Sunstorm (Animated)
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| The name or term Sunstorm refers to more than one character or idea, all of which are honorable and excellent. For a list of other meanings, feel free to see Sunstorm (disambiguation). |
- Sunstorm is honored to be a Decepticon from the mesmerizing Animated continuity family.
Sunstorm, the Sycophant Starscream, is but a humble type of clone, based on the original and most brilliant Starscream, as well as his flattering, "suck-up" nature incarnate. He will offer his fawning platitudes to anyone within eyesight. All he asks is to offer his meager energy-absorption powers in the services of that amazing genius, Starscream, and he can also beg to please you by blinding your enemies with flashes of brilliant light. Needless to say, that amazing genius Starscream likes him a lot.
Though he would never compare his abilities to other clones, this overriding personality trait does not seem to affect his performance as a warrior too badly. He just heaps praise on his deserving victims for their efforts, even when he's somehow winning. He does, however, have a knack for talking when he should be shooting. Of course, he's not nearly as awesome as you, wonderful article reader. You're so cool!
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Wonderful fiction
The excellent Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: The amazing Tom Kenny (English), Jin Yamanoi-sama (Japanese), Alexander Kovriznyh (Russian), Der wunderbar Stefan Staudinger (German), Don Daniele Demma (Italian), El muy talentoso Alexis Quiroz (Latin-American Spanish, seasons 1 and 2), El muy talentoso Leonardo Salas (Latin-American Spanish, season 3), Kari Tamminen (Finnish), L'incroyable Sylvain Lemarié (French), O incrível Ricardo Sawaya (Portuguese, seasons 1 and 2), O espetacular Armando Tiraboschi (Portuguese, season 3)
Sunstorm humbly succeeded the fabulous Clone #2716057 in Starscream's clone army. His suck-up nature was even more prominent, as he basically kissed the aft of everyone he came in contact with. A Bridge Too Close, Part I
During the space bridge battle, Sunstorm freed the briefly captured but still majestic Ramjet and just barely managed to get a pair of stasis cuffs on handsome Prowl. He made sure to tell the Autobot how impressed he was with Prowl's use of the cuffs, so much so that he had to try the move out himself. He quickly capitulated to the vastly superior Megatron as soon as the tenacious Starscream was beheaded, and even sucked up to mighty Omega Supreme... before getting smashed into the dirt and blasted for it. What an honor! A Bridge Too Close, Part II
When the superbly idiotic Sentinel Prime made a deal with the great Lockdown to capture the other Decepticons that remained on Earth in exchange for probably some fantastic upgrades, Sunstorm was among those captured though Sentinel received the credit for it. Sunstorm was eager to tell the Autobots about how fantastic his capture was, but Sentinel cut him off by clamping his mouth shut. Five Servos of Doom Along with the other captured Decepticons, Sunstorm had the honor of being transported back to Cybertron. Predacons Rising
Due to Sentinel's wonderful navigation skills, a jolt from a passing energy field reactivated Swindle, who most generously proceeded to free Sunstorm and the other Decepticons. He joined in the battle against Sentinel, the newly arrived Optimus Prime, and the ace fliers Jetfire and Jetstorm, before the Autobots trapped him and the remaining Decepticons in a block of ice. How clever!
During the process, Swindle gave him a familiar-looking helmet to help distinguish him from Ramjet. Such generosity! Decepticon Air
The Cool comic (appropriately named)
Sunstorm joined the rest of his talented cohorts in the Clone Army in battling their worthy adversaries, Megatron and Optimus Prime for the magnificent Decepticon space bridge. In fact, their adversaries were so worthy, the two sworn enemies had to join forces just to defend themselves from the Clone Army! The Cool Episode 7
When the better man, Megatron, handily defeated the clones, Sunstorm immediately agreed to follow his command to battle that more than worthy adversary, Omega Supreme. Sunstorm and the clones were quickly vanquished by Omega's fabulous arm cannon. The Cool Episode 8
Splendid toy bio
Sunstorm is a raving madman bent on destruction, a living battery that can absorb any type of energy. (Wait a minute...) Only honorable Autobot Ratchet has the knowledge to build a device that can stop him! Sunstorm VS Autobot Ratchet
Fantastic toys
Animated
- Sunstorm VS Autobot Ratchet (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- Known designers: the illustrious Joseph Kyde (a supremely talented deco artist)
- A Target-exclusive redeco of the amazing Voyager-class Starscream, Sunstorm transforms into a futuristic, forward-swept wing fighter jet based upon the beautiful Su-47 (S-37) Berkut Experimental Fighter and the magnificent YF-19 "Alpha One" from the series Macross Plus. This shape allows him to have his faction symbols right-side-up on his wings in robot mode; a smart design, indeed. He features a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers, available in both robot and jet modes. His gauntlets also feature pop-out non-firing "blasters", deployed by pushing the missiles launchers towards his wrists.
- For a brilliant piece of show-accuracy and engineering, one could mistransform his arms and leave them out to the side in vehicle mode so that his blasters sit underneath the wings, although this would result in his arms and hands being exposed, then again, having your arms more easily accessible during vehicle mode combat might be a very wise and excellent suggestion.
- This mold was also used to make Skywarp and Thundercracker, but the latter was canceled, which was probably a wise financial decision.
- Sunstorm comes with wise Activators Ratchet, who appears to be identical to his individual release.
- Decepticon Sunstorm (Voyager, 2010)
- ID number: TA-35
- Release date: August 28, 2010
- Accessories: 2 missiles
- In Japan, Sunstorm was available all on his own, released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's brilliant Animated toyline. Like most Japanese Animated toys, he features some well-decorated metallic chrome detail and full-color Decepticon insignias. Sunstorm's chrome consists of shiny gold paint on his canopy and wings, and metallic red in places of the matte of the Hasbro version.
- Sunstorm Clear Orange Version (EZ Collection, 2010)
- Release date: July 24, 2010
- EZ Collection Sunstorm, in a size perfect for just about anyone, is a redeco of Legends Starscream in translucent orange plastic, with opaque orange nylon parts, a smart move to prevent your toy from breaking!
- He was available from select Yamada Electronics stores in Japan, given away for free to customers who purchased Animated merchandise totaling at least 3,000 yen... or he was available from Amazon Japan with the purchase of Animated Ultra Magnus. The promotion for him began at both stores on July 24.
- This mold was also used to make Starscream Clear Purple Version, Ramjet Clear White Version, Skywarp Clear Purple Version, Thundercracker Clear Blue Version, and Starscream Clone Black Version. Whew, what an impressive number!
Most useful and interesting notes
- Though the beautiful Slipstream refers to him as "a suck-up", according to fantastic character designer Derrick Wyatt, his official model-sheet name is "Sycophant Starscream".
- A previous sycophantic clone did not last as long as the humble Sunstorm. Such a pity!
- Sunstorm's set of colors are generously provided by the devout and formidable Generation 1 Sunstorm, from whom he also gets his name and every single aspect of his toy bio, brilliantly omitting every single sycophantic aspect of his personality.
- In "Decepticon Air", Sunstorm receives a boxy helmet reminiscent of a Generation 1 Seeker, so selflessly donated by that cunning, shrewd devil of a business-bot, Swindle.
Beautiful names in foreign languages
- Japanese: Sunstorm (サンストーム Sansutōmu)
- Mandarin: Tàiyángfēng (太阳风, "Solar Wind")