(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 Gyro Blade Blackout. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Gyro Blade Blackout here.)

    In an attempt to make him a different character from Blackout-- despite the fact that they look exactly the same in the movies-- every Grindor repaint of the Blackout molds ends up a bit different. The Fast Action Battler is potentially the most visually interesting. On this version, Grindor's main color is a bluish off-white, making the toy a bit closer to the "Blackout's colors under a bright sun" Grindor's scheme had in the daytime fight scene he had in the movie. A dark, flat shade of blue serves as the main contrast color, making him almost look like an inverse Blackout in vehicle mode, with the gray serving as a tertiary color. Neither of these colors are particularly exciting, but they go together fairly well, and Grindor has quite a lot of paint apps-- his windows, vents, "crossed out" Autobot "kill signs" on the sides of his cockpit, stripes, "NO STEP" signs... it's all there, making him quite detailed in that respect for this line. In robot mode however, he gains the visible addition of a pale light brown plastic and some nice gold paint, which really goes well with any of his other colors and gives him that extra snap to catch the eye-- good thing he's packaged in this mode. His face is almost completely painted gold too, which looks pretty awesome, even if it's completely inaccurate.
    No mold changes have been made to Missile Assault Grindor.
    Missile Assault Grindor is a pretty good-- if not outstandingly awesome-- repaint of the FAB Blackout mold, already an above-average toy for the line. If you don't want to pay $20 for a repaint character, this is a decent backup.

Review by Beastbot

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