Armorhide
(RotF)
(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 Movie Landmine toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the Movie Landmine toy here.)
Although he's a repaint
of a previous toy that was a completely different character, Armorhide
here isn't just our typical name-reuse new repaint character-- from the
bio and his identical tech specs, he's meant to be an upgraded version
of the first Movie toy of the same name.
Other than a somewhat similar color scheme, though, the two toys don't
really share anything in common. That's not to say that Armorhide isn't
a good repaint, though-- he's a lot darker-shaded of a military buggy than
Landmine was, his primary color in vehicle mode being a green so dark it's
nearly black. It looks pretty good against the light milky gray (though
said light gray itself is a bit boring of a color). There's a ton of silver
and gunmetal gray "military markings" on Armorhide's vehicle mode to keep
him from looking too dark-- stuff like "DEFENSE", "CMR", the N.E.S.T. Global
Alliance logos on his side doors, and the like. (There's also a "10-22-80"
logo above the windshield, which is obviously a date, but I have no idea
what it's referencing. A designer's birthdate, perhaps?) The robot mode
is really where the colors mix together well, however, as the lighter military
green-- nearly absent from the vehicle mode-- is quite evident and helps
the contast a lot. There's also some neat, small little red "highlight"
paint apps here and there, which really make the figure pop quite a bit
more than it otherwise would have. Heck, all the paint apps are particularly
well-placed to keep Armorhide from having any one section too dominated
by one color.
No mold changes have
been made to RotF Armorhide.
RotF Armorhide is a
pretty nice repaint of a pretty nice mold, having pretty realistic colors
while not completely sacrificing an eye-catching color scheme (primarily
because of all the silver and red paint apps all over him). My favorite
version of this mold-- highly recommended.
Review by Beastbot