Excellent collectible, OK toy
While some transformers are sufficiently complex that transforming them is a task frought with the prospect of breaking the figure, in this case, the worst that might happen is that the arms elbow rotators could come unhinged, which is something that is easily fixed. It is always the figure's left elbow too. Something tells me that there is now something in the mold for that joint which is causing this minor hiccup. The creators of this toy were wise to give each individual figure in the set a vehicle mode, yes combining them is nice but the fact is these guys need to get around, and the vehicle modes were technically present in G1... Not in the toy, but certainly in the cartoon (on Cybertron). The vehicle modes here are only vaguely reminiscent of those forms, so consider my words before buying this figure. I, personally, am not complaining one bit. The poseability of the figures as robots are technically only lacking fingers and eyelids... but if these were present, would you still want so complicated and fragile a toy? They are rugged enough now to be handled by children who love them and appreciate them, and tested for hidden features (which aren't present). Overall, an excellent figure to be kept as a collectible, but the expense alone makes one question their value as toys.
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