"You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear."
Studio Series The Fallen is a well crafted toy based on an inherently terrible Transformer screen design. Yes, this toy is much better than its predecessors and is by far the best ROTF The Fallen toy to date... but this isn't hard either. The weird "thing" of alt mode doesn't lend this toy to having an intuitive transformation. The connectors that join the elbows to the lower back are just daft. Yes, screen-accurate daft, but daft nonetheless. HasTak have done well in making them articulated to give as much articulation possible, but the fact remains that these connectors still restrict movement. The fact that Hasbro has made these connectors removable to give us the option of having free arm movement exists due to the fact that they do hinder movement.



















Studio Series The Fallen reminds me of the Beast Machines Maximals. A nice and well crafted action figure, but a poor Transformer. As such, I cannot say that this toy is really worth buying any more or less than the BM Maximals.