: As"
Hey, the isn't the jet in Canadiens colours? :wink:

No that is the SDCC Starscream Skyfighter... :lol:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Editor on May 10, 2011, 08:43:08 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
"Nom de code: As"
Hey, the isn't the jet in Canadiens colours? :wink:

No that is the SDCC Starscream Skyfighter... :lol:

SDCC Starscreem SkySeeker perhaps???
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 10, 2011, 08:47:33 PM
Quote from: "Editor"
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
"Nom de code: As"
Hey, the isn't the jet in Canadiens colours? :wink:

No that is the SDCC Starscream Skyfighter... :lol:

SDCC Starscreem SkySeeker perhaps???
Starspeak Skyfighter, maybe.
Considering that's an SDCC exclusive, I don't think Canadian trademark laws will apply to it, though!  At least, I'd hope not.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Stealth Viper on May 11, 2011, 09:05:37 AM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"

Considering that's an SDCC exclusive, I don't think Canadian trademark laws will apply to it, though!  At least, I'd hope not.

Hmm.

http://officialtransformersph.blogspot. ... am_13.html (http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2011/02/sdcc-2011-exclusive-starscream_13.html)

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The SDCC exclusive this year will be the Skystriker renamed by Hasbro as the Starscream Skyfighter.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: bandonov on May 11, 2011, 11:04:00 AM
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"

Considering that's an SDCC exclusive, I don't think Canadian trademark laws will apply to it, though!  At least, I'd hope not.

Hmm.

http://officialtransformersph.blogspot. ... am_13.html (http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2011/02/sdcc-2011-exclusive-starscream_13.html)

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The SDCC exclusive this year will be the Skystriker renamed by Hasbro as the Starscream Skyfighter.

Damn, the arm of the law always wins...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPXnoLAEUSQ[/youtube]
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnowHawk on May 11, 2011, 11:13:08 AM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
Quote from: "Redmao"
Maybe striker sounded too violent  :shifty:+1 for Skyfriend.  I lol'd myself.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 11, 2011, 12:41:25 PM
Quote from: "bandonov"
Quote from: "Stealth Viper"
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"

Considering that's an SDCC exclusive, I don't think Canadian trademark laws will apply to it, though!  At least, I'd hope not.

Hmm.

http://officialtransformersph.blogspot. ... am_13.html (http://officialtransformersph.blogspot.com/2011/02/sdcc-2011-exclusive-starscream_13.html)

Quote
The SDCC exclusive this year will be the Skystriker renamed by Hasbro as the Starscream Skyfighter.

Damn, the arm of the law always wins...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPXnoLAEUSQ[/youtube]
That's kinda messed up.  Is the Skystriker being renamed to Skyfighter in the States, too?  Or is it just the Canadian release and the SDCC one?
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Stealth Viper on May 11, 2011, 02:03:13 PM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
That's kinda messed up.  Is the Skystriker being renamed to Skyfighter in the States, too?  Or is it just the Canadian release and the SDCC one?

Regular Release:

Canada (and perhaps other countries) will have the SKYFIGHTER
USA will have SKYSTRIKER


SDCC:

Unknown - however the link regarding the SDCC I posted above seems to say that it will be skyfighter.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Realboss on May 11, 2011, 07:15:16 PM
Skywhatever.  I want one and will throw away the box.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: formbx257 on May 11, 2011, 08:22:17 PM
Quote
SDCC:

Unknown - however the link regarding the SDCC I posted above seems to say that it will be skyfighter.

This link is from Transformers Philipines, so maybe all international (non-US) trademarks were expired?  I remember the ROC Night Raven being renamed "Night Bird" in the UK, because of that legal problem.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Gerjurdking on May 13, 2011, 11:58:30 AM
So will we be getting a different sticker sheet? I certainly hope not. I was probably going to buy these from the States (and be horribly gouged) anyway but would obviously prefer to buy locally - again, not that I've had much luck finding Joe stuff locally. I don't know about you guys but I wouldn't want the sides of my SkyStriker adorned with stickers that make it seem like it's some cheap bootleg.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 13, 2011, 12:36:20 PM
Quote from: "Gerjurdking"
So will we be getting a different sticker sheet? I certainly hope not. I was probably going to buy these from the States (and be horribly gouged) anyway but would obviously prefer to buy locally - again, not that I've had much luck finding Joe stuff locally. I don't know about you guys but I wouldn't want the sides of my SkyStriker adorned with stickers that make it seem like it's some cheap bootleg.
How would the stickers make it look like a cheap bootleg unless the US stickers make it look like a cheap bootleg? ??? Do our '80s vehicles' Canadian flags make them look like bootlegs?  Not trying to be confrontational, mind you.
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: latinjoe22 on May 13, 2011, 01:02:29 PM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
Quote from: "Gerjurdking"
So will we be getting a different sticker sheet? I certainly hope not. I was probably going to buy these from the States (and be horribly gouged) anyway but would obviously prefer to buy locally - again, not that I've had much luck finding Joe stuff locally. I don't know about you guys but I wouldn't want the sides of my SkyStriker adorned with stickers that make it seem like it's some cheap bootleg.
How would the stickers make it look like a cheap bootleg unless the US stickers make it look like a cheap bootleg? ??? Do our '80s vehicles' Canadian flags make them look like bootlegs?  Not trying to be confrontational, mind you.

I have to agree with Snakes. As a kid I wasn't aware that my ARAH vehicles were different from US versions because it still said gi joe on them, and that's the only thing that mattered to me anyway. I think whether this is called a Skystriker, Skydiver, SkyFighter, whatever, will be of little consequence because the SkyFighter will commemorate the original Skystriker on its overall aesthetic level rather than on the name of the plane itself. Look at the simple solution: you can always buy sticker sheets from Cobra stickers.com and problem solved Gerjurdking  :wink:
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: SnakeEyesOnAPlane on May 13, 2011, 01:22:24 PM
I haven't seen the sticker sheet.  Do the stickers even say "Skystriker" on them?
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: bandonov on May 13, 2011, 01:59:33 PM
Quote from: "SnakeEyesOnAPlane"
I haven't seen the sticker sheet.  Do the stickers even say "Skystriker" on them?

Nope it does not from the previous pics

(http://http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/zz140/bandonov/gijoeskystriker.jpg)
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: Sundance on May 13, 2011, 02:14:24 PM
the original didn't say it on there...

unless you had the 1985 UK release...

oh, wait, no it was just XP-14F

http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/00 ... es/001.jpg (http://www.bloodforthebaron.com/toys/003/af/010/images/001.jpg)
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called "SKYFIGHTER" in Canada
Post by: bandonov on May 13, 2011, 02:41:21 PM
here is the sticker sheet

(http://http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/83/skystriker/skystriker_stickers.jpg)
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called
Post by: Uninvited Ghost on July 19, 2011, 01:13:04 PM
Anyone pick one of these up yet? Are the Canadian stickers/filecard(s) different?
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called
Post by: Uninvited Ghost on August 02, 2011, 10:21:32 AM
So still no sightings? Is there a sightings part of the forum, couldn't find one...
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called
Post by: bandonov on August 02, 2011, 05:55:00 PM
Still Nothing....  :P
Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called \
Post by: latinjoe22 on August 16, 2011, 10:54:43 PM
Got my Sky Strikers from HJL collectibles today. It says on the box "Sky Striker", not Sky Fighter. And the box is english only. Am I to assume that I got the american versions of them? Or did Hasbro manage to secure the rights to "Sky Striker" in the end?

Interesting to take note that the pilot is not "Slipstream" as advertised in some sites. He's really called "Capt. Ace".

I didn't open one of them yet but the pics on the back of the package show a "Sky Striker" sticker on the underside of both engines.

Has anyone found these at retail so far?

Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called \
Post by: latinjoe22 on August 20, 2011, 04:59:23 AM
Does anyone know what is the suggested retail price of the Skystriker that will be released in Canada?

Title: Re: New Skystriker will be called \
Post by: Colonel Abernathy on August 20, 2011, 09:23:39 AM
Quote from: latinjoe22 on August 20, 2011, 04:59:23 AM
Does anyone know what is the suggested retail price of the Skystriker that will be released in Canada?

I paid $55 total for mine but that was at a comic shop.