Black redeco
Black repaint is a fan-coined term referring to a mostly dark-colored redeco of a toy, usually featuring black as its primary color. The term is usually inaccurate, as the toys are almost never actually repaints, but the name has stuck.
Black repaints are a comparatively common type of redeco; in particular, almost (but not quite) every Optimus Prime toy has been produced in a black repaint color scheme at least once. As with most aspects of Transformers, fandom opinion on black repaints is split: some like them, some denounce them as bland and/or uncreative, and some don't think of them as being any different from other redecoes.
A black repaint does not necessarily have to be mostly black. Armada Nemesis Prime, for instance, is dark blue.
Some particularly well-known black repaints include:
- Generation 1 Skywarp, the first black repaint in Transformers.
- Robots in Disguise Scourge, one of the few black repaints that represent a main show character, also the inspiration for many Optimus Prime based black repaints.
- Alternators Nemesis Prime, infamous for starting out as a nearly unobtainable exclusive surrounded by various problems with HasbroToyShop.com, then seeing a wide release in Australia.
