Got Starscream today and transformed it. My fingers are still sore from trying to transform the right leg. It just wouldn't go in. The right door kibble also always pops out. Finally, the back wings do not lock in sadly. Other than that, the figure is solid. The head does not bother me at all in person. With all those negatives though, I don't see it worth the price. But l

One question about the shoulders. The blue pads that come down to lock in the arms, are they suppose to be lose, or do I have to force it in?

 

Got mine today, and again, Alternity leave a much better impression in person that whayt some pics can do! Starscream head isn't really 'ugly' in person, the 4 eyes are barely noticable unless you know it, or look closely.

There's a few issue, at least on mine, but nothing that take aways the enjoyment of the figure for me. The hip kibble door fall easily when manipulating/transforming, the door frame is die cast so they're quite heavy. My Starscream 'hip connector' don't hold really tight, in fact it barely hold itself but doesn't hinder for posing, but could be the most annoying 'flaw', though my Skywarp is fine. The legs wheel are also kinda loose, don't know if they're suposed to lock in certain positions, but they don't at the intended one. I prefer them folded anyway so I keep it 'mistransformed'.

@Isa0 : Mine just sit there, nothing lock or clic in place, but it's usually enough it seems.

Some pics  

 

Your wheels are grossly mistransformed which would account for the looseness.

You need to push the diecast knee piece until it clicks. Inside his leg you'll now be able to see the void it creates - you slide the wheel down and around the L-shaped 'track' it's connected to, and fold it inwards so the 'wing' is facing forward. There's a little tab that will clip into the void i mentioned before, that'll hold it in place.

That's actually my favourite piece of the engineering, cause it makes the knee joints incredibly stable - makes me wish Alternity Bumblebee didn't have such fiddly, small folding pieces creating his thighs.

 

though i only have skywarp, if anyone is looking for a different way to transform them, here is what i did with my skywarp.

i prefer the doors more as the wings, and i turned the fins and wheels on the legs the other way so the tire fills the space and the wing sits more on the side of the leg, to each their own I guess...

 

Yeah I just needed to push a bit harder for the wheels to click on the die cast piece! Rest of the legs are fine, only that I kinda like the way I put it on Skywarp. I also put the feet in reverse on him, make some cool feet to me, and good heel for support too!

And nice idea Deceptigtar! Taking the door away from the legs, very cool! Even with keeping the normal wings, it help streamline the figure.

 

Ok... Am I the ONLY person who can't lock the waist piece and the shoulder flaps? Nothing holds in place! *frustrated*

 

my shoulders and waist dont really click either

 

I just finished TFing mine, which came in the mail today, moments ago.

Boy am I impressed! I thought this would be the hardest Alternity to TF yet, and surprisingly he is not! I'd say Cliff/BB or Prime have a bit of a higher learning curve then Starscream.

The paint job first really was a treat to adore. Like Cliff, you won't really see it, until its in your hands. Since its a pearl white, there is bits of texture, and shine within the paint. His face is glossy, where the care body is mostly a matte color. The various reds and blues are also a glossy shade.

As I said earlier, his TF is quite simple. The legs are tricky at first, trying to line the wheels up within the leg, but once you get it, it sticks. I love how the cars exhaust become thrusters for his thighs, the front of the car becoming G1-ish jet intakes, and of course, the hood and trunk forming makeshift wings.

His posability is quite fantastic, one of the things I adore with the Alternity line, and nothing ever seems to get in the way of each other. Kibble like the doors can be moved anywhere on the joints axis and you can still pose him.

Overall, I can't recommend this toy enough. Even for someone who still isn't sold on the Alternity, Starscream/Skywarp would be an excellent welcoming toy!

 

I was able to get the waist pieces to... pretend to click. They hold a little bit better, but not perfect. The shoulders though really bug me that there is no solid click. Oh well  

I am actually really disappointed in these figures. I still like them, but I find them to be the weakest of the Alternity line. My main problems are, the doors scream 'I am a wing!' and the hood wing is attached via the windshield... that bugs me for some reason. Oh well.

 

I actually like them and have had no problems with them (they are my favorite alternity so far)

 

Got mine today and I love him. It's my first Alternity figure. He was a lot easier to transform than I thought it'd be.

 

I gotta say I'm somewhat disappointed with him... He looks great in both modes, but his waist doesn't lock into place, nor do his shoulder pads, so every time I try to pose him I end up having to re-transform various parts of him.

This coupled with the fact that his door-frames/hip-kibble fall off if you so much as think about them really creates some frustration.

Some great ideas here, but poorly executed.

 

I love mine. He's had none of the issues you guys talk about, and is just amazing.

Of course my skywarp has ALL these problemes, and while awesome i'm still a bit confused why they made it skywapr PURPLE instead of going with the obvious black...

back to starscream though, love his paintjob, the matte white is simply amazing in car mode, and the glossy blue/darker blue/red details in robot mode are great. He may have just dethroned my red convoy as my favorite alternity.

 

I have had Alternity Starscream for a few days now and I think he's great.
I echo the others on here that have mentioned that the head sculpt is not as bad when you see it in person.
However, I did paint over the top eyes in black and I think it improves the look:



I primarily collect figures that closely represent the G1 cartoon but I have made an exception with Alternity line.
I could not ignore the quality of these figures. I love the unique colour choices for some of the molds - a real fresh take on the franchise IMO.
The Alternity characters should be different looking but still contain enough G1 goodness to keep them recognizable.   I think they've done a good job in this regard!

Alt mode comparison pic with Silver Convoy, Bumblebee, and Blue Megatron:


and in robot mode:

 

Skywarp feels a little more solid to me than Starscream does. At least his waist stays locked in place and the doors don't pop off the ball joints during transformation.

Benny, that looks great. Do you mind taking a closer shot of the eyes? A lot of people have talked about painting the top optics to make the headsculpt look 'normal.' I'm contemplating just lining in between the pairs of eyes with a fine-point sharpie to make them look more like the boxart.

 

Sure... here are some macro shots. Wow... I didn't realize what a crappy job I did. These macro shots really expose the flaws - it does not look this way when looking at the figure normally. I used a fine point sharpie but the red was still coming through, so I stole my wife's nail polish pen.





Pretty sloppy job on my part, but you get the idea.  

 

i like it. makes me wanna do the same mod with mine. wonder if the gundam pannel line marker is small enough to do the job....

 

Thank you, Benny. Looks great; more Starscream-esque.

 

Received mine today...it's gone through 3 transformation cycles already! Very fun to transform, had a little difficulty with the wheels on the legs until I peeked in and found out that not only do they slide up and down, but there's an indentation for them to slide inwards.

I didn't encounter any poor locking problem for the waist or shoulders [the latter are not perfect, but they're way better than say, classics grimlock]. Are you supposed to push down the chest manually or is there any automorph included?