Release in the early 80's this is the original Diaclone version of Starscream, released by Takara before Hasbro licensed the mold, and created the Transformers brand to sell them. There is a vintage knock off of this figure released under the Kingdam 6 banner that is often misrepresented as an official Diaclone toy, this is NOT one of them. The knock off is most easily recognized by the Kingdamn 6 logo running down the wings, gray vertical tail fins, and an orange cockpit canopy. The original Takara version (as you can see) has the Diaclone logo along the red wing stripes, blue vertical tail fins with an