Title:
Sunstorm Ehobby
Description:
Sunstorm (Jetron, July 2003 / February 2009)
Japanese ID number: 89
Accessories: 2 missile launchers, 2 rifle-missiles, 2 rockets, left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail-wings, landing gear
Sunstorm is a redeco of the original Starscream toy, transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. His coloration is inspired by—but not wholly accurate to for a variety of reasons—a previously-unnamed "generic” Decepticon seen in the episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1”. All of the factory-applied stickers of the original mold, namely the detailing on his wings and tailins, have been replaced with tampographs. Being a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launchers are fully operational.
Sunstorm was only available with Road Hauler in a separately-packaged Collector’s Edition set exclusive to e-HOBBY. Pre-orders for the set closed on May 15, 2003. The toys shipped out in July.
The figure was released again in February of 2009, once again exclusive to e-HOBBY, in slightly altered packaging to coincide with TakaraTomy’s Encore reissue of Starscream, but this time with an exclusive comic by Hidetsugu Yoshioka. Strangely, Sunstorm’s stock picture in his e-Hobby manga presents him with fists sporting circular peg holes similar to the one seen in the previous Transformers Collection #9 Starscream release. In Asia, a small number of remaining stock (all unopened) were dumped to many Hobby shops.
The same base sculpt is used by Dirge, Ramjet, Skywarp, Thrust, and Thundercracker.
Japanese ID number: 89
Accessories: 2 missile launchers, 2 rifle-missiles, 2 rockets, left & right fists, left & right wings, left & right tail-wings, landing gear
Sunstorm is a redeco of the original Starscream toy, transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. His coloration is inspired by—but not wholly accurate to for a variety of reasons—a previously-unnamed "generic” Decepticon seen in the episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1”. All of the factory-applied stickers of the original mold, namely the detailing on his wings and tailins, have been replaced with tampographs. Being a Japanese release, his spring-loaded missile launchers are fully operational.
Sunstorm was only available with Road Hauler in a separately-packaged Collector’s Edition set exclusive to e-HOBBY. Pre-orders for the set closed on May 15, 2003. The toys shipped out in July.
The figure was released again in February of 2009, once again exclusive to e-HOBBY, in slightly altered packaging to coincide with TakaraTomy’s Encore reissue of Starscream, but this time with an exclusive comic by Hidetsugu Yoshioka. Strangely, Sunstorm’s stock picture in his e-Hobby manga presents him with fists sporting circular peg holes similar to the one seen in the previous Transformers Collection #9 Starscream release. In Asia, a small number of remaining stock (all unopened) were dumped to many Hobby shops.
The same base sculpt is used by Dirge, Ramjet, Skywarp, Thrust, and Thundercracker.
Theme:
Reissue
Manufacturer:
Ehobby
Year:
2003
Date Added:
2022-01-31 17:26:47
Date Added:
2022-01-31 17:26:47
