Toy Review - GEN FOC Starscream

[BigTransformerTrev]

I really love this figure! By far my fav of all the Fall of Cybertron toys and probably equal favorite with my WFC Optimus from the game-based toys.

If I had any criticisms of this toy it would be that the legs are a little chunky and the guns are a bit big, but this is really just quibbling. Overall I think he is a fantastic figure and very indicitive of how he appears in the game.

As a toy this trumps the already existing Classics Seeker mold in every way. Bring on the slew of repaints, because I'll be grabbing most of them.

I'm pretty sure Takara has already released pictures of a repaint as Skywarp, I hope Hasbro follows suit and does SW and Thundercracker. As for the classics seeker mold, I'd still like to see them do a Sunstorm and a retool for a Slipstream, then they can retire that mold

I can see why people like this toy. This is the most impressive Tetrajet Starscream toy thus far. )

It's great that the cybertronian jets we only saw for a few seconds in a few episodes of the original cartoon have so many toys now. I was a bit dissapointed with the Titanium take on them, though I did like the giant Starscream mold from Cybertron, thought that was very streamlined and a great figure!

[GoktimusPrime]

If I had any criticisms of this toy it would be that the legs are a little chunky and the guns are a bit big, but this is really just quibbling. Overall I think he is a fantastic figure and very indicitive of how he appears in the game.

I don't mind the chunkiness since it has that spinning gimmick... no where near as bad as the gatling gimmicks on Voyager Movie TF1 Starscream! (granted not as sophisticated either - it has no missile launchers; but sometimes less is more )

I'm pretty sure Takara has already released pictures of a repaint as Skywarp, I hope Hasbro follows suit and does SW and Thundercracker. As for the classics seeker mold, I'd still like to see them do a Sunstorm and a retool for a Slipstream, then they can retire that mold

D'aaaaaawwww - why does Thundercracker always get forgotten?!?
Classics - here's Starscream and Skywarp... (5 years later) oh, here's Generations Thundercracker
Masterpiece - here's Starscream, now here's Skywarp. Oh okay, have Thundercracker (even worse with Hasbro MPs where Thundercracker was never even done under the old MP Seeker mould!)
TF Prime - here's Starscream, here's Skywarp... oh okay, here's Thundercracker, but he's a limited exclusive!

It's great that the cybertronian jets we only saw for a few seconds in a few episodes of the original cartoon have so many toys now. I was a bit dissapointed with the Titanium take on them, though I did like the giant Starscream mold from Cybertron, thought that was very streamlined and a great figure!

We saw them a little bit more than that - you had the Rainmakers who were tetrajets too. Then they just completely forgot about it, and Starscream became an F15 on ancient Cybertron who flew under his own power from Cybertron to Earth, flew all over Earth, then back to Cybertron with Skyfire!

Titanium Series toys suck full stop. You can tell they weren't designed by Takara fungineers at all. I do like the Cybertron Starscream design, but I skipped on that super-sized one in favour of the Galaxy Force Voyager mould. The Super Sized one didn't seem any better than the Voyager, just more expensive and with a new hat^crown.

[Bidoofdude]

Yeah. TC is basically my fave TF now and I've decided to get quite a few of his namesake.
I might get the MP soon but I'm not too keen. Still awesome.

[BigTransformerTrev]

We saw them a little bit more than that - you had the Rainmakers who were tetrajets too.

Titanium Series toys suck full stop. You can tell they weren't designed by Takara fungineers at all.

Yeah, I was thinking of the episode with the Rainmakers as well as the pilot, that's why I said Episodes (plural ). Though you may be right in regards when I said they were only on for a few seconds

I dunno, I think there were quite a few good Titanium figures. I loved the WW figures - think it was the first Cybertonain-altform styled versions of G1 characters the likes of Optimus, Starscream and so on I ever got, and I LOVE my Fallen figure (got him before TF2)! I still would love to get Titanium Prowl, Jetfire & Grimlock!

[GoktimusPrime]

I was talking to someone yesterday about FoC Starscream and it made me realise, Hasbro really should make it a priority to repaint this mould as the Rainmakers for the following reasons:

+ The Rainmakers were always Tetrajets in the G1 cartoon. They never came to Earth and were never reformatted/rebuilt(wateva) as F-15 Eagles. So having them as Tetrajets canonically makes more sense than seeing them as F-15s.

+ Classicsverse already has Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge as toys. There's no (official) Classicsverse toy for the Rainmakers (except Acid Storm). Some collectors (like the one I spoke w/ yesterday) only want to collect one toy of each G1 character, and FoC versions of the 'mainstream' Seekers don't interest them because it's the same character (just with a Cybertronian alt mode). Only people who are interested in getting the same character again in the new alt mode would want to get them in the FoC mould. i.e. people who are more interested in further expanding their Classicsverse collection and have no interest in the game.

If Hasbro repainted FOC Starscream as Sunstorm, Acid Storm and "Blizzard Storm" (or whatever name they choose to give to the blue Rainmaker), G1 fans will finally have G1-accurate toy representations of those characters as they appeared in the G1 cartoon - as Tetrajets, not F-15 Eagles! I don't mind if they do Skywarp and Thundercracker too, but I think the Rainmakers should come after them. I would prioritise them above Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust because we never saw them as Tetrajets in the G1 cartoon! (they just appeared on Earth one day as if they'd always been there! )

[Bidoofdude]

I was talking to someone yesterday about FoC Starscream and it made me realise, Hasbro really should make it a priority to repaint this mould as the Rainmakers for the following reasons:

+ The Rainmakers were always Tetrajets in the G1 cartoon. They never came to Earth and were never reformatted/rebuilt(wateva) as F-15 Eagles. So having them as Tetrajets canonically makes more sense than seeing them as F-15s.

+ Classicsverse already has Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge as toys. There's no (official) Classicsverse toy for the Rainmakers (except Acid Storm). Some collectors (like the one I spoke w/ yesterday) only want to collect one toy of each G1 character, and FoC versions of the 'mainstream' Seekers don't interest them because it's the same character (just with a Cybertronian alt mode). Only people who are interested in getting the same character again in the new alt mode would want to get them in the FoC mould. i.e. people who are more interested in further expanding their Classicsverse collection and have no interest in the game.

If Hasbro repainted FOC Starscream as Sunstorm, Acid Storm and "Blizzard Storm" (or whatever name they choose to give to the blue Rainmaker), G1 fans will finally have G1-accurate toy representations of those characters as they appeared in the G1 cartoon - as Tetrajets, not F-15 Eagles! I don't mind if they do Skywarp and Thundercracker too, but I think the Rainmakers should come after them. I would prioritise them above Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust because we never saw them as Tetrajets in the G1 cartoon! (they just appeared on Earth one day as if they'd always been there! )

Rainmakers would be good in a three-pack similar to the WFC one, especially since they're all just repaints. (like the WFC one)

[Omega Metro]

That hollow bit in the middle of the jet irritates me. Like it MUCH better in robot.

[Bidoofdude]

That hollow bit in the middle of the jet irritates me. Like it MUCH better in robot.

I guess it's game accurate though.

Sure, the gap's a bit more noticeable but it's as game-accurate as it can be.

[christalcase]

I'm actually fairly disappointed about this toy. It was much simpler than I expected, the transformation was disappointing and boring, it seemed uninspired. The jet mode is just passable, but the obvious head and the chunky legs just plugging in the back feels lazy. It's also not as sleek as you would want it, having weird angles that doesn't feel quite right on a jet. The robot mode is equally disappointing due to how weedy the arms look. However, the thing I hate most is the hollow torso, I hated it on HFTD Terradive and I hate it here. Starscream's hollowness further cheapens the feel. The only redeeming feature is the weapon where the combining feature was cool.

[GoktimusPrime]

Maybe Fagnar1 is talking about the hole just behind the head in jet mode. It's a speed hole... ya know... makes the jet go faster.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVV_COOey0E

However, the thing I hate most is the hollow torso, I hated it on HFTD Terradive and I hate it here. Starscream's hollowness further cheapens the feel.

Speed hole!!