More pictures followed from a different source a month later, but after that, this strange little redeco quietly vanished, never released, and never even officially acknowledged by TakaraTomy. The two figures definitely share some engineering when it comes to the transformation, but the actual parts used, the joints and even the general aesthetics of the figure are completely different. In 2016, the Cyber Battalion Starscream figure (along with Cyber Battalion Optimus Prime and Bumblebee) saw release in the Universal Studios Theme Park, and finally ended up being turned into a Walgreens exclusive.

Given its amazingly limited availability, it was not even 100% known what the toy looked like until a picture of it appeared in Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 2, showing it as being primarily clear and colorless. Unless you really stare at this it is not a huge deal from an aesthetic point of view, and I have moved this panel many times without the crack growing or showing additional stress.Certain parts of Starscream, like his back panel and tailfin assemblies, are made of unusually rigid gray plastic that is slightly prone to cracking or breaking, and should be handled with care. Screamer here gets 4 stars, as he falls a little short of the excellent Siege version in terms of articulation.

Includes Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise Voyager Starscream figure, 2 accessories, and instructions. Owners of the toy are given quite a few customization options, as Starscream comes with an extensive sheet of sticker decals, including variously sized Decepticon symbols, and squadron numbers and markings, including one of Waspinator! Where’ as the Siege toy pretty much just turned Starscream into a cube under a pair of wings (and stuck his chest on his back), this tucks everything away nicely. The poor lads dark designs might inevitably be doomed to failure, but he does at least find himself featured in most new iterations of the franchise. However, the arm design feels like it complicated things for no reason since there are multiple hinge joints to extend it for robot mode.The tooling is identical to the 2012 release's running change variant, with the retooled hands and holes inside his wings compatible with Cyberverse 3mm pegs, while the deco is nigh-identical the Chronicle release, with the fully-black hemlet making for a weird-looking jet-mode nosecone. Despite still using the numbering system of Hasbro's Masterpiece line begun in 2013, Starscream was co-branded as part of the Generations line.