Chromia-10 Pilot (Airazor) [2006 Collectors' Club Exclusive]
Vehicle ModeRobot Mode
Allegiance: Maximal
Size: Deluxe
Price (in addition to membership): $42 (U.S.)
Difficulty of Transformation: Hard
Color Scheme: Light milky glittery brown, light yellowish orange, silver, and some black, transparent aquamarine, pale metallic gold, pearly white, and metallic bluish green
Rating: 9.4

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

    Continuing the "pre-Beast Wars" theme of the Botcon 2006 set, Airazor gets a vehicular form as well! The color scheme is very nice, and spot-on Airazor. The light glittery brown is a particularly attractive shade, and looks great against the orange-yellow. The two colors together are, of course, the original BW Airazor toy's colors, only with the shades tweaked a bit to look more vibrant. The gold, silver and black also go very well with the brown, though my favorite color is a one new to Airazor-- a very attractive transparent teal used for the two cockpits and the tip of the missile. It's a great color to add to the mix, and gives Airazor a "cool" color to go with all the warm colors. She also has plenty of paint apps, so no problem there, though most of them are in the same places on this figure that they were on Slugslinger.
    Airazor's head has been remolded into a perfect likeness of her head in the Beast Wars TV show-- it's far more accruate than the original BW Airazor toy head, in fact! It retains all the major features of Airazor's head, but without the beast-y bird feathers (which certainly makes sense, of course). Otherwise, no mold changes have been made to Airazor-- she still has the same shoulder connection problem that plagued Slugslinger, unfortunately.
    Pre-BW Airazor is a great mold with a great color scheme and an awesome head remold. Overall I think she looks better with Energon Slugslinger in terms of colors, but when you combined the rather steep price, even for a Club exclusive, with the fact that I think Slugslinger's head mold looks more interesting than Airazor's (even though they did all with Airazor's head mold that they could, of course), you're probably better getting Slugslinger unless you're a particularly huge Airazor fan or competist.


Chromia-10 Pilot (Airazor) Bio:
FUNCTION: Squadron Leader
MOTTO: "The more things change, the more they stay the same."
The Maximal Imperium employs many different tactics in their attempts to maintain peace throughout the galaxy. The smart and sassy pilot of the Chromia 10 heads up one of the numerous Maximal Squadrons assigned to prevent any rogue Predacon factions from operating outside the terms of the Pax Cybertronia. Airazor and her team are often delegated recon missions deep within Predacon space where many Maximals dare not venture. Her fellow pilots are inspired by her willingness to put herself in harm's way if it means protecting the peace the Maximals hold so dear. In vehicle mode she is able to observe her targets at a range of up to 30,000 feet and recreate any enemy intel she comes across with 3-D virtual reality maps. Equipped with a titanium plated exo-structure, in robot mode her weapon of choice is her retractable photon cannon.
Strength: 6.0
Intelligence: 7.0
Speed: 9.0
Endurance: 5.0
Rank: 6.0
Courage: 7.0
Firepower: 4.0
Skill: 7.0

Review by Beastbot

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