great article! it got me thinking about my top five of 2014...
5. UT mania king (vintage)i was wowed by MK's proto, but not the first run as he was seriously lacking. well they more than made up for his short comings with the "vintage colored" version. its a damn impressive figure, with an intuitive transformation (though i dont enjoy it)
4. TFCC rewind/ejecti liked the mold when i originally got the united rumble/frenzy 2-pack. but for some reason i just couldnt put these guys down. the new head sculpt is great, and they are just some fun posable lil dudes to play around with.
3. MP21 bumblebeethere is so much awesome packed into this little MP. his transformation is befitting of the MP line, with everything folding up so nice and tightly that makes for a glorious bot mode. the face sculpt i agreed looked odd in pics, but in person it looks great! very fitting. the backpack, id barely label as such. and his size (in bot mode) is perfectly to scale with the current MP's.and the exo suit, ive also got to say im quite impressed with. sure it has some posing limitations and annoying elbow ball joints, but he's far more intricate than i expected him to be.
2. legends rattrapthis was a phenominal update. aside from a few posing limitations, the figure is perfect to me.
especially the paint apps on the head. the rat mode actually has some posability, and his arm opens up to reveal a bomb! thats some nice attention to detail!
1. evasion mode optimus prime (AU)something compelled me to buy almost every version of this figure. i feel every fan owes it to themselves to pick up one of them! he's still complex without being overly so, and posable as hell! the only negative i can give the figure are: the gun cause of where that silly handle is, and those elbows (which are easily overlooked). who out there doesnt have an EMOP?
honorable mention: FP columpio (diaclone)this guy didnt make the top five simply because the others were just that good. id like to reiterate though, i know this guy has QC issues, but mine fortunately didnt suffer any. from that shiney cherry red, gold noggin, segregated neck, oh man... whats not to love?