New Promo Images: Hasbro Transformers Masterpiece Sunstorm and Prowl

Eh... No particularly digging the brown dome on Sunstorm. Nothing a lick of properly applied black paint won't fix. Besides that, I'm alright with him. Nice to see he's got some sort of flame pattern going on, so he's got that going for him.

Are there any notable differences we know of between Takara's Prowl and this Prowl? If there aren't, and the quality on this one is top notch, then I'll consider getting one myself.

Granted, Takara's Sunstorm is far more cohesive than TRU's. But, for all the deco complaints I've seen, you have to give TRU Sunstorm this: the flames on his wings are awesome!

Also, I don't see any noticeable difference on Prowl, but I still suspect Takara's QC and overall quality to be better. That's not gonna stop me from picking up a TRU Prowl to display in vehicle mode, though.

Rated X wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:Brown head huh?

That's because he looks like s**t.

For once, I'm there with ya on this. This thing is hideous and another sign that the new design team needed to do more research.

Just what were they basing this ugly deco on, exactly? I know I've previously suspected either Animated Sunstorm or the G1 Sunstorm video game model from the ROTF video game, but neither of those looked quite like this. And that fire pattern on his wings, while true to the spirit of Sunstorm's appearance in the Dreamwave comics, is so tacky and makes him look less like he's on fire and more like he's just come off of the aircraft edition of Pimp My Ride. Even Hot Rod's/Rodimus' flames are subtle by comparison.

At least the Takara version has a deco that is recognizable, being based off of Sunstorm's brief cameo in the first episode of the Sunbow cartoon. If the new Hasbro team wanted a different yet also recognizable deco for this version, it would have been much nicer for them to have gone with the deco he had in his most famous fictional appearance: The Dreamwave G1 comics. I'm honestly surprised that that didn't come to their attention first when searching through the archives. But then again, they did find the RiD Jhiaxus toy before finding any of Jhiaxus's more famous comic book appearances (G2, IDW G1, or otherwise), so I guess it's just another one of those cases.

Yeah, it's probably too late to blame anyone on the design team for not being more informed at the time, as this deco was probably worked on and put together way back. But it's still a very ugly deco and a real disappointment to behold.


Now, Prowl, on the other hand, is another story. Wonderful! Simply wonderful! He looks virtually identical to Takara's version, which is all one could have ever asked of Hasbro short of asking for an even more show-accurate deco (but this deco as it is is perfectly acceptable). Only question that remain is if whether or not he comes with any of the Amazon Japan toy-accurate shoulder cannons. They're not a must for me, since Prowl was cannon-less in the cartoon, but it is a curiosity to be inquired about.

Agreed - the brown "helmet" = why?

And yeah............teeeeth!

Never realized until now just how small prowl is, looks like a voyager

Prowl looks like he's squatting in preparation to take a dump into that kids' fist. At least the photographers finally have the figures transformed correctly!

mooncake623 wrote:Brown head huh?

Ugh! I so didn't notice the "golden brown" helmet/head thing because I was so distraught with the "more yellow than orange" color of the entire figure. Looks like I might need to find and buy the IGear's version afterall.

Odd choice with the brown/copper color but I am digging the flames on his back and wings. Ill probably just pick him up to go with the rest of my seekers.

I was hoping there might be a slight difference in Prowl but not seeing one. I just got a KO Prowl off Ebay for $36.00 shipped from China. There are some minor paint issues and the gun handle had to be shaved down to fit in his hand...other than that he is quite awesome and worth the money . I'll stick with my KO and save some coin...if Prowl is higher than $44.99 US retail then he is just not worth it. I would speculate $54.99...does anyone have confirmation on price yet?


~reluctantyouth~


FYI- Forgot that hasbrotoyshop has free summer shipping on all Transformers using promo code "SUMMER" I ordered Skrapnel yesterday as I have been unable to find him here locally $10.61 shipped . That works for me.

i plan on getting prowl and sunstorm, i cant justify paying double for both for takara versions of minor characters