(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 Combiner Wars Dead End. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Combiner Wars Dead End here.)

    Now with Prowl and Smokescreen mass-released, Bluestreak helps complete the "Datsun" trio for the Combiner Wars line-- but not QUITE in the way that you'd think. Instead of his usual silver/red color scheme, Bluestreak here is actually based on a blue Diaclone version of the mold. It's quite the change, but a positive one, in my opinion-- the blue plastic used for most of Bluestreak is quite an attractive shade of the color, being almost a periwinkle shade of the color. The silver paint on the entire front hood section looks marvelous, and there's some silver used on the shotgun, sirens, and wheel hubs, and the robot chest as well. Along with the silver, my other favorite color combo is the flat white plastic used for his upper legs, middle of the arms, and some connector parts around his head. It really contrasts well in robot mode, though because of the mold breakup this means that there's two weird abnormal white stripes on the sides of the vehicle mode. (It should be noted that FunPub released a sticker set that-- among many other things-- had blue stickers to put over these pieces to fix this problem since these pieces are made of unpaintable plastic, but I didn't think it worth the money-- it's not THAT big of a deal, to me.) There's also a pretty good amount of black to give Bluestreak a "dark" color among his many shades, mostly relegated to his tires, his combiner pegs, waist, and lower arms and legs. I absolutely LOVE all the colors added to Bluestreak's lower chest and legs in robot mode to try to "replicate" the details from his G1 Diaclone toy. There's several square silver-lined details on the legs and feet, whether they be purple, orangish yellow and black, a more "normal" yellow, or red. It really looks nice, and makes it look like his feet are made of his rear bumper even though they're not. The forest green paint apps on the abs also look marvelous, and fit right in with the blue. Bluestreak's face has the usual silver, along with yellow for the eyes and headcrest, though the yellow isn't quite "solid" enough to stand out against the darker blue plastic behind it-- the blue "bleeds through" a little on the headcrest, making the yellow look a bit duller than it should. Last and least, Bluestreak's hand/foot/gun is a rather flat light gray-- nothing remarkable.
    Bluestreak has the same mold changes made to the Dead End mold for Streetwise and the same headsculpt as Prowl and Smokescreen, but no mold changes have been made for this release specifically.
    Combiner Wars Bluestreak may be another redeco of a mold that's been redecoed/remolded a ton, but it's one of my favorite molds from the entire Combiner Wars line, and done in absolutely beautiful colors with a ton of lovely paint apps, to boot. The choice to make Bluestreak "Diaclone blue" to mix things up a little is a decision I wholeheartedly approve of, as well. He's easily my favorite of the various "surprise" TFSS figures over the year (he was only revealed once people got Impactor, who was the last toy released in TFSS 4.0).

Review by Beastbot

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