(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 Clocker. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Clocker here.)

    Cheetor's pre-Beast Wars body is, appropriately enough, taken from the mold of Cybertron Clocker. I'm rather surprised that Override's mold wasn't used, given that a head remold wouldn't have been necessary since her head design is so close to Cheetor's, but Override wasn't that good of a mold anyways, so I can't say I'm dissapointed. As you'd expect, this form of Cheetor has the same colors as his original Beast Wars form, but with more yellow and less blue. In fact, yellow and the transparent blue used for the windshield and wheels are the only base plastic colors at all-- all the other blue is painted on. The metallic dull blue does look very nice, however (especially on the exhaust pipes) and Cheetor has more than enough paint apps, but I still would've preferred to see some more blue on him, just to break up all that yellow more, since I'm not a huge fan of the color. I think that the spotted seat covers in vehicle mode is a nice nod to his "future" Beast Wars form, but that would've been enough, I think. Using the spots also on his chest and under his eyes in robot mode is a bit TOO much of a coincidence when it comes to the beast form he later gets for me to swallow, myself. The honkin' huge Maximal allegiance symbol on the front hood of the vehicle mode is also a bit tacky, too, and not something I'd expect on a high-end convention exclusive figure, frankly. The small Maximal symbol on his left leg is enough. The thing that I really find absolutely ingenious about this toy, though, is how they made the robot chest look somewhat like the later cheetah head he'd have on his chest-- the air pipes and black rectangle at the waist for the whiskers and nose, the green "eyes" and black "pupils" on the sides of the chest, and of course the aforementioned spotted chest is incredibly inspired, especially when you realize that this part of the toy wasn't remolded from its original uses in the Cybertron toyline.
    Cheetor is one of the lucky ones to get a new head remolded, and it looks pretty spot-on when compared to the original toy's head, though the side head antennae have been dulled down a bit-- likely so that the head can fit into its assigned space in vehicle mode-- and Cheetor's face looks... younger, somehow, which is certainly appropriate. All in all, very good head remold. Also, like all the other toys in the Botcon set, the Cyber Key used in the Cybertron version has instead been replaced with a solid gray Planet X Key bearing a Maximal symbol and a painted bit of Golden Disk detailing over the main part of the Cyber Key, hence the new name "Golden Disk Key".
    Axalon Cheetor is a fine Botcon exclusive, with accurate colors and a ton of paint apps, in addition to the ingenious "cat chest" design he's got going on. However, I've never been a fan of yellow on the vast majority of Transformers, and Cheetor is no exception, especially since that's the only solid plastic color the toy's got on it. As such, he's my least favorite out of the various uses the Clocker mold has gotten, as his color scheme simply doesn't match up to the awesomeness of the others.

Review by Beastbot

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