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MP Prime. Still at or damned near the top in almost all categories. And unlike ROTF Prime's transformation, it isn't frustrating and/or damned near impossible without getting stress marks on pieces.

Armada Unicron.

From an engineering and detail perspective, I'd say ROTF leader class Optimus Prime. Any incarnation of the mold really...even the battle damaged one (the only one I have so far). I mean, it's just amazing how close his robot mode is to the actual CGI design. And then the vehicle mode is just as good as the robot mode (once you manage to get him into vehicle mode from the 100 steps it takes). The truck isn't extremely obvious at first glance that it's a Transformer, I mean, theare aren't gaping holes or robot parts sticking out of the back.
Unless you hate the movies with a passion, you really can't go wrong with him.

ROTF Leader OP all the way. Like others have already mentioned, he's a magnificently complex fig, and one of the very few Bayverse TF's to successfully pull off an accurate bot to alt mode.

The fact that even Dreamworks had to cheat and use what they called "smoke and mirrors" for the CGI models, is evidence of just how tough it was to successfully make a physical representation of the character that looks accurate in both modes.

A side effect of all this mechanical accuracy becomes his one and only flaw: he takes a whole lot of effort to transform. No wonder Hasbro had to dumb down his transformation in DOTM; no kid could possibly transform OP on his own without help from another adult. In fact, Dad might end up having to do the whole transformation for his kid, especially where the two chest tabs are concerned.

best TOY in terms of design?

Car Robots JRX / RID RailRacer

Valandar wrote:And the entire Classics / Universe / Generations / Reveal the Shield classic line can't be beat. They managed to make characters with their classic (or updated in some cases) alt modes, and well proportioned, articulated robot modes inspired by basically animators "cheating" to make some of the most popular (among collectors at least) figures in many years.

I have to agree that what Hasbro / Takara are producing with the whole of the Classics to RtS are the best Transformers toys we've ever seen. Low(ish) priced, highly detailed TF's on a deluxe scale with great looks in both modes, but with especial and obvious love for the G1 comics and cartoon. Like Valander, I am simply amazed by the way the designers have used the animation models (which really were 'cheated' and unrealistic re-imaginations of the original G1 bricks toys) as the base for creating REAL, pose-able toys. Who'd ever have imagined, back in the '80's, that one day people would be able to recreate the amazing G1 box art pictures or the heroic poses from the cartoon, with actual physical toys!

This of course also applies to the live action movie Transformers toys, with RotF Optimus as the 'prime' example of taking screen imaginations to a relatively small scale toy and recreating it almost perfectly. Same goes for a lot of the other movie line toys, of course: I don't own RotF OP myself but I do enjoy the intricacies of Ice Cream Mudflap and Skids, Bumblebee and Sideswipe.

Most of all, I guess every TF toy line has its own stars. Some have been targeted more at display value, some have been targeted more at play. For me personally however, my best TF toy will probably always be G1 Scorponok.

by size class
supreme-unicron
leader-rotf prime
voyager-op/magnus/nemesis classics
deluxe-tie hftd terradive/animated blurr
scout-breacher
honorable mention
mp-5
alternity seekers(who am i kidding i love'em all)

out of all of them top spot would have to be mp-5
very little kibble and imo a flawless robot,alt mode and a very complex transformation

My vote is going to R.I.D.Scourge(Black Convoy).It's a Leader-Class figure with a basic transformation on the cab/robot,a tanker attachment that open up to become a battle platform or base,along with the standard weapons it comes with an energy sword,and when in vehicle mode,there is almost no visible kibble.

Slip►Stream wrote:best TOY in terms of design?

Car Robots JRX / RID RailRacer

THIS.

Seriously, the bullet train alt modes show no sign of bot, the robots show that they turn into trains without wearing said trains as kibble, and there isn't much evidence that these three combine into an awesome posable super robot.

RiD Ultra Magnus/Car Robots God Magnus is an impressive toy as well.

adamassc wrote:

Slip►Stream wrote:best TOY in terms of design?

Car Robots JRX / RID RailRacer

THIS.

Seriously, the bullet train alt modes show no sign of bot, the robots show that they turn into trains without wearing said trains as kibble, and there isn't much evidence that these three combine into an awesome posable super robot.

RiD Ultra Magnus/Car Robots God Magnus is an impressive toy as well.

I like the RID Ultra Magnus myself but I think it could have been engineered better in the legs because they just end up looking like a folded-up trailer and are too large for the whole robot.