UK Toy Fair 2010 - Voyager Seaspray

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm glad. I shudder to think what might happen if it ended up on the Wrong Shelf™. Until then, The Universe is safe once more.

Not if in the package its mentioned as 'Movie/NEST Line' like other universe releases have used 'Armada line', 'Classics line' and so on. Remember that Universe does not automatically mean a single line but is actually a catch all line therefor you can place it in either shelf and still stick to Hasbro's line assignation. The Animated Legends come in Universe packaging but it's difficult to argue that they shouldn't belong in Animated and would look totally out of place on the Universe shelf which is mostly composed of Classics, Armada and misc 'G1ish' repaints.

Hrmm... yeah... I guess. I have Universe Legends Animated Bumblebee who lives on my Animated Autobots shelf despite the fact that he's a Universe toy. But my Universe Dirge lives on my Classics Decepticons shelf despite the fact that he's G1 Series. I bought that toy solely because I was unable to acquire either BotCon or Gentei Dirge, and there's no way I'd put that toy on my 1985 G1 Decepticons shelf.

Damn these cosmic cracks in the Gokiverse!

Bludgeon is a very good representation of the G1 character and apparently he was inititially designed as such - That Movie Seaspray however looks to be as good represtetation of the charatcer as Universe Powerglide only moviefied which doesn't exactly add to the tribute but I hope to be wrong, just growing ever skeptical and cynical about Hasbro's decisions given the very dissapointing last couple of years.

Of course, whatever we decide to assign the figure within in our collection is entirely up to us. To me Bludgeon is going straight onto classics - Too good a character for the ROTF line

No! You must conform to Hasbro's standards!! Kneel and obey!


I dunno... I'm undecided about Bludgeon. My current instinct is to chuck him on my movie 'cons shelf, but I might change my mind after I actually get the toy. Meh.

[Vector Prime]

Seaspray in packaging shots:

[kup]

I really dislike the head - It's a deal breaker for me. Otherwise it looks to be a pretty solid toy but not Geewunn enough for me to like, specially with this paint job.

Edit: But the 'Bay' on his chest may be a bit worse

[Lord_Zed]

based on this picI dislike it, but for different reasons, to me it looks to bulky and simplistic. It's Mergiverse but without the best features of either G1 or the Movie Line.

Still a clearer pic would help.

[Gutsman Heavy]

soo, alt too big or too small for the box?

[Bartrim]

I like it. Although I think he needs a brighter yellow colour.

[GoktimusPrime]

The mould looks decent and I like the look of the vehicle mode. But I'm also not impressed with the head, and I agree that there should be more yellow and not gold (especially on the head!!) Hopefully this is just a prototype and the actual product will have better colours. I don't like the way the head is sculpted though -- just doesn't look like Seaspray to me. :/ (-_-)

[Sky Shadow]

The mould looks decent and I like the look of the vehicle mode. But I'm also not impressed with the head, and I agree that there should be more yellow and not gold (especially on the head!!) Hopefully this is just a prototype and the actual product will have better colours. I don't like the way the head is sculpted though -- just doesn't look like Seaspray to me. :/ (-_-)

Why are people suddenly up in arms about this one toy? It's a movie toy - movie toys almost never look anything like their G1 counterpart, particularly the heads. And Sea Spray looks a hell of a lot more like the G1 version than Movie Ironhide, Ratchet, Camshaft, Jetfire, Springer, Skids, Gears, Sideswipe, Jolt, Wheelie, Overload, Megatron, The Seekers, Darkwing, Barricade, Frenzy, Rampage, Mixmaster, Swindle, Devastator and so on for about a hundred other toys.

Pretty much the only movie toys that look any more like their G1 incarnation than Sea Spray are Decepticon Bludgeon, Big Daddy, Hoist and - at a massive stretch - Optimus Prime. Leave poor Sea Spray alone!

[kup]

I think its general dissapointment that this Seaspray does happen to be a movie toy and despite its obvious G1 similarities it looks more ROTF than G1 unlike Bludgeon.

ROTF Dirge is very much mergyverse with similarities to G1 but with movie aesthetics, however he is far more movie than G1 despite all the effort put in to make him look like the G1 character, fake kibble and all. However people don't mind because we already have a Classics Dirge (botcon and Henkei) and the figure is pretty decent in its own right.

However many of us got excited that this Seaspray was going to be a Universe or Classics release but it is now evident that its a movie toy and despite its obvious mergyverse G1 characteristics like Dirge, it doesn't look like it would fit in a Classics Shelf unlike Bludgeon or Big Daddy.

[GoktimusPrime]

I thought this Seaspray is meant to be a Universe toy.

From TFW link:

toys on display were WFC Optimus Prime (which looks to be Voyager sized) and Bumblebee, new G1 themed Legends and an Ultra Sized Universe Seaspray!

So is it Universe or ROTF???

<confused> My previous comments were based on the assumption that it's a Universe toy