 Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. So after spending 3 days filming this big boy right here for a 50 minute review, I decided to go back to a simpler time, 1984 where I'm going to take a look at Generation 1, Sunstreaker. Now Sunstreaker was part of the first wave of Autobots to hit the toy shelves in 84, which meant he also appeared in the very first issue of Marvel Comics. Now unfortunately, Marvel Comics really didn't do much with the character. He's seen here and there in different battles throughout the first four issues, but then was put offline in issue number 4, not shown until I think it was issue 9 where he's laying there on an operating table with his chest and guts all exposed. And then you don't see him again until way in issue number 50 where it's just shown where he's helping with the attack on Unicron. And that's pretty much it for the history of Sunstreaker in Marvel Comics. His popularity comes from the Generation 1 cartoon where Sunstreaker was in dozens of episodes in Season 1 and Season 2. To the best of my knowledge, I don't think he really had a focus episode. He was mostly a soldier helping out Optimus Prime and mainly helping fight with his twin brother, Side Swipe. And he's always worried about damaging his paint or the chrome on his face. And I think that's what made him a popular character was his vanity and personality. Now Sunstreaker also appeared in 1986's Transformers the Movie where it's shown that he had a unique teleportation power. First he's seen helping some fellow Autobots put a roadblock up by Autobots City and in a few scenes later he's shown in Optimus Prime's shuttlecraft approaching Autobots City. He's then seen outside the shuttlecraft as Optimus Prime takes off to fight Megatron in their iconic battle but you never see him again. I think maybe he and Ham hopped in that shuttle and took off. Enough fighting for those guys. Now I have a pretty unique history with Sunstreaker. He was one of the Transformers I got back in Christmas of 84. But I got him the day after Christmas. My sister got me a Generation 1 Jazz. And Christmas morning I opened him up, went to transforming and he broke. And he broke in a way, if I remember correctly, something to do with the door. My dad couldn't fix him back. So the next day I take the broken Jazz back to the store which I think was a western auto. I wanted to get a replacement Jazz. But they didn't have any more Jazz all they had was Sunstreaker. I can't remember what the other one was. So I picked him and I was so happy to get this figure. I had a blast with him as a kid. Now granted this is not my original Sunstreaker that went away in the early 90s but I was really happy to get a super good deal on this one. So enough of me blabbing on and on about the character, let's take a look at the figure. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Sunstreaker's Alt Mode is that of a custom Lamborghini Quntash LP500S. And this is a fantastic looking vehicle mode. If you were a child in the 80s, the Lamborghini was your dream car. Hell, I'll go for one now. Sunstreaker features die cast metal here on the hood, real rubber tires all the way around, nice chrome detailing up here on the engine and the spoiler, tinted clear windows right there on the windshield and the side. Now these are original stickers. He's got an Autobot logo there on the front, Autobot logo there on top, sticker details right here on the back, sticker details on top of the engine, on top of the spoiler, and along the side. Now this particular Sunstreaker comes from 1985 because it has the rub symbol. I'm not sure if that still works or not, I don't think so. Nope. That is a dead rub symbol. Anyway, the vehicle, it rolls, actually rolls very, very well. It's a little squeaky after all this vehicle is 35 years old. And that's pretty much it for vehicle mode. Now let's get him transformed into robot mode. Now the first thing you want to do is pull the hood of the vehicle forward, pull those down, then you're going to take the hood and separate. This is going to form the robot feet. That is a little tight. And then fold those sections up. Now from here you're going to turn the vehicle around, take this black panel, fold down, and then back here you're going to take this section, bring down and out. This section here, your thumbnail in, a little difficult there. Of course I'm trying to be gentle, very old toy, get your thumbnail in, bring that out as well. These will actually form the robot arms. So you're going to bring these down and the black section, bring that forward. Very tight joints. Always paranoid when I'm messing with my G1s. So now we have those forward. Now we're going to bring this whole section up and there's a little section right here. You're going to bring through this gap, bring the hood up and down and then flip the engine up, revealing the robot head. Now Sunstreaker does come with a bunch of accessories. He has two fists, actually a right and a left. So you'll go ahead and pop those in right there. With mine I have to press the button down in order to get the fist in. There is a spring inside, but since this is a original G1 USA release, that spring does nothing. I'm pressing the button, nothing happens. There, his fists are installed. He also comes with these two shoulder mounted rockets. Now you can press in on these, which will extend this part so you can place these rockets where his hands go, but it doesn't really look that good and Sunstreaker is supposed to have these up here on his shoulders. There are little holes right there that these will fit right into. And there you have Sunstreaker's robot mode complete. Now there are some optional accessories. Three chrome missiles. I've got one completely off the sprue. These are on the original piece. And what you're supposed to do if you want to arm him up is you replace one of the fists with the missile. So if that would actually launch, it could shoot out other than that. It's like a laser weapon of some sort. But Sunstreaker is never shown in any fiction or media armed this way other than his Generation I box art. So I usually have mine displayed with both fists. Now robot mode looks really good. I love the face sculpt. Very 1980s. All the car details carry over into robot mode. He's got some molded detailing right there on the shins. There's some sticker decals on the inside. The sticker decals from the vehicle mode carry over on his shoulders. Back of the robot. I forgot to place this piece up. Bring that back up. That will snap in place. But the back is very, very clean. Though the spoiler tends to stick out and he's very, very flat. Now as far as articulation goes, Sunstreaker's a G1. He hardly has any. He can bring the arms up. He can bring the bicep or the forearm up and down. Like I said, mine's really tight. I don't like to fool with that too often. Since the fists peg in, there's a nice wrist rotation. But that's pretty much it for Sunstreaker in robot mode. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is 1984's Generation I Sunstreaker with Generation I Optimus Prime. His brother, Generation I Sideswipe and Combiner Wars Sunstreaker. 1984's Generation I Sunstreaker is one of my favorite of the original Autobots. I love his vehicle mode. It just looks great. Plus his yellow collaring really makes him pop. He's definitely a standout of the original 84 line. He's got a fairly unique transformation for an early Generation I figure and multiple options with his weaponry. So there you go guys, 1984's Generation I Sunstreaker. So does the Generation I Sunstreaker belong in your collection? If you're a G1 purist, absolutely. This is one of the iconic figures from the first wave. Plus his bright yellow collar really pops on the shelf. He can probably be a pain to find 100% complete. You've got the two fists, the two shoulder missiles and the three chrome missiles. Now granted, you don't need all three chrome missiles to display the figure, but you know, if you want him complete, there's all three. So he can be a little costly to find. But if you're not against having a KO version of this figure, I know there's a really good KO version out that comes complete and has some outstanding spring loaded launchers. My buddy Bert the Stormtrooper did a review on one of them and I'm going to put the link to that right here. And guys, I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. Don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe. I've got a lot more bots back there I want to take a look at and put in front of this camera and I just love showing them off to you guys. Anyway, this is Patriot Prime, signing out.