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

    This version of Megatron-- both in terms of the alt mode and the general scheme-- is a homage to his Generation 2 self, and even though the mold was, of course, primarily made for Bludgeon, G2 Megatron's colors fit on it pretty well. Green is, of course, appropriate as the main color for a tank, and in typical G2 fashion, it's a rather light shade of green-- not quite to the point where I'd call it "bright", but close. There's also a fair amount of deep purple in both modes (but especially the robot mode), which... realistically, does not go with green on a tank, but from a color scheme standpoint contrasts pretty well. Alongside some brownish black on the treads and some other robot parts, there's a smattering of several other colors on the toy. A rather nice shade of light orange-red looks the best, in my opinion, on the bits on his sides, and the various silver accents look pretty good, too. Some other colors, such as the muddy brown, the off-white, and the bit of dull grayish blue, not so much-- that said, they're not used much, and thus don't really affect his overall look a lot. Generally his paint apps and color layout go pretty well together, but I have three minor grievances. The first is that, if you're going to go with such a blatantly unrealistic color scheme as green and purple on a tank, you might as well go the whole way and include the ridiculous "purple camo" spots on the tank mode that the original G2 Megatron toy had. Also, the two large Decepticon symbols seem rather randomly placed and are large enough to cover a significant of mold detailing (particularly in tank mode)-- they're just more distracting than they need to be. Also, because of the plastic layout, Megatron's tread wheels are no less than FOUR colors-- the front wheel on each side is light green, the second off-white, the middle three brownish black, and the back two deep purple. It's a bit odd, and I wish some paint apps had been put on there to make him look more uniform in that respect.
    Megatron has a new head sculpt for this version, and it's a pretty good G2 Megatron comic-esque head-- the purple face on the white head, the Joker-esque insane grin-- it works very well, so no complaints here.
    Normally making any other established character from a mold intended to be Bludgeon isn't a good idea-- Bludgeon's so unique, what the samurai-look and the skeletal appendages in robot mode, that it just doesn't work. However, for this "G2 Megatron" homage, it works quite well. Giving G2 Megatron that "edge" in robot mode with the swords and the skeletal-like appendages just looks fitting somehow, particularly if you look at how he was often drawn in the G2 comics. Recommended, particularly if you're a Megatron or G2 fan.

Review by Beastbot

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