Rainmaker

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The Rainmakers are a Decepticon subgroup from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
All the colors of the rainbow, except for one...

The Decepticons known colloquially as the Rainmakers are part of Shockwave's forces on Cybertron. Each one is a Seeker with a bright, single-color paint job. (The green member, Acid Storm, did find a more exciting palette.) They retain their original Cybertronic "tetrajet" alternate modes.

As their name implies, they can make rain. Acid rain.

The group consists of:

Fiction

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Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

When a group of Autobots and Chip Chase journeyed to Cybertron to fetch a cosmitron for a wounded Optimus Prime, Megatron sent the trio to make things difficult for our heroes with a dose of acid rain.

Guess what? They failed. Divide and Conquer

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Merchandise

The Loyal Subjects

Make it Rain.
  • Rainmakers (2013)
    • Accessories: Pegged wings, blasters
The Loyal Subjects Rainmakers are a set of three 3-inch non-transforming vinyl figures designed by Les Schetkoe. The set includes Acid Storm and two unnamed Rainmakers, and comes in a retro box with a limited run of 500 pieces.

Notes

  • Despite the many different designations thought up by fans, the yellow and the blue Rainmaker went officially unnamed for over 30 years until a 2015 entry of the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime named the yellow one Nova Storm and the blue one Ion Storm.
  • The term "rainmakers" was originally used by Bluestreak as a colloquial description of their actions. However, repeated fan usage has turned this into a widely accepted name for the group, which was eventually made official as such by Hasbro's bio for Acid Storm.
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