(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 Movie Barricade w/ Frenzy toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Movie Barricade w/ Frenzy toy here.)

    Recon Barricade is actually sort of a downgrade, really-- instead of a full-blown police car, he's not a security guard car, like you'd find around a mall or something. It does make sense, though, given the prefix to Barricade's name-- he's more "incognito" this time around, so he doesn't stick out as much as a normal police car. Anyways, the color scheme is fairly good, with considerably more color variation than the original Barricade toy-- the dark blue contrats really nicely against the light gray, and the metallic silver-blue accents are a really nice shade. Barricade's also got a considerable amount of black visible in robot mode, which is good-- it just wouldn't be Barricade without a fair amount of black, in my opinion. The vehicle mode does look somewhat dull, though-- having all that light gray replaced with a metallic silver would have worked wonders and make it look more realistic to boot. The blue stripes and "Sheriff" logos on the side do look quite good, however, and Barricade still has that hilarious "To Punish and Enslave" logo on the sides of his vehicle mode. As far as his little ejectable Frenzy toy goes, Recon Frenzy is completely blue now, as oppposed to a more realistic gray. He's got some of the metallic bluish silver paint detailing on his chest, but no red detailing for his optics or the like this time around. I'd prefer if just the optics were painted, as the metallic bluish silver coloration really doesn't stick out at all against all that dark blue-- it's pretty hard to see.
    No mold changes have been made to Recon Barricade w/ Frenzy.
    Recon Barricade w/ Frenzy is an interesting repaint, with a color scheme that's quite different but still retains enough of Barricade's "darkness" in colors to still convincingly pass as the same character. His robot mode looks great particularly, with so many more colors apparent than on the mold's original paint job, but his vehicle mode is admittedly pretty dull in appearance with all that light milky gray. Plus, a completely blue Frenzy just looks weird, in my opinion. I'd recommend the original release of the toy over this one.

Review by Beastbot

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