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

    Given that he was one of the characters obviously missing from the 2006 pre-BW set, Terrorsaur getting a BotCon toy this time around was pretty much inevitable. The Air Raid mold works remarkably well for him, all things considered, with a fitting alt mode and a robot mode with proportions generally accurate to his show model (but definitely with boxier lower legs). Plus the pterodactyl jet "parts" go on the upper back, just like on the original toy. As for Terrorsaur's color scheme, it's mostly a fairly pale red-- it's an okay shade, but a darker/"richer" shade of red would've looked better, methinks. In vehicle mode he's got a lot of dull red blotches on his wings to simulate his coloration on the BW TV show, though again, I wish they were a little darker for better contrast. The nosecone has the best paint apps, with a light pumpkin orange tip and a "mouth" painted on the sides with teeth on the underside. You can practically hear Terrorsaur's screeching voice coming out of that. There's also black and metallic gunmetal gray lining on much of the vehicel mode-- the cockpit, the sides of the vents to the front and sides of the wings, and the sides of the tailfins. The light orange at the end of his wings also helps bust up the color scheme a bit more as well, and complements the red nicely. In robot mode Terrorsaur is definitely a bit more plain-looking, with more unpainted pale red visible. He's got some blah light milky gray plastic, but thankfully it's limited to his upper legs and a few minor parts-- most of his "gray" is silver paint. This is visible on his shoulders, face, waist, toes, and triangles on his lower legs that are meant (somewhat unsuccessfully) to mimic the angles on his knees on the original toy. There's also a bit more gunmetal gray in this mode on his fists, stomach, and lower legs, but I wish his chest and underside of his wings had a bit more paint, given that this is a BotCon toy.
    Terrorsaur has a new headsculpt, and it's fairly accurate and proportional, with the little black "jewel" in his forehead, a silver face, and light orange eyes (they technically should be red, but he's already got enough red). My only issue here is that his mouth looks... off, slightly. I get that it's supposed to be a smirky smile, but it looks a little weird-- maybe the lips are a little too large? Other than that the headsculpt's fine-- though there's no "open" area around the balljoint in the back, so he can't look up much. Additionally, no, I didn't forget it in the pics above-- Terrorsaur bizarrely does not come with a hand/foot/gun accessory, so you'll have to borrow someone else's if you want to combine him. Otherwise, no mold changes were made to Terrorsaur compared to CW Air Raid.
    BotCon Terrorsaur fills a very obvious gap in a pre-Beast Wars collection, but unfortunately in addition to being a BotCon exclusive, he was only available with each Primus package a preregistrant picked up in-person at the 'Con-- thus he goes for quite a lot on the aftermarket. They should've made this guy a regular attendee exclusive as opposed to, say, Tigatron. Terrorsaur's an okay mold with an okay color scheme, and the nosecone in particular is well-done, but my want of this toy has less to do with the quality of the paint job and mold and more with the character, and I'd imagine that's the case with the vast majority who want this guy.

Review by Beastbot

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