When I first heard about this concept I absolutely loved the idea of it! So I couldn't wait to get TSOP out of his box when he arrived.

My first thought was when opening "that's a lot of bloody pieces!"

Then my cat came into the room ... cat ... boxes ... cat jumping every where. Definitely not a good thing to have with TSOP.

So the cat got booted outside and my door shut.

As I said, there's a lot of pieces and all are vital. Losing a piece will more than likely ruin this figure. Think G1 figures like Hoist and Trailbreaker with their various parts, only with a lot more parts.

At this stage i've only put him into Earth robot mode. I haven't had time to attempt to transform him. Despite his limited shoulder mobility as TC pointed out, you can still get him into some impressive looking poses.

As a display figure he's great. As a lego styled figure he's great. As for the rest I really can't comment.

Would I recommend this figure? I'd rather stay neutral. I like him, sure he's fiddly and has a lot of little easy to lose parts, but it's a brand new concept for TF's and that's actually enough for me.