Ricochet (Botcon 2008 Primus Preregistrant-Only Exclusive)
Vehicle ModeRobot Mode
Allegiance: Autobot
Size: Deluxe
Difficulty of Transformation: Medium
Color Scheme: Dark red, white, black, and some metallic silver, clear tinted plastic, bright safety orange, and dull orangish yellow
Rating: 7.6

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

    Ricochet, who's traditionally been a Jazz repaint, gets the same treatment in the mirror-verse, apparently. Though, he doesn't have at all the traditional "reverse Jazz" color scheme of mostly black with some white-- rather, it's a completely new color scheme, being red and black with some white. It looks pretty good, if not quite as cool as the original G1 scheme what with the lack of gold flames and all. Still, I can see why they went for something different than the traditional Ricochet colors, given both the whole "mirror verse" thing plus the fact that a lot of other exclusives this year were primarily black, AND this mold was already released in a primarily black color scheme. The colors all contrast with each other very nicely-- particularly the white and dark red, that's a nice and somewhat original color combo. I do like the white stripes down the center and sides of the vehicle mode, but overall I feel like Ricochet could use a bit more "oomph" to his color scheme, maybe a bit more variety besides just the three primary colors. A few isolated spots of metallic silver and dull yellow-orange just don't quite cut it, in my opinion.
    No mold changes have been made to Botcon Ricochet. Of note is that in addition to being a Botcon 2008 exclusive, Ricochet was only available ("free") if you bought the expensive preregistrant Primus package AND picked the set up in person at the convention-- so this toy is no doubt going to be worth quite a lot of money.
    Ricochet is a fairly good repaint, even if his colors could stand to be a bit more varied and less "good Autobot-y". I'd say he's about on par with Botcon Jazz-- i.e. good, but not as good as the mass-released versions of this mold.


Ricochet Bio:
FUNCTION: Bodyguard
MOTTO: "Shoot first, why bother with questions."
Ricochet, the twin brother of Autobot Jazz, is the result of Prime's experiment in splitting an Ember in two and joining each with a new body. Though Ricochet and Jazz were activated seconds apart, the two couldn't be more different. Trained by Prime to serve as one of his elite bodyguards, Ricochet is known for his wild attitude, acting first and asking questions later. Many times this leaves the Autobots without a hostage or serves to eliminate anyone who plans to usurp Ricochet and take his position by Prime's side. Ricochet works extra hard to betray others first, believing that those around him are out to sabotage him. Much to his annoyance, his twin brother Jazz has always been Prime's favorite. Though Ricochet only "acts" crazy from time to time, some fear that this knowledge will lead to it no longer being an act.
Strength: 8.0
Intelligence: 7.0
Speed: 7.0
Endurance: 9.0
Rank: 8.0
Courage: 8.0
Fireblast: 8.0
Skill: 8.0

Review by Beastbot

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