If are open minded to KOs, then its only good for you in this case. Our main seeker producer, chineese CHMS is taking chance and producing not 1, not 2 but already 3 different color options of this character.
History:
In 2010 it was confirmed by Hasbro, that yellow character who apear as Rainmaker, is NOT Sunstorm, but some random guy. But well, in 2013 they released their Botcon Rainmaker set of 3 classic seeker figures and named this character as Sunstorm, later there was some confirmation from Fun Publications that it was error. So, what we will do about this? Well, we dont give a shit if he is rainmaker or not, we will compare all 4 figures together.
So, in total there are 4 figures at this moment. Botcon 2013, CHMS Yellow, CHMS Orange, CHMS "henkei-like".
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| From left: CHMS Orange, Botcon 2013, CHMS "henkei", CHMS Yellow Rainmaker |
CHMS KO Henkei-like:
As we said before, this one is probably easiest and cheapest to get. Its very often on eBay. About price, you should be looking to 25-30 gbp max. In our case, this figure was done realy well, quality is surprisingly good, actualy, its quality is best out of this four figures. Why Henkei like? Because its designed like henkei like figures. Why like? Because there wasnt any Henkei Sunstorm made. As a fake Henkei version you will be looking on classic chrome pain apps on launchers and more complicated painjob. Nice purple Decepticon logos on wings, silver feets. Its main yellow color is more like gold-ish tone. Indeed, very nice figure. If you are looking for one Sunstorm and dont care much about KOs, this is figure for you.
Why to pick him: well, it is KO, but very well made one. Its relaively cheap and easy to get compare to other options. We would call it golden standard.
Points: 85/100
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| CHMS Henkei-Like Sunstorm |
CHMS Yellow Sunstorm:
This deco is slowly going to be rare figure. It was released by CHMS as part of 3 figure kit called Rainmakers. Yep, they did it before Hastak and their 2013 Botcon set. And what more, they did great job, cartoon accurate shit right here. About price, well, here it goes wrong. Getting this figure can be pretty tricky. You can be lucky and get one for like 20 gbp on ebay. But you can also have bad luck and never get it at all. In this times, it starting to be realy rare. How about quality? Well, its standard CHMS, you will get loose waist, loose fists and you can sometimes expect loose shoulder joints too. Fists are like 90% probability. Leg joints and waist joint too. But its nothing hard to fix, tight some screw, get some nail polish and you will be fine. Plastic quality is worst then hasbro but still fine. On other hand, paint job is realy nice. You will receive nice very bright yellow color figure with some silver a white details, red stripes and purple decepticon logos on wings. Also nice touch with chrome detailed launchers.
Why ti pick him: obviously, perfect G1 Rainmaker cartoon acurancy. This figure is exactly what you saw in G1 as Rainmaker. Or if you just like rainmakers. If you like to get some rare figure which not every collector owns.
Points 60/100
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| CHMS Yellow rainmaker, indeed nice KO. |
CHMS Orange Sunstorm:
This is more Sunstormy KO then previous one, Not so bright, its color is orange like a orange. Getting this version of Sunstorm can be little bit easier then his yellow brother. eBay is your firned and you are looking to pay around 20-30 gbp as well. But same like previous version, it starting to be kind of rare. Who knows what happen in CHMS, seems like they just disapear like lots of other KO companies. Good or bad? You decide. Quality, here you come with same like yellow rainmaker. Its not so good, loose joints are normal but nothing what cant be fixed. All CHMS figures have loose waist joints, most of them loose fists and some of them loose leg joints. Color scheme is exactly same as yellow rainmaker, except his yellow is replaced with orange. All details remain same including white and silver parts, red stripes, purple decepticon logos and chrome launchers.
Why to pick him: if you want orange Sunstorm and not yellow rainmaker :-D
Points: 60/100
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| CHMS Orange Sunstorm. Sunstorm as it should be? |
2013 Botcon Rainmaker Sunstorm:
This is probably going to be the right choice for most collectors. Simply because its not KO and nothing more. Released last year (2013) as apart of Rainmakers figure set together with Acidstorm and Hotlink. Cartoon accurate? Not realy. Quality wise? Suprisingly worst then golden CHMS sunstorm. Loose fists, loose leg join. We would not expect this from such a expensive Botcon figure. Price wise its going to be problem. 99% of time, you would need to buy whole set which is atm around 120-150 gbp. You would need to be extremely lucky to get offer for seaparate figure.His color is somewhere between yellow and orange CHMS figures. Kinda cool semiorange. What makes it realy nice are black details, and white parts. We like it a lot, its cartoony, no bling crap. Red stripes over wings are same like other figures. You will find decepticon logos on wings as well, smaller, purpe with white background. Plastic quality is much better then any CHMS, it feels realy good compared to them. We just dont understand why Hasbro didnt care better about QC and release it with such a loose joints. We have almost all Hasbro/Takara seekers ever produced and this one is far the worst with loose joints. But again, nail polish and all is good.
Why to pick him: if you dig only HasTak and nothing else. If you dig Botcon stuff.
Points: 75/100
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| Im Botcon, who is more? |
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