TransFormers: Prime Beast Hunters Knock Out

One of the biggest frustrations with TransFormers: Prime season three - aka 'Beast Hunters' - is that virtually all the regular characters remain the same bar a few isolated changes to their paint jobs, while the toyline just went bonkers, growing spikes and other protrusions all over the place... And yet, where Hasbro had the perfect opportunity to do a straight repaint of a new character, Smokescreen, they dropped the ball. By and large, the 'tooled up' versions of the regular show characters weren't at all appealing to me, but the remake of Knock Out - affectionately known as 'Croc Out' - certainly has its appeal.

TransFormers: Prime Knock Out

TransFormers: Prime may not have had the most extensive cast, but it certainly had its fair share of characters, from old favourites reimagined, to entirely new creations. One fan favourite (at least going by the copious fan art out there) was the suave Decepticon 'medic', Knock Out. His enthusiasm for his work would have been endearing if it weren't for the fact that his work was invariably quite nasty, his dialogue - delivered with relish by Darren Norris - is among the best in the series, and his 'bromance' with Breakdown was fun while it lasted.

Sadly, TF Prime's toyline was plagued with poor realisations of the CGI and obvious signs that Hasbro were cutting corners in both construction and paintwork... so how does a fan favourite like Knock Out fare against economic downturn?