(NOTE: Since I don't have much to say about each of these toys individually, I've decided to review them both on one page.)

Prowl

Allegiance: Autobot
Size: Deluxe
Difficulty of Transformation: Hard
Color Scheme: White, black, tinted clear plastic, red, gray, dark blue, light orange, and some chrome red, chrome silver, yellow, bluish silver, and translucent red
Rating: 8.2

(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 RiD Prowl. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of RiD Prowl here.)

    I don't even know if I'd call this version of Prowl a repaint, really. It's just so obviously overstock with a few new paint apps. These new paint apps are good for the most part, don't get me wrong- the red dots on the bottom of the doors and on the fins break up the monotony of the vehicle mode a little, and the dragon deco on the doors looks pretty darn cool, too. I'm not sure what the number "105" is doing on his hood, though- maybe it stands for how many times this mold has been repainted, who knows. :p  The HUGE Autobot symbol on the hood looks ridiculous, though. Prowl might has well have spray-painted on him "SHOOT HERE". As for the rest of Prowl, it's EXACTLY the same as the original version of RiD Prowl. It's just such a lazy repaint, it's really more of a variant.
    No mold changes have been made to Universe Prowl. Comes with a "Universe" promotion CD.
    Universe Prowl isn't bad, per se- he's just a crummy and extremely lazy repaint. I'd recommend Universe Inferno's paint job over this guy's any day. Not recommended, even for completists.

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Side Burn

Allegiance: Autobot
Size: Deluxe
Difficulty of Transformation: Very Hard
Color Scheme: Red, dark dull red, off-white, light orange, transparent tinted plastic, chrome gold, flat black, and some chrome silver, gray, white, silver, and metallic blue
Rating: 7.7

(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 RiD Side Burn. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original RiD Side Burn here.)

    Side Burn fares slightly better than Universe Prowl with his paint scheme, but it's still a very lazy repaint. What Hasbro basically did was coat Side Burn's alternate mode in black paint, but gray dots on it to simulate a "snake skin" hood, and slap another honkin' huge Autobot symbol on his roof. What's extremely odd about his alternate mode, though- and even more proof that the guy who came up with this scheme just didn't care- is that the front and rear bumpers are still red, compltely clashing with the black since there's no reason for these fragmented spots of a different color. His robot mode, ignoring the car bits, looks the same as his "Powered-up" RiD redeco.
    No mold changes have been made to Universe Side Burn. Comes with a "Universe" promotion CD.
    Universe Side Burn just looks so half-way done that it's not even funny. Especially since the rather coarse black paint has a tendency to come off, many people have reported. (Although none on mine has.) He looks different enough in the package, but don't be fooled- he's still an extremely lazy repaint, and not worth picking up, even for the Universe CD.

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