Being a Macaw owner this caught my eye in the Lego store in Sydney.
Not many people pay attention to this model as you can't really play with it, however I think the Lego team have done a good job in constructing this with a lot of rare pieces and incorporating some basic Technic building skills that bring it to life with some sophistication.
Even if birds are not your thing those rare curved pieces could be used on other projects for the creative minded.
As for the build goes it is pretty straight forward with a few repeating parts (the feathers) but nothing that bore the builder.
Future sets I would like to see a larger scale Scarlet or Hyacinth Macaw with more colour accuracy and variation of colour like in a real life bird if that is even possible. I think the engineering could be improved around the head so it holds together better.