I've kind of already put up some opinion in the Botcon thread.

But...

I like it, it's this sort of thing that the club is good at doing and in my mind should really focus on. It's great that they are producing a new mold. The biggest problem I have with buying club product is it's all pretty much a repaint with or without a new head. it's hard for them to do anything cohesive like the animated set as a result.

having said that, I don't really have a great affinity for pretenders. I have picked up a couple cheap at the parra fair in the past and find them to be very simple and uninspired. This is a much better version in my mind simply because the internal toy is so much better, not so much that it's more modern but it has an alt mode that specifically looks like a car rather than a folded up robot.

If I was going to Botcon this year I'd be stoked to get hold of this toy, I am considering trying to find a way of affording the bagged set. either now or in the next 12 months.