New Images of HFTD Scout Sunspot

...yeah, I get the homage to Sunstorm thing, but come on. A marshmallow peeps-colored SPY DRONE?

I like the colors very much, but I don't care to own this mold again just for a color variation. Pass.

I'm no expert, but aren't most of these remote-controlled drones coloured white in the real-world?

Lots of exceptions pop into mind, but aircraft tended to have dorsal camouflage and ventral white paint up until, what? Vietnam? I remember F-4s having white bellies. Then at some point they moved to light grey all over. I guess it might have been to accommodate rolling & looping etc. Or maybe they simply acknowledged that modern air-combat, being so fast and over such great distances, and so dependent on radar that the naked eye had become nigh useless?

And really, it does seem more logical to paint a spy drone a light color. In daylight, black would pop-out against sky blue, and at night the white should be no more visible than the black unless someone puts a spotlight on it. IIRC, the black coloration of SR-71s, B-2s, and F-117s were due to the older formulations of RAM being black, while newer stealth technology doesn't seem to rely on the same material.

Of course, none of that justifies large amounts of yellow.

And Voyager Strafe? Maybe an homage to G2 Spacecase of the same mold?

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otherwise looks an okay good figure

emeraldbeacon wrote:The mold is a surprisingly good one... I can easily see troop building with this little guy. The color choices are odd, to be sure... but he's still a fun figure!

Say it's Nebulan camouflage. With all the wild colors on that planet, you can get away with practically anything!

Oh, I have no problem with the mold. I have the original. He's rather neat and a bit complex for a Scout. You'd think his spring loaded feet would be a problem, but they actually function quite well.

I like his scythe weapons as well, and how they integrate seamlessly into the wings.

Autobot Strider wrote:I'm no expert, but aren't most of these remote-controlled drones coloured white in the real-world?

The Global Hawks were all white very early in their career, then there was a transitional "tuxedo" pattern before they went to an overall Gunship Gray scheme (like 99.99999999% of all USAF aircraft).
Most other (operational) UAVs/UCAVs though, seem to be a lighter shade, either Compass or Ghost Gray.

Who cares if the colors would work in combat ??? The damn toy looks cool in yellow !!!

I wish they would issue a classics Sunstorm in the Generations line.

Covenant wrote:Really? Over twenty-five years of oddball alt modes, crazy color schemes, and some fans still argue about real-world application of a Scout class repaint? I mean, really?

Well, the movie lines and Classics/Universe/Generations are aiming for realism for most of the toys...