There's a lot to like about the latest R2-D2 release. Unfortunately, a lot of issues also plague R2 and bring down the overall rating despite the effort Hasbro clearly put into making this a fun action figure. Let's start with the positive. "Bar2-D2" as this version's been nicknamed includes a terrific and highly detailed drink tray accessory that actually has removable drink glasses he can serve to Jabba's goons. Another great feature is an arm attachment that comes out from an opening panel in the front of the figure. This panel looked horrible in some early images, with the blue stripe looking very poorly painted in a shade of blue much lighter than the rest of the figure. Fortunately, the finished product looks excellent and from most angles you can hardly even tell the opening panel is there. It's a feature that's been executed very well. R2 also has rolling wheels, which is always a nice addition. The final play feature this figure includes can be listed in both the "pros" and the "cons" categories. When you push up R2's middle leg, the either the removable sensorscope or removable lightsaber will pop out of R2's dome (depending on which you've inserted). The feature looks really cool when it's in action, but it presents a problem when it's not being used. The middle leg can't go inside R2's barrel body without taking out the sensorscope, which leaves a noticeable opening in the front of R2's shiny noggin (because's it supposed to be sealed by the top of the sensorscope accessrory). The sensorscope also prevent the dome from rotating. The dome can only be turned if the sensorscope is pulled out, leaving the opening. It's an annoying flaw that will prevent collectors from displaying the new R2 figure in a variety of different positions. Another little issue with the figure is the paint job. 95% of the figure is painted flawlessly, but they had a lot of trouble with the paint aps where the front half and the back half of the dome meet (if this makes any sense). It gets a little messy there. Also there's a big blue streak on the back of R2's dome (and I've heard reports of similar paint issues with other samples as well) and a little blue along the top of my sample's left leg where there shouldn't be any. But other than those issue, the paint job is very nice. The last thing to discuss about this figure is that it's a brand new astromech droid sculpt, and it is slightly smaller than the other ones we've seen in the line. This might annoy the collectors who have already bought dozens of repaints of the fan favorite R4-G9 astromech droid sculpt that's been around since 2005. It's a good bet that this new astromech droid sculpt will be repainted at least a few times. So, there's that. Is this a figure worth buying? I think it's worth a try. You might find you enjoy this new sculpt. But do keep in mind there are a few little issues that Hasbro still needs to work out. It is a nice figure though and easily the second best R2-D2 figure out there right after the R4-G9 repaint, which is still the superior figure despite not having as many fun extra features as this figure has.