william-james88 wrote:Epsilon Delta wrote:I'm surprised FOC Starscream wasn't an honorable mention.
That figure just doesn't do it for me. Too small, too simple, exposed head, cheap feeling plastic, lackluster deco. Many are issues shared with other FOC toys really, that was a pretty dark time in the history of the brand's offerings, I am glad we have moved on from it. That mold does much better as Skywarp though and it did appear on that Seeker's top 5 list. After I published this starscream list, I actually wrote a list for all 5 other main seekers and it's fun how different molds work better for different toys. None of the lists are the same, they each have a different variety of molds that I found worked better for that particular seeker and even at least 1 mold (or TF era) that is unique to each list (like how we have Dirge in ROTF, Thrust in Armada, Ramjet in G2). I look forward to sharing those lists with you all so we can continue our discussion as the year progresses.
I can't wait to see the lists, especially Thundercracker. He's my favorite Seeker.
An idea that I think would really have a lot of discussion is a "My favorite representative of the name _________." It could be 2 lists, one for 10 Decepticons and one for 10 Autobots. Take it from a point of view of "a crew for the Nemesis and a crew for the Ark." The 10 bots from each side (in no particular order) you feel would best represent each faction. The ones that come to mind when you say "Autobots, roll out" or "Decepticons, attack!" Then once you have your 10 names for each side, you pick from the vast multiverse of the franchise (Cartoons, movies, comics, books, video games, toy bios, etc) which version gets to represent that name on the Ark/Nemesis. The reason for your choices can range from "my nostalgia" to "vast consensus among fans as the best version" to "just my favorite." I'm sure there will be many names that make multiple peoples' lists, but I highly doubt the versions of those names would be the same on many lists.
Maybe you could even cheat on a few like say "spot 6 goes to Soundwave from IDW. But he is a package deal with 4 minions, so coming along on the 6th spot in his chest are Ravage from BW, Laserbeak from Marvel comics, and G1 cartoon Rumble and Frenzy." Maybe you pick one spot for each faction as a Combiner team. "The Combiner team for the Autobots goes to the Technobots. I'll take the G1 team, but when they combine, I'm using the Shattered Glass Computron because I like the colors better." Or maybe you say, if I pick Soundwave it's only him and he didn't come with the minions, or maybe you don't get to choose the minions individually and the Soundwave you choose brings his minions with him. Could be really fun to see I think.
