(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 Combiner Wars Shockwave. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Combiner Wars Shockwave here.)

    Flash Sentry is essentially a "transparent" version of Reflector, though it's not a one-to-one color change with the purple only being translucent. Yes, Flash Sentry does have a lot of translucent purple plastic where Reflector has dark royal purple and transparent green, but the solid plastic and some of the paint apps have changed/been removed. First though, it's worth noting that the translucent purple plastic looks pretty neat and is a nice shade of the color, though it looks better in vehicle mode where the toy is still translucent, but not so much so that you cna see the "hollowness" in places like the robot legs. The biggest color-change to the toy is that the light gray plastic on Reflector has been replaced with a dark lavender plastic. This is definitely a better color than the light gray, and looks better against the transparent plastic (though if the plastic weren't transparent, Flash Sentry would be too one-tone, so I don't wish this same plastic had been applied to Reflector). The same periwinkle/red/gray paint apps on the lower legs that were on Reflector are replicated here, along with the red on the eyes and lower arms. The Decepticon symbols are also in the same places, and the "REFLECTOR" red text on the vehicle mode has been slightly modified to say "REFLECTOR GT", with the "GT" of course standing for Golden Ticket. There's also a black paint app near the bottom/rear of each foot, but nowhere else on the figure, which is a little weird. Still, Flash Sentry is definitely "paint-lite" so that his transparent plastic can shine through.
    Flash Sentry has the same head mold as Reflector, but has no unique mold changes of his own.
    I'm not generally a fan of "this character but transparent (or black or chrome)" toys, but the addition of lavender on the solid plastic and the couple of red paint apps keep Flash Sentry from being a completely "one-gimmick" bot, looking fairly nice by his own. Still, in a first (and apparently last) for BotCon, you ONLY got a Flash Sentry if you purchased a Golden Ticket to BotCon 2016, which was limited to about 100 with the Golden Ticket costing over $300 U.S. Thus, he is cray-cray expensive, even before you take into account the aftermarket. Given that you get three Reflectors for a much cheaper price if you get the troop builder set anyways, I'd only recommend Flash Sentry if you are the HARDEST of hardcore completists.

Review by Beastbot

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