Both, clearly. Complete the question as many times as you like, then answer it. Is it that tricky?
Do you feel particularly strongly about a TF toy, or line, or gimmick, or series, or comic? Shortround wants to know what you like, and why.
I don't know if they're my
favourite line (there are just too many, each with their pluses and minuses), but I do love the Micromasters. There were some very cool toys in that line, and the very idea that you could have a massive battle within a few square feet is great. They were good pocket-money toys, too, allowing you to get several figures for just a few quid.
On top of that, there were all the vehicles and battle stations, almost all of which could assume a base mode, and with the connecting ramps and given the floor space, you could build a veritable city! I still have a little scrap of paper in my Micros box with a sketched map of my favourite city layout from back in the day. I'd love to be able to get hold of the Japanese stuff that expanded the range even further.
I think the only thing that could be considered 'wrong' with Micros is the same thing that plagues a lot of G1, which is lack of articulation, and considerscale, even that was pretty good.
I'd actually like to have seen Minicons produced as an upgrade of Micromasters. The classic figs (or at least that
style fig, done with the capabilities of today's manufacturing and design technology could have been fantastic. Minicons as they are are nice, but I think many of the designs have been overcomplicated to the point where the toy suffers - Micros upgraded with new articulation would have been
da bomb; chuck in the Powerlinx port if you must, but if by trying to incorporate the extra gimmicks (especially the combiner ones) you lose the quality of original 'bot, don't do it.
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