Our order from the Amazon seller delivered a product with with less pieces that advertised a crushed box and a humongously oversize shipping container. A quick e-mail to the seller brought about a rapid refund and sincere apologies so I was very happy with that part of it.
We found the toy at wal*mart for $10 less than the advertised price. My 9 yo grandson loves it and has continued to play with it long since Christmas. He's made all of the different combinations and even come up with a few of his own. The model itself is pretty sturdy and doesn't fall apart lie some of the other lego models that you build. All in all the toy get's a 5 out of 5 rating. but the initial shipping condition, rapid and prompt turn around and local price difference drops the rating to a 4 out of 5
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Assembly Time:Optimus Robot and Base is about 2 hoursTo assemble truck you must completely disassemble Optimus and the base and reassemble the truck (probably a 2+ hour job)Pros:Lots of pieces, neat finished modelNeat mini figuresCons:Pieces are not Lego and compatibility is marginal (read more below)Stickers go in different spots between truck and robot Optimus.Design of robot could be slightly betterAnkle joints are stiff enough to support robot Optimus if they are bent at allOptimus blue is darker than I would expect, it is navy blue that is almost black.Bottom Line:This is a nice set of building blocks that could be a lot of fun to play with, but some design flaws in the robot and lack of true compatibility with Lego brand pieces make me rate this a 3.To talk about the cons, the quality of the pieces is not to Lego standards. There is flashing and molding spots visible on the pieces. The metallic pieces are neat, but again, the metallic pattern is not uniform with dark swirls mixed in. Some pieces have light damage to them from the factory (dented corners), but nothing that hurts usability. Some pieces have white stress marks on them.Compatibility with Lego pieces is marginal. The flat pieces will stick together okay one way. I think it was Lego on top of Kre-O and the flat pieces would pop themselves apart. The Lego mini figures don't stick to the Kre-O pieces either.After building the robot Optimus, I flipped through the directions and noticed the stickers go on a couple different spots on the truck. You can't move the stickers after you stick them on, so depending on which you build first, you will have stickers in different spots if you build the other.A couple pieces on robot Optimus want to pop off all the time. This includes his abdomen protectors and his leg shields. Not to mention if you bend his legs a little the ankle joints wont support his weight and he will fall over.Finally the blue is a lot darker than I would expect for Optimus. Check my uploaded picture with the mini figures in front of the book case. I would expect a medium blue, but instead it is a deep navy, almost black.All that being said, this is a neutral review, as he is pretty neat when he is assembled, and the mini figures (Kreon) are pretty neat. They have ball joints in their legs and arms so they can twist, and their torso also pivots. The downside is they don't stick down as well as the Lego mini figures, but that is pretty minor.
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