(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 the original Battle Charger Optimus Prime toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Battle Charger Optimus Prime toy here.)

    Like a long of the Optimus Prime repaints in the late portion of the RotF line, Cyber Armor Optimus Prime's main difference from his movie-accurate color scheme is that the front part has been painted silver. This also extends to his rear wheels and definitely adds a little more contrast to the toy, as well as a bit more "metallic" of a look. In addition, much of the dark blue plastic near the back end and on the front bumper has been replaced with a light red, which has also replaced the slightly duller red plastic of the initial Battle Charger release of Prime. The lighter red is a bit TOO light, though, making a color scheme slightly on the loud side that otherwise wouldn't be. Of course, the Movie line needs a few more toys that tends towards the loud side of the color scheme spectrum. The core paint apps-- such as the flames in vehicle mode, as well as where most of the paint apps are placed on his robot mode parts-- are unchanged from the initial release., though with the addition of the silver paint in vehicle mode, the paint on the front grille has been removed, but since it's mostly supposed to be silver anyways I suppose that's no biggie. The only exception to this is that the color of paint used for the vehicle mode windows and eyes/chest windows in robot mode is now a much lighter, glossier blue than on the first Battle Charger Prime. It works quite well on the windows, but for the eyes it's a tad too light and doesn't contrast well with the other silver paint apps on his face. One final, fairly minor, caveat is that with the new plastic color layout, Prime's arms in robot mode are light red on the outside and abruptly change to dark blue on their inside halves, which doesn't look all that hot.
    No mold changes have been made to Cyber Armor Optimus Prime.
    Cyber Armor Optimus Prime has a few pluses-- like the addition of more silver paint and a lighter, more dynamic color scheme-- but it comes at a minor cost, like oddly-colored robot arms and a less attractive shade of red. Overall, though, I think this version looks slightly better than the original, mostly due to that nice metallic silver paint.

Review by Beastbot

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