I just checked, apparently EVEN in the Universe comic that accompanied the toys orange Jhiaxus is part of, he is shortly seen in his G2 body before being reformatted. You talk as if G2 Jhiaxus is somehow just a single entity in a list of Jhiaxi worth making into a new toy…that's totally untrue, because again: G2 Jhiaxus is THE version of the character, with the same general looks, that has been used in the Marvel comics, IDW comics AND ReGeneration One comic. This doesn't work as a homage to the toy you describe, because the mold doesn't look anything like that toy (and even the color placement is WAY off), and it doesn't work as a G2 Jhiaxus homage, because the colors are super wrong. What you describe, a merge into one, is a lose-lose situation: a character that was finally getting a proper toy gets a color homage that homages….a nameslap nobody.

Nothing, other than the colors it's now sporting, suggests this mold was ever intended to homage that other Jhiaxus toy. The design is clearly -as far as a retool allows, as opposed to a full new mold- G2 Jhiaxus, from the head design right down to the detailing on his canopy and the bat-wings. It's not 'merging' anything into one cohesive design. he wasnt the LAST version of him! That goes to the RID repaint! And since some collectors NEVER saw the yellow one, the orange Jetstorm is their image what he should look like! So just because its not how you picture him looking, doesnt mean its the only way! You have to take into account ALL possible versions! And thus toy SUCCESSFULLY merges all into cohesive design!

No thats the point, just cause G1-G2 was your Jhiaxus and thus yellow makes sense.

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