Had a good play with this guy after work (shipping arrived at record times!). The quality of plastic is definitely an upgrade from TW-T02 Aurora but still feels like a downgrade from TW-T01 Grind Rod.

I definitely love it, the alt mode's car exterior has a nice texture similar to that on your keyboard. Edges are crisp - they will hurt if you're just randomly grasping it by the edges. Speaking of alt mode, as with the first two, it rolls like a dream with no wheel alignment issues.

Joints are nice and stiff in all areas; once again like his predecessors, too stiff around the shoulders and the moving parts within the chest. Zero loose parts. Hand peg holes for the gun is once again very tight (I didn't push it, but couldn't gently get it into the right hand but it isn't too hard to get it into the left hand). Transformation is more intuitive and easier to handle than the first two though.









It is interesting to point out that there are two large 5mm peg holes within his chest or the underside of the alt mode. These two peg holes do not appear to serve any other purpose during robot mode or alt mode.



Same peg holes, with his weapon pegged into it.



He also has two sets of post and ports on either sides of the inside calves. Once again, these post and ports do not serve any purpose during robot mode, and do not peg together during alt mode.



His inside heels also reveal two 5mm peg holes with nothing else to peg into. I've pegged his weapon in as an example.



It's interesting to note that the original prototype did not appear to have these same inner-calf post/ports nor the inner-heel peg holes. Images via TFW2005.



Can't remember where I've stored Grind Rod or Aurora, but here's a quick size comparison with TG Senator Ratbat and also uhh.. another Red/Blue 'transformer': Character's Convertible Unholy Abomination Postman Pat (anniversary present..).