Jazz's Pontiac Solstice vehicle mode is fairly good for a Legends class toy, for the most part. The proportions are pretty close to perfect, and everything fits together solidly-- no real obvious lines along his form or anything. He suffers from the same dull gray color scheme that the other Movie Jazz toys tend to have which would have been solved with silver paint, but if that wasn't an option on the larger figures it certainly wouldn't be on a $4 toy. He really needs paint on his headlights, but otherwise his paint apps are adequate for this mode, with all the necessaries like tailights and windows being painted. (And the dark windows look nice against the light gray, I must say.) I do have a big problem with this mode, though, and that's the INCREDIBLY obvious fake car front near the rear end of the car. It's like Jazz has two front bumpers in this mode, but with one inexplicably on his roof. It's really weird-looking. Another, much less distracting, robot mode extra is the little "spikes" on the front corners of this mode, which form the heels in robot mode. Those definitely aren't there on an actual Pontiac Solstice, that's for sure.
    Jazz's robot mode is a bit better than his vehicle mode, since it doesn't have such an oddity like a second car front here, though he still does suffer from a few design flaws. The first is that, during transformation, his little rear spoiler piece can come off rather easily, though it's a simple matter to put it back on. There's also a rather noticeable unsightly gap in between his head and chest panel. The biggest flaw in this mode is one that isn't there for any apparent reason design-wise-- there is no "locking' mechanism for the torso when it folds down during the transformation. Thus, keeping Jazz's torso straight in this mode isn't as easy as it should be-- wiggle him a bit too much, and he'll either lean forwards or lean backwards enough where his lower torso piece bulges out from below his chest. (On the other hand, though, this does give him an additional "point of articulation"-- he can look up or down at the waist, even if his head can't move.) Jazz's other points of articulation are back-and-forth at the shoulders, ball joint movement at the hips, and side-to-side movement and the knees-- pretty typical for a Legends class figure. His lower legs and arms have rather obvious pieces of vehicle kibble on them-- the arms are essentially just engraved on the inside of his door pieces-- but this is pretty typical for a figure this small, so it's more easily forgiven, and the extra kibble doesn't really get in the way of movement so I don't really mind it much. Jazz's mold detailing is excellent in this mode, especially on his head and chest, and his paint detailing isn't too bad either, though it could be better on his legs.
    Legends class Jazz is a bit above average for a figure of his size, though he does still have a few obvious flaws like his second fake car front in vehicle mode and his lack of a locking mechanism for his torso in robot mode. If you're particularly fond of Jazz's character and like small figures, by all means get it-- otherwise, get one of the larger Jazz toys instead.

Review by Beastbot

(NOTE: To see a quick review of the "repaint" of this mold for the Allspark Battles line, check out the review of Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher here.)

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