I want to mention something I forgot in the Demolishor review -- these bubble cards are really extravagant.  I mean, they cover the entire face of the card and EVERTHING sticks out.  The toy, the logo, the little "card" (which is made from really, really flimsy paper and not card stock -- sucky), the comic -- everything.  It's kind of a pain to open it all up, but it fits together nicely.  It's almost a great feat of engineering in and of itself.  But on to the toy.

Vehicle Mode:

The first thing I have to say I like about this guy is how there's a mechanism to spin the helicopter blades, a feature sorely missing from many such toys.  However, the lower part (the bit that becomes the robot mode legs) doesn't really lock down anywhere and flops around a lot in this most.  The wings move up and down, but that's because they're the shoulders in Robot Mode and add to the articulation somewhat.  But here their movement is a little annoying.  Crumplezone can be attached to the front in this mode, making a natural extension to the vehicle form.  Good design there.  But where's the nice landing gear of Beast Machines Jetstorm?  The solid design that just locks tightly into place in each mode?  That toy carried off being G1-ish while still carrying over all the best features of the Beast Wars toy line.  But I digress...

Robot Mode:

The transformation is interesting, but really easy.  This guy rates at a 3, which is an "advanced" transformation.  I'm afraid to think of what they consider to be a beginner.  None of the three Mini-Con sets even rates at a 1.  If this is the second most difficult transformation out there, I'm REALLY worried about the rest of this toy line.  Well, to his credit, Cyclonus makes a good-looking robot.  But that's it.  His movement is even more hindered than Demolishor's.  And like Demolishor there's absolutely no lateral movement on any of the limbs.  Even if there were, it wouldn't do this guy any good, at least in the legs.  I expected the helicoptor tail to stick out to form a handle much like in Demolishor, but it folds down behind the legs.  Sure, this makes the form look nice, BUT it keeps the legs from moving backwards any.  He has a waist, but it can't move because of the same reason.  I guess that's alright for a toy, but if this guy were an actual robot it'd make running really hard.  I do like the weapons built into his arms, and unlike Demolishor both sides can fire, but like Demolishor they only do when the Min-Con is attached.  But merely attaching it is what makes it fire.  That's really annoying.

But he DOES look good.  He's the most G1 out of them all in terms of design and execution (even color scheme, which strangely is appealing and very reminiscent of later Decepticons of the line).  If I didn't know better I'd think he was a Target or Powermaster from that same time period.  Along with the design comes some of the innate charm that old line.  It's the only thing keeping his rating above a 4.  But this isn't going to fly with me.  After six years of interesting transformations and clever design, this throwback isn't going to impress anyone.  There's very little that's clever about him.  But he's on the show, so kids are going to buy it.  Please don't.