Best. Name. Ever.

We’ve looked at the original Knockout already, so now let’s take a look at his sexy Japanese repaint!

This isn’t a straight repaint of the original mold though. This is a redeco of the horrendous looking Beast Hunters remold of Knock Out.

See? Colours really do matter to consumers!

Vehicle mode

Bloody Knock Out is still a sports car. But now he’s covered in spikes! He’s also black and grey! So he’s less sexy but more badass.

For playability in this mode, you can still roll Knock Out on all four wheels just fine. Also, you can store his weapon by clipping it on the back of the vehicle mode.

But wait! The weapon clipped at the back kind of looks like a tail. The front of the car has molded teeth and looks like a face. The spikes and modes kind of look like armoured scales…

Bloody Knockout is a bloody crocodile!

Hasbro/Takara come up with the dumbest/smartest ideas sometimes, I swear.

Transformation

There’s no change in the transformation scheme despite the new molding. The transformation is pretty unique. It’s intuitive and quite clever. The arm transformation in particular is really well thought out even if it can be a bit fiddly to do.

Robot mode

Bloody Knockout is looking lean and mean in robot mode. Literally. His head has been redone to have a scowling face. Also, the dark red, black and grey combined with the spikes definitely don’t make Knockout look very friendly. It’s a great look though!

Bloody Knockout has quite a bit of articulation. He’s got a ball-jointed head. His arms are ball-jointed at the shoulders, have bicep swivels and bend at the elbows. His hands are ball-jointed. His legs are ball-jointed at the hips, have thigh swivels and have knee bends. The front part of his foot is on a ball-joint and hinge joint. My only complaint is that the elbows are limited by the window kibble on the forearms.

Gimmicks

Bloody Knockout actually has a dramatic head reveal/Automorph gimmick. Pushing down on the middle part of his chest brings up the spring-loaded base of his head. It’s not as impressive and doesn’t work as well as Bumblebee or Hot Shot’s head reveal but it’s there.

Bloody Knockout also comes with a transforming weapon. Normally it’s just a bludgeon/cudgel/claw/sword breaker thing. But you can detach the handle from the body of the weapon. Bam! It’s a flail/morning star/claw thing! I say claw but looking at it, it may be intended to be more of a mouth. It has teeth and is spring-loaded to close and bite down onto stuff. It’s a silly weapon but it’s also fun and really versatile.

Toy or collectible?

Collectible. Bloody Knockout is an expensive Japanese exclusive repaint. The colours are much nicer than the original Beast Hunters release.

Then again, if you can get him at a reasonable or cheap price, Bloody Knockout would be a great figure for an older kid. Great car mode, great robot mode and decently complex but fun transformation. And a great weapon too. The kid would have a great time with this figure!

Closing

Bloody Knockout is a great figure and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I think he’s the best use of this mold so far. That said he goes for crazy money nowadays. And that’s if you can find him at all.

Whether he’s worth it or not is up to you. But if you can get him for the same price as a Studio Series Deluxe, I’d say he’s well worth it!