(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 Masterpiece Optimus Prime v2.0. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Masterpiece Optimus Prime v2.0 here.)

    Boy, I never thought I'd see a Shattered Glass toy outside of Botcon, yet here we are! As to be expected, Masterpiece SG Optimus takes its cues from the original Botcon 2008 toy; that is, he's not quite Nemesis Prime, but more of an Optimus Prime with the red replaced with purple and under some very "dark" lighting. For this Masterpiece version, the colors are appropriately very shiny. The purple-- used mostly for the cab and the upper body of the robot mode-- is milky AND with some glitter in it, and just looks stupendous as a color. For most of the gray-- used on his grill, upper legs, gun, some minor pieces, the trailer stand, and much of the remote drone on his base-- it's also this same milky/glittery color, which actually makes gray plastic look pretty good for once! A very dark blue is used on his head, hands, lower legs, and most of the REST of his base's remote drone, and also has this same awesome milky/metallic sheen to it. All in all, these colors are definitely Masterpiece-worthy. There's also quite a lot of black, used almost entirely for the trailer-- and of course it's quite fitting for an evil Autobot. As opposed to a shade of blue, SG Prime's translucent parts are mostly a transparent green, like the faux headlights on his waist, his axe accessory, and the cockpit of his trailer drone. This is a REALLY nice shade that looks like a sour apple lollipop, if I'm to be honest. Oddly, the transparent plastic used for his main truck windows is more of a yellowish-green shade-- I would have appreciated a bit more consistency, but it's still "good enough". Of course Prime has a good number of silver paint apps, like on the sides of his truck mode, his lower legs, and on his faceplate; metallic light green on his headlights; metallic dark purple paint on the stripes on his trailer; red on his eyes; and a bit of metallic gold on his forehead crest. All in all his robot mode has a GREAT color scheme, and really helps nail that "evil Prime" feel. However, the damage paint apps which are so prevalent on the Botcon 2008 toy are very lacking here; he's got a "ding" in one of his windows, and in small print on one side it says his catchphrae "Till All Are Gone!", but that's about it. It's a shame, because given how large of a toy he is there's a LOT of room for silver or white "scrape" paint apps. The trailer is almost all a solid black and also really suffers from not having enough paint apps.
    No mold changes have been made to MP Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, though unfortunately the "Roller" drone has been removed from the toy.
    Masterpiece Shattered Glass Optimus Prime is a toy I never thought I'd see, but man is it appreciated. It's nice to see this great Botcon evil Prime color scheme applied to pretty much the greatest Transformer mold of all time, and the vast majority of the colors are really nice shades that pop extremely well. That said, the almost complete lack of "damage" paint apps is a definite oversight-- the redeco needed to be a bit more wacky. To get him up to a solid 10, I'd recommend the Toyhax labels, which really add back the wackiness and "Hannibal Lector"-esque feel to the toy. (They're MORE than worth the price, trust me.)

Review by Beastbot

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