>>6565499His main flaw is he is very skinny when viewed from the side. Weakest bots are Not-Lightspeed (kibble in inconvenient spots, weakest bot mode) and Not-Nosecone (fiddly as fuck) but the other three are all aces. Not-Scattershot and Not-Strafe are both aces and Not-Afterburner is aight.
Articulation is okay, nothing groundbreaking but then it's an older figure at this point. Where he really comes through is how big he feels when viewed from the front. As far as combiners go these days, he's not particularly large but the aesthetic choices made with the sculpt give the impression of size. Very Super Robot, seems like something meant for large scale firepower in space.
Bot Mode Rankings:
Strafe
Scattershot
Nosecone
Afterburner
Lightspeed
Vehicle mode rankings:
Scattershot
Strafe
Afterburner
Lightspeed
Nosecone
If you leave the canon on Scattershot's back, you'll need to attach the combined mode feet to his legs as thrusters to help him balance.
Most solid modes are combined (which feels very cohesive and very much a single, large robot to me) and vehicles. Mileage on robot modes may vary.