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You know, that Transformers mold that critics and fans alike hate, but you just LOVE it for some reasons? share it with us.
Bonus points if said mold got multiple repaints.








For me, it's the 2007 movie voyager Starscream mold. I just LOVE it. It's funny looking in bot mode and jet mode, for sure. It's not movie accurate at all. When you transform it, the missiles tend to fly off everywhere.

Still, I just love it. I love how it look, I find it fun to transform even with the missile issue, and that auto-morphing chest is just engeneering genius.

I have the original, of course.


Then, the G1 repaint with that freakishly awesome new head.


What more, it's a great custom base! I made Apetimus Supreme myself with Xover Hulk and other parts for a triple changing abobination:



I bought a junker 2007 TK so another custom like this is about to happen.

Also, I just bought that premium version, brand new off Ebay for a reasonable price. Check out that amazing deco! I'm looking forward to receive it!



So, what is that mold you love but "everybody" hates?

Ill be the first to say it, PRiD Airachnid. Yep, love it for the joy it gives my daughter.

My daughter loves Blackarachnia and was so excited to see Airachnid pop up on Prime that I made up a story that it might be Blackarachnias sister.

My daughter always sees Airachnid and says "shes not ready to play with the Autobots yet" or "shes not ready to be their friend" because of how Blackarachnia switched sides and she sees that Airachnid aint going that way so far. Weve only watched up to S02E12 or so.

I don't love Airachnid's toy, but I don't hate it as much as others. It's decent enough.

That I can think of right now off the top of my head - PRID Ratchet. I remember people griping to high hell about him when he first came out, so I was a little weary of buying him. Glad I caved in and did! He is, without a doubt, my favorite PRID figure (Breakdown is in a very close second).

Even though Ratchet is missing a crud load of paint apps, I absolutely love how his robot mode looks. It's simple, yet oddly appealing. Vehicle mode is bland as all get out, I will agree, but I never keep him in that form and he was $10 or $12 toy, so I don't care because I love his robot mode so much.

He's also extremely posable, which I value pretty highly in modern Transformers toys. It's not something I expect for the vintage guys, but in this day and age there really is no reason for new figures to lack proper joint work (with obvious exceptions of re-releases and what not).




FoC Optimus (and as a result, Ultra Magnus) is another. Optimus was my favorite of the 1st wave, but now ties with Magnus.... they're actually the only FoC figures I own that I thought were worth their price point. Starscream is close to being in that category but I have enough gripes with him to make me feel he should have been $10, not the $15+shipping I spent.

Being small and light weight are kind of the only bad things I have to say about OP and UM. Otherwise I enjoy how they're painted, their body & head sculpting is pretty awesome for what they are and, as mentioned with Ratchet, they're extremely posable. I had way more fun playing with them than I did Starscream, Shockwave or (ugh) Jazz.

ROTF Fallen
Why everyone rags on him is beyond me. He's huge for a voyager, something we'll never see again, he's WAY articulated, and has alot of detail.

Yes, he transforms into a flying christmas tree, but you could always, you know, NOT transform him, right?

BeastProwl wrote:ROTF Fallen
Why everyone rags on him is beyond me. He's huge for a voyager, something we'll never see again, he's WAY articulated, and has alot of detail.

Yes, he transforms into a flying christmas tree, but you could always, you know, NOT transform him, right?

Now you make me want to hunt down a Fallen to use as a Xmass ornament!

BeastProwl wrote:ROTF Fallen
Why everyone rags on him is beyond me. He's huge for a voyager, something we'll never see again, he's WAY articulated, and has alot of detail.

Yes, he transforms into a flying christmas tree, but you could always, you know, NOT transform him, right?

you read my mind.
for me it has got to be the first movie payload. sure the gimmick is stupid but he has got a really good range of motion and i love his alt mode. he has awesome joints, an ok gimmick and im a sucker for cyclops bots

Classics DELUXE Optimus: I don't know why so many people hate it. I refuse to buy the Voyager Prime... I like the deluxe a whole lot more. (Own both the SDCC and United Nemesis for the Voyager mold though, just does not fit red Prime).

Universe Galvatron. I can overlook all the flaws of the toy, I still like him.

Movie 1 Barricade: I like him, only bought the DOTM one to display with my DOTM figures, while the other sits with movie 1.

PRiD Knockout. Great toy all around, and accurate enough to the show to appease me (after some much needed paint work of course ).

AM Airachnid (NOT PRiD). Once you get the copter blades from a second copy of the toy and plug one of each into her extra 'cancer tumors' as some like to call them (Arms Micron ports) and transform her legs/rear section correctly, she looks pretty awesome in her 'spider' mode.

PRiD Weaponizer Bumblebee. He's so show-accurate it's scary. They did an excellent job with this figure, even if he does feel pretty light and hollow for a toy his size (my shelf doesn't care how hollow he is, he still looks great on it).