(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to Classics Starscream. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Classics Starscream here.)

    Man, the redeco that many fans (myself included) badly wanted the Classics Starscream mold painted into ever since 2006 finally happened-- 7 years later! Sunstorm is definitely the most "well-known" among this troop builder Seeker trio, and the ones fans tended to be the most vocal about that we never got at mass retail (or at least as a mass-retail exclusive). I still can't believe Hasbro never released this guy. Sunstorm's main color is a rather sunny shade of orangish yellow. As you know if you've been reading my reviews for a while, I'm not a big fan of yellow, but obviously it fits quite well on Sunstorm, and I like the orangey touch that makes him look more like sunlight than a straight yellow or orange would have. Like the others in this 3-pack, though, all of the rest of his paint apps and plastic colors are identical with the other Seekers in this pack. For example, he's got white on the upper legs, the middle of the missile launchers and the triggers, and on a few minor connector pieces, as well as the usual dark red-and-white Seeker stripes along his main wings, tailfins, and robot shoulders. He also has a transparent yellow cockpit window that fits in with the other Classics Seekers, some silver on the intakes, the knees, the inside of the toes and face, and the landing gear. For black, he's got some on the nosecone, head, lower arms, feet and part of the lower legs, rear thrusters, and a few other minor paint apps here and there. The amount of black is what's really inaccurate on Sunstorm-- granted, I understand FunPub wanting to keep costs on a troop builder set down a bit and thus only changing the main color for each of the Seekers in the pack, but black has traditionally been pretty minimal on Sunstorm-- with the exception of his head, some of his minor wing paint apps, and perhaps on part of his missile launchers, all of his black parts should be white, especially his robot mode bits like his lower arms. Some white on his abdomen also would've been appreciated, though again, I understand why it wasn't done. It's certainly obviously Sunstorm despite these couple of inaccuracies, it's just more obvious on Sunstorm than the other 'Cons in this set because he's had toys before. There's one last color-- just a bit of dark red on the eyes and the intakes.
    No mold changes have been made to Sunstorm.
    It's a relief to see the Classics Starscream FINALLY redecoed into Sunstorm to round out any of the relatively "known" Seekers. The choice of sunny yellowish-orange picked for his main plastic color is just perfect, but because of the shared paint apps and much of the minor colors between him and the other two Seekers in the set, he ends up being the most obviously inaccurate, with more black in robot mode than he traditionally has had. I also would've loved some "flame" paint apps on his wings to help distinguish him a bit more, but I understand many fans wanted a more specifically G1-accurate paint scheme. Still, though, it's good, but Sunstorm's my least favorite out of the troop builder set.

Review by Beastbot

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