Meteor is a step up from Masterpiece Starscream in some ways. His poseability is better. I enjoy his flat colors and lack of detail, actually. But his transformation leaves a bit to be desired. His nose and cockpit transformation relies on a clip and rod connection that could in no way stay together given the tensions of transformation. It's better to disconnect it to transform him to jet mode. It's almost as if they gave up part way through the engineering. He's not a bad figure, just not a great one. At least my Maketoys Despotron can choke him out with the included accessories. "You have failed me yet again Starscream!"

Overall impressions: this is the Starscream fans have been waiting for! Looks sharp, animation accurate, and a genuinely fun toy to play with! He really feels like an official offering. I'm looking forward to adding Maketoys Thundercracker and Skywarp to replace my MP11 molds of those as well. That being said, I'm keeping my MP11 versions of the coneheads. I think they look brutish, as is, and being elite henchmen for Megatron, I'm ok with their look. I 100% heartily recommend replacing any MP03 or MP11 if your funds allow it. This really is an enormous step up from previous figures.