As a matter of fact, Alternators Meister was actually available in Hong Kong BEFORE the BT version came out.

I stick to alts cauz I don't wanna worry about paint chipping

Just received my white and red versions of BT Jazz! Not Meister to me! both of mine transform just fine without chipping and none of the arms have popped off. I`m just overly careful because to me they are show pieces. I`ve got the money so that is what I prefer. When in bot mode the hood does not open or rise up. Maybe you guys received a bad batch or something? Anyway, I can`t wait until my blue BT Tracks comes in. Alts are cool if you prefer playing with them but I want mine to look the best they can and last for a long time. :thumb

I agree, I've only had chipping issues with Sideswipes hood because it bangs his legs when it hangs down. Hound, SS are fine. I'm waiting to get Jazz today.

First off, this is in response to and in "aggreeance" with some of the posts that have been up about the binaltech meisters. Here's my take on em, I dont have the alt. version meister i cant be the judge of how good or bad it is, but the binaltech meisters (red and white) which i both own are a little on the disappointing side. Don't get me wrong, i think he looks truly bad ass in robot mode, but as pointed out earlier pieces on both of them fly off with even the slightest movement, specifically the arms and the hood, and as also noted not only is the paint off on the red version (zoom-zoom) between the metal and plastic parts but its the same story with meister as well, where the main metal body is sort of pearl white and his legs/arms etc are all kind of a pure white. Its only a negligable difference, yes, but the paint isn't spot on between metal and plastic like it has been for all the other binaltech releases so far. All in all though these are just minor gripes with an otherwise excellent addition to the binaltech line, just not good as it should have been. Personally i dont think the quality of the binaltechs are starting to diminish, overall the toys still look awesome and the metal paint is usually consistent throughout. IMO there are certain releases that you should defintely looking into getting over their alternator cousins most specifically the BT versions of Smokescreen and Sideswipe, since the colors on them are just far superior to the plastic molded parts that hasbro was messing with at the start of the alternator lines. Whew, anyways thats just my opinion, i hoped it helped some one in some way and other than that, good luck to you guys in finding and heh paying for the guys you need.