Well Strongarm is my 3rd figure from the new RID line and I'd have to say easily my least favorite (my other two are Steeljaw and Grimlock).


Pro's:
*A femmebot: The Transformers needs more female characters and it's good to see a strong one here instead of this skinny tiny ones we usually get (everyone else is a car and they are a motorbike etc). With the full lips and the set of the optics she does look female, the two individual chest plates help.
*Alt-mode size - looks far bigger than either Grimlock or Steeljaw in their alt-modes
*Ummm.... um...... the blue bit of plastic on the end of her rifle to replicate laser fire is kinda funky?

Cons:
*Too stocky. I don't think femmebots need to be slim (Strika is cool for example) but thats the way she is portrayed on the box art and while in the cartoon she is not skinny she is certainly not this blocky.
*The colour scheme of the alt-mode is quite uninspiring. Looks washed out.
*The alt mode itself is a real let down. It screams shellformer and it looks like it should belong to a hillbilly TF who is gonna chase the Duke boys through Hazard county! Not a by-the-book femmebot rookie. She will definitely be staying in robot mode on my shelf.
*Transformation is dull and some bits are unnecessary. For instance the instructions make you fold her chest plate down to her hips, even though doing so in no way changes the way the toy looks or operates in alt mode. Its like they felt they had to put an extra move in in case people yelled "too simple!"


Overall, unless you like to collect the relatively rare female characters, or you are into cop bots or the new cartoon, you can give this figure a miss.