I am surprised so many people have issues and aren't liking the figure. He is one of the most fidley PITA transformations to be sure, but once that chest is locked he's pretty solid. I can say I see tons of pictures of him mis-transformed (throughout the thread). If the shoulder pieces are above the chest windows its not locked in place. If you can see the white areas of those parts keep working on locking that chest/matrix area. It can take 5 minutes or more the first time even watching the tutorial. Then its "oooooohhhhhhhh, i see....". Just helped my friend get his solidly locked. Its still stupidly difficult, and takes fun away, but at least the final bot is solid.

 

You might be having issues with the figures chest because you have it positioned wrong (in the photos at least)

Edit: the above beat me to it by seconds haha.

 

yeah thanks guys, I've not got it completely locked in as you've noted but I've still been able to pose and manipulate just fine with a bit of care. He looks cool to me anyways. But yes I'm going to keep trying to get the chest area locked in better, still don't fully get it, chiefly with the flaps that form the grill on alt mode, I don't get that soft click... But I'll keep on at it!

EDIT: Apologies for my phone camera, is this more the thing? It seems to be locked in place now at least:

 

That looks right. You can tell because you can shake the thing and it stays in place. I pick him up by the windows with no problem.

 

Thanks man, phew, I think I finally understand where the chest is supposed to sit and the way to get there with a little trial and error still, bit I must admit, I mystified as to how he's suddenly so solid now! Just like you said, can pick him up now by the windows!

I also had trouble getting the side parts with the front wheels on properly aligned until I realised how the spine can interfere with them.

 

Thankfully not an actual break but definitely not good. It seems the pin that secures the entire arm onto that little grey section of the torso gets very loose over time and will just slide right out.

 

Where is the best place to order from? Anuone trying to get rid of theirs?

 

ShowZ of course.

 

Can anyone point me in the direction of the post that shows how to properly get the waist tabbed together? I think it was by @ManelFigures , and I wanted to show @Sixo, since he had a lot of troubles during his review.

 

I don't know the original post, but Jobby's review shows how it's done. Start watching at the 10 minute mark.

 

I just got him, $192 shipped from eBay seller with poor feedback. He's opened up and everything looks good except for one common problem it seems, he's missing a wheel cover. Is it hiding someplace, or did many of them just not come with them all? Any idea how I could get a replacement, as I doubt I'll be able to get one from the seller.

 

A missing wheel cover wasn’t a widespread issue, or any of the more common QC things. Guess you just got unlucky.

 

Missing hubcap notwithstanding, this figure is an absolute marvel of sculpting and detail. Mine was the deluxe edition, and all of his joints are nice and tight. This was the third one I've purchased, but the only one I've actually received because the first two the sellers wanted additional shipping after purchase. Over a year later, I finally got one on ebay for $190 shipped, and boy am I glad I went for it.

 

Arrrrgh! I also received two right windshield wipers, instead of a right and a left. If anyone has a spare, or got two left ones, please let me know!

Also, if anyone has a Cybertronian hubcap they don't need, please let me know. I'm willing to pay for both that hubcap and the wiper if someone has them.

 

I think it's a little more and I will go crazy with this shit
guys, please somebody show how to peg the chest area
because there isn't any hint to the solidnes of it

 

Touched up the paint on the eyebrows and forehead grill to improve accuracy to the movie design, not sure why they didn't do highlight these parts more given the how detailed the rest of the paint up is

What a difference a few strokes of silver paint makes

 

I just got mine today and he's so damn cool, one of the hand is pretty loose but other than that its amazing figure IMO

 

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The over spray of purple onto the white strip make me think it is indeed a custom.

 

Hey folks! I have things to say about this one...