ssjgoku22: Takara's kind of nuts with releasing these combiners. Like at least release one before putting the next one up for preorder. People have no idea what one of these limb bots is like, so how do you expect customers to commit to another preorder? At least Moon Studios physically released one of the trainbots before putting the other's up for preorders.

ssjgoku22: Had some really high hopes for this figure, but after owning it now, just really disappointed. Here are my pros and cons:

Pros:
- the sculpt is nice
- the torso and arm articulation is good
- that's it

Cons:
-Really cheap feeling plastic. The figure is made of this powdery, brittle-feeling plastic. The quality of this plastic is a significant step down from what ZD Toys have used on all of their previous Iron Man figures.
-Poor articulation in the head, shoulder cannon, and legs. The knees are decent but they decided to make the feet a solid rubber piece, so there's zero ankle articulation. The shoulder cannon has no articulation at all.
-For the accessories, the arm cannons fall out easily and the fire effects do not fit into the feet (the peg on the effects are too large to fit into the peg holes on the feet).
-The torso articulation, while good, scratches the paint on the abdomen if you move it around (so don't use it unless you don't mind seeing the paint chip off).
-Finally, the pictures of this figure are quite deceiving. The pictures make War Machine look like a very dark, gun metal color, but in-person, it's a much lighter powdery gray color. That's really disappointing as the figure looks lackluster next to any of the ZD Iron Man figures.

All in all, this is a very disappointing release. This figure is a major step backwards compared to any of the previous ZD Toys Iron Man figures in terms of build quality and paint. Not recommended.

ssjgoku22: The articulation is quite good overall on the figure, no real restrictions in movement at any of the joints. Also nothing was loose, so that was helpful when posing it. Overall, you can't go wrong since it's such a good price.

ssjgoku22: Thanks for the honest take on the figure. The face as well as some very odd proportions in robot mode are what made me say no to this.

ssjgoku22: I haven't hit the preorder button that fast in years. I'm ridiculously excited for this release from Fanstoys. This may be the most definitive Prime ever. Can't wait!

ssjgoku22: 100% agree. If they want this to sell, the price needs to be much cheaper.

ssjgoku22: Glad I canceled my MP-52 preorder. This looks amazing and is probably going to be 1/3rd the cost of MP-52.

ssjgoku22: Finally some new updates on this figure. I thought it might have been cancelled, but it's great to see that it isn't. Hopefully we get some color prototype pictures soon.

ssjgoku22: No words man. I can't believe how damn good this figure is. The materials are insanely high quality, the ratchets in the joints are excellent, and the paint on my copy is immaculate. This is the best Shattered Glass Prime ever made. The TE-01 mold looks a lot better in this color scheme versus the original Optimus Prime colors. And the price I paid for such a figure is insane. I paid $60 USD for this figure. That's the same price as a mainline leader class figure and this thing blows away most official MP figures. Transform Element are masters of their craft. I hope they continue making MP scales figures. Hands down, this is a must buy figure.

ssjgoku22: Definitely looks like a major improvement over the original MFT Springer. Looks larger, more intimidating and more accurate. Definitely going to pick this up.