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Gonna be honest though, I still prefer the Magic Square Seeker now that I have both in hand to compare. Aesthetics aside I think it just does a few things better as a figure. On top of being on an articulated armature, the null rays work better for poses when they're attached below the bicep swivel rather than to the shoulder. The elbows are better too, the 90 degree elbow surprised me. The legs are a little better in general, in particular the ball joints ankles are much better for posing and balance than the single hinged ankle on Newage's version. The shoulder vents being able to flip all the way down and out of the way makes it much easier to turn the head. When posing the arm the bicep ball joint likes to move before the shoulder does which is kind of annoying.
Though I guess I should say that with a big fat asterisk, because while I think the NA version is fine out of the box, the MS version takes a few fixes before it's allowed to be good, namely adding hotglue to the legs as a filler for the ankle slider to brace up against so the feet don't wobble, the knees and shoulder joints being a bit too loose, as well as the side torso panels coming undone too easily until I put glue on the tabs to thicken them. I know having to fix figures out of the box like that really bothers some people, but I don't usually mind it.
I also find it slightly hard to balance, but I'm guessing that's just due to the lack of diecast on the clear plastic versions since everyone says they have no problem posing their NA seekers. It honestly might have been a better call to just keep the diecast feet even if diecast parts on a clear plastic toy always looks silly, the figure seems like it was designed with diecast usage in mind.
