Title:
Sunstorm with Inferno and Perceptor (Robot Mode)
Description:
Sunstorm with Inferno and Street Action Mini-Con Team (Decepticon Jet, 2004)
Accessories: 2 missiles
A redeco of the Armada Deluxe-sized Thrust toy, Universe Sunstorm transforms into a bright orange F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. In jet mode, he has two pressure-launch missile launchers, and a rear-mounted bay specially shaped to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in truck mode. Pulling Inferno back while he is pegged into this bay will fire his own spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, Inferno’s missile launcher can be removed and attached to Sunstorm’s arm. Sunstorm’s own launchers were originally intended to be removable (they have molded-on pegs that would allow them to attach to his arms), but this feature was cut from the finished toy, and they remain stuck on his robot-mode legs, unable to reorient in a useful direction.
Sunstorm’s central gimmick is an "assault” robot mode that involves turning his torso around 180 degrees and extending his winged backpack. Attaching a Mini-Con to the Powerlinx plug on his chest and pumping it up and down whirls Sunstorm’s wings like a spinning blade. The fact that his launchers cannot be removed makes it awkward to use at best.
Strangely, the two pegs on the sides of his cockpit/butt-flap and the holes on the insides of his knees can be connected in robot mode. It is unknown if this was intended as part of the above gimmick, but it does make him a bit more stable to hold when using the spinning gimmick.
He was available only as part of a Walmart exclusive set which also included the Universe incarnations of Inferno, Grindor, High Wire, and Sureshock. Bizarrely, the toy photography on the back of the cards depicts all of the toys in the set in their original Armada decos.
Accessories: 2 missiles
A redeco of the Armada Deluxe-sized Thrust toy, Universe Sunstorm transforms into a bright orange F-35 Lightning II fighter jet. In jet mode, he has two pressure-launch missile launchers, and a rear-mounted bay specially shaped to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in truck mode. Pulling Inferno back while he is pegged into this bay will fire his own spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, Inferno’s missile launcher can be removed and attached to Sunstorm’s arm. Sunstorm’s own launchers were originally intended to be removable (they have molded-on pegs that would allow them to attach to his arms), but this feature was cut from the finished toy, and they remain stuck on his robot-mode legs, unable to reorient in a useful direction.
Sunstorm’s central gimmick is an "assault” robot mode that involves turning his torso around 180 degrees and extending his winged backpack. Attaching a Mini-Con to the Powerlinx plug on his chest and pumping it up and down whirls Sunstorm’s wings like a spinning blade. The fact that his launchers cannot be removed makes it awkward to use at best.
Strangely, the two pegs on the sides of his cockpit/butt-flap and the holes on the insides of his knees can be connected in robot mode. It is unknown if this was intended as part of the above gimmick, but it does make him a bit more stable to hold when using the spinning gimmick.
He was available only as part of a Walmart exclusive set which also included the Universe incarnations of Inferno, Grindor, High Wire, and Sureshock. Bizarrely, the toy photography on the back of the cards depicts all of the toys in the set in their original Armada decos.
Theme:
Universe
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2004
Date Added:
2022-07-02 11:45:45
