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Crankcase is a cool mould. I have him in my Neo-G1 collection standing in for, er, Crankcase. He even has a triggercon gimmick courtesy of his Cyber Key weapons release.

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Just found this little guy tucked away in the Toy Galleries!

Looks pretty good in terms of articulation etc, nice posability.
He reminds me of Outback in a way (not including his bucket) Might have a browse for him on the Ebay!!

He's actually part of a combining set. They combine into this:

Constructicon Maximus from the Energon Line.

They were sold single carded, but there was also a Japanese boxset in the Superlink line of these guys, if I remember correctly.

If you buy him you'll want the rest though the finished product is not the best, its still pretty cool.

For what I have these are what I recommend for you to own from Cybertron and Classic/Universe.

First, let me cheat by recommending Energon Leader Megatron. He's the best and he's a great hommage to G1 Galvatron.

I dont own much Cybertron toys so here's the ones you cannot be without:
Leader Optimus Prime. One of the best OP ever.
Supreme class Starscream. Huge and impressive.
Soundwave is also a nice take on the character.

Classic and Universe. So much to get if you are already into Generations:
Voyager Optimus Prime. Excellent even with the arm flaps. Get it if you can afford it.
Great deluxes: Prolw and Hound. Also, Starscream.
Great voyagers: Dropshot, Jetfire (or his blue redeco) even Silverbolt with his ""f**k U I got a jet on my back" attitude.

One line you forgot. Alternators. Yeah they are bigger, but so awesome. Consider Alternator the unnoficial "masterpiece" line. Especially with the Reprolabel upgrades.
Hound, Jazz, Rodimus, and Skids are a must for your collection.

Bonus 3rd party:
Delicate Warrior and Hegemon are the G1 Arcee and Megatron you MUST have.

Anyone mentioned Cybertron Starscream yet? He and Energon starscream are both great.

Cybertron prime + Wingsaber is great too, though I have not been able to find one for a decent price.

I really like the Ratbat and Roadbuster repaint homages. Sadly, they were packed in 2packs with other homage repaints that I didn't like so much. Springer out of Evac is ok, but Dirge out of Starscream isn't the best.

The Unicron Trilogy had some nice figures. The Energon and Cyberton lines, in particular, had a lot of really neat homages. I'll list some figures you may want to check out from each line.

Armada: Deluxe Prime, Deluxe Nemesis Prime
Energon: G1 Deco Starscream, Shockwave, Leader Galvatron, Towline, Downshift, Arcee, Insecticon, Scorponok, Rodimus, Mirage
Cybertron: Voyager Starscream, Legends Sunstorm, Leader Prime, Leader Galvatron, Dark Scorponok, Excellion, Soundwave
Universe figures/repaints that use Unicron Trilogy molds: Botcon Bonzaitron, Universe Blades, Universe Springer, Universe Ultra Magnus, Universe Ratbat, Universe Dirge, Universe Superion, Universe Bruticus, Classics Devastator, Transformers the Movie Big Daddy, Botcon Weirdwolf, Universe Target Exclusive Leo Prime, Universe Blaster

Figures that aren't homages, but are still worth owning: Micron Legends Tidal Wave, Energon Scowcat, Energon Perceptor, Cybertron Sideways, Cybertron (or Universe) Vector Prime, Cybertron Shortround, Cybertron Thunderblast, and Universe Dropshot.

I'm not sure if these two guys are being considered, but you should look at Armada Unicron and Cybertron Primus. Those two figures (IMO) are almost essential to any TF collection purely by reason of the Transformers mythos.