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Action Master

2007-03-21T19:03:48Z

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:''Action Masters are a [[subgroup]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Neutro-fusiontank.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Alive! Alive! Alive!]]

'''Action Masters''' are Transformers that traded in their ability to transform to become stronger, faster, and more alive. As the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war drained more and more of their resources, a new source of fueling, [[Nucleon]], was discovered which would grant Transformers amazing power, but at a cost. To compensate for their lost ability to transform, the Action Masters built transforming partners and (massive) vehicles to aid them in battle.

A few Action Masters managed to retain (or possibly regain) the ability to transform; they are known as [[Action Master Elite]]s.

== Fiction ==
=== Toy packaging blurb ===
According to the toy packaging [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went searching for new energy sources and, within the heart of a [[black hole]] discovered Nucleon: a miracle fuel that made Transformers stronger, faster, and more alive, but cost them the ability to transform. Soon the Decepticons stole the technology and created Action Masters of their own.

This story was later referenced with the Japanese release of Nucleon Quest Convoy, a black repaint of Powermaster Optimus Prime who was given the backstory of being Prime specially outfitted for this trip into the black hole.

=== Marvel Comics continuity ===
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] heard rumors of a new miracle fuel on the planet [[Hydrus 4]]. Against orders he stole the non-functioning bodies of his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and headed there to find out. What he descovered was a ruined world filled with creepy, obsessive, rotting zombie-like beings warning him that it was all because of Nucleon. Being Grimlock, he then went ahead and used the fuel anyway, first on himself then to revive his fallen teammates.

Grimlock soon found parts of his body inexplicably seizing up, and began to fear that he should have listened to the creepy dying robots after all. After returning to the Ark Grimlock used the Nucleon to repair all the damaged Autobots in the ship's medical bay (as well as Megatron, whom he didn't know was there). Following the Transformers battle with [[Unicron]] Grimlock froze-up entirely. It was then that [[Hi-Q]] (in the process of mergeing with Optimus Prime) saw with "[[Powermaster]] eyes" that Grimlock wasn't malfunctioning, but changing. He used his Powermaster abillities to speed-up the process and Grimlock burst forth in his new, more-powerful Action Master form.

:''('''Note''': Grimlock is the only actual Action Master to appear in the US comics. Other Action Master toys are represented, but not having been changed by Nucleon they are likely not actual Action Masters. [[Simon Furman]] has commented that if the comic book had continued we would have seen other Transformers become Action Masters, and we also would have seen a follow up to the hints that Nucleon effects everyone differently, with some Transformers being affected by it in various alternate ways.)''

==Fandom reception==
:''I DEFINITELY like my transformers to transform. Down with the action masters.'' --Posted to alt.toys.transformers by Josh Freeman Frankel, 02-25-1994 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4ed4b0a1a761bcd7]

The Action Master toyline, depicting the obvious oxymoron of "Transformers who don't transform," generated initial ire from some fans. This was magnified as Action Masters were released in the final year of the original Transformers toyline in the US. When Transformers was summarily cancelled in North America, some fans blamed the gimmick for the death of the franchise (despite the wide variety of other factors that doubtlessly were involved).

One aspect Action Masters is notable for, however, is the mass reintroduction of "classic" characters. New toys for old characters was not a theme the original toyline visited very often, and so to have a single subline with so many recurring favorites was, at the time, a novelty. In addition, the classic characters were designed to more closely resemble their cartoon counterparts. For much of the Season 1 and 2 cast, the original figures having been designed years before they were stylized and simplified for the cartoon, these Action Masters were the closest likenesses of their fiction representatons ever.

As with many other changes to the Transformers brand, initial hostility towards Action Masters from the fandom eventually became less intense, and diversified into a broad range of opinion. Many of the most in-demand vintage (and therefore expensive) ''Transformers'' toys are Action Masters, and new characters from this subgroup are still harkened back to in newer toylines. For example, [[Axer]] shows up in the [[Robots in Disguise]] toyline, ''[[Armada]]'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] has design elements based on [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]], and ''[[Cybertron]]'' [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]]'s colors are a partial homage to [[Rad (G1)|Rad]].

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Sunstorm (G1)

2007-03-21T18:47:33Z

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:''Sunstorm is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sunstormg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Don't call him [[Playskool]].]]

If bright colors are nature's way of saying "Do not touch", Nature's got nothin' on '''Sunstorm'''. Come too close, and circuits will short, steel housing will begin to melt, and psyches will break as the mind struggles to comprehend.

Science would explain that his body is aflame in radiation. Sunstorm believes that he is the living embodiment of the Will of [[Primus]], placed by the divine in this universe to deal righteous judgment on the blasphemous. His judgment is swift, painful, relentless, and punctuated with the recitation of [[Covenant of Primus|Holy Writ]]. His power is only surpassed by his conviction.

==Fiction==
[[Image:Sunstorm Cartoon.jpg|left|thumb|Hey mom, I'm on TV!]]
===Animated continuity===
Sunstorm was one of the Decepticon jets on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago. He shot at the [[Autobot]]s [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee]] when they came near, and that's about it.

''('''Note''': The character of Sunstorm was based retroactively on the orange jet (pictured at left) who appears in [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]. In the episode "[[Divide and Conquer]]", a different, all-yellow jet appears as part of a trio of Decepticon "rainmakers". Chances are, this version is not Sunstorm, even taking into consideration the haphazard coloring typically given to generic [[Seeker]]s.)

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] experiments to fit a solar-powered fusion reactor into cloned Decepticon warriors reached their fruition in Sunstorm, a clone of the treacherous [[Starscream]]. Sunstorm's structure has been augmented to endure the enormous stresses involved. He was the perfect soldier; he possessed the ability to manipulate electromagnetic energy, enhanced regenerative capabilities, and a blank slate of a mind waiting to be written according to Shockwave's design.

When the Autobots took [[New Iacon]] from Shockwave, he hurriedly uploaded the compressed contents of the supercomputer [[Vector Sigma]] to multiple locations, including the hidden cloning lab near the [[Epsilon]] border where Sunstorm lay, awaiting instructions. The upload overwhelmed the lab's mainframe, spilling over into the only other available receptacle - Sunstorm. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

Fleeing the fall of New Iacon, Decepticons [[Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] broke into the Epsilon lab, unaware of its importance, intending to use is as a safehouse. After Runamuck amused himself by frying the lab's [[Minispy]] attendant, the duo accidentally awakened Sunstorm, who fried them… rather badly before his scrambled programming compelled him to depart, making his way to Earth.

Flying down to [[Earth]], he tried to get Starscream to join him in his crusade, though Starscream believed his clone to be completely insane. Sunstorm battled with a number of Autobots, including [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], eventually uncovering an enormous well of energy deep below the ocean, sealed with a mechanical door bearing a Cybertronian symbol. [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and Bumblebee fought to stop him from unleashing whatever power the well held, until Jetfire, sensing that Sunstorm's internal fusion reactor was growing increasingly unstable, flew the overzealous seeker into orbit. Sunstorm's reactor went critical and exploded violently, completely obliterating both of them. {{storylink|Ascension}}

Sunstorm's almost supernatural durability was credited to his augmented molecular structure, similar to that of electrum. When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet's]] Energy Siphon suppressed the effect, he was eaten away from within by the destructive energies of his own power source.

===Universe===
An alternate-universe version of Sunstorm was one of [[Megazarak (TFU)|Megazarak]]'s loyal inner circle. His radioactive condition was the result of an accident at the manufacturing facility during his birth.

''('''Note''': Sunstorm did not actually appear in any true ''Universe'' fiction. He was given a bio in the [[3H]] Fan Club magazine that places him as one of Megazarak's elite warriors. His bio uses the [[Generation 1]] character design for him, rather than the ''[[Universe]]'' [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] toy, who is by all indications an altogether different character.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Sunstorm''' (Decepticon Jet, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''89'''
[[Image:SunstormToy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Creamsicle creamseeker.]]
: Sold only in a separately-packaged-toys set with [[Load Hauler]] [[exclusive]] to [[e-Hobby]], Sunstorm is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] toy, transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. His coloration is inspired by --but not wholly accurate to for a vareity of reasons-- a previously-unnamed "generic" Decepticon seen in the episode "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".

: The same base mold is used by [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].

===Titanium Series===
*'''Sunstorm''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
: A redeco of Titanium ''[[War Within]]'' Thundercracker.

===Merchandise===
A ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' version of Sunstorm was given as a freebie to people who pre-registered at [[OTFCC 2003]] for next year's [[OTFCC 2004]]. He was later made available for sale through the [[3H]] website. A [[repaint]] of the mold used to make Starscream and the other [[Seeker]]s in the ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line, Sunstorm's colors are inspired by the e-Hobby toy, but given more variety in its shades of orange.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/Sunstorm/sunstorm.htm Sunstorm at TFU.info]

[[Category: Children of Primus]]
[[Category: E-Hobby]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Titanium Series]]
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