Blight is a Prime-stylized update of the G1 Terrorcon Blot, who became a sort of walking mechanical nose-thing. Thankfully, Blight here has a much better alt mode. He's certainly the least dragon-like out of all the Prime Predacons, but he definitely has a humanoid monster-ish quality to him, with relatively gorilla-like proportions, and some large claws on his hands and a ridged fin along his long head and neck to give him at least a little bit of a "dragon" feel to him. His mold detaling is also mostly ornamental and often looking like armor plating (as it is with most Prime Predacons). His dragon face is incredibly fierce-looking, with deep mold detailing outlining deep-set eyes, a large toothy maw, and lots of little face crest-like details. As far as robot mode extras, there are two pretty obvious ones-- namely, the fists sticking out of the sides of his feet. Other than that, he's extra-free in this mode, though his lower hand-claws are unfortunately stuck in place due to them becoming heels in robot mode. Blight's color scheme largely apes his G1 predecessor's, but with a bit more emphasis on blue as opposed to purple. The main two colors of dark blue and light pale bluish purple go incredibly well together, both complementing each other and contrasting against each other because of the relative brightness/darkness of each. The blue plastic and paint also has a really nice semi-metallic sheen to it, which is pretty much always a plus to me. There's also a few yellow paint apps on Blight's various crests on his head/neck, stomach, and elbows, which also contrasts excellently against the dark blue. For articulation in this mode, Blight can move at the shoulders, elbow rotation, slight articulation at the top claws on each hand (as one piece), and movement at the hips. For a Legion-class toy, it's a bit above-average-- I wish his ankles or feet had a bit of movement, but other than that he's pretty great in this respect. Blight comes with the hammer weapon that comes with many Beast Hunters Legion class figures, painted a nice dark gunmetal gray. Blight can store it in a hole on the side of either of his shoulders in this mode, but it does stick out a bit regardless.
    Blight's transformation is slightly more involved than you might expect-- given that he goes from humanoid monster to humanoid robot-- but it's still pretty easy, it just has some unexpected twists, like turning him upside down and sliding in the shoulders while the hips simultaneously slide outwards. The end result is a very nice-looking robot mode, that retains most of the monster-ish aspects of Blight, but with a humanoid robot head and more humanoid proportions. His beast mode was pretty good, but this is the better of the two modes, with no awkward kibble at all. (The feet hang off the arms a little, but they aren't nearly as obvious as the robot hands were in beast mode.) His beast head also hangs off his back, but it sticks on place quite well, doesn't stick out, and doesn't get in the way of articulation, so I don't mind it at all. His dragon claws make for great feet, and his headsculpt is also pretty darned good, with a red strip for his visor and a silver toothed mouth to keep a little of that "monster" look to him. The detailing on his chest also looks great with the light purple and yellow paint on all the armor-like mold detailing. There is a bit of a hollow space behind his head, but I don't see how they could have gotten rid of this with his transformation, and it's a minor downside at best. In this mode, Blight's articulation is at the shoulders (at two points), inward at the wrists, and at the hips, knee rotation, and slight rotation at the ankles. This is definitely pretty good for a Legion class toy, so no complaints here. As you'd expect, Blight can hold his hammer in either of his fist holes quite snugly in this mode.
    Blight forms a leg of Abominus.
    Beast Hunters Blight may not have the most different-looking modes out of the Prime Predacons, but he still looks quite unique and fearsome in both modes, with generally great proportions in both (particularly in robot mode), a nice and fairly original color scheme, nice paint detailing, and only a little kibble (like his robot fists). His transformation is also both fun, unexpected, and simple. If you're at all a fan of the Prime Predacons and/or Legion-class beastformers, I'd recommend this one as a pickup. My second-favorite of the updated Legion class "Terrorcons".

Review by Beastbot

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