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

    Blackout's color scheme is as his name implies-- a pretty dark, Decepticon-ish scheme. Purple is, of course, the standard Decepticon dark color, and it works well here. But the designers also put in gray, black, gold, and blue to help accent the purple, and it works WONDERFULLY. Blackout is one of the best repaints out of the entire Energon line, and definitely has the best paint job out of all the basics in the line. It all comes together to make Blackout look like a covert ops helicopter that flies around by night. And the difference between Blackout and Stormcloud could not be greater-- whereas Stormcloud is bright, garish, and kiddy-looking, Blackout-- even though he's the same MOLD-- manages to look so much more serious and evil just because of his color scheme! Blackout also has a few more paint apps than his mold brother, such as on the vents on the side of his helicopter cockpit and on his robot face. Boy, it sure is amazing what a great color scheme can do to a mediocre mold...
    No mold changes have been made to Blackout.
    Blackout has an absolutely fantastic, well-detailed, evil-looking color scheme that completely blows Stormcloud out of the water (or air, given the alt mode). One of the best repaints in the Energon line, though the mold itself still has all the flaws that Stormcloud has.

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