Talk:Sandstorm (G1)

When it detonated five minutes later, Sandstorm and the Paradronians stood alongside the Autobots and watched their homeworld's destruction. "It's as beautiful in death as it was in life," Sandstorm eulogized simply. Rodimus openly mocked him and told him Cybertron was better.

It's funny because that's not an exaggeration. Oh, Rodimus, you dick. --68.75.18.107 05:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, Rodimus was seriously on the rag that episode. I think the ep was written kind of tongue-in-cheek; there's a lot of comedy that's begging for better delivery. And then there are just bizarre little moments, like when Rodimus decides out of nowhere that they should blow the planet up, and Sandstorm gets this big grin on his face as he talks about the escape pods. I think he's been waiting for an excuse to ride in an escape pod all his life. - Jackpot 05:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

If only Sandstorm was around in Headmasters when Scorponok blows up Cybertron. A reversal would have been hilarious. Or not. I don't think Rodimus cared about that, either. --ItsWalky 06:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

No one but Galvatron cared! I still can't believe how trivial it was to blow up their planet. How did no one do it before, if they all care so little about its survival? -LV 23:44, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Heh. And Galvatron had been the first one to TRY to blow it up, back in Chaos. I mean, I guess it makes sense. Who among us hasn't yearned to obliterate the Earth at one point or another? I know I'm always fiddling with some doomsday device or other. - Jackpot 23:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

A year or two ago, I made three smallish bombs and had my thuggish lackeys place them in a couple of places around town, planning to reduce our planet to a mass of radioactive rubble. But then bin Laden ran up and defused them. -LV 00:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Hunt for the Decepticons Legends Sandstorm

Would this be considered a new toy for G1 Sandstorm or a new individual, possibly in movie continuity? 95.148.9.47 04:49, 25 May 2010 (EDT)

Given that Hasbro's being purposly obscure about Gold Box continuity, honestly no one will know for sure until he's given a detailed bio or appears in a story somewhere. --ZacWilliam 09:00, 25 May 2010 (EDT)

Discussion moved from Sandstorm (TF 2010)

If we're saying that 2010 Tracker Hound is G1 Hound then shouldn't 2010 Sandstorm be G1 Sandstorm? 95.148.8.143 06:22, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

We can't know that either way until his bio is published. --abates 06:28, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

When do Legends-class toys ever get a bio nowadays? Personally I'd consider Tracker Hound part of the movie continuity given that's what everyone else in the 2010 toyline is (and non-Movie-ers are being sold as Generations and PCC). --Detour 06:33, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

Spot the person who doesn't pay attention to the packaging. (I suppose I kinda should :) --abates 06:47, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

That was actually somewhat of a legit question on my part, though, given how much gets sacrificed on Canadian packaging to comply with Quebec's Angry Frenchy Law. --Detour 06:49, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

I've made a Hound (TF 2010) article, since the TF 2010 stuff we seem to consider them to be either movie characters or just "TF2010" characters. I initially called the article "Tracker Hound", but to me, the "Tracker" part sounds more like some sort of descriptor than his name. What do you guys think? --FFN 06:54, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, seems more like a function than part of his name. --abates 08:12, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

I don't have one to hand, but I don't think the packaging Australasia gets for Legends has a space for a bio either. --abates 07:10, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

I think we've made the wrong choice here, the initial anonymous post seems more reasonable to me. Both figures are G1 series molds and Sandstorm is in G1 inspired colors. Given that Legends mixes continuities (Animated Legends released in previous waves without Animated logos) and that there is virtually nothing that can be said about them, it seems most parsimonious to put them on the G1 character pages. --Khajidha 10:03, 27 June 2010 (EDT)

Just for the record, the packaging for both Sandstorm and Tracker Hound (shown at BotCon) have different tech spec numbers from the G1 guys. Not saying that it proves anything, but it's something to keep in mind. --Apoc 13:59, 7 July 2010 (EDT)

So, now that we've merged the Hounds, what about this article? --Khajidha 17:28, 1 August 2010 (EDT)

Thanks for the info. I'd really like it if tech specs were consistent, but Generations Thrust got weaker, stupider, more cowardly, and lost firepower, but still managed to get promoted since G1. He also improved a couple of points in endurance. - Starfield 23:04, 1 August 2010 (EDT)

With the release of DotM Sandstorm it's looking more like the Legends guy was a Movie character all along - they have the same tech specs and type of vehicle mode Zandergb 16:13, 10 July 2011 (EDT)

GDO Sandstorm

1. He's out. 2. The one I got has crappy facepaint. Anyone else have this problem, and, if so, should we make a note of it? --75.82.9.197 19:16, 29 September 2012 (EDT)