(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 Energon Downshift. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Energon Downshift here.)

    "Slice" here is based on Slicer, a redeco of Action Master Wheeljack released only in Europe in that "almost G2" period in 1991 when Transformers had stopped being released in the states for that one sole year. What's also interesting about this guy is that, though he has large Decepticon symbols painted on the sides of his vehicle mode, his molded-on Autobot symbol on his chest is painted purple-- this is because this color scheme, on this mold, was also used in the "Shattered Glass" fiction to represent Shattered Glass Wheeljack. So, now this toy can function as both G2-Redux Slicer AND Shattered Glass Wheeljack! Pretty cool idea, there. As for the toy itself, it's pretty faith to the original in terms of color scheme. The dark blue is the really stand-out color, in a particular glittery, semi-metallic shade that really catches the eye. The red goes quite well with the blue, too, and the couple of bronze bits on robot mode also work quite nicely with the overall scheme. Unfortunately, his blue is such a dark shade that the black really doesn't do much for me except when you've got the bronze coloration contrasting with it. But my biggest complaint with Slice's color scheme is the extraordinary dull milky brownish-gray plastic used for most of his small "inner robot" parts, like his upper legs, lower arms, and feet. It's just a really bleh color in any situation, but it doesn't really go all that great with any of Slicer's other colors. The dark transparent red, although decent enough, could have been a few shades lighter to make his light piping work a bit better. As far as paint apps go, Slicer has a fair number of them, though nothing extraordinary. The front half of his car mode, as well as his robot chest, look the best with all those details working together against the main dark blue color.
    No mold changes have been made to Botcon 2010 Slice. Of note is that in addition to being a Botcon 2010 exclusive, Slice was only available ("free") if you bought the expensive preregistrant Primus package AND picked the set up in person at the convention-- so this toy is no doubt going to be worth quite a lot of money.
    Botcon 2010 Slice's main selling point is his super-obscure nature, plus his really dynamite-looking glittery dark blue color. Plus, he's the only toy from this years' set that I would actually consider DULL as opposed to normal or obnoxiously loud, so if you're more a fan of these types of color schemes, love Shattered Glass, or just gotta have a toy from this years' set but don't want a loud color scheme, this may be right up your alley... so long as you're willing to pay a lot for it, given its really exclusive nature.

Review by Beastbot

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