I didn't realize you could check in the box. I just hit a couple Kmarts and checked 5. All faulty I'm afraid. Perhaps it's worth notifying Hasbro? It's easy to prove while comparing the toy to the instructions.

Some TFW comments:

Quote Originally Posted by Peaugh
I'm going to have to disagree and say the instructions might be wrong here. I can get to weapons mode just fine, and my hinge is the same way as the supposed "misassembled" pics. If the hinge were facing the other way, that strut wouldn't collapse nearly as neatly as it already does for robot mode, possibly not even allowing the cab to connect at all if reversed.
Quote Originally Posted by nemesisconvoy
Mixmaster is ok I guess. He works better If you pull the pin at the cab and reverse the cab. However it should not be necessary to preform surgery on the toys in order to transforme them correctly.
Quote Originally Posted by QuinJester
How exactly does it change the transformation? I have no problems with my "backwards" hinge Mixmaster getting everything together and locked down. Do you have a picture of the change?
Sounds like the jury's still out.