Toy Review: Beast Hunters DLX Smokescreen

[BigTransformerTrev]

I bought the Go! version. His paint job is far superior to the Beast Hunters version, especially on the doors.

He doesn't come with the armor, but I almost see that as a win because I've hated pretty much all of the Beast Hunters armor, and none of it ended up appearing in the cartoon anyway.

Transformation is very intuitive, until it comes to getting that last arm in place - then you have to dick around for a few minutes until you can get it all to join up properly.

The robot mode looks very good, as CBratron said, much better than the Knock Out repaint (and I wasn't a big fan of that mold anyway). Paint job on the Go! version, like previously stated, is awesome! Very sexy vehicle mode, really low set sports car, looks like he was built for speed! The missile you can put in the roof looks kinda out of place, but then still a lot more sensible than the armor from the BH version.

Overall, except for one fiddly bit of Transformation, very happy with this figure!

[GoktimusPrime]

Ironically I paid 1985JPY ($21: $25 w/ postage) for my TFGo! Smokescreen. I agree that it has a better colour scheme, and the additional armour has no appeal to me, so I don't miss it.

I also found getting the arms and roof panels into place to quite fiddly. Overall this toy is pretty ordinary. Is it better than the Knock Out redeco? Sure, in terms of being an original mould that better reflects Smokescreen's on-screen character design. But in terms of engineering and design, I think it's about on par. In fact, one could argue that the Knock Out design is better because it doesn't "cheat" by using faux bonnet chest kibble in robot mode (the vehicle's bonnet becomes the chest).

But yes, this mould is undeniably better than the Knock Out mould because this IS Smokescreen. The Knock Out mould never really suited this character. Plus, no stickers and no Arms Micron! It's not a bad toy, but I don't think it's great either. More recommended if you're a fan of the character, otherwise I'd recommend checking out someone else's figure for yourself IRL (or reading/watching more reviews) before deciding if this toy is for you.

I've taken pics comparing AM Smokscreen (L) w/ Go! Smokescreen (R):