Sandstorm (G2)

The name or term "Sandstorm" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sandstorm (disambiguation).

Sandstorm is a Decepticon from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Sandstorm is a Decepticon jet who (presumably) specializes in desert warfare. He battles the Autobots over energon and that's... that's sort of it.

Fiction

Ask Vector Prime

In the Battle of Sherman Dam in Primax 096.0 Beta, the Seeker Sandstorm tried to run off with energon cubes. Mirage and Sideswipe tried to stop him. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06

Toys

Generation 2

Function: Decepticon Pig-Pen.

• Sandstorm

Sandstorm was to have been a desert camo-themed redeco of the Generation 2 version of Ramjet. As such, he presumably would have had firing missile launchers, and perhaps a sound effects box that would have been mountable above his engines.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

• Sandstorm's artwork, under the name "Desert Ramjet", has been floating around the internet for some years, having originally surfaced from the same collection of ex-Hasbro employee memorabilia that yielded "tiger" Grimlock and "black death" Starscream.
• In 2007, a physical mock-up matching the "desert Ramjet" art came to the fandom's attention via a pictorial review done by Transformers fan and rarities-hunter Maziar "Maz" Shahsafdari for his website TF-1.com. However, the existence of Sandstorm as a character separate from Ramjet was not revealed until the artwork was printed in the 2011 Transformers Vault collector's book.
• In 2012, it was revealed that Sandstorm was much further along in production than the fandom had previously suspected when a deco-less test shot was discovered on the Chinese auction site TaoBao (from a seller also possessing loose Generation 2 Stunticons, Protectobots, and a production colors "black death" Starscream). The test shot differs from the package art and mock-up by possessing two shades of tan, black missiles and a tan head, though the color layouts between the three line up otherwise.
• A thematically similar hand-painted redeco of the Starscream mold (in jungle colors) is also known to exist, having been found in an auction on eBay in 2007. Whether it was meant to be Starscream or a new character like Sandstorm is unknown.
• In addition to that, there's another Ramjet redeco in sky blue colors. Same knowledge on character goes.

External links

• "G2 Desert-Camouflage Ramjet Mock-Up" at TF-1.com