Black Repaints

I know there are quite a few collectors who specialises in black repaints, and quite a few others who detest black/Nemesis repaints.

How about you? My questions are;

Do you like black repaints? (if your answer is no, well, thank you for chiming in anyway )
What is the focus of your black repaint collection? Do you buy only black Primes, or if it's called black version, do you buy it?

As for myself, I have some black Prime/Convoy figures, but since I started from RiD Scourge, I am only interested in the ones with a similar build and colour scheme, i.e. teal and preferably chunky shoulders. For this reason I am not interested in some black Prime figures, such as THS-2b.

I have Black Lio and Big Convoy, but that's due to mould completion. I don't have many other black repaints. TFTM07 Black Arcee and I am expecting Dark Nitro Convoy, that's about it.

Pictures welcome, too


The Black List (so far)

Prime/Convoy;

Nucleon Quest Convoy
15th anni. G1 Convoy balck version
Beast Wars II Black Lio Convoy (magazine and Toys R Us, including variants)
Beast Wars II Galva Lio Convoy (Lucky Draw)
Beast Wars Neo Black Big Convoy (Toys R Us)
Universe Nemesis Prime
RM G1 Convoy Black version (magazine)
RM Beast Convoy Black version (magazine)
RM Lio Convoy Black version (magazine)
Car Robot Black Fire Convoy (Lucky Draw)
Car Robot Black Convoy
RiD Scourge
RiD Destructicon Scourge
RiD Spychanger Scourge
Armada Nemesis Prime
Micron Legend Scourge (magazine)
Super Link plakit Grand Scourge
THS G1 Convoy black version (eHobby)
Alt Nemesis Prime (SDCC/HTS)
BT Black Convoy (Wonderfestival)
Classics Nemesis Prime (SDCC/HTS)
Henkei Black Convoy (Wonderfestival (?))


Other Black/Dark/Nemesis whatever;

Choro-Q Megatron black version
Black Lio Jr.
Black Starscream (eHobby (?))
Black G1 Megatron (Botcon Japan, eHobby)
Super Link Black Rodimus Convoy (magazine)
RM Beast Megatron black version (magazine)
RM Victory Sabre black version (eHobby)
RM Starscream black version (magazine)
GF Dark Ligerjack (TRU)
GF Dark Fangwolf (Toys Dream Project)
GF Dark Nitro Convoy (magazine)
Cyb Nemesis Breaker
TFTM07 Black Arcee
TFTM07 Incinerator (TakaraTomy varsion)
Shattered Glass Rodimus (Botcon08)
T F A Shadow Blade Megatron


Character (painted black to create a completely different character);

Skywarp (Starscream)
Soundblaster (Soundwave)
BW II Starscream & BB (G2 Dreadwing & Smokescreen)
Megazarak (Armada Megatron, OTFCC 2004)
Alt Battle Ravage (Tracks remould)
Cyb Cannonball (Red Alert)
Titanium Menasor (Rodimus Prime)
Henkei Wildrider (Rodimus)

Skywarp is the coolz, and Nemesis Prime pwnz all Primes. So Black is the new...everything.

Eh, I'm sort of in the middle. I don't have a problem with them, yet I don't specifically buy black repaints just because they're made. Actually, the only black repaints I actually own are my two Skywarps. One Universe Skywarp, and one Classics Skywarp (well, 2 Classics if you count the one I repainted into Thundercracker).

Originally Posted by optimus major this man is a genius

Black Repaints always look the best

I love 'em, although unfortunatly I own none

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Well 1 or 2 black repaints are ok. I especially like black rodimus repaints and the like but after awhile the black on black color scheme gets old. But they are better than white prime repaints....

When we first started getting black repaints like Scourge it was pretty neat. But it's been so incredibly overdone since then that they now just come across as lazy and unimaginative. Got a new Optimus and want to make an exclusive repaint? Just dip it in black and slap on some teal highlights. Honestly, I can't see how anyone still gets really excited about a new black repaint.

Huge fan of black repaints, especially Prime, just makes the character look so badass

Nemesis Breaker FTF...

Usually, I like black repaints.

i LOVE black repaints they look so...evil hehe