Not totally show accurate, but I'm sure people will paint him up to be the smokescreen he should be.

 

The new Beast Hunters figures/retools are quite nice overall IMO... but I gotta say... a number of the paint apps are... fuuuugly. Namely Soundwave and now the new Smokescreen mold.

Take it once Takara gets their hands on the BH molds... folks will want their repaint of BH Smokescreen... hopefully they limit stickering and add a bit more paint though...

 

It will (probably) do.

 

I can't wait either...to whip out the dremel and cut those horrible things off! lol

 

i will buy two for one for season 2 version and one for the Beast hunters version!

for the season 2( i will take of the amor) and season 3 (leave the amor on)! cant wait to buy 2 of him!

 

Now I AM going to get this! 

 

Nice images this time.  

I won't go crazy over the lack of 100% show accuracy, since this figure (to me) is WAY better than the Knock Out repaint/resticker. I will definitely buy this guy once it's out.

 

First and foremost, I am happy that Hasbro is releasing a Smokescreen to those US fans who didn't like or want to pay the extra for AM Smokescreen. Personally, I think I'm happier with my AM Smokescreen. It's probably the way its painted, but his face looks too much like Starscream.


This also brings up a couple of possibilities. Hasbro released a brand new mold for Smokescreen where Takara went with a repaint. I wonder if that means Hasbro has a BH Shockwave planned. Also speaking of Hasbro debuting a new character mold, I wonder if Hasbro will release their own version of Breakdown.

 

Looks promising so far. I don't see any checkerboard design under the 38s on the door wings but I'm sure Reprolabels will take care of that. Some of the color choices are a bit odd (like the blue on the head/face instead of red, and red knee spikes instead of black) but I suppose that's relatively minor in the grand scheme of things. Aside from the (presumably removable shadow quill armor), the sculpt on this guy looks pretty solid and accurate, faux chest notwithstanding. Consider him bought.

 

hmm, It'll hinge on the car mode...

 

If that stupid beast spikey armor comes off this will be the first prime toy i have bought since series one. I hope it does cause i like this character AND mold alot. AND it will be one of the rare times Hasbro is BETTER than their takara counterpart.

 

WHY? Why does his face look like Starscream?!? AND WHY DID I WASTE MONEY ON THE AM VERSION!?

 

I like.... But the head, is it the same as Knockout's (I don't have a Knockout figure yet)?

 

Faux kibble or not, I need this. A good character like Smokescreen is not worthy of being a cheap repaint on my shelves.

 

He looks every bit the part... It was inconceivable they wouldn't do this red white and blue sports car figure... They(Hasbro) did promise they'd do all the characters and everyone should be patient...

Really good they spared him permanent spiky BH look, good decision there.

Now were is the spikey version damn it. Kidding..

 

This is by far the BEST BEAST HUNTER toy! Sadly, this'll probably be it 

 

I have Knockout and the head on Smokescreen looks nothing like KO.

 

Now there is just the question of is there a solid vehicle hood under there?

I do really hope so, because this figure does look really promising.

 

still kinda underwhelming for me