The new F-22 Starscream looks pretty cool.

 

The size doesn't really bother me, although it wouldn't hurt to be a smidge smaller. The face sculpt is that soft. The worst of it is that the mouth detail is almost completely smoothed out. I think that if the face had the proper squarish detail, the size would probably be a non-issue as I think the smoothness tends to make the face look longer than it really is.

It doesn't ruin the figure for me, but its definitely the worst part.

 

Yep, I had to go to his transformation review and look it up, because I got nowhere with the instructions. I can normally work backwards pretty well, but these just leave too many steps out and aren't very detailed.

I'm not bothered by the size either, but the softness of the sculpt is just bad. My TC doesn't have a mouth or lips, it's just a round bump on the face. I'll take it apart later and start looking for what else can fit there. It isn't on a ball joint, so anything else might require some modding.

 

Just transformed my Banshee. Venksta's engineering is impressive for what he had to accomplish. Plastic feels good for the most part, but the head... I wonder if carefully carving a straight line between the lips to define the mouth more would help...

 

I had thought about doing that myself because on mine you can kind of see where the line should be between the lips. But I'm probably going to let it be. Partially because I fear I might make it worse and partially because the collector in me likes keeping the original parts original. Although I would buy a replacement head and store this one in the box.  

I've transformed him a number of times now, and I've come to appreciate the plastic quality even more.

 

Same here... I'm no kitbasher!

Same here... At first, I was like, "Whoah, this looks flimsy", then a few seconds later, "Oh wait, it's not!". Very pleasantly surprised. So glad this thing exists!

 

Opened Thrust tonight...wow, the joint quality is sublime, feels so good in hand and the color scheme is fantastic on this guy. My fave so far.

 

This has been an exercise in frustration for me. I was so looking forward to getting this guy, only to find out that he ships in robot mode (I was not going to transform him from tetrajet mode).

So I watched the videos. I tried working back from the instructions. Maybe I'm just stupid or something, but I can't get this thing into jet mode at all. I'm stuck with two flimsy pieces (the tetrajet "shell" and the robot part), and no matter what, he's not coming together. I feel like I've just wasted 50 bucks on this thing :-(

*EDIT* So I finally figured it out. Or should I say that I just ended up mashing the pegs together until it stuck. But this was a pain in the ass. I'm afraid he'll never be in robot mode again  

 

For those on the fence about maybe getting one for fun, BBTS just put them on clearance for $40 each.

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BTW - Did anyone ever take pictures of the bios? I still need pictures of most of them.

 

Most dealers were selling these at $40 each at Botcon, and you could even get a better deal buying all seven from certain sellers during then. I got my Starscream from EdbomberToys during their 3P room.

 

TFSource just put up a sale of all 7 for $249.95

TRNS Tetra Squadron - Full set of 7 Jets

 

Still most of these jets have not been reviewed, or their bios photographed. Did anyone get them?

 

I got Smashor.

Found a wing configuration that works for him too...



Here is the biography: