(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 Cybertron Scourge. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Cybertron Scourge here.)

    Odd that the only homage in Universe 2.0 to the Robots in Disguise series of Transformers would come as a throwback to a character that wasn't even in the TV series-- heck, RiD Bruticus was a Beast Machines "leftover". Still, it's kinda cool to see obscure characters get nods too, and though Universe 2.0 Bruticus here is just a redeco, the three-headed wingless dragon alt mode is a fairly close fit to the cerberus beast mode of the original RiD Bruticus toy. As expected, Universe 2.0 Bruticus' colors are a throwback to his RiD versions'-- red and yellow are major colors, with some nice purple thrown in there too. However, the red's noticeably lighter and the yellow noticeably darker and duller. (Which in my opinion is good-- having both of those colors light would have looked kinda loud, in my opinion.) The purple is also lighter as well, though it looks good as a more "violet" color. The colors don't stop there, though-- several new colors have been added to give a bit more variety to the larger-size figure. Brown is the main addition, with the horns, upper rear legs, and top of the dragon heads all being brown with a very nice-looking gold fade paint app on each of the brown plastic pieces. Some reddish brown has also been added for the rear legs, and just in case you think he didn't have enough colors already, Bruticus has quite a few paint apps, particularly on his legs. Particularly in beast mode, there ends up being a bit TOO many colors, however. There's being a striking figure, and then there's just being a toy with a bazillion colors of paint thrown at it without any real unifying theme. I think the reddish brown is really what makes the toy go into "too many colors" territory, though concnetrating the main colors into certain areas of the figure more would've helped as well. Still, at least none of the colors outright clash.
    No mold changes have been made to Universe 2.0 Bruticus-- none of the electronic sounds have been changed, either.
    Universe 2.0 Predacon Bruticus is an appreciated homage to an obscure RiD character, and one can hardly fault him for not being visually interesting. However, he simply has TOO MANY different colors and varied paint apps going on-- there's nothing unifying, he's just a big splash of colors, and although it's better than boring I also think it isn't as good as a really well-done color scheme, even if that color scheme has considerably fewer colors in it. Recommended over the original Cybertron Scourge, but not over Cryo Scourge.

Review by Beastbot

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