Phil's
Armada Waterlog,
Micron Legend Float & Freeboot
and
Micron Booster Hover
Review


Waterlog

Waterlog is a hovercraft. I don't know about you but whenever I see a transformer hovercraft (which is rarely) and especially a small one (has there been one larger than basic sized ?) I automatically think of G1 Seaspray. Unlike Seaspray Waterlog is a rusty brown colour with a lilac/purple missile launcher mounted on his roof. The missile launcher is a Cyberjet style ball launcher and can be rotated to face in any direction.

Waterlog's Minicon socket is underneath the vehicle in the middle of the toy. He's automatically earning points by providing a missile launcher upgrade to a larger toy. His shape is different to all the other Sea Minicons - they all have a prow which gives them a sort of upside down triangular look when mounted on a flat surface. Waterlog tapers as he goes up so looks much better. As a bonus Waterlog can be reversed so the fans at the rear are facing forward appearing as if they're some form of weapon too.

TF: Fold the back of the vehicle down hinge in the middle - so it's pointing down underneath the rest of it. Fold the back - this time using the hinge at the bottom - down to form the lower legs. Fold the fans out to the sides and down to form the feet. Fold the cabin roof out to the sides to form the arms with the missile launcher mounted on the right arm.

Our robot's stability is helped by having big feet but he still needs leaning forwards slightly. He bends independently at both knee & hip, the head turns, the shoulders shrug up at the body and have a ball joint connecting them to the arms.

Decent hovercraft, add on and robot. My only quibble is the colour balance on the toy - doesn't look too good to my eye.

Original Review:

"These should not be good. They're boats, they're a brick orange colour, and they've got lilac missiles. And yet somehow they're great ! The ball Missiles help....

Waterlog

The Hovercraft. Again the back folds down to form the legs BUT THEN the fans rotate from the knees to become the feet. The cabin splits in half to form the arms - taking the missile launcher to the right, and the remaining front of the skirt folds down to become the chest. No elbows this time but we get a neck joint here. Fun again.

I dunno, I just like these 3 - I think they're fun and work better than you think the missile launcher on a boat idea should. "


Unicron Battles Waterlog

The Sea Team were returned to sale in the last wave of Unicron Battles toys in Armada. Rust brown becomes blue and lilac becomes grey, Much improved over all the team.

The new colours help to emphasise that Waterlog is in fact a Minicon version of Seaspray. In fact two of the three Sea team Minicons (Waterlog & Oceanglide) have obvious 1985 Minibot connections. The third (Stormcloud) is perhaps less obvious but when you have the other two you should be lead to a certain name for the remaining toy


Micron Legend Float

The Japanese Sea team were released as MM-15. Waterlog is known in Japan as Float. The Japanese version of the team is significantly different to the US version and matches the images seen on the packaging as well as the animation in the cartoon. Rust brown becomes red and lilac becomes yellow.

Much improved.


Dimension-X Float

During Micron Legend limited edition repaints of the Minicon teams were released under the Dimension-X label but within the Micron Legend numbering system. The Dimension-X Sea Team were numbered MM-18 Rust brown becomes purple and lilac becomes grey. The recolouring of this team perfectly matches the Micron Legend Shockwave toy which is a recoloured version of Armada Tidal Wave.

Original review: "The business. A purple that matches Tidal Wave, and makes the boys look rather evil. Get them "


DVD Freeboot

The Sea team are renamed the Aqua Raider team for the DVD releases and are packed with Micron Legend DVDs volumes 8-10. Rust brown becomes brown and lilac becomes black.

Freeboot has blue & red painted highlights and is packed in DVD volume 8. Not my favourite version of the toy.


Micron Booster Hover

This repainted Sea team is found in Micron Booster v1. Original Review nearly says it all:"Repainted Tat Sea Team in a horrible bright pale green for red and pale yellow for purple colour swap ! "

Hover has some pale blue highlights on the top of his cabin and on the deck. Hover is Micron Booster V1 toy number 8. The name Hover is a good one for this toy !


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