Pricewise this toy is going to retail for 6000JPY (AU$76), but if you preorder they give you a 12% discount so it becomes 5359JPY (AU$68). That's a fair price for a MP IMHO - certainly much better than MP10's RRP. Otherwise one could wait for Hasbro to release their version and risk an inferior colour scheme -- I would expect this toy to sell here at a similar price range as MP Rodimus; probably $80 at first, then later reduced to $60 if the toy doesn't move.

As for the non-transparency of the windows -- I suspect that TakTOMY were unable to engineer the toy to give it a driver's compartment in vehicle mode, so rather than displaying the unslight robot kibble they decided to cover it up with painted windows. I admit that this is disappointing for a Masterpiece as previous MPs have had a driver/pilot's compartment engineered in (does MP Grimlock have that pilot's compartment on the back of his dinobot mode like G1 Grimlock? I can't remember atm).