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

    Doom-Lock, the "upgraded" form of Cruellock, has more of a red-and-blue color scheme, whereas his predecessor had a "scaly lizard" type of color scheme. And overall, I think it really works well with this mold. Most of his raptor parts are dark red, and he has many orange and red paint apps adorning his body, as well as orange Energon parts, so that gives him a really cool fiery look. (The only thing that concerns me slightly here are his energon weapons- I mean, it does look mighty cool, but I thought Decepticons were supposed to have green energon?) However, many of his robot mode parts have a rather icey-looking color scheme, being either off-white, light blue, or blue gray. Now, normally, I wouldn't really like this contradiction in elemental themes-- looking both icy and fiery at the same time-- but for some reason I can't quite explain, it works extraordinarily well on Doom-Lock. A lot better, I think, than the Japanese version of this recolor- "Dinobot Magma Type"- where the colors are too primary for my taste, even though they make the toy look REALLY fiery. Here, the color scheme is much more original-- almost royal-looking, actually-- and he has enough red and orange paint apps covering his body where all the light colors don't seem out of place on a Decepticon.
    No mold changes have been made to Doom-Lock.
    Doom-Lock is an awesome repaint, with a great color scheme that surpasses that of his predecessor, Cruellock. It's certainly very original, and I'd recommend it to any fan of the Decepticons.

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