"Now for the Alpha, what a piece of JUNK! I opened the box, pulled out the plane and first off the paint is not gloss and does not have a smooth feel to it. That's makes sense because it is supposed to be a stealth fighter. I looked it over and noticed right away the glue spots below the intakes, but I figured I could deal with that because you don't see it unless you turn it over. So I decided to transform it, and it was very stiff, as if over glued. I moved the arms over and tried to fold them down for battloid mode, and one of them wouldn't move. I looked at the joint to make sure that there was something missing. I rotated it and some glue that was preventing it from moving finally let go, and under that was a mess, but I decided to continue on and try to fold it down again thinking I could move on. It was still stuck, so I applied more pressure. First the fore arm broke off, and then the sholder peeled right off as if it was made out of paper. The small hinge that allows the arm to fold down was glued solid."
Well hey...I have no beef with Toynami. I liked all four of my Alphas. They were very tight, solid and had a nice heavy feel to it. Transforming them was no problem. As I knock on wood...nothing has broken . I would have gotten a Beta but I got the gray low vis VF-1A instead. So I'll wait until the Beta frenzy is over. Maybe I'll be able to get it at a desent price. Right now my local hobby shop has them for $150.00. A rip off if you ask me.
But time heals all wounds as well as lower prices.