Sandstorm (BW)

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 Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Someone used a magnifying glass and the sun on Scorponok.

Sandstorm is secretly the Covenant member Scorpius, a hard-shelled mystery of a robot, wrapped in a soft-shelled cover-identity and cemented by a tasty bean-paste of lies.

The Covenant's resident expert on court intrigue, Scorpius's billions of years of experience made him a natural to survey the deepening crisis on Cybertron due to Shokaract. He did so with gusto, immediately vanishing into a cover identity so thoroughly that even the Covenant couldn't contact him. His rise to power paralleled Shokaract's, and Sandstorm eventually ascended to become the leader of the (much diminished) Predacons, leading the anti-Shokaract rebels in the sub-levels under Iacon.

Fiction

Reaching the Omega Point

Duck, Covenant member, duck!

Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox

Toys

Beast Wars

I am 60% Jolly Rancher.

• Sandstorm (Mega, 1999)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles

One of two BotCon 1999 exclusive toys, Sandstorm is a grey/brownish and orange redeco of Scorponok, transforming into a fairly organic but highly inaccurate black scorpion. The right pincer contains a small, spring-loaded "Cyberbee" drone, while his left pincer has a spring-loaded double missile launcher activated by pulling the top part of his claw open far enough to trigger the attack. His tail also has a spring-loaded "stinging" action activated by pushing forward on a lever halfway up the scorpion tail. All three gimmicks are available in both modes.

As one of the first toys released in the Beast Wars line, this mold features a "mutant head" gimmick; the halves of his mutant mask clamshell over his robot face from the sides.

This mold was also used to make Double Punch.

• More information on Sandstorm at TFU.info

Trivia

• Early in production, Sandstorm was going to be named Quicksand. The change marked a strengthening of the bonds between 3H and Hasbro, as both BotCon 1999 toys were given names Hasbro already held Trademarks for.

• The text of "Reaching the Omega Point" describes Sandstorm with normal hands.

External links

• Sandstorm's Botcon-99 Overview