(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 Weaponizer Optimus Prime. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Prime Weaponizer Optimus Prime figure here.)

    I'm not sure how exactly this is supposed to be a "Beast Hunters"-era Optimus Prime considering this is his pre-Beast Hunters body, but here it is. For the most part, this release is remarkably similar to the original Weaponizer Prime-- the dark blue, black, yellow, very light milky gray plastic, and general color layout are all the same and on the same places on this toy when compared to the original release. The only obvious difference is that the original's red has been exchanged for a more "jungley" dark forest green (with one additional green paint app on the robot stomach). It looks decent enough when contrasting and complementing with the other colors; I have no issue with it, though I think overall it doesn't look any better or worse than the traditional Optimus red on the first use of this mold. Two more subtle changes also exist for Beast Tracker Prime's color scheme; the pale silver from the original is a more glossy, milky light gray on this version, and the gray plastic mostly used for Optimus' chest in robot mode is of a noticeably lighter shade than the darker coloration on the original. Both changes don't really change the look of Optimus much considering how similar they are, but I do think these two colors are slightly less eye-catching and ever-so-slight downgrades.
    Beast Tracker Prime does have one mold change, and that's the addition of a big "meat cleaver" dragonslayer sword, pretty much identical in everything except size to the one that comes with his Ultimate Beast Hunters toy. No other mold changes have been made to the toy, though unfortunately the electronics in the spinning shoulder cannons have been completely removed.
    Beast Tracker Optimus Prime is pretty much the perfect example of an uninspired, unneeded redeco. The only major changes from the original are the exchanging of dark red for dark green and the addition of a Beast Hunters-esque sword, the latter of which completely fails to distract one away from the fact that this is the wrong body for Beast Hunters-era Optimus. Add to all this the gutted electronics and a $10 (U.S.) higher price tag with basically nothing to show for it, and I'd only recommend this toy to the biggest Optimus completists. Otherwise, this is an easy skip.

Review by Beastbot

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