(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 Cybertron Minicon Reverb. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Cybertron Minicon Reverb here.)

    Drivetrain here is a bit of a polar-opposite color scheme compared to this mold's previous release as Cybertron Reverb-- instead of a purplish blue, Drivetrain's a dull brick red. With the black, it works quite well as a color scheme, and he's got enough paint apps so that no area on him is too bereft of paint. The gold headlights really go great against the dark red, and the silver works fairly well, too. However, his head's painted rather oddly, with a silver face and the rest of it painted black. Black eyes just don't work very well on most TFs, this little guy included. Some other, more minor, downsides to Drivetrain are the rather blah shade of milky gray plastic used for his upper arms and legs in robot mode (though thankfully that's the only places it's used), and his taillights are in need of some paint. Of note is that though Drivetrain's packaging marks him as a Decepticon, he doesn't have that allegiance symbol anywhere on him.
    No mold changes have been made to Drivetrain.
    Generations Drivetrain isn't the hottest Minicon repaint out there, but it's a pretty decent, nice color scheme that's noticeably different from Reverb's (and, in my opinion, a tiny bit better). He's got a fair number of paint apps, too-- a bit of a rarity for many Minicons. Recommended if you're a Minicon collector.

Review by Beastbot

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