Hasbro Toys"R"Us Exclusive Masterpiece Sunstorm Potential June Release

I have the Japanese version, but I'm happy to pick this guy up.

Looking forward to the inevitable shelf-warming!

No MP for Quebec, shitty TrU, scalpers, yadda, yadda.

Fawk it, I already ordered MP-11 and if I ever want Sunstorm, I'll just get the bloody Takara one so I wont have to deal with the usual bull that always come with the Hasbro releases.

I have to ask the obvious question.....how is this website offering pre-orders.....for a figure that's an exclusive at a brick-and-mortar retailer? I'm genuinely wondering.

Bounti76 wrote:I have to ask the obvious question.....how is this website offering pre-orders.....for a figure that's an exclusive at a brick-and-mortar retailer? I'm genuinely wondering.

I presume they'll get their own stock from TRU, somehow.

Nice, i have been looking forward to getting my hands on this MP for a while.

Sabrblade wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I have to ask the obvious question.....how is this website offering pre-orders.....for a figure that's an exclusive at a brick-and-mortar retailer? I'm genuinely wondering.

I presume they'll get their own stock from TRU, somehow.

If they do....doesn't that kind of defeat the point of making Sunstorm an exclusive? It's almost like they're buying up extra stock and selling him at a higher price, for extra profit. People do this on eBay and they're called scalpers.

I admit, I'm not the most knowledgeable about this practice, but it just doesn't sit right with me.

damn it guys my wallet can only handle so much! my credit card is screaming.

Toy Dojo Posted a Pic on FB of TRU's exclusive Masterpiece Sunstorm

Wow, that's, uh, jeez. Guess I need to stop procrastinating on MP-11S before it disappears.

If Sunstorm comes to the UK then I will buy.

I would like to see a small change to the mold though, the flaps on the rear wheels on the jet should hinge the other way so the wheels are on the outside and not hidden away behind those flaps. Would make. A big difference to the look off the alt mode.

That looks hideous!

Hasbro, what have you done?!

Well, the more hate this sucker gets, the better chance I have at getting him.

His colors aren't perfect, but it's enough for me to recognize that it's Sunstorm. If I ever get the money, I'll definitely try and pick him up.

Sabrblade wrote:That looks hideous! :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:

Hasbro, what have you done?!

"We took the well-received BotCon Sunstorm deco and applied to the coveted Masterpiece Starscream, making a combination no fan should be without" >:oP

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:That looks hideous! :SICK: :SICK: :SICK:

Hasbro, what have you done?!

"We took the well-received BotCon Sunstorm deco and applied to the coveted Masterpiece Starscream, making a combination no fan should be without" >:oP

Aside from the shoulders, it's doesn't even look like any existing Sunstorm deco out there, let alone the BotCon one.

And it may just be the quality of the image, but his yellow/gold/orange looks more like peach!

Upon second viewing, the closest Sunstorm deco this resembles is probably either Animated Sunstorm or ROTF The Game G1 Sunstorm. Except with both decos heavily messed up.





Score another boomeranged home run for new design team. >:oP

Thanks to the Toy Dojo Facebook page, we finally see our first glimpse at Toys "R" Us's impending Masterpiece exclusive, Sunstorm! Based on comparisons by Seibertron.com user Sabrblade, it appears that Sunstorm's deco is an amalgam of his Animated self and how he appeared in the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game. Take a peek at what's to come!



Will this be a purchase for you? Will it not? Drop on by at the Energon Pub to discuss this new bit of Masterpiece news.

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.