Toy Review - Earthrise Voyager Starscream
Earthrise Starscream
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Earthrise
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco - New, though shares transformation design with Classics 2006 Starscream.
Wave - 1
Released here - FEB 2020
Approximate Retail Price - AU $50
Approximate Size - Who owns rulers anymore?
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - F-15 Eagle sort of?
Main Features/Gimmicks - It transforms.
Main Colours - Grey, red, blue
Main Accessories - 2x Null Ray Cannons
Is this just an upscaled 2006 Classics Starscream?
No. This is the same situation as with Studio Series Screamer v DOTM Deluxe Screamer. They clearly share the same transformation design, but its an all new figure.
How is it different?
Glad you asked. Size aside, this has better articulation (ball joint heat, bicep swivels, thigh swivels, ankle tilts). It also has less gaps in the robot mode because the arms transform in a more involved way than just tucking into the side like the 06 figure.
What's the jet mode like then?
About par? The whole of the chest sans the cockpit does just chill out under the fuselage as a chunk. I'm disappointed we've not come further than that in the last 14 years. It holds together solid and looks nice from a high angle.
Transformation?
Yes, it does that.
I mean, what is the transformation like?
The legs lower legs are now on Combiner Wars style flip out hinges. The arms curl up and go in the empty space in the robot mode torso while in jet mode. Aside from that it is just the 2006 Classics Seeker transformation.
You doing anything later? Fancy going for a drink
Honestly, not really mate. I'm not doing anything in particular, it's just that I don't like you like that.
Is this much cop in robot mode?
Everything clips together solidly and there are no issues with impeded articulation like on the 2006 Classics mold - there's a waist skirt to flip up, and the wings have a joint specifically to hinge back without moving downward to give the arms room to maneuver. The proportions are pretty good. Not as amazing as the WFCS Starscream, but that figure can barely be called a Transformer so gets no bonus points for having a good looking robot mode. If I curl up and hide under a cardboard box, that doesn't mean I've transformed into a cardboard box. That's essentially how I'd describe WFCS Starscream's effort at being a Transformer.
Is there anything worrying you?
Well this corona virus situation isn't looking great is it? Also I have several bills due tomorrow but have just spent quite a lot on getting the whole POTP Abominus set.
... I meant to do with this figure
Oh. Not really. The plastic feels nice, the joints are good tight. The wings don't clip into anything in robot mode and just held up by friction. The joint is tight now, but I can't vouch for how much of a lifespan it will have.
Should I get this?
Any Starscream that boths to actually use the jet mode cockpit for the chest is worth buying. This is a fun, solid figure without major flaw. I wish that the design had been pushed further since 2006, but it's a good reuse of those design ideas.
EDIT: Some photos with his other Voyager Starscream cousins
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Originally Posted by SharkyMcShark
But having said that - and as someone who prizes technical correctness - Voyager SS Starscream is basically an upsized version of the DOTM Deluxe. 
Yes, it's a whole new mould, but with so much shared engineering it comes across or feels like an upsize. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - I LOVE Studio Series Starscream. ROTF Voyager Starscream was a more "Voyager-like" design in terms of greater complexity and what not, but it was still clunky and just not as nice a toy as SS Starscream. SS Starscream brought elegance in its simplicity (which was by no means condescending). In fact, I initially passed up SS Starscream thinking not much of it until I played with someone else's... then I went straight to TRU and bought an SS Starscream for myself! 
