Just got my good friend in HK to buy 2 for me for a great price. Even if I knew it was gonna suck I'd still get them, with me collecting all transforming toys of G1 Prime, movie Prime and movie Bumblebee at the moment.
Can't wait to receive mine in the mail. Looks like it'll be quite a "challenge" to transform one.
I agree this is a great concept, and I give TakaraTomy credit for trying something new and different from Hasbro. Hope they've learnt something from this and will make better toys in the future~