{"id":7361,"date":"2010-07-05T03:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T08:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=7361"},"modified":"2019-05-10T01:26:15","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T06:26:15","slug":"itsalltrue-review-transformers-seaspray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=7361","title":{"rendered":"ItsAllTrue Review: Transformers Seaspray"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t remember much about Seaspray from the cartoon, other than that he spoke like he had a mouthful of Listerine, but there’s always been something about the little guy that made me love him. If you asked me to name favorites, he’d easily be in the top ten. <\/p>\n

Even though I lost my first Seaspray in the flood that claimed most of my childhood toys, I’ve never forgotten him. Like many of my favorite toys, he\u2019s tied directly to the memories involved in receiving him. My parents bought Tracks for me after a multi-city trip looking for an Optimus Prime. They finally gave up and asked me to choose a substitute. I almost got Blaster, but opted for Tracks at the last minute. They were disappointed that we had to settle for Tracks, but I loved the little blue corvette as if he were Optimus Prime himself. I still have him today, a reminder of that great trip with my Mom & Dad. My Dad bought me Hot Rod the first time we saw him after he and I had gone together to watch the movie. It wasn\u2019t the same day, but Dad still knew which Transformers I\u2019d liked best from the movie. Seaspray was purchased by my Mom and waiting for me in the car after a flurry of shots that I\u2019m still<\/em> not convinced I needed. For many of my original toys, the memories have become the truly important part while the cool toy has just become a totem to remind me of the events surrounding it. Seaspray was no exception.<\/p>\n

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While I cherished the toy, I don’t remember much specific about Seaspray from the cartoon. I remember his PSA (wear life-jackets even if they\u2019re lame) and that his “warbly” voice was provided by Alan Oppenheimer (who also performed Mer-Man for MOTU, among many others). While some of you may think my affinity for him is simply post-shot trauma, I’d say it had to be about the design of the original toy. But looking back, there wasn\u2019t much to him. Like all the mini vehicles, he transformed rather simply and had virtually no articulation (just the arms could move), but there was something fun about him. His colors. His look. He had a certain charm.<\/p>\n

This Seaspray is more or less an entirely new design with little homage involved. His colors are similar, but aren’t quite the same. His overall look is pretty much different and yet, this figure conveys a sort of charm just like his namesake. When I found him<\/a>, I had to have him. <\/p>\n

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While the back of the box seems to indicate this new Seaspray is in movie continuity, Hasbro claims otherwise and insists this is an update of the original. Personally, I don’t care too much about the back of the box. He doesn’t look like a movie transformer, so even if he was, I would still consider him a Universe\/Classics figure anyway.<\/p>\n

Seaspray’s robot mode is the better of the two. I know a robot probably doesn’t need a lot of fancy diving gear, but it makes Seaspray stand out. His head features the equivalent of goggles and a breathing apparatus. He has flippers that can be folded out from the bottom of his feet. And part of his deck & hull ends up taking on the appearance of two air tanks on his back. While the artwork shows traditional eyes behind the goggles, the toy doesn’t have them. Instead, the light piping is the goggle\u2019s visor itself.<\/p>\n

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Seaspray included two missile launchers that can be placed in multiple configurations. They are side mounted cannons in his alt mode and if you place them in that same spot in his robot mode, they’ll be on the back of his forearms. The pegs are also the right size for Seaspray to hold them in either hand.<\/p>\n

While I’m not entirely familiar with standard articulation in a Transformers toy, Seaspray seems to have plenty of range. His head, shoulders, hips, and ankles all have a hinge joint and a swivel joint placed in close enough proximity to each other that they form a de facto ball joint. The transformation also leaves him with swivels at the biceps, thighs, and calves as well as hinges at the elbows and knees. His wrists feature a swivel joint as well. And I’m not sure if it counts as articulation but you have the hinged flippers and the hinge\/swivels on the shoulder propellers. Continue to Page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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As far as his transformation from robot to hovercraft, it’s a pretty straight forward process. The backpack extends to form the boat’s platform, the propellers at the back. Then, the arms fold up so the shoulders cover the face and the arms form the sides of the boat. Finally the legs fold up and flip under the torso to form the bow. There are a few places where the panels, particularly on the hull, have to be snapped together and it can be a tight squeeze. It was easy enough to do though.<\/p>\n

On that note, the instructions show that the scooped edges of the propellers should face forward like the picture above, but I’m not always good with directions. I like them better reversed as they are in the picture below.<\/p>\n

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Even though I prefer him in robot mode, his hovercraft alt mode is nicely done. The colors look great in this mode and the cockpit doesn’t have any pieces folding up into it so that area is pretty clear. The head is visible from the rear under the shoulder canopy, but at least he’s not looking at us from back there. Also, the propellers have separate fans that can be turned by small knobs on the front side and the missile launchers can pivot on their pegs to face a variety of angles. And, just like the original ‘spray, this alt mode features four wheels to help him roll along on the dry surfaces he’s most likely to find himself on.<\/p>\n

A great feature of his alt mode is the last segment of his deck folds down into a ramp and the area is big enough to hold one scout class vehicle. Currently, I only have Ejector which works out if you want a picture of Seaspray carrying around a giant Toaster. The story associated with the various promotional materials suggests that Seaspray should be carrying around the scout class Breacher, a S.W.A.T. vehicle being released later this year, but I plan to pick up the Wal-Mart 2pk of Beachcomber and Deadlift so that I can place Beachcomber with Seaspray. They’re both ’85 mini vehicles and the blue color schemes should match up nicely.<\/p>\n

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I wanted a lot out of Seaspray and he didn’t disappoint. I’m not sure if serious Transformers fans will love his diver motif, but I do. It is appropriate to the character. While I like some of the homage designs in the new Transformers, the lack of G1 influence doesn’t matter here. While his colors are reminiscent of the G1 figure, I do wish they were a little closer as I think the colors where a major part of why I liked the original so much, but I still like the paint scheme chosen for this version too. His transformation is simple and right up my alley as far as Transformers go, I like them to have some difficulty, but to avoid being frustrating. Overall, I really like this version of Seaspray, and perhaps most importantly, I didn’t have to get any shots to get him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t remember much about Seaspray from the cartoon, other than that he spoke like he had a mouthful of Listerine, but there’s always been something about the little guy that made me love him. If you asked me to name favorites, he’d be in the top ten, so it’s no surprise I had to pick up the new Seaspray. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":7364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10,35],"tags":[601,2570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/seaTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-1UJ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7252,"url":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=7252","url_meta":{"origin":7361,"position":0},"title":"Toy Run #5: Transformers Temptation","date":"July 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"You know the drill. 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