Autobot Spark (Botcon 2010 Exclusive)
Vehicle ModeRobot Mode
Allegiance: Autobot
Size: Voyager (comes in a 5-pack with Breakdown, Clench, Sky-Byte, and Streetstar)
Difficulty of Transformation: Medium
Color Scheme: Pinkish red, periwinkle, black, chalky yellow, and some dull bronze, silver, gray, seafoam green, and transparent light red
Rating: 8.3

(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to Universe 2.0 Inferno. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Universe 2.0 Inferno here.)

    Called Spark officially because his more commonly-known name, Pyro, has already been taken by a certain Marvel character, he's based heavily on the Pyro/Spark toy that came in that hazy European G1/G2 era that was sort of "between generations". Still, he definitely had the typical loud G2 coloration back in his initial release, and it certainly carries over to this update, with the color scheme fairly slavish to the original. A bright red-to-the-point-of-being-almost-pink fire truck with the back half being mostly yellow with black stripes. And then in robot mode there's a buncha periwinkle, with a little bit of black so he has at least ONE dark color in there. Yeah, he'll blend in nicely in the real world... I actually think the periwinkle works with the black and light red in some odd way-- even ignoring the "loud G2 kitsch" factor that is part of the draw of a large portion of this year's set. It's also impressive the sheer amount of paint applications on Spark-- ALL of his yellow is painted on, as is most of his black, so that entire back half of his vehicle mode is more or less covered in paint. He's also got some great paint apps on his front end as well, with a great-looking bronze bumper and some nice transparent lights. There's also some nice isolated silver and green paint apps here and there that are just there to help break up the colros a bit more and make him look even more varied in color. One could argue he has too many colors, but again... G2, people. G2.
    No mold changes have been made to Spark, but a little bit of mold degradation is apparent-- the joints, though not TOO bad, are noticeably looser than on Universe 2.0 Inferno.
    Botcon 2010 Spark is another toy in the set that's pretty darn loud and rather hideous in all honestly, but you can still tell a LOT of effort went into it to make it that slavishly loud and hideous. Like many others in this years' set, if you like the "so bad it's good" G2 kitsch kinda look, then I recommend him. If not, stay away.


Autobot Spark Bio:
MOTTO: "It doesn't have to be like this. You always have a choice."
Sir Pyro Ignatius Spark, "Pyro" to his friends, is the first of the Earth-born Transformers to be recognized as a citizen of a human nation, in his case the United Kingdom. Knighted in 2007 after his new Autobot team rescued the Queen from Clench's Decepticon Syndicate, he doesn't have a cruel or cowardly bolt in his body. He often masks his competence with eccentric behavior and irreverent observations to put his foes off-guard and considers himself "human" in all the ways that matter. When not leading the G2 Autobots, he moonlights for the London Fire Brigade as a firefighter and an engine. Forestonite exposure gave Pyro the ability to perceive events a few seconds into the future, granting him preternaturally sharp reflexes. In addition, he can focus this power on an object to read events in its recent past.
Strength: 10.0
Intelligence: 9.0
Speed: 9.0
Endurance: 10.0
Rank: 9.0
Courage: 10.0
Fireblast: 7.0
Skill: 10.0

Review by Beastbot

Back to Botcon/OTFCC Exclusives Index