 
Transformers Movie Voyager Starscream
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i have gotten 4 autos and 5 decepticons since watching the movie and starscream is the best built and best value of all of them. The robot is very cool-looking, fun-to-transform, and it stands well/is stable on a flat surface (compared to say ironhide, which has floppy legs. one of the complaints mentioned in other reviews is that the missiles were constantly firing during transformation. this can be avoided by taking them out...although the firing mechanism is quite impressive. i just leave them out during transformation because it is very easy to push the launch buttons accidentally.
i had the old starscream about 2 decades ago, and although i solid transformer, nothing really too impressive, robot or jet-wise. I do like the old colors better though, and i think there is a variation of the movie starscream with the original colors and a head more similar to the old one, which i wouldn't mind getting!
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While i've never had anything against the transformers before, i just could never really bring myself to buy any or watch the shows.
but after I saw the new movie, I instantly fell in love with all of them.
I tried to start making a collection with the movie toys, then maybe move on down to some of the older toys, or at least watch the original show.
but the best part of collecting the movie toys is the current in-store and online drought of the movie toys. Luckily for me, I (finally) found a Voyager class Starscream repaint (it's repainted so the colors resemble starscream from the original show. and the head is different and also resembles the older character). It's basically the same toy, but with different colors, and a better head. However, this model is only available at target.
When I took this out of the box, it looked a lot better in person than it did online. it felt sturdy, and I could already tell by looking at it that the transformation would be fun. It's pretty basic, some parts of the instructions aren't very clear, but it's still fun and easy to do once you do it the first time. While I do like the older G1 Starscream design, I still had no problems with the movie design. The legs are still pretty sturdy, they can make for some cool poses, too. His missles do fire off randomly since the triggers are so sensitive, so I would reccoment you take out the missles from the cannons on his arms during the transformation.
He's pretty poseable. His chicken legs are flexible, but his ankles cannot make horizontal turns. this isn't that big of a problem since his feet are relativley big and can hold him up pretty well. his arms are pretty big and bulky, but very poseable for their size. Starscream's head can do a full 360 degree turn, and his head has no vertical movement. At least not with the G1 repaint Starscream I bought.
His alternate mode is very cool looking. You can see his legs stowed away underneath, but you get past it very easily and it doesn't really obstruct the overall look of his alternate F-22 Raptor mode.
Overall, great toy. This is my 6th transformer toy. Very much worth the $20 price tag. It's one of my top favorites out of my movie toys, and my second decepticon. I think I like him more than my Leader Class Optimus Prime, and Prime's my favorite transformer. I would highly reccomend this toy to anyone who likes transformers or who is looking to get into transformers. I would also reccomend you try and track down the Starscream Generation-1 repaint, which is the one I have. The colors are grey, red, and aa kind of navy blue. In my opinion, it looks a lot better than the standard beige type color of the regular Voyager starscream. However, this starscream repaint can only be found at Target stores, like I previously stated, and as of right now isn't available online. I was lucky enough to find 9 of these repaints at my local target, which was EXTREMELLY lucky since all transformers movie toys are pretty impossible to find, especially the G1 repaints.
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This is a great toy! When ordering, I didn't expect it to be as cool as it turned out to be. The transformation is quite good, and it looks great both as a jet and as a robot (although the legs are a little small). Having the missiles shoot when turning the wheels is a nice touch.
My coworkers (computer programmers) had quite a bit of fun playing with it, and teasing anyone who couldn't transform it since it's rated for ages 5+. Actually that 5+ age rating seems like a stretch - I don't know many young kids who would be able to transform fully back and forth without becoming frustrated and/or breaking it. Although, I do remember when I was a lego obsessed kid, definitely my biggest complaint with the original transformers was they were not complicated enough.
Kudos to hasbro for making this one more intricate. I'm hoping the rest of the transformer toys are on par with this one =)
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The new movie got me back into Transformers after a 20 year break. WOW. This is what Starscream should be. I remember having him a in 1984 and he was pretty cheap and lame. The new one is awsome. 20 dollors well spent. The amazing thing about him he is pretty easy to transform. He is huge in robot mode.
The only thing negative I can see about this is that a child can easily loose the 6 missiles he comes with. I reconmend when changing Starscream back into the jet you remove all the missiles from his arm because they shoot every where.
I only gave it a 1 star for the educational value because Transformers in no way are educational. I almost have all the decepticons.
Starscream and Blackout are my two favorite decepticons I own.
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My 8 y/o boy asked me for one of the Trasformers after he had watched the movie. He said he will pay for it from his money. I got this one for him from Amazon. He was very excited that he got it. I watched him and his 11 y/o brother trying to figure out how to trasform back and forth. They had trouble at first, but now I think they both got the hang of it. As a toy I don't see anything educational about it. And so far few airplane fins had fallen and put back (I wonder how many more can they take before you can't put them back). And realy I don't see anything spectacular about it specially for the price we are paying for these series of toys. I don't think we are getting anymore of them.
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