They're NOT putting the claw arm in that set? I don't think this is worth it then.

I own both kits already and don't think they were worth it really as it was. The rib cage pieces outright suck to start. The new shoulders are a bitch to get into place for alt mode. The thighs pieces pop out way too easily. The new head is way too loose on the new neck which doesn't firmly attach to the figure. I had to glue mine on. I tried to tighten their head multiple times and it just won't tighten up. 

But yeah, the prices for the two separate kits are too high. This single kit for Scourge is still too high. There are equally impressive kits out there for cheaper. There's also several KOs of Scourge that come with kits installed for less. How do I know? I literally own every KO of Scourge and every major upgrade kit for them. I have four distinctly different RotB Scourge figures right now from all of the options. The DNA parts were some of the least impressive of them all while also being the most expensive other than the Hasbro version of the figure itself. And not every figure can even utilize these parts due to the changes between them. Only the Hasbro figure can use this head. One KO has too big a ball peg to use this head. The other two KOs have new heads already installed. That's just for starters but I won't be going further.

I don't actually hate this kit. This is one of the better kits they've done in the past few years. They actually addressed some of the major issues with this figure instead of just putting in a bunch of single things from that one time so you can recreate that one scene that nobody ever uses. I mean there's still one of those pieces in here but it's just a small thing that looks like it can be fairly well hidden in the "palm" of that one hand and not the entire kit like the Beast Wars or the SS86/BB multi-kits.

The legs on all the Terrorcons have been so oddly thin. It's not Hasbro's normal design style but they all have it. LIke they're out of 00 Gundam or something. Just weird thin and flat legs. But this kit seems to "fix" the "issue" with thigh upgrades and shinguards. The arms look really good too. They even made the forearms nice a bulky as well. The brighter colors contrast the darker shades of the base figure quite nicely. I also like where the new head sits. The "Lockdown" look just wasn't good for this mold. The detachable sword is cool as well.

I'll probably get this kit as I like Scourge as it is but this changes a few things just enough to be worth it. Assuming it's not some kind of stupid price. They've been all over the place with their prices lately. And no, I don't mean those new old stock that's been found for the old titan class figures.

Yes they are new old stock and not reissues. I asked them myself. They told me that those kits were found unsold in a factory and that they have nothing to do with them or their pricing. But I'm just some random person on the internet, who knows if what I'm saying is true or not. It's just what they told me on their Facebook page when I asked about it. Make of it what you will. It's just that if they were actual reissue then they'd advertise it