Jetstorm is one of the Vehicon generals in the cartoon. He is the general of the aero drones. He was created along with Tankor and Thrust because the vehicon drones were being annihilated by the Maximals because they did not have a leader out in the field. Megatron created the Vehicon generals to tackle this problem. The Vehicon generals compared to the drones have sparks and individual minds.
Jetstorm personality wise likes to enjoy himself and is outgoing and talkative.
Jetstorm is also a nasty character as he removed Blackarachneas spark with a spark extractor but Nightscream got her spark back and brought her back on line. Jetstorm was in the cartoon for quite while from episode three in series one till around the middle of series two when he written out the series.
When the Maximals found out that Megatron had used a Maximal spark to create the Vehicon generals. They found out that Rhinox's spark was inside Tankor but that is a different story. They where wandering who the other two were. Balckarachnea thought that Silverbolts spark was inside Thrust because Thrust started acting weird and saved her a couple of times but it was only when Balckarachnea used some Organic core on Thrust that she realised that it was Waspinators spark not Silverbolts. Jetstorm acedently got splattered by the Organic core and it turned out Silverbolts spark was in Jetstorm. Blackarachnea saved Silverbolt by dropping Jetstorm into an entire pool of Organic core. A modified DNA scanner was used to scan a fossilised eagle which reformatted Jetstorm into Silverbolt.
Jetstorm personality wise likes to enjoy himself and is outgoing and talkative.
Jetstorm is also a nasty character as he removed Blackarachneas spark with a spark extractor but Nightscream got her spark back and brought her back on line. Jetstorm was in the cartoon for quite while from episode three in series one till around the middle of series two when he written out the series.
When the Maximals found out that Megatron had used a Maximal spark to create the Vehicon generals. They found out that Rhinox's spark was inside Tankor but that is a different story. They where wandering who the other two were. Balckarachnea thought that Silverbolts spark was inside Thrust because Thrust started acting weird and saved her a couple of times but it was only when Balckarachnea used some Organic core on Thrust that she realised that it was Waspinators spark not Silverbolts. Jetstorm acedently got splattered by the Organic core and it turned out Silverbolts spark was in Jetstorm. Blackarachnea saved Silverbolt by dropping Jetstorm into an entire pool of Organic core. A modified DNA scanner was used to scan a fossilised eagle which reformatted Jetstorm into Silverbolt.
FUNCTION; Aero drone general
MOTTO; " I am not bound by the law of the land"
TECHSPEC; The appointed general of Megatrons Aero drones, Jetstorm is the hotshot lord of the skies over the enslaved planet of Cybertron. Quite a talker, tends to engage in tactics of verbal intimidation. headstrong attitude and less then modest personality often cause friction with the other generals- but impressive combat abilities speak for themselves. Outfitted with various types of energy blasters and plasma bombs. Extremely swift and manoeuvrable in vehicle mode, rather flighty- jetstorm never touches land- must convert to robot mode when he hovers over the ground.
SATS; Strength 8, Intelligence 8, Speed 10, Endurance 8, Rank 9, courage 7, Firepower 9, Skill 8
Jet mode front
Jet mode side
Jet mode with turret deployed
Self guided drones
Robot mode
Hover mode
In jet mode Jetstorm is more cartoon accurate than the Deluxe version.
The cockpit which also doubles as a head is nicely posable with a hinge up and down.
It also has a gimmick where you spring the turret up and turn it left and right which will turn the head with it.
There are also LEDs in the head and the turret. It is a fun gimmick to play around with .
The turret is deployed with a leaver and can be a bit fiddly to get back into place.
I wish you could turn his head left and right with out the turret.
He also has two firing missiles which you can also fire in normal jet mode without the turret.
Jetstorm is pretty well armed as he has two guns on the nose of the plane and he also has two self guiding drones which clip under the wings. It think they they would work like recon drones and look kind of like Depthchargers shark drones and have light piping.
He has flip away landing gear and also the colours are very accurate to the cartoon
He has blue chrome on the top so you have to watch out for transmetal syndrome.
His robot head does kind of sit in the back and there are two panels that flip up to cover his face which is pretty nice which is good but you can still see his head. and I suppose his bunny ears could be extra tail fins
He is very nice in this mode and I like it a lot. It is sleek and is very cool.
His feet though do stick out the back and I wish they were hidden away. His robot legs are also at a weird angle but these are just nitpicks.
He is a really nice size, big but not too big.
In Robot mode again he looks good.
OK there are some problems as his arms as they look quite weird. They are short and are quite kibbly. The kibble sticks out of his wrist at weird angles out and a shame you cannot fold them flush as I think it would a lot better. He has three fingered claws. He has no thumb or little finger.
His face is not a perfect likeness to the cartoon but close enough and his bunny ears are not as long or flared as in the cartoon.
He has translucent plastic eyes but no light piping.
His gimmick is only for jet mode but now the turret gives him cannons which he can fire from his shoulders which makes up for it. They worked the gimmick quite well as this is not too intrusive and does not effect the robot mode too much.
He has legs in robot mode so he can stand but if you want something that is more like the cartoon then transform him into hover mode.
Obviously he cannot stand in hover mode so balance him against something or better get a figure stand.
The recon drones have no where to go on this mode as the ports for them are not accessible so attach them to screw holes his thighs. They then look like guns in holsters.
His articulation is OK but because he is top heavy because of the turret it is better to get him into a standing pose.
His spark crystal is behind a panel on his stomach
He is not perfect but I still like this figure and recommend him if you want a large accurately painted Jetstorm with an accurate Jet mode then you should get this.
This figure only saw one repaint to my knowledge and that re paint was Cyclonus who was a collectors club exclusive if I remember it correctly.
I can see why they re painted it as Cyclonus because Jetstorms jet mode is the same kind of design as him.
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