Sunstreaker
Sunstreaker is a fictional character from the Transformers series introduced in 1984.
Contents
Generation 1
Sunstreaker is sometimes depicted as a combiner, who forms part of Betatron or Optimus Maximus.
Fictional biography
Profile: Sunstreaker is the complete egotist. He feels he is simply the most beautiful thing on Earth. He is constantly discussing his sleek lines, his aerodynamic styling and he is loudly and continually grateful to the Ark for giving him such a magnificent body. Sunstreaker is faintly contemptuous of the other sports-car Autobots, particularly his fraternal twin Sideswipe, whose design, he says, is spoiled by the rear-mounted engine in his automobile mode. When he is in his robot mode, Sunstreaker is the most dangerous, most ruthless of the group; a calm, competent war machine. His biggest fault is his tendency to stop so that people can admire him when he ought to be tending to business.Abilities: In Autobot mode, Sunstreaker wears a right shoulder-mounted, laser-guided, ground-to-air missile launcher. Each missile is the equivalent of 450 lbs. of TNT and can down a Decepticon jet fighter at a maximum distance of 37.5 miles. He also carries an electron-pulse gun capable of emitting at 300 bursts per second a beam of highly energized electrons (the high rate of emission makes it effectively a continuous stream of electrons). A sustained burst of 1.5 seconds will burn a 3 inch hole in a .5 inch-thick plate of titanium-alloy steel. His upper torso construction incorporates a tough polymer-steel skin, making him particularly resistant to artillery fire.
Weaknesses: A potent arsenal and tough hide like Sunstreaker's would be sufficient to preclude any serious weaknesses, if it weren't for his ego and sociopathic tendencies. His inability to be a team player and overriding lust for battle often diminish his overall value to the Autobots, and the ease with which he can be baited by anyone, including adversaries, often puts his well-being in serious jeopardy.
Books
Ballantine Books
Sunstreaker was featured in the 1985 Find Your Fate Junior book called Dinobots Strike Back by Casey Todd.[1]
Kid Stuff Records & Tapes
Although Sunstreaker's voice didn't appear in the 1985 audio adventure Satellite of Doom, he was depicted in the book as one Autobots who helped destroy the satellite.
Ladybird books
Sunstreaker appeared in the 1985 audio adventure Autobots' Lightning Strike.
Marvel Books
Sunstreaker appeared in the 1984 sticker and story book Return to Cybertron written by Suzanne Weyn and published by Marvel Books.[2]
Sunstreaker appeared in the 1984 sticker and story book The Revenge of the Decepticons written by Suzanne Weyn and published by Marvel Books. In this book he is depicted as being red, his original Diaclone colors.[3]
Sunstreaker appeared in the 1986 story and coloring book The Lost Treasure of Cybertron by Marvel Books.
Comics
Fun Publications
Classicverse
In At Fight's End Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust attack a city under the orders of Megatron. The city is defended by Ironhide, Jetfire, Optimus Prime and Sunstreaker.[4]
In "Invasion" Sunstreaker is among the Autobots in Canada who help get people to safety from an earthquake caused by Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus using the Terminus Blade.[5]
Sunstreaker appeared in Another Light where he was among the mixed Autobot and Decepticon team stationed at the Ironworks base on Classicverse Earth. He evacuated on a shuttle commanded by Grimlock when the planet was attacked by Shattered Glass Primus.[6]
IDW Publishing
Long ago, before the war, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were law enforcers working under the Senate, and were involved with the arrest of Impactor.
Games
Toys
- Generation 1 Sunstreaker (1984)
- Binaltech Astrisk Sunstreaker (2005)
- Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Sunstreaker (2015)
- Comes with a gun, combiner hand/foot and collector comic, although Sunstreaker does not appear in the comic story.
Gallery
Betatron with Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Sunstreaker as his leg
Optimus Maximus with Generations Combiner Wars Deluxe Sunstreaker as his arm.
References
- ↑ http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=1144&PHPSESSID=4d7776a874ecb72d37230c8f12a49c24
- ↑ http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/sticker/return/return.html
- ↑ http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/books/sticker/revenge/revenge.html
- ↑ Pete Sinclair (w), Evan Gauntt (p), Jesse Wittenrich (let), Pete Sinclair (ed). "At Fight's End" Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club The Official Magazine 30 (December 2009/January 2010), Fun Publications
- ↑ Benson Yee & Pete Sinclair (w), Dan Khanna (p), Jake Isenberg (i). "Transformers Invasion" Transformers Timelines v2, 7 (2012), Fun Publications
- ↑ Jesse Wittenrich & Pete Sinclair (w), Eryck Webb (p), Eryck Webb (i), Evan Gauntt (col), Jesse Wittenrich (let), Pete Sinclair (ed). "Another Light Part 6 - The Future Buried" The Transformers Collectors Club 66 (December/January 2016), Fun Publications
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