Being that Prowl is another 6" Titanium toy to be inspired by the pre-G1 "War Within" comic book series, his alternate mode is a vehicle, but not a recognizably Earthen one. It's got some features of a police car, like the general coloration and the white and blue "lights", but other than that it looks like some kind of futuristic hovercraft. This is one of the best War Within alternate modes, in that it actually LOOKS plausible, rather than just being the robot mode lain over or with proportions that are totally out of whack. My only real beef with the vehicle mode's proportions has to do with the main body-- it's segmented into three parts, the two side "fins" and the center section. Personally-- even though it means you don't transform the chest at all for robot mode-- I like to keep all three of those sections slid together, it makes for a more solid-looking vehicle mode. Another, smaller, problem I have with this mode is that the fists stick out a little bit-- but just a little bit, so it's easily overlooked. The way the "siren lights" are situated all over Prowl's body-- with all the lights on the right side being blue and all the lights on the left side being red-- helps to give him more of an "emergency" feel, and the black, white, and gray coloring, while not the most original in the world, definitely screams "Prowl" and is a generally nice color scheme. Prowl's also got tons of mold and paint detailing, which leads to a few cool features, such as the painted design details underneath the transparent blue plastic of his "cockpit" and a star Autobot emblem near the front of the vehicle mode. There's also turbines molded and painted on the rear end of this mode to give him a "propulsion system", and the rear-mounted wings are a nice homage to his shoulder-mounted missiles on his original G1 form, while still serving as a functional part of the alternate mode.
    In contrast to most 6" Titanium toys, Prowl's robot mode is where most of his problems actually lie. He's got some major proportional problems wrong with his upper body-- his head is ludicrously small compared to his impossibly wide shoulders and fairly deep chest, to the point of looking almost laughable. His arms are also a bit short and stubby proportionally, and his fists aren't obvious enough on his lower arms (though the upside of this has already been explained in vehicle mode). There's also a very noticable gap in front of Prowl's head, where you can see down into his chest. On the plus side, the legs are pretty nice-looking proportionally, so no problems there. The rear missile launchers also tuck behind his shoulders in a very G1-ish style, though I wish they weren't situated quite so high above said shoulders. Prowl also has fairly good articulation-- he can move at the neck, shoulders (at three points), elbows (at two points), waist, hips (at three points), and knees. His missile launchers can also rotate up and down. One of his shoulder joints on each arm is rather loose, however, and his chest is so wide and his arms so short it limits his posability more there than it otherwise would have. Prowl's diecast parts are his lower legs and the middle section of his chest.
    War Within Prowl has some MAJOR proportion problems when it comes to his upper body in robot mode, but if you can overlook that (and the $5 U.S. increase in price due to the exclusive nature of the toy), then you may want to look into getting him if you like the character. His vehicle mode is particularly original and intriguing. He's not the worst of the 6" Titaniums, but he's not the best, either.

Review by Beastbot

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