Wind Seeker Proof Sheet, Part 2

I recently joined a Facebook site called Prepro that helps former Hasbro employees sell items that were part of the pre-production process. There are a range of toys, sketches, prototypes and other things posted that include brands like Transformers, GI Joe, WWE, and a bunch of others. They recently posted several items that I was……

More Air Raiders Advertising

I posted a few old newspaper ads for Air Raiders toys recently (here), so here’s a few more! The first come from battlegrip.com and show some cool drawings of the Thunderhammer, Thunderclaw and Wind Seeker. Granted, they were obviously traced but they still look nice. I really like the sketchy quality of the Thunderclaw and……

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……

Air Raiders Ebay Watch — Factory Cases

This was a first (for me at least). A seller has posted several cases of Air Raiders vehicles. One has the Air Raider Battle Chasers, six of the Storm Dagger and six of the Thunderclaw. The other has the Tyrant Battle Chasers, six of the Wind Seeker and six of the Wind Razor. Each box……

An Interview With Product Designer Dan Price, Part One

Dan Price was a designer for Hasbro starting back in the ’80s. He worked on several lines besides Air Raiders including Tonka and WWF wrestling figures. He went from a Product Designer all the way up to Vice President of Design during his time at Hasbro. I’m very grateful to him for sitting down to……

Wind Seeker Proof Sheet

Ebay strikes again! Someone has posted a really cool gem, one of the proof sheets Hasbro would have gotten from the printer. Here’s the seller’s info: This item was acquired directly from a former employee of the company . It has never been offered for sale before and is being offered here for the first……

Wind Seeker Prototypes

I came across this auction a little while ago which involved a boxed Wind Seeker but also a ton of vehicle concept sketches. Many of them were 6-wheel designs so they settled on that early. Several also have a hoverpod concept too. I separated out a few of them to look at but the resolution……

Box Filecards

Replicant01 (from LittleRubberGuys.com board) dug through his amazing collection of Air Raiders toys and scanned in all the filecards on the back of the packaging. A big thank you for that because they’re not all online and I doubt I could have tracked them all down, especially the Man-O-War box. Which reminds me, I never……

Tyrant Weapons

I did an earlier article about the different weapons and tech specs of the Air Raider rebels (see here) so now I’m going to address the capabilities of their evil counterparts, the Tyrants of Wind.  WIND RAZOR “Wind Seeker’s slices through air like a knife.” Crew: Sergeant Razorback and Private Dak.  Trained to search out and……

IT CAME IN THE MAIL v2

I got two packages recently. One was a group of Air Raider figures with a Wind Seeker hoverpod. The hoverpod was the best part as I needed it to complete a Wind Seeker from an ebay order of random Air Raider bits and pieces. And got a bonus missile too! The other order was a……