It's very neat. The level of detail on the Valkyrie is impressive. It's a gorgeous piece. The landing gear is really neat; meticulously detailed. The stiffness of certain key joints is very impressive, namely the thighs and shoulders, although it's a bit tough getting the arms back into place in jet mode due to the stiffness of that shoulder joint. There are certain things I've had to exert a bit of pressure making me nervous (this isn't some cheap toy I can exchange at Kmart), like getting the rear landing gear to come out the first time, covering the flap on the underside of the nosecone after attaching the nosecone to the metal bar in robot mode, getting the gun in robot mode's hand, with the palm gripping it and the finger on the trigger.

I haven't played with a Jetfire since I was a kid and much of the transformation is the same, but there are some differences (advancements?) like the way the nose cone locks into the metal thigh bar.

The armor is a bit of fun. It reminds me of my first "dress up" robot, a Combat Calibur. It's quite different to Transformers in that regard, but a bit of fun nonetheless. The armor is well designed in the ways it attaches without restricting robot movement too much.

All in all, it's very impressive. A lot of attention clearly has gone into it. There are no QC issues I've noticed, so that helps.

I have no intention of getting any more, which isn't meant to be seen as a negative, but rather a reflection of the lack of diversity from toy to toy as well as their price. When I ordered my first Macross toy, a Yamato 1/60 Destroid Tomahawk, they accidentally sent me a Defender, which, in the end, they told me to keep, so I now have 3 Macross toys. I would like to maybe get one more of the different jet molds (thinking Double Nuts or Bird of Prey), and a Monster when & if released, but that will probably be the end of my small Macross collection.