Ravage (BotCon 2016 Exclusive)
Vehicle ModeRobot Mode
Allegiance: Predacon/Decepticon
Size: Deluxe (comes in a 5-pack with General Cicadacon, General Ramhorn, General Sea Clamp, and Predacon Tarantulas)
Difficulty of Transformation to Robot: Easy
Difficulty of Transformation to Leg: Very Easy
Difficulty of Transformation to Arm: Very Easy
Color Scheme: Black, bluish white, and some silver and red
Rating: 7.7

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

    Given that he was sent by the Tripredacus Council and was clearly an agent for them in the Beast Wars TV show, Ravage was clearly a logical choice to join the ranks of Tripredacus to form Predacus. This toy is a bit of mix of homages-- the alt mode is a sportscar, which is an homage to Alternator "Battle Ravage", which was the first non-BW toy to give Ravage a humanoid robot mode, which of course is what this toy has with a panther head like his BW appearance. As you'd expect from a Ravage toy, his primary color by far is black. However, usually Ravage's secondary color has been gray or perhaps silver-- not this time. This version of Ravage has a rather nice shade of bluish white used on his car windows, sword blade, upper arms, waist, upper legs, feet, and his chest. There's also a bit of silver though, like on his stomach, teeth, and wheel hubs. And of course, there's just a bit of red to keep him a little evil-looking, like on the eyes, headlights, and waist (though I wish his taillights were painted this color as well-- they're unpainted on this toy). All in all this makes for a pretty nice color scheme, with the bluish white being an excellent contrast color against all that dark black. The silver and red also are nice light contrast colors, but aren't used enough to really contribute much to the color scheme. The placement of the bluish white in robot mode-- particularly on his upper arms and chest-- helps to homage some certain details that are like his BW show model, which is brilliant given that this character definitely was NOT kept in mind when the CW Breakdown mold as made. That said, the bulky lower legs and-- to a lesser extent-- the car backpack do not fit his slim look from the BW model at all, and he suffers from the same proportional maladies in that mode that Breakdown does.
    Ravage has a new headsculpt. It looks pretty good from the front, with the "cougar head" look pretty well-done, with the silver stripes along the sides of the head even there. However, from a view that even remotely approaches the side, this head looks HORRIBLE. A HUGE section of the back has been cut off-- from the factory, apparently?-- with the head JUST deep enough to fit over the balljoint. It definitely wasn't made for space limitations and planned from the beginning, that's for sure. He's missing the back half of his head, and it's just awful since otherwise it's a good headsculpt. Really unfortunate. No other mold changes have been made to Ravage.
    BotCon 2016 Ravage has a pretty good color scheme with the bluish white and a good number of paint apps, and the mold fits him in some aspects, like the alt mode homage and the look of the chest and upper arms. That said, the mold's robot mode proportions are still off, and the headsculpt is absolutely awful from anything but a front-on view. With a few minor changes I think he could've been a better homage. As it is, I'm rather ambivalent towards him-- he's not great, but not awful either as an homage.



Ravage Bio:
MOTTO: "I have seen so much, yet I am never seen myself."
If there is one thing Ravage brings to the table that the Tripredacus Council needs, it is his many millennia of work within the Decepticon ranks. What he has seen, what he knows, and most importantly what information and knowledge he can contribute to their cause is a great asset to the Council and their universal goals. His reformatting is rumored to be their doing and it has freed him of the limited functionality he had when once part of the Decepticon army.
Now with many years of training, he brings a whole new level of stealth to his repertoire that greatly outmatches the already superior abilities he possessed. Optical cloaking, flawless line-of-sight attack abilities, and a sharp mind are just some of his traits. Ravage carries a blade fashioned from G-Metal, though while outdated by current standards, he keeps as a reminder of his extensive training with his new body. One day he might abandon it for something a little more laser-guided if the weapon of choice presents itself.
Strength: 6.0
Intelligence: 8.0
Speed: 7.0
Endurance: 5.0
Rank: 8.0
Courage: 8.0
Fireblast: 7.0
Skill: 10.0

Review by Beastbot

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