Jetstorm (BM)
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Jetstorm is a Vehicon from the Beast Machines portion of Generation 1 continuity.
Arrogant and cocky with the skills to back up all his big talk, Jetstorm leads Megatron's aero-drones in his bid to removes the last vestiges of resistance on Cybertron. He takes great pleasure in tormenting the Maximals and lets them know at every opportunity how much better than them he is. He has a nasty temper that is barely hidden behind a thin veneer of cool indifference, and it really doesn't take much to set him off. Like that Blackarachnia chick, what's she staring at?
Despite his smarm, bravado and temper, Jetstorm knows when to cut his losses and run for it. He may have a whole load of personality flaws (and a load of aero-drones to back him up), but he's not stupid. Despite early rivalries, he has also developed a comraderie with Thrust, even though the idea of being friends with anyone initially came as something of a shock.
Jetstorm is in actuality a programmed shell personality given life by the spark of the Maximal Silverbolt.
Pre-release name: Skybolt
Fiction
Animated continuity
Beast Machines
Voice actor: Brian Drummond (US)
Toys
Beast Machines
- Jetstorm (Deluxe, 2000)
- Part of the first wave of Beast Machines Deluxes, Jetstorm transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet. his jet-mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at theneck to "search" for targets. Both jet and robot modes feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" with revealing jet thrusters.
- This mold has been redecoed to make the Sonic Attack Jet, Robots in Disguise Storm Jet and Jhiaxus, and Universe Skywarp.
- Jetstorm (Ultra, 2000)
- Part of the first wave of Ultra-class Beast Machines toys, Jetstorm is also the first Ultra-class toy since the beginning of the "Beast Era" to feature electronics. He was also the largest Ultra-class toy yet. Like the Deluxe version, he transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, but in this incarnation the jet mode looks far more like the Mainframe CGI model, even if the robot mode does not. His jet mode cockpit/neck is geared up with the pop-up gun turret on his back so that both turn in the same direction when moved. This turret has a light-up feature plus two spring-loaded missiles. Like the small toy, he has both a "normal" bipedal robot mode and a "flight robot mode" with pop-out thruster engines.
- This mold was redecoed into the BotCon 2002 exclusive Cyclonus.
- Jetstorm (Happy Meal, 2000)
- Jetstorm (Red Rooster Kids' Meal, 2000)
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