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

    Taken by himself, Deathsaurus has an awesome color scheme. Black, blue, silver and red go together SO well, and he's got tons of accent colors to spice things up even more. The chrome hasn't been prone to chipping yet, though I haven't been playing with him particularly hard yet, but it's a positive thing so far. The teal-on-black detailing looks especially cool, as do the muddy gold paint apps on his upper legs. In place of RiD Megatron's Predacon spark crystal, he's got a solid yellow Decepticon spark crystal in his place instead. The "bat maw" in his chest has also been removed, as it's useless on the new head anyways, and the head has been completely redesigned to look like the original Deathsaurus, who was a popular Japanese character. Some have complained about the forehead not being angular enough when compared to the G1 version, but you have to remember that Deathsaurus' head fits into his chest, so that limits the dimensions of it-- given the parameters the designers had to work with, I think the head turned out pretty good. The head definitely has an evil, but experienced, look to it-- definitely suiting for a Decepticon leader. However, Deathsaurus cannot be taken "just by himself", as he is a repaint of an older toy. And comparing his color scheme to RiD Megatron's, it is FAR too similar, especially for a convention-exclusive toy. Megatron's purple has been replaced with blue, the gold with yellow and/or silver, and a few other minor changes, but that's really it. For all intents and purposes, it looks like RiD Megatron under odd lighting with a different head, and that's not how an exclusive toy should look. Even just changing the black to gray and the transparent red to, I dunno, orange or something, would have not only made Deathsaurus look much more unique, it would've been more accurate to his original version as well. It rather irks me that such obvious color changes were not done, especially considering one of the color schemes this mold has had previously. Also, one last thing-- Deathsaurus still has all the modes that RiD Megatron and Galvatron have, but only a few are pictured to conserve web space and since many of them are so similar anyways, you can easily figure out what he looks like in his other modes.
    Deathsaurus is a fine toy in his own right, but he's far too like RiD Megatron for a convention toy, and is rather dissapointing as the centerpiece of the core "Descent into Evil" convention set for a collector who already has RiD Megatron. I think he's one of the least impressive exclusives this year because of this fact, which is a shame, as he had a lot of good potential.

Review by Beastbot

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