(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 RID2015 warrior version of Windblade. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original version of RID2015 warrior Windblade here.)

    The warrior version of Windblade got a re-release for Combiner Force, but unlike some other "older" figures re-packaged in Combiner Force packaging, she received a deco change and a bit of a remold, as well. Her general base colors are the same as on her initial toy-- red and black-- and they're used on the same pieces. The red is a couple of shades darker than the original's cherry red, this one having a more straightforward medium red shade of the color. The paint apps have been completely changed, however. For one, there's some yellow in her robot mode, on the sides of her chest as well as on her kneecaps. The charcoal black paint has been removed, and in its place is a lot more black paint in her vehicle mode-- it's now covering the top of much of her nosecone (except for the blue on her cockpit windows), and there's some pretty cool black paint apps covering much of the middle of her wings. Silver is also much more prevalent on this version, being mostly used in long stripes on the back end of her wings (on both sides)-- this gives a bit more emphasis to the "blade" part of her name. There's also some silver on the middle of her lower legs and on the sides of her abs, with a large light sky blue paint app in the middle of her stomach. (It should be noted the blue used in her robot mode is considerably lighter than the blue used on her cockpit windows in vehicle mode.) Finally, there's a bit of red paint on the outward sides of her lower legs.
    Windblade has a new headsculpt for this version, and it's her with her battle mask up. And I have to say, it's a DARNED COOL look. Her battle mask covers her lower face with a ninja-like decoration, and it being painted black against the white of her face, the blue on her eyes, and the yellow diamond-like bit in the middle of her forehead is an awesome variation. She also has her "hair" painted black and her detachable headfan accessory painted a light sky blue, same as her eyes.
    The Combiner Force redeco of Windblade takes the original and improves it about as much as you could while still keeping the base plastic colors (mostly) the same. The addition of all the black and the silver stripes on her wings in vehicle mode really helps make it more visually interesting, and the yellow and light blue in robot mode really pops. A stellar and well-painted "battlemask" headsculpt helps to top it all off. Although the paint deco on the original is a little more accurate to the show, this one is just considerably more interesting altogether, and still not so much of a departure where I'd consider it NOT generally accurate to the show. Recommended over the original warrior, easily.
 

Review by Beastbot

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