(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 Classics Terrorsaur toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the Classics Terrorsaur toy here.)

    Dualor's a pretty odd release, being a Transformer that goes from animal-to-robot in a line that has no such Transformers on-screen. Regardless, judging from the paint job and alt mode, Dualor is a pretty big nod to G1 Grimlock, but apparently not named Grimlock because hey, they might do something with a name that big later. Anyways, the gray would look pretty blah by itself, but thankfully there's a pretty good amount of that nice metallic bronze paint used on his midsection, as well as on part of his toes and the bottom of his dino neck. The light red plastic, another Dinobot-y touch, works well in the relatively small "connector piece" places that it's used, and contrasts excellently with both colors. The black head and dark blue optics also work equally well with their surrounding colors. About the only issue I have with Dualor's color scheme are his white dino arms; they really don't "fit" overall and look odd (like he's wearing gloves), and are inaccurate to G1 Grimlock to boot. They seem like a waste of two perfectly good paint apps.
    No mold changes have been made to DotM Dualor.
    Dualor is a pretty easy buy if you like Dinobots and/or Minicons, given the relatively cheap price. I'm not going to pretend he fits in with the rest of the Dark of the Moon line, though-- and though color-wise he beats out Classics Terrorsaur, I still think Universe 2.0 Ransack is the best color scheme this mold has had so far.

Review by Beastbot

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