Seaspray!

Money, violence, sex, computer graphics, scatalogical humor, racism, robots designed to be rednecks but given European accents, and maybe another sequel to the saga... what's not to love? TF m1, Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon and now Age of Extinction.
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I'm really not enjoying the latest slew of bio notes. They aren't bio notes at all, they're just a small story blurb. "[x] character is fighting [y] character! (Buy their toys now). It's a waste of space when they could be giving them legit personalities. Cute to cross-reference, not so cute when it's just one boring fight and not some character-defining relationship. If it were, say, along the lines of BM Thrust's bio referencing Waspinator, or G1 Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's bios mentioning their being brothers, that's a different story. A bio should define a character, not a single small conflict they happened to take part in.

Also, Seaspray is definitely a Mega/Voyager.
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It makes more sense if the toy is an update of an existing character, like Ironhide is. Then it's okay, because Ironhide already had a toy and two movies to be a character in.
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note: I am moving this thread to the movie section. (The packaging places Seaspray firmly in context with the movie.)


I have to disagree with 86 about the new bio notes. It is always better to show than tell. Saying that a character is mean and nasty or kind and gentle is one thing. Describing a scenario where they show those qualities is quite another. Look at BWP's observations about ROTF Seaspray being aggressive. That was based on a description of his fighting style, (when engaging his cross-sell), rather than the bio note saying "he fights mean".

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Why's this in the reviews section, though?
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I think I accidently clicked it there before moving it to the movie section. My bad. I think the ghost threads vanish after a bit though.

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