(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 Prime legion Knock Out toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the Knock Out w/ Energon Driller set here.)

    This redeco of Knock Out, oddly enough, doesn't have any sort of themed title before the name, like "Firewatch Knock Out" or somesuch, which can make it a bit harder to identify. "Prime Cyberverse Knock Out? Which one?" Anyways, this redeco keeps Knock Out's colors within the same general space on the color wheel, but brightens it up a bit, with a rather nice-looking shade of orange being the dominant plastic color. Black serves as the main darker color-- on the windows, wheels, and main robot body-- and contrasts excellently against the orange, giving Knock Out a bit of a Halloween-y feel to him. His paint apps in vehicle mode, thankfully, are a bit more exciting this time around, with a dull purplish red both complementing the orange and contrasting against it because of how dark it is. The fire-like detailing on the sides is pretty much identical to Knock Out's paint job over his traditional color scheme on the show, but different in color this time around, and looks pretty nifty. There isn't any paint on the back end of Knock Out's vehicle mode, unfortunately-- it's all orange back there, including the back window-- but between the other black windows and the red paint on the vehicle mode, he looks pretty diverse color-wise on the rest of the toy. In robot mode his colors are broken up a bit more, specifically by some good application of silver and gunmetal gray plastic that also contrasts well against his other colors. His eyes are also painted an appropriate shade of light red, with the dull red from vehicle mode carrying over nicely to his feet and head "helmet".
    No mold changes have been made to this version of Knock Out, though the Cyberverse weapon he comes with has been changed-- it's the same knife/blade weapon that's come with many of the 2012 legion Prime Autobots, but this time colored in the usual Decepticon light purple. It's a fitting weapon for Knock Out the surgeon, and the purple contrasts decently enough from his orange color scheme.
    The solo-packed legion Knock Out toy is largely an excellently done redeco, with the back area of the vehicle mode being the only area that's really in need of more paint. With orange, black, and dull red his main colors, this Knock Out is different enough for fans of the first version that came with the Energon Driller to get if you're into same-character redecos, but the colors aren't completely different and thus can serve as a "close enough" stand-in for Cyberverse Knock Out if you don't have any desire to get the more expensive Driller set. Out of the two different color schemes this Knock Out toy's been released in, I'd recommend this version the most.

Review by Beastbot

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