It was my first synth, and I wish I'd bought another. It does come in useful as a master controller, and I've gotten some cool sounds out of it that I haven't heard from other machines, but you can do a lot better for your 250 bucks.
Comments About the Sounds:
Mostly sounds like a toy Casio. Can do some nice chorusy washes and weird things though. Also cool horrible distorted digital shrieking noises.