by spiritofcat » Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:28 am
Jetfire and Bumblebee are definitely my picks for best of the Classics line.
They're all quite nice though.
I was a little bit disappointed with Astrotrain's train mode, and the joints and swivels in his legs are in the wrong places, limiting his articulation. (Jetfire suffers from this problem too.)
Rodimus has less articulation in his arms than I would have liked, but he's not bad.
Prime and Megs are both good. The colours on Megs were of concern to me at first, but I've grown to love him. It's great to have him as a gun again.
Grimlock is great in beast mode, and his robot mode is okay, but using his mouth as his feet is bad. Very hard to balance him well. Just about impossible to get him standing on one leg.
Starscream is the only other Classic I have, unless you count the Classics branded reissue Soundwave.
Starscream is the reason I started buying Classics. He's a great G1 homage, and his articulation is good. It is a shame that his Nullrays bump into his wings in robot mode though.
I didn't get Mirage because I just didn't like the look of him.
I didn't get cliffjumper because I don't much like repaints and Bumblebee is the better looking and more important characterof the two anyway.
I almost bought Ultramagnus vs Skywarp 2-pack, but I couldn't find one with good paint applications, and I didn't really want Magnus anyway.
I didn't get Ramjet because I never much liked the coneheads, though he does seem to be another good figure. As good as Starscream.
I would have liked to have Botcon exclusive Thrust, but that's just not going to happen. The rest of the Botcon exclusives aren't of much interest to me.
I'd say stay well away from the Deluxe Prime vs Megs two pack. That prime is so bad in vehicle mode, and if you want a tank Megatron, I'd suggest you repaint movie Wreckage or Brawl instead.