239 – SKYFIRE – HKJ23

The Killer Copter first debuted in 1994 in Hot Wheels Color Changers FX – Monster Models, and then came back in the 2007 Hot Wheels Segment Series Aerial Attack after a long absence. The casting has undergone a number of changes and retools over its lifespan. When the casting initially came out, it featured folding blades similar to Propper Chopper. It lost this feature in 2007 when it returned to the mainline, being replaced with a larger one-piece unit; the casting also gained some amount of metal on the base. When the casting returned to the mainline again in 2016, the casting was renamed Skyfire (likely to make it sound “tamer”) and gained even more metal on the base, with the landing gear and the engines now being made part of the base as opposed to being separate pieces.