About This Figure
Designed as a new vehicle for Pumyra, Lynx-O and Ben Gali, the ThunderStrike has a main central section and two detatchable pods, making a vehicle that can operate as one unit or three. Each section is outfitted with laser cannons for interactive play with Lightning Sabers Energy Packs and Cat's Lair. When on the ground, the ship takes on the shape an A-Frame structure. in flight, the wings straighten for better aerodynamics. When detached each side pod has wings which pop out for solo flight. As a special feature, the Lightning Thunderstrike vehicle has prerecorded messages which sound when vehicle recieves direct hits from attacking lazer beams.
What the record shows
Assortment number 3564 · Case pack 6 · Assortment title Vehicle
Evidenced by the 1987 LJN dealer catalogue, and the back of the Laser Saber cardbacks.
Lightning ThunderStrike in the 1987 LJN dealer catalogue, and the back of the Laser Saber cardbacks. Scan from the thundercats.org archive.
Worth knowing
Most collector sources call this vehicle simply ThunderStrike. The longer Lightning ThunderStrike form appears in our catalogue scan and in the ThunderCats wiki tradition, and nowhere else we could verify.
Sourcing
The assortment number and case pack above are transcribed from the LJN catalogue scans held in the thundercats.org archive. With one exception, assortment 3526 for the Berserkers, these numbers are not published anywhere else on the open web, so treat them as our reading of our own documents rather than settled collector fact.
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