He remained virtually forgotten for many years until the Alternator line revisited his character. Without access to his proper given name, Hasbro chose to use his Japanese counterpart name, Meister as the name of their Mazda RX-8 Transformer. This was the first step of Jazz's rebirth. Several years later, the re-christened Autobot Jazz joined Michael Bay's live action movie lineup.... and got shafted, because a three-legged chihuahua was given better character treatment & development than him.
Now, Animated has given the proud Autobot hipster one more chance to shine!
Jazz's vehicle mode is a high-performance luxury car, like nearly all of his other incarnations. It's obviously a very expensive yet still futuristic model of transportation.
It should be noted that Jazz is the first to bear the Autobot Elite Guard symbol; which features elongated "wing" decals atop the usual Autobot symbol (not entirely unlike the Vanguard mark from Galaxy Force).
In Robot Mode, we see that Jazz has spent all those years off-camera in Cyber Ninja Training. He's a lot like Prowl; expertly proportioned and very slick. The traditional car-chest makes him a tiny bit top heavy.
Jazz's main weapons are a pair of nunchucks which are normally mounted on his arms. His hands are actually too small to grab them outright- you need to slip the rope part in first and then adjust the grip accordingly.
Jazz is very awesome and a much-needed update to this old favorite. Highly recommended! A.
