(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 Autobot Alliance Tomahawk. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Autobot Alliance Tomahawk here.)

    "Classics" Spinister here replicates his G1 version's color scheme almost to a tee-- for better or worse, depending upon how much you like some of the louder color schemes of the late '80s and early '90s Transformers. A rather nice shade of greenish shade serves as his main color (particularly in helicopter mode), with black and hot pink serving as the main dark and light contrast colors for it, respectively. Yeah, I know-- hot pink. In robot mode, it looks particularly like he has hot pink shorts. For me, there's just enough of it where it doesn't bother me-- any more and it would've been a bit TOO loud of a color scheme. This is helped by Spinister's several other colors that are all used in moderate amounts-- purple, light milky gray, and a nice shade of seafoam green on his missiles and feet. Other than the boring light milky gray (which is only on his tail and propellers), every color contrasts well with every other, though, so there's no issues there. Spinister also has a lot of paint apps, even for a Botcon toy-- from the arrows on his wings to the pink stripe down his vehicle mode to the purple and black paint apps on his wings and legs, if he had a few more paint apps I might've even considering him a bit too busy! Colors aside, however, this doesn't really work very well as an update of G1 Spinister. The helicopter is a bit of a different model and the robot mode proportions and chest look COMPLETELY different from the original-- too much of a "movie-ish" aesthetic to serve as a believable update to a G1-universe character, really. The only real common design bits both versions of Spinister have are the general shape of the helicopter blades (which also go behind his back in both robot modes) and where his arms go in helicopter mode.
    Spinister has a "new" headsculpt, though it's one that was made with the rest of the mold-- it's just one that Hasbro never got to use on one of their own releases. The mouthplate fits Spinister, but the rest really doesn't at all-- that said, it's well-sculpted and certainly unique-looking.
    This toy has a pretty good color scheme (hot pink and light milky gray side), with an almost riduclous number of paint apps that keep "Classics" Spinister from looking anything but boring. That said, as an update to Spinister himself, it doesn't work that well. If you're going to get it, I'd get it because you like the mold and/or the colors, not for the character it's supposed to represent.

Review by Beastbot

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