Seaman reply

So, if you follow this blog regularly, you'll have seen that my "David Seaman, Leeds" post already contains a response tweeted by the aforementioned David Seaman.

So what's with this post?

Well, while I had his attention, I thought I'd get his opinion on another repaint I'd done, using a figure of him as a lookalike; one that I probably wouldn't get a response on from the player himself...

If you want to see the original Dino Allegro, Hurricanes blog post, you can find it here.

Hurricanes part 3: The Gorgons!

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So, this is Rebo of the Gorgons.

Although as far as I'm aware, they never ever won, at least they were very inventive.

Their schemes to gain that elusive first victory over the Hurricanes included stealing Dino Allegro's lucky charm, playing a match in a haunted stadium, and forcing the Hurricanes to play by the rules of an ancient Mexican version of football, in which there were no goals.

The only problem with this figure is the big happy smile!

Hurricanes, Part 2: Dino Allegro

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So, yeah, as it turns out, the Goalie from the Hurricanes, Dino Allegro, looks a fair bit like David Seaman. 

Fortunate really, as I had a spare Seaman figure lying around!

Dino's most memorable performance for the Hurricanes was probably the cup second leg game vs The Gorgons (who else) when he recovered from the trauma of having his bag (and therefore lucky photo of his long lost brother stolen) to go on a pitch length run, and cap it by nutmegging the opposition keeper for the winning goal.

The Hurricanes!

It's Storm Time!

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Ok, so for anyone slightly confused by this admittedly snazzy kit, it was sported by The Hurricanes in the mid-90s cartoon of the same name.

Each week, they played against their arch enemies, the Gorgons, and won through good sportsmanship, despite the Gorgons' increasingly inventive ways of cheating.

Shirt number 5 was worn by Georgie Wright, who was English, and therefore a bit of a wuss. Even though he wasn't captain (that had to be an American, of course) the pre match coin toss was his responsibility, for some reason.

Here's one of the best pics I could find to show the kit:

More Hurricanes related posts to come!