(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 Combiner Wars Rook. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Combiner Wars Rook here.)

    Autobot Hound's color scheme somewhat fits his normal G1 color scheme pretty closely, with most of his color scheme being dark green-- a bit darker green than usual, in fact, though it's a forest green compared to the usual military green on the character. There's also a good amount of black on him as well, from the wheels to his hand-foot-gun to his waist. His black paint is a nice metallic shade of the color, though, and is used on most of his vehicle "bar" details, as well as the faux bumper details on his chest and some piping details on his legs. By themselves this would be a bit of a overly dark color scheme, but there are some light colors to help contrast against all this, although not as much as is usual on Hound toys. He's got some light milky gray plastic on his upper legs and around his elbows-- it is a very blah boring shade of the color, but it does provide some much-needed contrast and isn't used much, so I don't mind it as much as I normally would have. He's also got some silver paint on the abs and waist, as well as on the faux chest headlights, gun, and face. He's also got the usual star symbol on the front of his jeep mode, some nice sky blue paint on his eyes, and a really nice shade of metallic golden yellow on the faux headlights on his waist. They're all nice additions, but they're mostly used on the robot head and chest-- the robot arms and legs, and especially the vehicle mode, are too dark, being almost entirely black and dark green. On the plus side, because so many of the details are dark in vehicle mode, the robot bits on top of that mode aren't as obvious as on Swindle. (I still wish he had significantly more paint in vehicle mode, though, like on the molded-in pouches on the side-- this mold just has a TON of details begging for some paint.)
    Hound has the same mold changes made to the Rook mold as CW Swindle, as well as a unique new headsculpt. It's pretty much your standard Hound head, with the details nice and crisp and the proportions spot-on. No complaints here.
    Combiner Wars Hound I wish had a few more paint apps to help diversify his color scheme more like, say, Universe 2.0 deluxe Hound, but he's still a solid redeco of Swindle with a great new headsculpt and color scheme that fits the mold a little better than Swindle's. (Additionally the mold's proportions fit Hound better than Swindle, if you ask me.) An easy recommendation.

Pre-mission psych-screening report by Rung, Autobot Psy-Ops Specialist:
Autobot Hound was part of the initial Autobot crew aboard the Ark when it crash-landed on Earth. In an odd way, it was the best thing that ever happened to him. He was tasked by Optimus Prime to scout the new world, and he was immediately transfixed by the raw natural beauty of Earth. Hound relishes his job as lead Autobot scout, as it affords him the chance to search and experience more and more of his adopted homeworld. Brave, earnest, and thoughtful-- Hound is truly part of the heart and soul of the Autobots. His hologram blaster projects accurate battlefield schematics, as well as powerful illusions to trick enemies into retreat.
CONCLUSION: Cleared for mission.

HISTORY (extracted from compulsory biographical download):
Autobot Hound has proudly served in the Autobot forces since before the ascent of Optimus Prime. For a bot that's survived every second of the Great War, Hound isn't particularly fond of combat. Still, he's willing to do whatever he can to stop the Decepticon threat. Forms either an arm or leg of Sky Reign, the new combined form of Sky Lynx.

Review by Beastbot

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