(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 Prime Beast Hunters legion Smokescreen. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Prime Beast Hunters legion Smokescreen figure here.)

    Ugh. Really? Another redeco of a Prime figure that's supposed to represent a movie-universe character that's been onscreen? You couldn't just made a new Legion-class mold for this mass-release? Anyways, this is Prime Smokescreen done up as TLK Barricade-- at least at a glance. Yes, he does have the police sirens that are painted a nice blue-and-red, and the middle is painted off-white over the base plastic, which is a very dark navy blue-- almost black, which makes the actual black plastic in the tires not stand out at all, unfortunately. It's a nice basic color scheme-- but unfortunately, the basics are really all that's here, and that's not enough to really make this toy look like anything other than evil Prime Universe Prowl. Where's the "POLICE" tampos with the Decepticon symbol? Tiny "To Punish and Enslave" tampos near the back? There IS a a silver Decepticon symbol near the front bumper, but that's it. No headlights painted, no taillights painted, no windows painted-- beyond the sirens, the white center, and that silver symbol, in fact, the ONLY other paint apps on Barricade are the red on the robot eyes. This makes all those molded-in details very difficult to make out against the dark plastic, especially in robot mode. But then again... maybe it's for the better, so you can't see how much this toy DOESN'T look like Barricade in robot mode.
    Barricade has the same siren piece added to the mold that Prime legion Prowl has, but no mold changes have been made specifically for this release.
    If you want a Prime-aesthetic legion class Barricade toy to face down your Prime legion-class Autobots, this toy makes for a decent-- if very underdetailed-- "plugin" for that line. If you want a tiny TLK Barricade, though-- at least with realistic proportions, that's not a Tiny Turbo Changer? Well, you're outta luck. This release just screams last-minute cheap cash-in, and is otherwise not recommended.
 

Review by Beastbot

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