I've been getting into legends scale transformers lately, and so I pulled the trigger on this one since its limited. It's just awesome, it had a great design, good articulation and the transforming is fun. The only downside is the coronation shoulderpads are a bit scary to put on.

This being my first IF seeker, I didn't expect to have SO MUCH articulation built around the already high movement qualities of the (admittedly necessary at this scale) ball joints, but there it is. Thigh swivels seem gratuitous, and can make seating the legs just right in alt mode a bit un-fun. Overall though, look at the thing. You DEFINITELY want to get the included upgrade kit with this one, as the extra parts snap on really fast and he looks amazing hovering there with his cape like a comic book villain. Not sure I'll splurge for the rest of the seekers, but I'm REALLY glad I got this one.

Beautiful piece fun to transform and all around amazing.

I'll do the con list first since I have some solutions for other buyers:

1. smaller than I expected for the price, but still a good size (roughly 9cm standing, I think) and I am hardly an expert on value.

2. The shoulder pads are hard to attach. Keep trying, you'll get it. It helps to "dislocate" the arm (it moves down, as if you were transforming him to jet mode) and remove the missiles. Video reviews were helpful.

3. The hands were tricky to remove; turns out you need to unscrew part of his arm to remove the defult hands. Then take out the default hands and screw the arm panel back in. Afterwards, the spare hands all snap in nicely :)

4. there are no directions for putting together the stand, but I was able to figure it out from 1 or 2 video reviews. It is probably obvious to anyone who has spent any number of years with legos.

Pros:

1. The missiles can fit on his arms with the pads on. They can poke through holes in the tops of the pads or you can tilt them under the pads; great for arm movements and aiming!

2. This is basically armada starscream/coronation starscream from the exrid/windblade comics. need I say more?

3. at his size, the details are still good; probably why I assumed he was bigger! He stands nicely in front of my monitor.

4. The cape is translucent, "crisp", and layers nicely. I have not tried to move it (as MP starscream's cape does) for fear of breaking it, but it really doesn't need adjustability.