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I only collect the movie toys (for now), so...

RotF leader Megatron. I understand the frustration over his gimp arm and his enormous arm with no articulation, but he's huge, kibble free, and a beautifully sculpted and faithful rendition of the cgi model (except maybe the head).

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DotM voyager Ironhide. I have no idea when so many people complain about him and prefer the leader and original voyager molds over this one. He's virtually kibble free and the most poseable, most faithful mold of his cgi model (especially when you buckle his knees up to make him stockier). I guess people complain about his shoulders not being very secure or something? I don't care. Every new TF I've bought since I started as an adult collector in '08 has that problem, Generations/RTS included. Doesn't matter to me. I don't play with them, I just pose them on my shelves and transform them once in a blue moon for the hell of it. So, anyways, DotM voyager Ironhide was the toy I wished we had the first time around.

Oh, and when I was a kid I love Rodimus Prime's toy. Still do. Not much of a transformation and was only articulated at the shoulders, but I loved his clean look that was closer to his look in the 'toon than most figures then.

I'm not sure if anyone's hated this mold per se, but I've never heard anyone compliment it: Timelines Shattered Glass Treadshot.

I was not expecting to like this figure AT ALL, and figured it'd share the fate of Gigatron and Metalhawk and be sold off once I got my Iacon package. Once I took it out and transformed it, and played with it a little... I knew I had something good. He's a bit too tall to battle his in-fiction rival Ultra Magnus, but I really liked the figure, and he now leads a squad of Shattered Glass Decepticons on my shelf.

I forgot to mention FoC Jazz (Hasbro version). I dig his car mode a LOT, though I must admit that I'm still going to get Takara's version (already in my PoL on BBTS) which I'm sure will please me even more.

@Dean ML: I'm totally with you on RotF Leader Megs. I really dig him, especially in vehicle mode. It's one of the nastiest looking, most imposing/evil looking alt modes I've ever seen and all the molding detail really looks awesome.

xyl360 wrote:I forgot to mention FoC Jazz (Hasbro version). I dig his car mode a LOT, though I must admit that I'm still going to get Takara's version (already in my PoL on BBTS) which I'm sure will please me even more.

@Dean ML: I'm totally with you on RotF Leader Megs. I really dig him, especially in vehicle mode. It's one of the nastiest looking, most imposing/evil looking alt modes I've ever seen and all the molding detail really looks awesome.

Yes! Vehicle mode's incredible, even if it does just look like a folded up Megatron - that's how it looked in the movie, head between his treads and all.

Not so much of a "Something I love that everyone else hates", so much as "Everyone else hates everything that's not entirely 'Geewun' about them": The Classics Voyager Prime and Megs Molds. Not to dis grassroots, but G1 OP and Megs are a couple of the most bland and generic chunks of robots I've known, and the kibble on the Classics voyagers strikes me just right to make them stand out alot better.

xyl360 wrote: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).

Hey, me too! I LOVE this sucker! He's my favorite Prime Bee. He's just perfect looking in bot mode and his car mode is good enough. Plus, his transformation is intuitive and fun.
Sure, the scale is wrong (he's a giant, duh) and there's faux-parts everywhere, but he's so much fun that I can forgive his flaws.
The only thing I REALLY dont like is what Takara did with the very expensive premium version. That paint job is just retarded.

One more figure I just LOVE and I'm yet to read a single positive comment about him is FOC Ravage. Why you guys hate it so much? Is it because he look hollow? It's a disk that change into a friggin robo-panther and it dont have obvious half-circle parts like the other FOC minions. So cut him some slack! He's my favorite minion so far.

gavinfuzzy wrote: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.

His truck mode is garbage, but his robot mode is friggin sweet, one of the best looking robot mode OP's around.


As for a pick of my own, Energon Slugslinger. I remember this figure getting a lot of grief on the board I was on back in the day, but when I got my hands on it and played around with it a bit, it just sort of "clicked" with me what the designers were doing with him.

Optimum Supreme wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote: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.

His truck mode is garbage, but his robot mode is friggin sweet, one of the best looking robot mode OP's around.


As for a pick of my own, Energon Slugslinger. I remember this figure getting a lot of grief on the board I was on back in the day, but when I got my hands on it and played around with it a bit, it just sort of "clicked" with me what the designers were doing with him.

i would have kept my slugslinger when i was little but his hip would not stay pegged together.

For me, Universe 2.0 Tankor/Octane. Seriously, I do not get some of the complaints for this guy. Hell, I've seen it claimed he has no neck joint. *Looks to his own toy* Ah, he HAS a neck joint!

G1 Rodimus Prime: Needs a dictionary to understand what articulation is, but he's one of my favorite toys, which also goes for Prime Airachnid.