Your review reflects my opinion perfectly! I got very frustrated when I first transformed him into vehicle mode and didn't know that he had the common misaligned panels design flaw (thought it was my transformation skills, even though I followed the instructions step by step). It really soured my experience.

Other than that, the robot mode is pretty good although I prefer the proportions of the ROTF Leader. The transformation shares some similarities to the Leader class figure so this Masterpiece didn't blow me away as much as MPM3 Bumblebee did. Overall, I think he is a tad bit pricey but is a solid rendition of the character.

A few more photos since he is nice in robot mode.