(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 Generations Legends Skrapnel. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Generations Legends Skrapnel here.)

    No longer content to be a mere "accessory", Chop Shop now makes his premiere at the "full-fledged" Legends scale, as a remold of Skrapnel-- which makes sense, since although they were different molds, they had similar beast modes in G1. Literally all of Chop Shop's plastic is a dark rusty brown; it's not a bad color at all, but using it for ALL of the plastic? Hasbro couldn't have varied it up a bit more on the arms or insect legs or something? There's some paint on most of Chop Shop's other parts, though, like his orange-painted chest with rather unique white "hook" details on the sides of the chest. The lower legs in robot mode are also painted this same shade of orange, though this is mostly hidden in beast mode because of the transformation. The orange is a great shade of the color, both contrasting against and complementing the rusty brown. There's also silver on the vents on the top rear of the bug mode, so at least there's another color back there regardless. As a final little accent color, Chop Shop has dark dull fuchsia paint used on the sides of his chest, for his insect "eyes". Unfortunately, this color is so dull it doesn't really stand out against the brown much; I would've preferred that a lighter color had been used.
    Chop Shop has a new headsculpt, very much inline with his G1 sculpt but a little more detailed. He's got his antennae, as well as the mouthplate-- it all certainly looks very bug-like. It's well-painted too, with the antennae and sides being painted orange, the center crest being painted silver, and the eyes being painted fuchsia (though again, it doesn't come through well on the brown plastic). Additionally, like the other Combiner Wars Legends that have been remolded or repainted from the "Thrilling 30th" Legends 2-packs, Chop Shop doesn't come with a little partner toy. Awww.
    Combiner Wars Chop Shop is appreciated as a larger upgrade to an Insecticon outside of the "normal three", but he's got entirely too much rusty brown plastic and not enough paint apps to go around, particularly on his insect legs/mandibles and robot arms. Most of the paint apps that he does have look fairly nice, though the fuchsia should've been lighter. I think Skrapnel is the more interesting-looking version of this mold, but if you want a more unconventional (or realistic-colored) choice, this is a nice little mold. (I wish other G1 Deluxe Insecticon updates had been released around the same time, though... Chop Shop's very much a loner at this point in time...)

Review by Beastbot

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