Transformers Studio Series Soundwave, ONE Deluxe Class 5-Inch Converting Action

I'm...really disappointed

I'm really sorry. I DESPERATELY wanted to be proven wrong. But first impressions are... pretty awful. Bot mode refuses to hold together in multiple points, only 45 degrees at the waist due to the kibble. Train mode photographs amazingly but looks awful in person. Shuttle is fine, but not worth the other two modes. Even the blast effect is hollow from th underside. Also I don't think this is "unpaintable plastic". It doesn't feel like it. It's most likely they just cut the budget. There's an amazing figure in here somewhere, but it's just been stripped of all the budget needed to make it happen. I could warm up to it, and I'm not rushing into making a video because I need to sit with it...but I just don't see that happening. Genuinely this feels like the worst toy I've gotten all year, and it's not even close.