Sorry for the necro-post, but I need to point out that your vintage Skystriker in the review is a Funskool model, even if it doesn't say so. Many of the details that you found lacking in it are actually present on vintage Hasbro Skystrikers ie- the nose cannon details and the belly gun details with decals were all parts of the original.
I prefer the new plane for its durability and detail, BTW. I love the original and would have preferred a two seat cockpit and a decoupled wing sweep/landing gear, but the idiots on HT who blather on about how inferior the new one is and that it has "reversed wing sweep" are just that: idiots talking out of their ass. Nice review.