To me, Streetwise is my favourite of the three iterations of the mold so far. The tolerances are really good (especially as compared to Dead End), and the weapon is far better.

I'm not sure if he's the best of the four deluxes of the wave (I'm thinking that honour goes to Rook), but he's quite enjoyable in his own right.

 

I too am not a fan of the cream white and would of like to have the same white at First Aid and Rook. Oh well,still enjoying him  

 

I think the dead end mold is the best cw deluxe. So obviously I enjoy this guy too. The shotgun is really cool. He also has all of the same issues as dead end. Loose 5mm ports and hips but they can be fixed.

 

Is the looseness a line-wide problem for Deadend and Streetwise? I haven't been keeping up on any Stunticon news.

 

You mean in his hands or the ones on his shoulders cause his hands are pretty tight on mine,shoulders could be a bit tighter. Dead End is super loose on his hands,anyway to fix that up,add some polish to hands or the peg on the weapon itself?

Ive noticed it on my all Stunticons,Aerial Bots and Protectobots. It varies from person to person,but Id had to do the floor polish trick for about every figure I bought recently.

 

Why didn't Hasbro mount the lower legs the other way round for Streetwise? Would have looked much more like the original and helped distinguish the two versions of the toy!

For that matter it would have improved Prowl and Smokescreen too!

 

Just got Streetwise in the mail today... 3 Protectobots down, Blades and Rook to go... Great reshelling of an already awesome mold... BUT...

When I transformed into Defensor's leg, then went to transform him back, the hinge got stuck... in the official transformation it's the hinge the folds the hood over and under the roof to form the knee cap... and took a lot force to fold the hood back. Is this a universal issue with Streetwise, because Dead End and Wildrider didn't have that problem.

With the untrained eye, it looks like there is some plastic flash getting in the way.

 

It helps to rotate the combiner peg out. (perpendicular to the body) seems to free up the hood joint a bit.

 

The joint, itself, wasn't the issue. There was excess plastic on the bump part of the joint. I filed it down, as best as I could, and the joint doesn't get stuck now.

 

Having finally seen this guy in person... god, I want a redeco as Rapido. The head would work so well for the guy.

 

Streetwise is a fantastic figure. He's my one of my two favorite Protectobots along with First Aid.

Love the design, the posability, the transformation, and the little nods to the G1 cartoon and toy. These Combiner Wars figures are getting me back into collecting and making me love Transformers all over again.

I painted Streetwise's rims silver w/a Sharpie. Still needs a little touch-up but I think it looks pretty good. What do you think?

 

I finally have Streetwise to complete my Defensor! Great in robot, vehicle and limb modes. Can't wait for the Combaticons/Bruticus set to be released!

 

Streetwise looks very good in robot and vehicle mode. I like the colors and the design of the toy. The shotgun is so awesome that I want more of it and would buy copies made of it to arm my Transformers, Autobor and Decepticon alike.

My copy, unfortunately, has its fair share of issues. The hand/foot doesn't like to stay in and has caused my Combiners to do the splits or topple over. The leg mode actually looks a bit short to me, though I may need to look at it again. I have to keep Streetwise as an arm, and even then it just loves to split apart whenever handled. I have a hard time configuring the hood to its default position in limb modes. Dead End is far better in these aspects.