First Look at Toys "R" Us Exclusive Masterpiece Sunstorm

Well surprisingly the Takara version looks better IMO. I think it's the plastic color, if he was shifted to a creamsicle orange color he would look way better. This is in no way a "Masterpiece". Hope they do better with Skywarp

I'm not typically too hard on TFs, but that paint job is absolutely terrible. It's cheap and pathetic. I was looking forward to this. Not anymore.

I didn't mind paying $75 for Thundercracker and Acid Storm. If this is an accurate picture, I will pass this up. Sad. Just sad.

ehhh...

I'm surprised by the negative reactions... but maybe I shouldn't be, lol. I don't even like Sunstorm and I don't think it looks that bad. I like it a lot more than Acid Storm.

I know its just me, But due to the poor quality of the photo, the deco looks like dragstrip, yellow body, red details, blue face, purple head

Between Masterpiece and Platinum someone in Hasbro's repaint department has lost their mind lately. Easy pass in those ugly colors.

Emerje

Away from the negative reactions, this toy could be an excellent collection of true Starscream collectors.

Why did it take you so long to make a news post about this? TFW2005 have made quite a few new posts since yesterday, yet you've not done any until now.

KirbyForce1 wrote:Why did it take you so long to make a news post about this? TFW2005 have made quite a few new posts since yesterday, yet you've not done any until now.

The guys who post the news aren't always aware of everything, so if you see news that has yet to be reported, then report it. It takes more than merely posting news on here to get it noticed by the News staff. It needs to be submitted in order for the staff to catch wind of it the best way possible.

Plus, we have these things called "lives". I was out the entire day, but I made it a point that the first thing I did when I got home was to get this bit of news up before settling down.

If you're going to criticize us, please see from our perspective before doing so. >:oP

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Away from the negative reactions, this toy could be an excellent collection of true Starscream collectors.

As a true Starscream fan, I bought MP-03 ages ago and my MP-11 is on it's way. Why settle for a bizaroid repaint when you can get THE MAN himself?

Also, ugly yellow MP is ugly. I wouldnt buy it even if it came out locally.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Well surprisingly the Takara version looks better IMO.

surprisingly? ok... dunno if you know or not, but typically takara is superior at paint apps. and have you ever looked at takaras MP sunstorm? its stunning (i own one, couldnt be happier).

part of my brain is trying to convince or rationalize this...
this is the first (blurry) shot... maybe he looks better...
maybe its one of those things that has to be in hand to be impressive...

its a great mold. ill buy him. hopefully... its not that bad...

• Generations Whirl and Roadbuster based more on their G1 toys and not as updated as other "Classics-style" toys
• G2/IDW-esque Generations Jhiaxus colored like the RiD toy.
• AOE Evolution 2-Packs using Energon Grimlock and the DOTM dino Mini-Cons
• G1 Strafe box art on the AOE Strafe Evolution 2-Pack to represent the G1 Swoop-esque toy
• Hero Mashers Heatwave based on the Shattered Glass Timelines toy instead of Rescue Bots Heatwave
• Walmart getting exclusive AOE redecos of Beast Wars molds from over a decade ago
• MP Sunstorm not colored like G1 Sunstorm

The new design team can be called many things, but "lazy" sure ain't one of them. It takes effort to perform this amount of weirdness.

Did someone urinate all over Starscream? OOhhh it's supposed to be Sunstorm in those hideous colors. Have at it scalpers, have at it, I care not.

shajaki wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Well surprisingly the Takara version looks better IMO.

surprisingly? ok... dunno if you know or not, but typically takara is superior at paint apps. and have you ever looked at takaras MP sunstorm? its stunning (i own one, couldnt be happier).

part of my brain is trying to convince or rationalize this...
this is the first (blurry) shot... maybe he looks better...
maybe its one of those things that has to be in hand to be impressive...

its a great mold. ill buy him. hopefully... its not that bad...

I didn't like Takara's Sunstorm deco, so I'm saying that I surprisingly like Hasbro's even less. I don't think I'm alone on that either. Takara's Sunstorm was controversially colored when it came out.

Sabrblade wrote:

KirbyForce1 wrote:Why did it take you so long to make a news post about this? TFW2005 have made quite a few new posts since yesterday, yet you've not done any until now.

The guys who post the news aren't always aware of everything, so if you see news that has yet to be reported, then report it. It takes more than merely posting news on here to get it noticed by the News staff. It needs to be submitted in order for the staff to catch wind of it the best way possible.

to be fair.. it was a member of TFW2005 who took this photo while he was at work (he works at TRU).. so, that would explain why.

plus, i think in the long run the news between seibertron and TFW even's themselves out.. sometimes one will get a story first, sometimes the other will.

Bring it on

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Bring it on

... wut?

either that picture is just a really bad representation or the crap coloring of AoE has made its way to the MPs

-Kanrabat- wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Away from the negative reactions, this toy could be an excellent collection of true Starscream collectors.

As a true Starscream fan, I bought MP-03 ages ago and my MP-11 is on it's way. Why settle for a bizaroid repaint when you can get THE MAN himself?

Also, ugly yellow MP is ugly. I wouldnt buy it even if it came out locally.

Well I like the ugly repaint. Starscream fans don't have to collect Starscream only, I like collecting his repainted brothers and such.

I like Sunstorm, the DW iteration, anyway. Which version is more faithful to that color scheme?

Deep sigh... I am guessing the person who put him in this pose, doesn't know a lot about Transformers. For starters his armcannons shouldn't be positioned like this. It looks dumb.

And his chest is falling halfway to the ground...

And I thought the way Hasbro butchered Acid Storm was bad. They keep giving me reasons not to enhance my coffee tables with any more MP seekers. Money saved.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like Sunstorm, the DW iteration, anyway. Which version is more faithful to that color scheme?

Not this one.

Takara's isn't that much more faithful to it either (it went for cartoon-accuracy instead), but at least it's not hideous.

I am always amazed about the magnitude of Hasbro's photographers' incompetence to transform a transformer properly. Or it that TRU's photographers?

I want a Sunstorm for my MP collection.

I DON'T want to pay import prices for the character.

This will do well enough. >:oP

I find it more odd that Takara focused their time on Sunstorm and Acid Storm (characters that did what?) and haven't tried Thrust, Dirge, or Ramjet yet.

packagoustomifuw wrote:I find it more odd that Takara focused their time on Sunstorm and Acid Storm (characters that did what?) and haven't tried Thrust, Dirge, or Ramjet yet.

No kidding -- I'd be right in line to get those three or even Coronation Starscream, but neverending repaints of MP Thundercracker into "unofficial" characters is just a waste of time. Heck, I'd probably pay $20 for a solo Ratbat.

rpetras wrote:I want a Sunstorm for my MP collection.

I DON'T want to pay import prices for the character.

This will do well enough. >:oP

I agree I cannot wait!

packagoustomifuw wrote:I find it more odd that Takara focused their time on Sunstorm and Acid Storm (characters that did what?) and haven't tried Thrust, Dirge, or Ramjet yet.

you find it odd that a company would try and save money buy releasing a repaint rather than a heavily remolded figure?.. all the while they have other new molds being released? it doesn't seem that odd to me.

i do agree though, i wish takara would get to the coneheads, they're long overdue and they would definitely beef up the masterpiece decepticons a bit.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Away from the negative reactions, this toy could be an excellent collection of true Starscream collectors.

As a true Starscream fan, I bought MP-03 ages ago and my MP-11 is on it's way. Why settle for a bizaroid repaint when you can get THE MAN himself?

Also, ugly yellow MP is ugly. I wouldnt buy it even if it came out locally.

Well I like the ugly repaint. Starscream fans don't have to collect Starscream only, I like collecting his repainted brothers and such.

I have a house rule to collect Thundercracker as well. However, I only buy him on sale, only in brick and mortar stores, and I keep them sealed. It's like having a double of screamers but I keep a legacy of how the packaging look in their given lines.

Nobody going to comment on the incorrect way his arm weapons are transformed?

wolverinetodd wrote:Nobody going to comment on the incorrect way his arm weapons are transformed?

Already done on page 3.

Torneira wrote:Deep sigh... I am guessing the person who put him in this pose, doesn't know a lot about Transformers. For starters his armcannons shouldn't be positioned like this. It looks dumb.

And his chest is falling halfway to the ground...

Why would TRU release this after Acid Storm shelf warmed so badly? If TRU really wanted to make money they would have released Air Warrior. True Fans like me would be compelled to buy three.

1984forever wrote:Why would TRU release this after Acid Storm shelf warmed so badly?

Because Sunstorm is more widely regarded and more known than Acid Storm?

If TRU really wanted to make money they would have released Air Warrior.

Who?

True Fans like me would be compelled to buy three.

There is no such thing as a "true fan". Everyone's got their own thing.

Mindmaster wrote:

True Fans like me would be compelled to buy three.

There is no such thing as a "true fan". Everyone's got their own thing.

Right with you there, Mindmaster. "True fan" is an impossibility.
However, there's plenty of FANBOYS to call themselves "true fan".

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

True Fans like me would be compelled to buy three.

There is no such thing as a "true fan". Everyone's got their own thing.

Right with you there, Mindmaster. "True fan" is an impossibility.
However, there's plenty of FANBOYS to call themselves "true fan".

Not to mention that if an individual was a "true fan", not one would indulge in third party products and fully support Hasbro, since they're the ones that came up with Transformers to begin with. And I'm fairly certain that, based on the adult part of the spectrum, we've all had that one third party product that we either really want or already have, and I'll be the first to say that I'm guilty of that.

With that being said, let's not stray from the topic at hand.

Siger wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Bring it on

... wut?

Sunstorm...bring it on?

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

True Fans like me would be compelled to buy three.

There is no such thing as a "true fan". Everyone's got their own thing.

Right with you there, Mindmaster. "True fan" is an impossibility.
However, there's plenty of FANBOYS to call themselves "true fan".

It's kinda funny how 1984's definition of a TRUE FAN(TM) is an obsessive completionist.
On a more relevant note, I actually like this guy's deco. Animated homages (as rare as they are) are always welcome. Plus, it's the first second? time that Sunstorm has a deco that isn't just "Starscream, but yellower"

Mindmaster wrote:

1984forever wrote:If TRU really wanted to make money they would have released Air Warrior.

Who?

the generic purple clone. and no i dont mean one of the many animation errors.

If this is inexpensive, the only value in this release is customizing fodder. Also, who transformed it and thought the arm canons look like that?

The infamous Transformers Columbia Facebook page is at it again! This evening they bring us some new official promo images of the upcoming Hasbro Toys"R"Us Exclusive Masterpiece figures Sunstorm and Prowl. Check out the new images mirrored below:

Brown head huh?

Eh... No particularly digging the brown dome on Sunstorm. Nothing a lick of properly applied black paint won't fix. Besides that, I'm alright with him. Nice to see he's got some sort of flame pattern going on, so he's got that going for him.

Are there any notable differences we know of between Takara's Prowl and this Prowl? If there aren't, and the quality on this one is top notch, then I'll consider getting one myself.

mooncake623 wrote:Brown head huh?

That's because he looks like s**t.

Granted, Takara's Sunstorm is far more cohesive than TRU's. But, for all the deco complaints I've seen, you have to give TRU Sunstorm this: the flames on his wings are awesome!

Also, I don't see any noticeable difference on Prowl, but I still suspect Takara's QC and overall quality to be better. That's not gonna stop me from picking up a TRU Prowl to display in vehicle mode, though.

Teeth.

Teeeeth.

Rated X wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:Brown head huh?

That's because he looks like s**t.

For once, I'm there with ya on this. This thing is hideous and another sign that the new design team needed to do more research.

Just what were they basing this ugly deco on, exactly? I know I've previously suspected either Animated Sunstorm or the G1 Sunstorm video game model from the ROTF video game, but neither of those looked quite like this. And that fire pattern on his wings, while true to the spirit of Sunstorm's appearance in the Dreamwave comics, is so tacky and makes him look less like he's on fire and more like he's just come off of the aircraft edition of Pimp My Ride. Even Hot Rod's/Rodimus' flames are subtle by comparison.

At least the Takara version has a deco that is recognizable, being based off of Sunstorm's brief cameo in the first episode of the Sunbow cartoon. If the new Hasbro team wanted a different yet also recognizable deco for this version, it would have been much nicer for them to have gone with the deco he had in his most famous fictional appearance: The Dreamwave G1 comics. I'm honestly surprised that that didn't come to their attention first when searching through the archives. But then again, they did find the RiD Jhiaxus toy before finding any of Jhiaxus's more famous comic book appearances (G2, IDW G1, or otherwise), so I guess it's just another one of those cases.

Yeah, it's probably too late to blame anyone on the design team for not being more informed at the time, as this deco was probably worked on and put together way back. But it's still a very ugly deco and a real disappointment to behold.


Now, Prowl, on the other hand, is another story. Wonderful! Simply wonderful! He looks virtually identical to Takara's version, which is all one could have ever asked of Hasbro short of asking for an even more show-accurate deco (but this deco as it is is perfectly acceptable). Only question that remain is if whether or not he comes with any of the Amazon Japan toy-accurate shoulder cannons. They're not a must for me, since Prowl was cannon-less in the cartoon, but it is a curiosity to be inquired about.

The kid playing with them makes me wince. Get your filthy mitts off my collectibles ya damned hooligan! though, prowl is supposed to be a fairly reasonable price right?

Agreed - the brown "helmet" = why?

And yeah............teeeeth!