Pretty much my sentiments. A few weeks back now Jaydisc and I both had some serious cracks at trying to get it right. The think lacks any intuition and there's no solidity to it. In the end I've found a compromise but while the alt mode is very nice and lively, the bot transformaton and bot mode are very disappointing although it should be acknowledged the bot mode can be made to look quite cool. Nothing clicks into place in robot mode and hte articulation is there but useless. You'll find yourself questioning why parts have articulation when there simply isn't enough space to even move that part in the first place. Very crap toy.