Evac (RotF)
Vehicle ModeRobot Mode
Allegiance: Autobot
Size: Deluxe
Difficulty of Transformation: Hard
Color Scheme: Orange, dull off-white, and some black, transparent light blue, light sky blue, metallic gunmetal gray, and yellow
Rating: 6.5

(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 Revenge of the Fallen Blazemaster. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Revenge of the Fallen Blazemaster here.)

    Evac here is a definite repaint callback to Evac from the first movie line, although this is definitely a smaller helicopter model than the first-- so did he lose like over half his body mass or something and this is how they managed to repair him? Well, anyways, the search-and-rescue color scheme of orange and white works quite well on a helicopter, as they both contrast very well, and the shade of orange on Evac isn't obnoxious or anything like that. It looks pretty good, having orange on the ends with white in the middle of the vehicle mode, and all the "rescue markings" like the markings around his Autobot symbol and the "C-72" logo amidst the black strikes look quite good and add more variety to his scheme. This version of Evac has considerably less black than the previous version, so his color scheme lacks a particularly dark color scheme. But on smaller toy like this, that doesn't particularly bother me, particular since the accent colors work so well-- the sky blue used mostly for the windows goes GREAT with both the orange and white, and the yellow highlights are appropriate for a rescue 'copter. The bits of silver are a nice gunmetal metallic shade, and help to give his robot bits more of a metal-y appearance. That is one downside about Evac's color scheme, though-- the transparent plastic used for the cockpit, which was rather dark on Blazemaster, is light enough on this toy where you can easily see the robot head behind the windows in vehicle mode. Eeennnh.
    No mold changes have been made to RotF Evac-- which makes it all the more interesting that his head still manages to look so much like Movie 1's Evac through the clever useage of paint apps.
    RotF Evac is a great repaint, with some great and fitting colors for a rescue helicopter. It's also nice to see updates to movie characters that weren't actually in the movies. However, as far as molds go, this is a definite downgrade from his previous version, and I'm not just talking about the size of the helicopter-- this is one of the weakest mainline molds from Revenge of the Fallen. As such, unless you have a particular thing for Coast Guard-esque color schemes, I'd pass this one over.



Evac Bio:
Since coming to Earth, Evac has made it his business to clean up the messes left behind by the relentless Autobot pursuit of Decepticons around the world. Usually, that means search and rescue, but occasionally it also means taking out a Decepticon that manages to escape the Autobot dragnet. Dirge has managed to evade the Autobots too often, so now it's time for Evac to step in.
Strength: 7.0
Intelligence: 8.0
Speed: 7.0
Endurance: 9.0
Rank: 5.0
Courage: 10.0
Fireblast: 5.0
Skill: 8.0

Review by Beastbot

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