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Day 38: Topspin

Here's Topspin. He's one of a pair of Jumpstarter figured released in 1985, whose central gimmick is that they had a pull-back motor in their vehicle form that drove them forward until they hit a certain distance, and then they'd spring up, automatically turning into their robot mode, and land on their weighted feet. Topspin turns into some sort of aquatic / futuristic vehicle. His specialty is listed as air and sea assault. The Jumpstarter body molds were some of the most commonly reused ones in the bootleg market. They also found their way as unique international editions, like Salt-Man X and Robot Man X in South America.  



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