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

    Blight (COOL name!), I think, is a decent repaint of Kickback-- an opinion that many other Transfans don't seem to share, though I can't figure out why. I suppose what might turn a lot of people off to Blight is the green-yellow, which, though I have to admit doesn't look as good as Kickback's green, is by no means gaudy. It's a perfectly fitting color for a tank, and it's not bright or anything-- in fact, even though it's a light shade, it's a dull light shade. (Don't know if that made any sense, but that's how it looks...) And the black works REALLY well with it. The silver and purple also make great accent colors, and the silver, purple, and black face looks loads better than Kickback's odd orange-and-gray head. In fact, I think Blight looks better than Kickback in robot mode, what with all the black, silver, and purple paint apps. Though I don't think the tank mode measures up to Kickback's-- Blight doesn't have as many paint apps as his mold partner in this mode, and he doesn't have any military-esque paint apps like the "B-12" on Kickback. Just a few purple and silver paint apps. Oh, and the pastel blue paint apps on the front look rather gaudy, too, but at least they're small. Plus, the transparent blue weapon doesn't go as well with the yellow-green on Blight as it did with the green on Kickback.
    No mold changes have been made to Blight.
    Blight gets an unfairly bad rap. Though I don't think he's quite as good as his mold brother Kickback, he comes pretty close, and his robot mode looks great with all the paint apps. Recommended.

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