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Seeing all these BotCon figure reveals brought to mind a question. Obviously, the headsculpts are getting a ton of attention, but good/bad headsculpts go well beyond the figs FunPub puts out.

What are some of your favorite (and least favorite) robo-noggins of all time?

For favs, I gotta say BotCon 08 Goldbug and Megatron (marvel comic head mixed with blue eyes)and G1 Shockwave just to name a few.

For worst, G1 Ratchet/Ironhide (the non-head) is notoriously bad and G1 Wheelie isn't far behind.

Thoughts? I'm sure I'm forgetting plenty of good (and bad) ones!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In G1 Ironhide and Ratchet's defense, they were never meant to have heads! In Diaclone, the "heads" behind the windshield were actually seats for the pilots, as they were mere powered suits.

That may explain the suck but that doesn't excuse it.

off the top of my head

Best (if 3rd party counts): iGear Kup. So much personality in that face, especially with the cygar.

Worst: Que. That head creeps me out a little :/

Classics Bumblebee has a really nice head. Classics Jetfire too, although I prefer Energon Skyblast's as my Skyfire/show-head for the character. The iGear Kup head is an improvement, but the original wasn't terrible...it just depicted a different Kup than I like seeing (it's very Spotlight: Kup) and honestly, most of the recent toys I've bought have had good heads. Those which I haven't liked tended to be because they were not too posable or were smaller in proportion than I think they should be (Classics Hot Rod, take a bow).

The worst head sculpt to pop into my head is 2010 Bludgeon. Dear Primus, what were they thinking?

But what necessitates a good head? Toon accuracy? Great character likeness? A bitchin' head of hair? The Laser Optimus from G2 has about the most perfect noggin from the first 15 years of Transformers and is still one of the coolest. The screen accuracy of the 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal is second to none. And I challenge anyone to find a better head of hair than Metalhawks. It can't be done, I say!

I like WHeeljacks. Especially in the G1 cartoon when his ears light up when he speaks.

Classics Sunstreaker. Love the head reveal on him when those horns/ears open up. Like the rising sun. Brilliant if you ask me.

Classics Mirage. Great light piping. Same goes for Cyclonus in that category.Most CHUGR heads are pretty sweet to be honest.

I really like FP Ultra Magnus' head sculpt aswell.

I'm a fan of Skystalkers head sculpt. It just has this lethal, cold and heartless look about it.

Octopunch with and without helmet.\

RID Megatron. Very detailed and a clean design. It looks smart.

Torca in alt mode. It's just so fluid and creative. Great example of when ugly is beautifull.

I like all the alt mode and bot mode heads of the Monsterbots.


I very much dislike G1 Wreck-Gars head. It's a bit ridiculous.

I'm forgetting lots but off the top of my head these are some of my likes and dislikes.

Animated Rodimus actually irks me because it could be much thinner, but not saying it's the 'worst'. I can't really pinpoint anything right now, too boozed up.

I absolutely hate this head, it is horrible. If the placement of the mouth just didn't exist I think it would be 100% better

The reason Generations/United Kup's head looks weird is that Tomy/Hasbro ditched the "cygar". Take a look at he United box's stock photo, the figure had it in his mouth.

Now as for the best headsculpts.................a lot!

1. G1 Jazz
2. G1 Shockwave
3. iPod Optimus Prime and THS-02
4. G1 Soundwave
5. Galaxyforce Soundwave
6. Apeface robot mode
7. G1 Prowl
8. Starconvoy
9. neo G1 Breacher
10.Binaltech Optimus Prime and Alternity Convoy
11.Bigconvoy and RM Lioconvoy
12.G1 Bumble B(from the TFC version)
13.CR God Convoy aka Omega Prime
14.RTS Windcharger
15.G1 Mirage and henkei Mirage

Worst head sculpts

1.Cyberverse Powerglide (wtf is that?)
2.Lio Convoy (not the RM version which was awesome btw)
3.E-Hobby Orion Pax ('nuff said!)
4.United Laser Convoy
5 GF Sonic Bomber (1st version)
6.GF Chromia
7. G1 Wheelie (not much for the headsculpt per se but on the wonkiness of his robot body)
8. United Straxus (for gutting out the light piping....okay, not the design but the redundancy of the dropped feature.)