Title:
Sandstorm Robot Mode
Description:
Sandstorm (Voyager, 2013)
Series / Number: 02 / 003
Accessories: Rifle, missile
Part of the fourth wave of 2012-2013 Generations Voyager Class toys, Thrilling 30 Sandstorm is a redeco and heavy retool of Voyager Springer, and is a Triple Changer, transforming into a robot, VTOL aircraft, and dune buggy. He comes with a blaster which can fire its missile via pressure-launch, peg via 5mm post onto his hands and back, and mount underneath his aircraft nose.
With the extensive retool has also come a complete rework of the tolerances, making Sandstorm’s panels align better than on Springer, especially in his car mode. One notable and curious change involves the little dents inside the side-chest pieces: initially intended to hold the blade of the sword in his car mode, Springer’s ones weren’t able to do the job perfectly because of the asymmetrical shape of the sword, making it unable to fit inside the symmetrical dents. Sandstorm’s side-chest dents, on the other hand have been modified to be asymmetrical, allowing the blade of Springer’s sword to fit in better. This is, nevertheless, a pointless change, as Sandstorm doesn’t come with his own heli-sword and doesn’t have the same kneecaps as Springer that allow the handle of Springer’s sword to be fitted in.
The TakaraTomy release of Sandstorm features much more orange in his color layout than his western counterpart: his canopy/roof, wings, crotch, feet, rifle and missile are all rendered orange. There are also some other minor changes, such as a centered Autobot sigil and a painted silver bumper.
The original version of this mold was also used to make Cloud Hot Rodimus and it was retooled into BotCon 2015 Battletrap. It also served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnations of Dynobot and Grimlock.
Series / Number: 02 / 003
Accessories: Rifle, missile
Part of the fourth wave of 2012-2013 Generations Voyager Class toys, Thrilling 30 Sandstorm is a redeco and heavy retool of Voyager Springer, and is a Triple Changer, transforming into a robot, VTOL aircraft, and dune buggy. He comes with a blaster which can fire its missile via pressure-launch, peg via 5mm post onto his hands and back, and mount underneath his aircraft nose.
With the extensive retool has also come a complete rework of the tolerances, making Sandstorm’s panels align better than on Springer, especially in his car mode. One notable and curious change involves the little dents inside the side-chest pieces: initially intended to hold the blade of the sword in his car mode, Springer’s ones weren’t able to do the job perfectly because of the asymmetrical shape of the sword, making it unable to fit inside the symmetrical dents. Sandstorm’s side-chest dents, on the other hand have been modified to be asymmetrical, allowing the blade of Springer’s sword to fit in better. This is, nevertheless, a pointless change, as Sandstorm doesn’t come with his own heli-sword and doesn’t have the same kneecaps as Springer that allow the handle of Springer’s sword to be fitted in.
The TakaraTomy release of Sandstorm features much more orange in his color layout than his western counterpart: his canopy/roof, wings, crotch, feet, rifle and missile are all rendered orange. There are also some other minor changes, such as a centered Autobot sigil and a painted silver bumper.
The original version of this mold was also used to make Cloud Hot Rodimus and it was retooled into BotCon 2015 Battletrap. It also served as the basis of the non-toy Beast Wars: Uprising incarnations of Dynobot and Grimlock.
Theme:
Generations
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2013
Date Added:
2023-07-09 15:38:30
Date Added:
2023-07-09 15:38:30
