(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 the original SWTF Emperor Palpatine. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original SWTF Emperor Palpatine here.)

    Have you ever seen Emperor Palpatine dressed in white robes? No? Well, he apparently liked his giant mechanoid to sport that color-- that is, until now. This much-more-appropriate redeco of the Emperor puts him in the appropriate eeevil black-colored robes he famously sports in the movies. It's not solely black, however-- there are certainly some contrasting paint applications used, mainly chalky white and gray with some bluish gray to make his Mech face even more ugly. All of the colors contrast wonderfully with the black, even if they leave him looking rather monochrome (of course, color was never the Emperor's strong suit in the first place). There's also some really nice, fairly large Imperial emblems on the wings. Still, more paint apps would have been appreciated, particularly on the wings and Mech legs, as he's still got a whoooole lot of black that honestly looks boring in a few places.
    No mold changes have been made to Emperor Palpatine 2.0, except that the miniature pilot figure has been removed, due to the "Crossovers" Clone Wars packaging change that accompanied the removal of all pilot figures from the line.
    Emperor Palpatine's black redeco is what the toy should have sported the first time, quite frankly, given that the color black is so associated with him. He could have used some more paint applications, though the white and light gray paint apps that he does have serve as marvelous contrast colors. Recommended over this toy's original paint job.

Review by Beastbot

(Pictures taken from Hasbro.com.)

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