Review – Neon Green Transformers Seeker KO

Unofficial Transformers producer KOToys (website) recently announced that they were getting out of the KO/bootleg business and held a last minute sale. Well, I took advantage of the sale to grab a batch of KO Transformers Seekers. Today’s short review isn’t the first time that I’ve reviewed a KOToys Seeker bootleg — see The Changeable Robot Sky Hawk review — but this neon green Seeker is so much better than that last bootleg I don’t know what to think about the entire KOToys situation.

Excellent Plastic

Where that Sky Hawk bootleg has cheap plastic this neon green Seeker actually feels pretty good, with plastic quality comparable to the Dirge (review here) and Thrust (review here) toys in my collection. That was a bit of a surprise and a very, very nice discovery since it means that the other bootleg Seekers I bought at the same time should be pretty decent.

Good Joints

While a couple are just a tad loose — both hands and one elbow — for the most part the joints on this Seeker are functioning without any problems. (Which is more than I can say for the chrome Seeker I got with this one . . . but we can talk about that toy later. And even the loose joints aren’t terrible, they’re just slightly loose and not as nice as the joints on the official Hasbro toys.

Rainmakers

This neon green Seeker is classified as a “Rainmaker,” one of three jets from the old cartoon that caused acid rain and — eventually — led to the official Transformers Universe Acid Storm*, a green Seeker that, I guess, is the official version of this neon green toy. See the Transformers Wiki Rainmakers entry for more; all I care about is that this guy feels good and that the colors look fantastic.

Adequate Paint

Most of the toy’s coloring comes from the neon green and white plastics used in creating it. There are some paint apps here and there — the stripes on the wings and the silver the face, knees, wrists, and waist — but those apps are not completely smooth and even so I’m thankful that so much of the toy’s coloring comes from the plastics. And that green really does look great; kinda makes me sad that the pink Seeker I have has a busted wing which keeps me from displaying these two bright toys together.

Closing Thoughts

I paid $10 for this neon green Seeker toy and that price feels just fine for a toy that has this quality of plastic and transforms without any problems. I’m sorry to say that KOToys is no longer offering these, but if I know China there’s already someone moving that will get this and the other knockoffs back online and available for purchase.

If you like the bright colors on this guy then I suggest you grab one if you ever see it for $10 or less. It’s sure to stand out in any collection of Transformers Seekers; I know I’m happy to have found out about the KOToys change and scored one for myself before they were gone from the site.

Philip Reed has enough other Seeker toys that he could post a week of reviews — a review each day — of nothing but Seekers. That’s probably not a good use of a week.