I got mine today. Looks like I got a good one. Honestly I don't buy 3.75 ships, I usually stick to speeders in this scale. They're toys, not models, so they aren't going to be screen accurate or full of detail. The play features, I have zero interest in, like the missile launchers, take away from any accuracy the guns have. The seismic charge buttons bother me. Some people like the playability features, but I am not a fan. I need a ship for my spaceport, a spaceport without a ship would be dumb. Otherwise I was planning to pass on it. I'm going to display this in the landed position, I think it looks better. Having it in hand, and in person it doesn't look bad in flight position. The thing that bothers me, is the canopy hinge. It's front and center when in flight mode. To me they should have redesigned it all together for flight mode. Put the canopy hinge on top, where it's less noticable. Add some lights, LEDs aren't expensive. For $150 I want lights, and some mechanisms. If I had the Amazon exclusive I wouldn't pay twice for basically the same thing. But as a first time buyer, I'm glad I got it. It's like a toy model hybrid. It's really nicely detailed, with play features but it isn't meant to be played with. It's better than the SOTE one I had as a kid, but if I had this as a kid I would have dropped it and broken it several times over.
This is what I meant by the cockpit insert being removable. The "seats" come out, to make placing figures easier. It's still a pain to do though. Also, if you want to display in flight mode, attach the wings while it's on the stand. It's works better. I had to readjust the wings that way. After I took the picture.
