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Title:
Transformers G1 Sunstreaker
Description:
• GEN141
• Sunstreaker (Autobot, 1984/1985/1986)
• Accessories: Left & right fists, 2 ”rocket boosters”, 3 rockets
• Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)
Sunstreaker was released as part of the first year of the Transformers line in the US. He transforms into a ”Super Tuning” customized Lamborghini Countach LP500S with an exposed rear-mounted engine. Each robot mode arm has a spring-launching mechanism to fire his fists, his chrome missiles, or his ”rocket boosters” (once the boosters’ main body was pushed forward to lengthen the connection peg), but the springs were severely neutered or removed outright in the US for safety reasons. The boosters fit very very loosely in the holes in his rear bumper/robot shoulders, making them pretty dubious additions to either mode.
As with all his 1984 brethren, a heat-activated rubsign was added to Sunstreaker in 1985, appearing on his left door. Removed from toystore shelves in 1986, he was then made available as a mail-away item in several different promotions, among them a ”Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction” flier packed with most boxed Transformers toys. He cost $8 and two robot points.
When Hasbro released the original Transformers toys in continental Europe through then-recently-acquired Milton Bradley in 1985, several toys were actually pre-existing stock originally intended for Joustra’s version of Diaclone acquired by Hasbro and put into MB-branded Transformers packaging. For some reason, the Sunstreaker toy (sporting its yellow Hasbro Transformers colors due to being produced during the Diaclone/Transformers transitional period) was released in packaging intended for Sideswipe, an entirely different sculpt. The packaging even included Sideswipe’s instructions and sticker sheet, neither of which were of much use for the toy.[1]
Sunstreaker inherited some red sticker details from the original red-colored Diaclone version of the toy (see notes): most obviously the shoulder stickers, but more subtly the vents on his chest stickers (numbered ”1” in the instructions). The instructions show these being placed on the wrong sides; the red vents are supposed to show through from beneath the exposed engine in vehicle mode.[2]
Sunstreaker is generally considered to be one of the harder early generation toys to find complete and unbroken. Following its later reissue in the European Classics sub-line (see below), the toy’s mold has been stated by Hasbro and Takara representatives to be one of several whose original molding is either lost or in a state of disrepair too extensive to justify the cost of re-casting, meaning that chances of any future reissues are slim.
The stock photography on the box shows a prototype; you can tell because the tabs on the arms/launchers are red, as opposed to yellow on the actual toy.
• Sunstreaker (Autobot, 1984/1985/1986)
• Accessories: Left & right fists, 2 ”rocket boosters”, 3 rockets
• Known designers: Kōjin Ōno (TakaraTomy)
Sunstreaker was released as part of the first year of the Transformers line in the US. He transforms into a ”Super Tuning” customized Lamborghini Countach LP500S with an exposed rear-mounted engine. Each robot mode arm has a spring-launching mechanism to fire his fists, his chrome missiles, or his ”rocket boosters” (once the boosters’ main body was pushed forward to lengthen the connection peg), but the springs were severely neutered or removed outright in the US for safety reasons. The boosters fit very very loosely in the holes in his rear bumper/robot shoulders, making them pretty dubious additions to either mode.
As with all his 1984 brethren, a heat-activated rubsign was added to Sunstreaker in 1985, appearing on his left door. Removed from toystore shelves in 1986, he was then made available as a mail-away item in several different promotions, among them a ”Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction” flier packed with most boxed Transformers toys. He cost $8 and two robot points.
When Hasbro released the original Transformers toys in continental Europe through then-recently-acquired Milton Bradley in 1985, several toys were actually pre-existing stock originally intended for Joustra’s version of Diaclone acquired by Hasbro and put into MB-branded Transformers packaging. For some reason, the Sunstreaker toy (sporting its yellow Hasbro Transformers colors due to being produced during the Diaclone/Transformers transitional period) was released in packaging intended for Sideswipe, an entirely different sculpt. The packaging even included Sideswipe’s instructions and sticker sheet, neither of which were of much use for the toy.[1]
Sunstreaker inherited some red sticker details from the original red-colored Diaclone version of the toy (see notes): most obviously the shoulder stickers, but more subtly the vents on his chest stickers (numbered ”1” in the instructions). The instructions show these being placed on the wrong sides; the red vents are supposed to show through from beneath the exposed engine in vehicle mode.[2]
Sunstreaker is generally considered to be one of the harder early generation toys to find complete and unbroken. Following its later reissue in the European Classics sub-line (see below), the toy’s mold has been stated by Hasbro and Takara representatives to be one of several whose original molding is either lost or in a state of disrepair too extensive to justify the cost of re-casting, meaning that chances of any future reissues are slim.
The stock photography on the box shows a prototype; you can tell because the tabs on the arms/launchers are red, as opposed to yellow on the actual toy.
Theme:
Generation 1
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
038976057513
Year:
1984
Country:
United States
Series:
Generation 1
Asst. Number:
GEN141
Date Added:
2019-04-06 15:15:19
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$39.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-10
Date Added:
2019-04-06 15:15:19
