I hope the Hands are recast in Black in the final version, as well as a detailed painted Scorponok toy..
I really liked the Head sculpt, I was looking at all the pictures and then I realized something.. I think that Blackout is the secretly the reformed first decepticon.. his head is almost exactly like the Decepticon symbol on his chest.. i know ... I know.. I'm giving him too much credit, but it does very much look like that symbol.
I love how the back detaches and becomes a chopping weapon of sorts and I doubt seriously that it swings and is still attached... that just doesn't make any sense..
The fact that when his back pack is on and the tail section hangs down is very disappointing, from a toy engineering stand point I wonder why they just couldn't have it split down the middle and form a weapons platform over top the ones on his shoulders???
Still i like him very much, his legs and arms are great looking, the head is a little busy, but very much a decepticon in form.
Final Verdict:
(Scale of 1-10)
1=Bad horrible design!
/ 10= excellent a must buy!
The White hands, and un-detailed blue body coloring makes him loose a point -1
The abnormally long tail makes him loose a point -1
Half a point is awarded for the tail section detaching + .5
One point deduction for a non-posable unpainted scorponok. -1
Total points awarded: 7.5 Not the best toy, but definately on its way, if they could fix at least the unpainted hands, body coloring and scorponok, I think this figure would be a 9.5 easily..negative one point for the tail, but awarded half a point for the detachable feature.