(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 Revenge of the Fallen Brakedown. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Revenge of the Fallen Brakedown here.)

    Dead End is, like RotF Brakedown, an homage to a G1 Stunticon, but although the bio is a dead ringer for G1 Dead End's, the color scheme is not. The color scheme, in fact, is an homage to another Stunticon, Wildrider-- I'm guessing he wasn't named that because of copyright issues. The main colors are various dark or semi-dark colors of gray along with various shades of red-- and they all go together quite well. The burgundy red windows in vehicle mode, along with the stripes along the sides, really help to make that mode pop in a rather evil, "Decepticon-y" way, though those aren't the only colors. Silver headlights and wheel hubs, gold taillights, and a bit of black here and there help to round out Dead End's overall color scheme. In robot mode the colors are even more varied, with the light red paint complementing the duller red plastic pretty well and bringing a lighter color to Dead End's scheme (at least in a prominent manner). There's also a bit of that bland, ugly light milky gray that comes into play on Dead End's robot mode legs, but that's a minor complaint. The back end/bumper and head's color layout is particularly good and varied in robot mode, with all of Dead End's various colors in play in a relatively small place. The red face and gold eyes look especially nice and evil-looking.
    No mold changes have been made to GDO Dead End.
    GDO Dead End has a pretty nice color scheme that hearkens back to the G1 Stunticon Wildrider in all the right ways, looking visually attractive color-wise in both modes. It's a pretty mediocre mold, unfortunately, but out of the different color schemes this mold has had, this one is the best by a hair, from my point of view, keeping the colors varied up enough to keep any large spot on the toy from looking boring.

Review by Beastbot

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