New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 9:35pm CST

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Don't let his small size fool you, Forthcoming Dark Of The Moon figure Sandstorm is a double-whammy of gimmickery. Not only is he a Human Alliance figure but he's a triple changer too! Thanks to HK-TF we get to see high resolution pictures of his robot, buggy and weapon placement modes, together with Private Dedcliff.

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This article was last modified on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 9:40pm CST

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Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192672)
Posted by OptiMagnus on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:38pm CST

I'm not sure if I'll get any of these things, but these pictures really do him justice.

Man, all these pics of future releases are coming out the wazoo this evening.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192673)
Posted by T-Macksimus on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:38pm CST

Ditch the Human, ditch the red...the rest is pure win!

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192677)
Posted by djieff1 on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:47pm CST

yeah...wont get it, robot is ok, but vehicule looks like nothing, very ordinary.
the third mode is a joke.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192678)
Posted by adamassc on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:51pm CST

I was sold on him before, now it's even more so. I didn't know he could be held by a larger robot like that.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192681)
Posted by Down_Shift on March 9th, 2011 @ 9:58pm CST

love em.

So far I'm picking up all of the Basic Alliance stuff.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192682)
Posted by Diem on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:02pm CST

It's about time we had an actual G1 Sandstorm update. Not just weird buggies every so often. And what's with that evil-looking head?

Other than that he's pretty cool.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192687)
Posted by VS_Savant2 on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:11pm CST

The head sculpt reminds me of Ironhide. Maybe this is Bronzehide or Copperhide.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192691)
Posted by DJLazer on March 9th, 2011 @ 10:19pm CST

That would make a good swindle repaint.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192727)
Posted by MGrotusque on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:16pm CST

Why did they have to name it Sandstorm? He's not a triplechanger and looks nothing like the G1 Sandstorm.
The two have no correlation other than the name and the alt mode is a buggy.

He does look pretty decent though. A little busy on the detail in bot mode for me but good figure nevertheless.

Just don't think he's any homage to G1....... because he's not.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192728)
Posted by Diem on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:20pm CST

monstergrotusque wrote:Why did they have to name it Sandstorm? He's not a triplechanger and looks nothing like the G1 Sandstorm.
The two have no correlation other than the name and the alt mode is a buggy.

I agree with you except that...yes he is a triple changer.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192731)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on March 9th, 2011 @ 11:22pm CST

Looks pretty snazzy..

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192749)
Posted by MGrotusque on March 10th, 2011 @ 12:00am CST

Diem wrote:
monstergrotusque wrote:Why did they have to name it Sandstorm? He's not a triplechanger and looks nothing like the G1 Sandstorm.
The two have no correlation other than the name and the alt mode is a buggy.

I agree with you except that...yes he is a triple changer.

Forgot about that battle station mode. Plus i didn't look at all the photos or read all the text. Just jumped right in and put my foot in my mouth..........dammit.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192769)
Posted by Pr1meSuspect on March 10th, 2011 @ 1:23am CST

Ok so Sandstorm and Skyhammer are top two on my very small Dark of the Moon shopping list.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192776)
Posted by Burn on March 10th, 2011 @ 1:39am CST

monstergrotusque wrote:Why did they have to name it Sandstorm?

G1 Sandstorm was a dune buggy. This guy's a dune buggy.

Hey it's Hasbro's way of thinking not mine!

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192784)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 10th, 2011 @ 3:16am CST

looks awesome, the paint aps are a bit meh but the figure itself is great. Maybe we'll get a beachcomber repaint/remold down the road. Needs to lose the meatbag though. I think the HA and cyberverse are the best thing to be coming out of DOTM.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192789)
Posted by Mykltron on March 10th, 2011 @ 4:01am CST

Cool figure. Nice that it comes with Ted Danson.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192795)
Posted by Genocide G2.0 on March 10th, 2011 @ 4:21am CST

That human is shit i cant stand to look at him, The robot looks well good but Ben 10 comes to mind and the buggy reminds me of toy story a bit. I'll still pick him up.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192798)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on March 10th, 2011 @ 4:26am CST

A superb looking lil figure and I hope to see many, many more HA's of this class size. Not keen on the battle station mode but the buggy and robot both look very good.

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192836)
Posted by griftimus prime on March 10th, 2011 @ 7:52am CST

robot mode is win

Re: New Hi-Res Images Of DOTM Mechtech Human Alliance Sandstorm (1192846)
Posted by GuyIncognito on March 10th, 2011 @ 8:23am CST

I love everything about this. I'm especially impressed that neither the alt mode nor the robot mode have suffered to accommodate the "gimmicks" (which are more than just gimmicks IMO). OK, so the 3rd mode isn't great, but who cares? Since the other two modes don't suffer for it, you can forget that 3rd mode even exists and it's STILL a great toy - a great transformer with a cool alt mode, a cool bot mode, the ability to accommodate a human figure, and a bit of G.I. Joe flavor thrown in for good measure.

I'm really excited about this figure and hope to see more like it.

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