(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 the original Cyber Commander Optimus Prime. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Cyber Commander Optimus Prime here.)

    A redeco of the Cyber Commander Optimus Prime mold was released for Western markets, compared to the mostly Asia-exclusive original version, and this one has a bit more of a movie-inspired color scheme. The red and blue main colors used on him are both noticeably darker than the red and blue on the original version, but also a bit richer-looking and bolder, too. The transparent blue plastic has gone through the opposite change, being lighter and paler. For the overall palette, though, the most obvious change is the addition of gray on the arms. His upper arms and fists are a darker gray, while his lower arms are that very bland, light milky shade of the plastic. There's also some more of that light milky gray on the robot abs, and more of the darker gray on his feet, upper legs, and waist. I do prefer the red and blue in general over gray-- and that's certainly the case for the light bland milky gray, mostly visible on those lower arms-- but given how much the red and blue are still used here quite well, and in better shades than on the original, using some gray to help give him a bit more color differentation is okay, I suppose. There is some red paint on his lower arms, at least, though the silver paint on the lower legs has been removed compared to the original. There's some movie Prime-esque basic "flame" details on the sides of the front of the truck mode, though they're used nowhere else on the figure. The hips/upper legs, as opposed to being covered in silver paint this go-around, are now mostly gray, with some blue on the ratchets and some of the side details. The smokestack and front bumper painted details are the same, as are the Autobot symbol stickers used on the shoulders. The head is painted slightly differently, with the side vents painted silver, but not the forehead vent (the mouthplate is still kept silver on this version).
    No mold changes have been made to this version of Cyber Commander Optimus Prime.
    The 2nd version of Cyber Commander Optimus Prime is still certainly decoed as an Optimus Prime toy, but with noticeably richer red and blue, and with slightly more variance in paint apps. This is partially negated by the addition of some more gray-- particularly on the arms, which I dislike-- but overall, I would rate this toy just a titch higher than the original Cyber Commander's paint job. That said, unless you're a Prime completist, this version is still within the overall "color ballpark" of the original, so if you have the 1.0 version you can skip this toy.

Review by Beastbot

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