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the best by far leader class optimus prime

he has size,articulation,brilliant colour scheme,cool automorph and enough gimmicks to keep you occupied for hours

but my least favourite is protoform optimus prime

very loose leg joints so you cant really stand him up,monkey feet!!! and his asteroid mode is back heavy so it allways leans back

Best: Voyager Ironhide

Worst: Leader Megs

worst: swindle

best: bonecrusher

optimus prime 2007 wrote:the best by far leader class optimus prime

he has size,articulation,brilliant colour scheme,cool automorph and enough gimmicks to keep you occupied for hours

but my least favourite is protoform optimus prime

very loose leg joints so you cant really stand him up,monkey feet!!! and his asteroid mode is back heavy so it allways leans back

Best:Deluxe Bumblebee
Why?It's automorph explains how he transforms in the movie.
Worst:Brawl
Why?His back part breaks a lot.

I'd have to give best to Leader class Prime as well. He's what Hasbro should strive for on all of their figures.

Worst...Hmm. I don't have a ton of movie figures, but I'd have to give worst to Blackout. Undersized, horrible transformation, and loose legs. Not my cup o tea.

I don't think Protoform Prime deserves too much flak. I like how Hasbro introduced his original Cybertronian form before he assimilated his famous truck disguise. Really, movie Megatron's design is exactly the same, he retains his original form on Cybertron. For that I think it's pretty creative and fun. Also he is quite poseable for a deluxe.

Now I grant that his legs are way too loose. I'm going to try and fix that with some Krazy Glue.

Best: Voyager Ironhide

Worst: So far, probably Blackout, but that's only because he is the least favourite one in my small collection.

Best : Unleashed 08 Bumblebee or Deluxe 08 Bumblebee, Robot Heroes
Why : Both are very highly detailed and good quality material

Worst : Protoform Starscream
Why : Almost everything in there is clipped, making it easy to brake that toy into pieces

best: voyager prime, wreckage
worst: toss up between jazz (those hands and arms?!?! ack!!), blackout (worst backpack design making his legs unable to pose wtf?!!?)

Best: Robovision Prime or Wreckage or Longview

Worst: Bonecrusher


This line seems to be the incarnation of "One man's trash is another man's treasure". For example, I really like the Jazz toy, WTF arms and all.

Bumbled wrote:Best : Unleashed 08 Bumblebee or Deluxe 08 Bumblebee
Why : Both are very highly detailed

Hey Bumbled, is deluxe Bumblebee 08 already in Australia? I'm studying in Brisbane but so far no luck in finding it. Don't tell me they sold out already and aren't restocking! And thats pretty unlikely too, since I've been pretty vigilant with these toys.

Best-Voyger Starscream and Leader Megatron
Worst-Brawl(He is impossible to pose with!)

Best: Voyager Optimus Prime (Robovision and most movie accurate looking in both modes)
Runner up: Ironhide (look at him! Wow!)

Worst: Jazz (WTF happened to his hands???)
Runner up: Brawl (his friggin shoulders)

Best Leader: Optimus Prime
Worst Voyager: Megatron (Hey, space jet - I can see your head!)

Best Voyager: Starscream (love him or hate him - he looks like no other TF I own)
Worst Voyager: Blackout (he's a deluxe with a stupid helicopter backpack...)

Best Deluxe: Wreackage (Knife fight!)
Worst Deluxe: Barricade (he is ugly as sin, can barely stand and has munted imposable arms)

Best: Wreckage (Just screams IDW Bludgeon to me)

Worst: Scorponok (worst robot mode ever!!!!)

Best: 08 Bumblebee or Voyager Prime

Worst: Movie Megs, any size class

My Best so far would be Robovision optimus prime from Target. The worst would be 1970s Bumblebee. He only has one standing position with those legs of his.

Sorry, his feet!!! those things needed some kind of extra joint or something, take a que from marvel legends.

Valandar wrote:This line seems to be the incarnation of "One man's trash is another man's treasure". For example, I really like the Jazz toy, WTF arms and all.

QFT... I'm rather fond of Blackout and Bonecrusher, which have been cited as "Worst", but I like the line in general. So, my picks may be a little skewed.

Best of what I have: Blackout and Scorponok two-pack, for the sheer fun of how the two interact, as well as both being fun seprately. Blackout's transform is nice, and I love Scorpy's spinning claws

Worst of what I don't: Assuming we don't ount the Cyber Stompers, Leader Class Megatron simply because of the assembly errors. From what I've heard, the spring being in the wrong arm neuters both gimmicks, and the hip joints are on the wrong legs, which makes transformation less smooth. So If you want the toy to work right, you have to pretty much rebuild all four limbs. Sheeesh.

Best 1st:Voyager starscream
Best 2nd:Deluxe Wreckage

Worst 1st:Protoform Optimus
Worst 2nd:Protoform Starscream