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I like Cybertron and Beast Wars packaging for their toys. They have the most features and the best aesthetic.

I'm not a big fan of the movie packaging.

i really like the revoltech megatron package, the look AND feel of it are great! im not sure if its my fav though it just the first thing to come to mind.

g1 all the way. takara tfc collection is nice also.

Best packaging for me is any that you don't have to destory to get the figure out!!

The best Transformer packaging would be the G1 packaging. You can take the toy out of the box without wrecking it, and put it back in for display or storage.

The worst would be the Movie packaging. Especially the Deluxe and Scout packaging. Those plastic bubbles are done after you open them. And those plastic ties are a nightmare.

Which brings me to the Cybertron and Classics packaging. Also a nightmare due to bubble-card, and plastic ties. Otherwise they look good asthetically.

Don't even get me started on the Leader and Supreme packaging with their 40,000,000,000 plastic ties, tape, and rubber-bands.

I nominate Classics.

I really dig the Masterpiece boxes. And the Encore ones because of nostalgia.

G1 and MP tied IMO.

travicon wrote:i really like the revoltech megatron package, the look AND feel of it are great! im not sure if its my fav though it just the first thing to come to mind.

I agree, Very classy imho

MP packaging for me

I like the takara reissue packageing because you were able to open up the box and see what the figure looked like without taking out of the box.

Yeah, I'd probably go with the Takara boxes and (from what I can remember since I haven't opened a fresh one in living memory), the G1 boxes.
Any package you don't have to wreck to open is a good one for me. Even though I only usually keep the card backs myself, I figure if you have to pretty much rip the package open, it's clearly not very well designed, no matter how good it may look.

Which makes the Movie bubbles by far the worst. Unlike other card packs, they don't just have the bubble fused to the front of the card (which I can usually deal with, since it's not often ripping off any pertinent artwork when I unstick the bubble), but it's also taped round the back (with about three rolls of Sellotape per card, by my reckoning). So unless you really don't care about keeping the card intact, the only way you can open it at all is by getting a knife and cutting down the lines of the tape! Whoever came up with that ingenious idea needs a slap.

While I don't own classics soundwave, the packaging looks really sweet to me.