Darthshadow wrote:Airaracnid is even worse than the list.
But Airachnid is on the list... Listception!
Thanks Ironhideensh, thats kind of you. You'll note that while Scavanger isnt on the top 10 list, he was bad enough to be mentioned. I don't have him so I had to trust the opinion of those who did. And it could very well be that it was you who brought him up when I was first doing research for this list, which is a fun full circle thing. But others didnt hate him enough to pick him over others. Its like how Optimus Minor suddenly had a bunch of fans when I suggested him to make it on here.
What makes me super happy is that for the first time ever, most agree with the content, its just the ranking that might be a bit off. I will take that as a win. I think why Airachnid is really bad is because its a recent toy. Not just that we still have that bad taste in our mouths but you would think that Hasbro got better. The armada toys are not great, but this wasn't a Hasbro which was so well versed in bringing modern articulation learnt from BW to car formers. But by the Animated line and Prime line, they had it nailed. I think those two lines are incredible for the ability to re-enact the heavy style of those series in toy form and give them amazing engineering so that the perfect look is achieved (while also not being overly complex like movie figures). Which is why Airachnid is just so damn bad. You look at everything else that came out around her and its just crazy that she exists. I have that same feeling for animated Megatron.
Now onto this:
ZeroWolf wrote:
I agree with those end of year rundowns though I own voyager predaking, though I want to replace him with the upscaled commander cyber verse one they did as it looks far better.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Prime voyager Predaking is not bad. However, that "cyberverse upscale" Predaking blow the previous one out of the water. For me, it's one of the BEST TF of that year!
The first Voyager Predaking is not a garbage toy like the others, hence why he didnt make it onto this list even if it was a top 25 or 50 but I didnt really know what else to pick for worst of 2013. Its not like that year was particularly bad for TFs. It had the Beast Hunter line and the Generations line wasnt at the FOC toys yet. But when you look at what came out that Voyager Predaking and Blitzwing do pop out the most simply for being very dissapointing.
And Kanrabat, while I really like the Voyager Predaking, I still preffer the Beast Fire one when posing him against Prime. He's much beefier and has a more impressive wingspan. Though the cyberverse upscale one looks like a faster opponent and I do preffer that his dragon head is further out in beast mode in a resting state.
Oh and about movie figures, remember your opinions guys and girls, I already have lists made for best movie figures (one for onscreen characters and one for offscreen characters). It wont be out for a while though, I have some more fun discussion fodder lined up first. Really excited about the next list.
PS: bonus trivia, the initial cyberverse predaking was redeco'd for Predacons Rising and the deco he sports is an homage to RID 2001 Megatron