I was lucky enough to find one of these at Target yesterday - I love this toy, not a huge update to the original one, but it is alot cheaper and I am not paranoid about handling it.
However the wheels are still no improvement. I lowered the landing gear for the first time - one wheel came down with no problems, the other rear wheel now shows signs of stress (dark blue plastic is not light blue) the same thing happened with the front wheel. I am betting that if my son were to spend 30 minutes with it, those wheels would be broken off. The plastic is softer and the the front wheel has been completely redesigned - however the same design flaw exists.
The landing gear are now down, and will probably stay that way for fear of them snapping off.
Anyone else notice this?