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Yep - after having Springer (and Blitzwing) they are really doing a fantastic job.
I wonder how Takara will do there version (shiny of course).
Springer is a fantastic toy and really matches the other Generations perfectly.
Sandstorm is an instant buy for me.
Did a quick look around and found the car/buggy mode too
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That looks bloody magnificent. Fantastic looking toy. Definitely a pickup for me. ;):cool:
He does look good. Can't wait to get my hands on him
I was wondering if he'd have a toy accurate faceplate or something based on the cartoon/comic model with a face. Glad they went with the latter.
The faceplated Sandstorm has shown up in DW and IDW comics and it never looked right.
I really like how they put the propellers from the plane as the back wheels for the dune buggy, smart thing to do. I'll buy it but I still haven't ordered Springer and Blitzwing, so I'll probably order them as a set of 3 when RK has him, BBTS is just too slow.
I'm impressed. I wasn't expecting them to do that much work on the Springer Mould, as the more complicated transformations wouldn't give as much clearance to changes.
I can see that the whole front panel of the buggy mode is new, as are the rear panels with the new big wheels. Plus an additional panel on the roof, which you see sitting behind the robot head to replicate the Gen1 toy having the helicopter tail back there.
New weapons and colours, plus some other resculpted parts for the helicopter mode, this toy is all win in my books.
(and the retailers here just wanted to stock hideous beast toys and more bumblebees and Optimus toys...)
The helicopter mode is going to bug me a bit though, as it has two rotors out the sides instead of one on top like the original toy.
At least since Sandstorm wasn't a well-known character, with very few appearances, so Hasbro can better get away with a toy that doesn't replicate the original toy as much as Springer does... but then again, the other triple-changer homages have had to make changes to their original forms, as far as giving whole new vehicle modes to some of them.
I think I may like this version more than Springer.
Definitely better than Springer.
BBTS has put up preorders for Sandstorm. Sigh, aaand they still don't have my Springer and Blitzwing...:(