Amazing that this mold manages to fit the IDW Springer AND the G1 Sandstorm - totally different mediums and aesthetics, but this mold/re-tool manages to capture elements of both pretty well.

I mean, it IS the character model if IDW Springer straight off the comic panels, yet it has G1 Sandstorm's cockpit and backpack (helicopter tail and wheels).

Well done.

EDIT:

But I think the legs need WAY more black.

 

Ooh! Very nice! I don't have a Springer yet, and I usually don't buy remolds unless they're SUPER different, but this definitely fits the bill.

Plus, it's the Springer mold. That's a good thing, right?

 

Nice snag job buddy! Sandstorm is looking fine!

 

They become VTOL engines, that's why they're so big.

 

Oh HELL YES!!! THAT'S why I'm glad I pre-ordered this bad boy

 

Can't wait to see how Takara colors this thing. Also, can't wait till Botcon uses these new molds.

 

Wow, didn't think it would be that much of a remold. I'll have to do a video on it

 

    

My emotions summed up in one awesome emoticon!!!

 

Not sure how I feel about it yet, but bravo to Hasbro on building upon the figure rather than just repaint.

 

Cancelled my preorder for Springer, but this I might get.

 

Yes. Bought.

However unless they do something with the feet/heels he's going to spend a lot of time falling backwards with ithat kind of kibble weight behind him. The dinky little heels barely do the job on Springer as is.

But kudos Hasbro, you went the extra mile like we all wanted and gave us a totally different beast. I am going to get a face plate head when the inevitable 3P add-ons turn up.

 

Oh man, Hasbro is learning. A few parts, a new head, and a paint job and they take a mold to the limit creating a great new figure. Spectacular. Though I kind of wish the bars on the front were painted black.

Now, I really want them to do something similar with Blitzwing. A new head, (loose the gimmick) change to a twin cannon tank, (If the arms transformed and stored backward instead of forward that would allow the two barrel piece to sit in front. Then in Jet mode if they made the barrels telescope they could form jet boosters) change to a forward wing jet, maybe with Thrust style VTOL bits and we get a new Overcharge. Overcharge could be such a great figure.

 

Freakin' great. In robot mode you can barely tell he shares a mold (or at least a design) with Springer. That car mode is excellent, and feels very different as well; where Springer feels like an armored Tumbler-esque street vehicle, the remolds on Sandstorm really capture that sand-dune-climbing rally-buggy look (but in a design that looks beefier and more post-apocalyptic than the G1 version).

I also like that the head, while mostly cartoon-based, also homages the toy design with those diagonal vents on the cheeks (they've just been moved there from the faceplate). Clever solution; it reminds me of the way Universe Inferno has little wings sculpted on to his head.

 

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! That is the most epic retool evar! I am in complete love!

 

I don't want retools for something as complex as triple-changers. Especially toys I loved as G1 and want GOOD updates for.

I love triple-changers, and want many unique molds. This is a horrible decision imho.

 

Seriously Hasbro. this is how you stretch you design dollar.

 

It's not beautiful but it is clever.

 

aww no banana head  

 

Very impressive design work here, it's hard enough to design one triple changer much less two from the same frame. Another win for the rebooted genny line.

 

I am literally in love with this. Sandstorm is a character I have no previous real knowledge or love for, but this mold has to be one of my favorite designs in all of the Generations lineup. I can't wait for this to get released.