Rainmakers (Transformers)
The Rainmakers are three fictional characters from the Transformers series. They are inspired by three initially unnamed characters who appeared together in the original Transformers animated series.
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Transformers
The Rainmakers are group Decepticons who turn into jets. Although they appeared in animated form in 1985, none of the members got official names or toys until 2008, when Hasbro named the green member Acid Storm and released a toy for him in the Transformers: Universe line.
CHMS, iGear, KOLD, Heeerotoysmaker and Reprolabels have made third party Transformers homages to the Rainmakers.
Fictional biography
Universe Acid Storm: A member of an obscure squad of Decepticon air warriors known only as "The Rainmakers," Acid Storm is known as an individual only to his teammates and a very few others. He is highly intelligent, eager, and dedicated utterly to the Decepticon cause. He has a talent for marshalling vast amounts of data, as well as a way with words that would make him a powerful speaker. However, he prefers to remain anonymous, as part of his team. His hyperion-3 blasters can seed natural clouds with a highly destructive form of acid rain.
Animated series
In the The Transformers episode "Divide and Conquer", three unique Seekers with bright coloring resided on Cybertron with bodies appearing mostly green, blue and yellow appear in the episode, appropriately called "Rainmakers" by Bluestreak.
IDW Publishing
Acid Storm appeared in issue #7 and #13 of the IDW Transformers comic series.
Fun Publications
Acid Storm appears in At Fight's End with Overkill and Drag Strip fighting against Elita One, Springer and Snarl.[1]
A number of green colored Seekers were seen among Starscream's Decepticon troops in "Battle Lines Part 1", but their identity was unrevealed.
Toys
Licensed toys
- Universe Deluxe Acid Storm (2008)
- A recolor of Classic Starscream.
- According to Hasbro officials at Botcon names considered for Acid Storm included Rainmaker and Acid Rain.
Unlicensed toys
- Reprolabels Jet Chrome 2
- A set of labels for the various recolors of the Classic Starscream mold. Includes labels for Acid Storm, the blue Rainmaker, the yellow Rainmaker, Sunstorm, Air Warrior and black Starscream.[2]
- Heerotoysmaker Smallest Transformers Acid Storm (2010)
- An unlicensed recolor of Smallest Transformers Starscream released by Heerotoysmaker.
- KOLD LE-07 Toxic Rainmakers (2010)
- An unlicensed toy based on the Classic Starscream mold, done in glow-in-the-dark plastics.
- CHMS Rainmakers (2011)
- Based on the Classic Starscream mold. Each of the three Rainmakers is packaged in a replica of the package for Henkei Ghost Starscream.
- iGear PP-05R Rainforest (not released yet)
- An unlicensed modification of the Masterpiece Starscream mold recoored to resemble Acid Storm.[3]
Rainmakers gallery
Acid Storm in IDW comics
Universe Acid Storm toy
KOLD Blue Toxic Rainmaker, Yellow Toxic Rainmaker and Toxic Acid Storm
References
- ↑ Pete Sinclair & Jesse Wittenrich (2009). At Fight's End. The Transformers Collector’s Club.
- ↑ http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/jetchrome2.php
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/3rd-party-unlicensed-41/igear-acid-storm-rainforest-generation-2-ramjet-current-more-images-174036/
External links
- http://acestoystore.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18
- http://www.toynova.com/showthread.php?1580-CHMS-Rainmakers
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ9CNMho06Q - Review by SuperPredaking.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4w6t2y0tf4 - Review by thielmj1.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvT3p6HHsyc
