Sea Spray (TF 2010)

The name or term "Seaspray" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Seaspray (disambiguation).

Sea Spray is an Autobot from the 2010 Transformers toyline.

Africa? I bless the rain down there.

Sea Spray has a surprise waiting for those Decepticons who think the water is a safe place to operate. Crankstart in particular mistakenly believes he is well hidden off the shore of Africa.

Toys

Transformers (2010)

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It's a garish bright yellow but you won't hear the fanboys complain.

• Sea Spray (Voyager Class, 2010)
  • Japanese ID number: AA-05
  • Accessories: 2 "Harpoon Launchers", 2 "harpoon" projectiles

Sea Spray transforms into a transport hovercraft, with rolling wheels underneath. The rear deck (featuring a fold-down ramp) can carry most Scout class vehicles, though it is intended to be used with Breacher. The Deluxe class Hailstorm also fits snugly. Sea Spray's turbofans can rotate and tilt at several angles, and feature little fans inside that can spin (only by manual manipulation, as there is no gimmick mechanism linked to them). Sea Spray's harpoon launchers attach on the sides of his air cushion skirt.

In robot mode, Sea Spray's design resembles that of a scuba diver, with a breather mask and "goggles" on his head, details resembling scuba air tanks (actually part of his vehicle mode air cushion) on his back and fold-out flippers on his feet. His harpoon launchers, using 5mm posts, can be left attached to the underside of his arms as they were in vehicle mode, or placed in his hands.

TakaraTomy's release of Sea Spray features more vivid colors in an attempt to match Generation 1 Seaspray. Nearly all of the plastic colors on the TakaraTomy Seaspray is different from the Hasbro version, even the white. Of note is the yellow replacing gold, dark gray replacing light gray, and a blue that resembles the original G1 version's blue replaces the more muted blue.

• More information on Sea Spray at TFU.info

Notes

• At Toy Fair 2010 and in the March 2010 answers to tfwiki.net's questions in Hasbro Q&A, Hasbro representatives were adamant that Sea Spray is the same character as Generation 1 Seaspray, being a Classics-style upgrade of the Mini Vehicle placed in the adjectiveless 2010 Transformers toyline because they felt he should be a Voyager and Generations was only Deluxes. However, since his packaging bio places him versus live-action-styled guys who seemingly operate in the live-action-style universe, that initial inspiration can probably be filed under authorial intent.