Air Raiders Intro Commercial

Hey folks, I wanted to look through the commercials that were done for the toy line and see if there was anything interesting to note. I’ll start with the introduction commercial for the toys. It’s coming soon. The world where everything runs on air. So air is more precious than gold! But in Airlandia, the……

Air Raiders Advertisement

Airlandia… where air is more precious than gold… The evil Tyrants of Wind control the planet Airlandia, where everything runs on air. Only the Air Raiders, a daring band of rebels, stand a chance of rescuing their planet from these cruel dictators. You’ve never seen vehicles like these before… State-of-the-Air fighter planes like the Hawkwind……

Air Raiders Licensing Kit, Part 3

Last session was about the beautiful folder the kit came in, today is focused on colored line art for the various vehicles! The images were printed nice and sharp by Hasbro and I scanned them in at a good resolution. They all have basics flat colors but what’s interesting is they actually broke down the……

Storm Dagger Prototype!

A while back, we had a post showing recent ebay listings of Air Raider vehicles. Each vehicle had various pieces with different plastic colors. The seller, a former Hasbro employee, said the different plastics were made for salesman to use on the road or were older prototypes that just simply switched colors.We also saw an……

General Stag

Andrew Cosson (see his talented work here) did a great head shot of the General Stag figure I posted a while back (left). From his site: General Stag an unproduced character figure for the Hasbro line Air Raiders. Gen. Stag had no colors so I took the liberty of my own choice bases on the……

Pre-production Art on Ebay, part 2

Hey folks, looks like there’s some familiar art up on ebay right now. It’s a transparency of the classic all-out battle for Airlandia that we see used on most Air Raiders packaging and marketing products. This was actually just for sale last year (see here). Sadly, I did not save the final sale info because……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 3

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. Here are previous installments: Origins of Air Raiders, Part 1 Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2 Here’s the early story pitch for Air Raiders, back when Steve Reiss first created the concept and it was called Air Masters. First off, it takes place……

Origins of Air Raiders, Part 2

This is another post on the origins of our favorite toy series. If you’d like to read the first one, click here. So the last post talked about how Steve Reiss created Air Raiders back when he was the Hasbro Senior Design Director for Boys Toys. Here I will share the actual concept he came……

Air Raiders Relaunch, Part Five – Nerf It!

Airlandia: Here’s the next post in a series that gives fans a chance to explain how they would relaunch the Air Raiders in today’s market. Heli, our resident Hawkwind fanatic, will take it from here: Heli: Air Raiders is a wonderful, unique line, so any relaunch should strive to hold onto the qualities that define……

Air Raiders Factory Tests

Big thanks to replicant01 who noticed some interesting details on an ebay auction recently. A seller by the name of stuff_4_a_steal had a lot of Air Raider vehicles, some with their original boxes. Included in that lot were three of the Battle Chargers, the Wind Razor, the Wind Seeker and the Thunderclaw. The Wind Razor……