Review: #911
Name: Seaspray
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Retro
Year of Release: 2025
Size Class: Deluxe
Mold Status: new
PACKAGING:
Released as part of the Retro subline, Seaspray comes in retro inspired packaging, which means he's on bubble cardboard (an extreme rarity these days).
The back depicts classic G1 art, and tech specs, and this is like a blast from the past. The packaging has just enough modern touches to not feel outdated.
VEHICLE MODE:
Surprisingly, unlike most of the other Retro releases, Seaspray is a brand new mold (rather than a reuse from the Generations line), and transforms into a hovercraft.
This is a very decent hovercraft. The shade of blue used is vibrant, and pairs well with the white and yellow.
The robot gun can peg onto the side towards the back.
He has some small plastic wheels on the bottom to allow him to roll. The propellers at the back can also spin.
There are only two minor flaws in this mode, the first is that his robot head is visible at the back. Even though it kind of blends in as it's the same shade of yellow as its surroundings, it's still obvious.
The second is that he is fairly hollow when you look underneath, but considering real hovercrafts are the same, it's not a huge deal and he feels quite nice in hand anyway.
A fantastic vehicle mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
Seaspray has an enjoyable transformation that isn't too complicated. The general idea of the transformation is similar to toys of the past, but updated here. The front splits and unfolds to form his legs, and a few panels of the hovercraft will fold around his legs as a result. The sides become the arms, and they just require you unpegging him. The rest of the assembly folds together to form the torso.
ROBOT MODE:
Seaspray's robot mode is very very good. It captures the character perfectly.
Despite some G1 artworks depicting him as very chubby, he's more towards the animation model (as expected) and so he isn't too fat. He has great proportions.
The head sculpt is also fantastic.
As a minibot, you would expect him to be a little bit shorter than normal Deluxes, and that is the case here, but he doesn't feel small thanks to his solid feel and proportions.
Articulation is great, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a silver gun as his weapon.
He can either hold the weapon in his hand...
...or you can attach to in the same place as vehicle mode so that it looks like a shoulder cannon.
A really surprising and amazing thing is that he doesn't have any kibble at all in robot mode, which is very impressive.
He has wide feet, which really helps in his stability, he'll probably never keel over, but it's not wide enough to look out of proportion.
A big difference of Seaspray compared to some other contemporary figures is that he actually feels solid and quality in hand, rather than a flimsy hollow piece of plastic.
A robot mode that's a great follow up to vehicle mode.
OVERALL:
It is a shame that Seaspray was released as part of the Retro line rather than the Generations line, given that he'll probably have a little less availability. This is a really good figure that perfectly captures the characters in both modes, and is a brilliant toy to boot. Definitely try and get Seaspray if you can.
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