I didn't feel like creating a brand new thread when the subject already exist so...
RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE! I recently bought a Binaltech Skids. I know many collectors ket their Binaltech sealed in box but be warned that those boxes did not aged well at all. The plastic windows came undone by just looking at them wrong. So I unboxed my Skids and just dumped the whole box into the recycling bin.
First impressions is that the car mode looks gorgeous with an amazing paint job plus the diecast feel heavy and nice. He does come with stickers but they looks cheap and ugly and will ruin the car for sure. So I won't be suing them. The front grill of the car is a different sculp than the Alternator and the steering wheel is on the right side of the car, like all Japanese models.
The problems appear with the transformation and the bot mode. First, the rear seats keep falling off for no reasons. The black shoulder panels barely peg in. Ball joints for ankles is a stupid design and even more so when the thing is extremely top heavy due to the diecast. This removes all poseability. Skids have
printed on both upper arms so no labels necessary. The overall look of the robot mode is completely different from the Alternator.
So, if you have to choose only one, which should you get? Binaltech or Alternator Skids? I'd go with the Alternator all the way. Even if the vehicle mode look and feel way better for the Binaltech due to the diecast, that same diecast backfire for the robot mode making the transformation problematic and just standing the damn thing up a balancing act. Plus the Alternator cost between double to triple the price than the Alternator.
So for the money, the Alternator is the superior toy.
Still, as a collector, if you don't mind the Binaltech's flaws too much, having BOTH the it and the Alternator side-by-side is awesome because they looks like completely different characters.