The comments on the 'Global' (American) sites have been mixed, but at least it hasn't been all bad... so there will be quite a few jealous American fans out there.
I think most do recognise it as being a more movie accurate & playable 'large-size' Optimus Prime toy, and despite some colouring issues (on the toy and the backpack), the overall look is worth the price (but shop around when they are released to other storechains).
It probably could have been a bit cheaper, considering our current exchange rate, but compared to what we currently pay for Leader class figures, or JP import figures, it's probably what we would have expected to pay here.
(it'll be interesting to see how much this will end up costing to import from JP or HK when it is released, to see how good/bad a deal we got here)

As soon as it appears at BigW or TRU, I'll be all over it.