(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 DotM deluxe Optimus Prime toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original DotM deluxe Optimus Prime toy here.)

    I'm not really sure about the "lunar" part of Optimus Prime's fire-- who associates the moon with fire?-- but fire definitely takes the center spotlight in this Optimus redeco, moreso even than typical amongst movie Prime toys. Optimus' core colors of red, blue, and gray are still here, but mostly in different places, with red forming a larger part of the main cab area of the vehicle mode and arms in robot mode. The red is a slightly duller shade than normal, but not so much so that it looks boring. The blue--used more on the cab's nose this time around--has been significantly darkened to an almost purplish hue, and looks VERY nice against all the colors, but the metallic shades of paint in particular. The silver paint is mostly in the same places as on the original toy, and same with the gray (though at least with the gray plastic this time around, it's not a milky, overly light color, and so doesn't look too bad on the parts that it's used on). The highlight of this figure is DEFINITELY the incredible metallic bronzish-gold paint apps used for the flames on the truck nose (as well as most other details on said nose), as well as extra flames on the side silver tanks, and a bit on the top of the cab. Prime's also got some gold on his lower legs in robot mode. This shade is just a REALLY eye-catching color and goes marvelously with the other colors, the dark purplish blue in particular.
    No mold changes have been made to Lunarfire Optimus Prime, though the Mechtech weapon he comes with has been changed-- he now comes with the original DotM voyager Optimus Prime's Mechtech weapon, which is a decent enough weapon but is scaled to a voyager, so it looks a bit overly large in Lunarfire Prime's hands.
    Lunarfire Optimus Prime is a fantastic repaint of an already pretty darned awesome mold. The purplish blue plastic and bronzish-gold paint are particular highlights when it comes to Prime's new scheme. If you get one version of this mold, make this it-- it's also a nice pickup if you are curious about the mold, but don't want movie Prime's "same old, same old" color scheme. Highly recommended.

Review by Beastbot

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