2013 Ozformer Awards winners

All Time Favourites

Favourite Transformers Toy Series
Winner: Masterpiece (31%)
Runner-ups: Generation One (29%), Classics/Generations (19%)

Favourite Transformer Allegiance
Winner: Autobot (53%)
Runner-ups: Decepticon (43%), Maximal (4%)

Favourite Heroic Transformer Toy Ever
Winner: MP-10 Masterpiece Optimus Prime (17%)
Runner-ups: G1 Optimus Prime (15%), MP Prowl (5%)

Favourite Heroic Transformer Character Ever
Winner: Optimus Prime (32%)
Runner-ups: Grimlock, Dinobot (7% each)

Favourite Evil Transformer Toy Ever
Winner: MP Soundwave (20%)
Runner-ups: G1 Soundwave (8%), Devastator (4%)

Favourite Evil Transformer Character Ever
Winner: Soundwave (21%)
Runner-ups: Starscream (15%), BW Megatron (11%)



Transformers toys - Main lines

Favourite Beast Hunters Cyberverse Legion class toy
Winner: Air Vehicon (35%)
Runner-ups: Soundwave (13%), Twinstrike (10%)

Favourite Beast Hunters Cyberverse Commander class toy
Winner: Shockwave (26%)
Runner-ups: Hardshell (24%), Trailcutter (11%)

Favourite Beast Hunters Deluxe Toy
Winner: Smokescreen (21%)
Runner-ups: Wheeljack (13%), Dreadwing (12%)

Favourite Beast Hunters Voyager (Powerizer) toy
Winner: Shockwave (32%)
Runner-ups: Sharkticon Megatron (19%), Ulta Magnus (17%)

Favourite large size Beast Hunters toy
Winner: Beast Fire Predaking (76%)
Runner-ups: Beast Hunter Optimus Prime (13%), Talking Bumblebee (7%)

Favourite Construct-bots toy
Winner: Soundwave (28%)
Runner-ups: Ironhide (14%), Optimus Prime, Wheeljack (12% each)

Favourite Micro-Changer Kreon toy
Winner: Nemesis Prime (12%)
Runner-ups: Arcee, Lugnut (8% each)

Favourite Micro-Changers Combiners set
Winner: Decepticon Bruticus (27%)
Runner-ups: Construction Devastator (23%), Predaking (20%)

Favourite Beast Hunters Kreo set
Winner: Autobot Command Center (32%)
Runner-ups: Beast Blade Optimus Prime (22%), Dragon Assault (20%)

Favourite Bot Shots toy
Winner: B004 Jump Shot Optimus Prime (12%)
Runner-ups: Super Bot 001 Sunstorm, Super Bot 005 Dirt Boss, B003 Jump Shot Shockwave (9% each)



Transformers toys - Other lines and imports

Favourite Generations Legends toy (imported)
Winner: Swerve & Flanker (26%)
Runner-ups: Starscream & Waspinator (19%), Optimus Prime & Roller (18%)

Favourite Generations Deluxe toy (local or imported)
Winner: Waspinator (19%)
Runner-ups: Orion Pax (11%), Skids (10%)

Favourite Generations Voyager toy (local or imported)
Winner: Springer (45%)
Runner-ups: Rhinox (26%), Grimlock, Sandstorm (11% each)

Favourite Titan figure
Winner: Hasbro Metroplex (66%)
Runner-ups: Takara Metroplex (21%), Hong Kong ACG-CON exclusive Metroplex (7%)

Favourite (local) Masterpiece release
Winner: Soundwave (86%)
Runner up: Acid Storm (14%)

Favourite (local) store exclusive release
Winner: Omega Supreme (69%)
Runner-ups: Bruticus vs Grimlock (17%), Ultra Magnus (14%)

Favourite (Japanese) Masterpiece release
Winner: Soundwave (33%)
Runner-ups: Prowl (31%), Smokescreen (20%)

Favourite Triple Combination: Transformers Go! toy
Winner: G11 Hunter Optimus Prime (18%)
Runner-ups: G13 Hunter Shockwave (16%), G25 Go Prime (9%)

Favourite BotCon 2013 toy
Winner: Sunstorm (19%)
Runner-ups: Strika, Megaplex (13% each)

Favourite Collectors Club toy
Winner: Ultra Mammoth (25%)
Runner-ups: Depth Charge (20%), Scourge (19%)



Fiction

Favourite Transformers Comic Book Series of 2013
Winner: More Than Meets The Eye (60%)
Runner-ups: Regeneration One (22%), Robots in Disguise (8%)

Favourite comics writer this year
Winner: James Roberts (MTMTE) (57%)
Runner-ups: Simon Furman (RG1) (26%), John Barber (RID) (10%)

Favourite comics artist this year
Winner: Alex Milne (MTMTE) (42%)
Runner-ups: Nick Roche (MTMTE) (14%), Andrew Wilman, Guido Guidi (RG1) (13% each)

Favourite individual issue of a Transformers comic released in 2013
Winner: More Than Meets The Eye #21 (19%)

Favourite episode of Transformers Prime season 3
Winner: Predacon Rising (43%)
Runner-ups: Deadlock (20%), Thirst (12%)

Favourite Autobot character in Transformers Prime
Winner: Wheeljack (24%)
Runner-ups: Arcee (17%), Optimus Prime, Bulkhead (13%)

Favourite Decepticon character in Transformers Prime
Winner: Knock Out (35%)
Runner-ups: Starscream (16%), Shockwave (12%)

Favourite human character in Transformers Prime
Winner: William Fowler (27%)
Runner-ups: Miko (23%), Jack (21%)



Fandom

Best Australian Transformers-related news of 2013
Winner: Toys R Us Australia stocks MP Soundwave (43%)
Runner-ups: Metroplex hits Australia retail stores at a better than expected price (26%), Animated to be released locally on DVD (9%)

Worst Australian Transformers-related news of 2013
Winner: Generations figures not released in Australia (53%)
Runner-ups: Australian dollar drops below parity (22%), MP Soundwave sells out too quickly (11%)

Best Global Transformers-related news of 2013
Winner: Details of new Masterpieces (35%)
Runner-ups: New Generations figures revealed (34%), Beast Wars toys in Generations (20%)

Worst Global Transformers-related news of 2013
Winner: 30th Anniversary line includes expensive duplicate repaints (22%)
Runner-ups: Smaller sized toys (21%), Knockoff MP toys (16%)

Best Toy Dealer/Online Store
Winner: Big Bad Toy Store (37%)
Runner-ups: Robotkingdom (21%), Hobby Link Japan (6%)

Best 3rd Party Transforming toy released in 2013 (inspired by a Transformer character)
Winner: Quakewave (39%)
Runner up: Hexatron (9%)

Best 3rd Party accessory released in 2013 for an existing Transformer toy
Winner: Dr Wu products (38%)

Favourite OTCA customiser / creative person of 2013 (examples of their work appreciated)
Winner: Lancalot (39%)
Runner-ups: Snaketales (24%), M-bot (21%)

Favourite Acquisition topic of the year
Winner: December's Decorations (theshape) (21%)
Runner-ups: October's.... purchases (Trent) (18%), November Nummies (fatbot), August Amalgamations (Hursticon) (11% each)

Best Transformers Gathering/Meet you attended in 2013
Winner: Parramatta Fair (67%)

Ozformer Member of the Year
Winner: Hursticon (22%)
Runner-ups: Griffin (18%), Sinnertwin (15%)



Additional comments

Any further comments about this year's main line toys?

"Not much interested me this year!"

"Picking a Kreon is a hard one, I certainly like the line."

"TFP Beast Hunters: Good cartoon, lame toys."

"Pretty poor offerings within Australia this year, my wallet thanks Hasbro. Actually no it doesn't, I ended up importing a lot of expensive stuff."

"Beast Hunters is weird, putting spikes on the toys isn't going to make the engineering any better. It's cool to have Transforming dragons though."

"Beast Hunters were fairly bland, it's a real shame that the better toys at the end of the wave won't seem to make it to aust."

"For the first time in a decade, nothing really appealed to me beyond a few mild interests."

"Terrible. Mostly shelfwalrming junk - the few good things were Masterpiece Soundwave and Generation Metroplex."

"Very disappointing that Australia didn't end up getting the Generations figures and dismayed at the general situation of Transformers in Australian Retail (feels like another "drought")."


Any further comments about this year's other lines and import toys?

"Sending love to Shogo Hasui-san. MP Prowl is perfect and amazing. Eagerly anticipating the upcoming MP releases."

"Too bad we had to import almost everything on this page."

"Materpieces have been great and was a tough choice, but Soundwave was bloody excellent."

"Huge disappointment none were released on shelves"

"This is where the bulk of my collecting was in 2013."

"It's a real shame that distribution has been so poor. So many great figures simply didn't come to our shores, and we were forced to get them online for much less money and sooner than if they actually did make it here. Wait, what point was I trying to make?"

"Encore Fortress Maximus gave alot of fans the chance to finally own what a lot of people regarded as their Holy Grail when it was released this year."

"Hasbro Metroplex was an outstanding release, a colossal toy at a brilliant price (when on sale)."

"Takara surprised and ultimately delivered an outstanding reproduction of this 1987 Grail piece AND and an absurdly affordable price too! 2013 may of been a rather forgettable year for Mainline Hasbro products, but it should at least be remembered as the year that not 1, but 2 Titan-sized Transformers toys were made available to fans both young and old with both being certified successes."


Any further comments on Transformer fiction?

"If there was a question for most annoying character from Transformers Prime the winner would be Miko."

"It's sad to see the end of Transformers Prime, the series was very high quality and enjoyable, I would have liked to see it

into a fourth and fifth season without being puched into the beast hunters. Having said that, it's interesting where Fiction goes when it is directed by an outside force, Prime seemed to benefit from having to make it's remaining episodes work, the writing got tighter and the episodes filled up a little more I felt in season 3."

"Prime sucks, specially the human characters."

"MTMTE continues to outpace all other Transformers fiction, yes, the comic is better than Transformers Prime."

"So glad that the "Aligned" Prime series is over. It was a mess for most of it's run and was put out of it's misery none too soon."

"Who among us could have honestly guessed that 'ReGeneration One', a continuation of the original Marvel Comics that existed to sell toys, would become the only main comic of 2013 NOT to be pushing a toyline? That's a remarkable turnaround, since 'Dark Cybertron' (or as I like to call it, 'Dark $ybertron') has pretty much become this."

"Marketing Executives need to keep their damn noses out of the story & writing creative processes."

Nice to see the results.:)

Again, big thanks Paulbot! This is a great and insightful piece every year. I will buy 1 of the local bh deluxes based on this list. :)

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Favourite Beast Hunters Voyager (Powerizer) toy
Winner: Shockwave (32%)
Runner-ups: Sharkticon Megatron (19%), Ulta Magnus (17%)

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* Shakes head *

Thank you for the debrief Paulbot. :)

2013 was Soundwave's year. He won 6 awards and was runner up for another three!

I combined three separate Classics lines for the favourite series, since they were 3rd, 4th, 5th separately anyway.

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2013 was Soundwave's year. He won 6 awards and was runner up for another three!

I combined three separate Classics lines for the favourite series, since they were 3rd, 4th, 5th separately anyway.

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Obviously he would win, he's Soundwave!:D

Mp 10 is right on the money

Beautiful figure in and out.

My son still sleeps with his 5 out of 7 nights a week and I keep my one MISB on display in my study :p

Thanks again for the effort Paulbot.

Some good and interesting results.

Thanks for the results Paulbot. 2013 really was the Year of the Soundwave, he won so many awards. :p:)

Good effort Paulbot!:D MP Soundwave, Metroplex and Generations Springer were all faves of mine and got the nods they deserved. Personally, I'm extremely gratified to have gotten a mention in the customising votes, considering some of the stellar work that board members were putting out this year.:)

Great job again this year Paulbot, not really any surprises in the results this year.

Hursticon légende héroïque!!!

As with every year, an absolutely magnificent effort on behalf of Paulbot! - Well done mate. ;):cool:
Well done to all those who participated by voting too, your taking 10 or so minutes to fill these surveys out each year really does end up yielding some interesting results. :)

• Really pleased to see that there's a lot of love for the Masterpiece Line in general (AND for Shogo Hasui!), seeing Soundwave win so many awards puts an incredibly large grin on my face however. :D
• Shockwave has proven to be quite the popular character once again, both Officially & 3rd Party-wise; would I be right in saying that 2013 has seen the largest amount of Shockwave love since the 80s? :eek:
• MTMTE certainly seems to be the current comic of choice huh? :p
• Glad to see Knockout pickup an award, quite surprised with Agent Fowler's win though! :eek:
• Toys R Us certainly seem to be the only retailer who are remaining consistently popular with fans, Hasbro AU & other AU retailers continuing to be on the nose... ;)
• Congratulations go out to Lancalot & TheShape on their respective wins, well done boys. :cool:
• The Parra Fair seems to obviously have a consistent turn-out in order to win so often :p
• Thanks to the 22% of voters who thought I was worthy of "Member of The Year" again - It's still humbling, but there are A Lot of members who do more than I. :o
• Comment-wise it seems many were a bit miffed by the "Beast Hunters" line, not withstanding a few exceptions ;); Many remain to be frustrated and disappointed by Hasbro AU & Australian Retailer's persistent failure in delivering variety as well as quantity of product, with yet another year of overstocking & shelf/peg-warming Wave 1 toys from every line. :rolleyes:
• Haha, my comment regarding Generations Metroplex & Fortress Maximus had to be broken up over several quotes! :p
• Narratively, most are definitely preferring the comics as opposed to Transformers: Prime with many glad to see the back of it :o - Very interesting point was made though regarding RegenerationOne and it not supporting a toyline compared to the original Marvel G1 run. :p

Can't wait and looking forward to 2014's year in review. ;):)

Great work Paulbot and thank you for all of your effort compiling this.

It's always interesting to see the results and the breakdown in the runners up for certain items.

Nice work as always.

Is the "Favourite Acquisition topic of the year" related the best acquisitions, or the best topic title?

I put it in as "topic title" as a creative thing hence includin the "namers". But I can see it could be interpreted both ways.

Wow ... thankyou everyone for the vote ...im very honoured :D I just love doing the customs and im glad that you all like it ....
Thanks PaulBot for doing the survey and it was fun and very interesting seeing the results as I never guess sharkie megatron was so liked ! lol

These awards are becoming just as Aussie as the Triple J Hottest 100 ;) Well done yet again Paul. A massive effort.

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Favourite Bot Shots toy
Winner: B004 Jump Shot Optimus Prime (12%)

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A deserved win. :D

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Very interesting point was made though regarding RegenerationOne and it not supporting a toyline compared to the original Marvel G1 run. :p

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Glad you got a kick out of it. ;)

Wow, amazing to see these all tabled up. Great job Paulbot!

Another fantastic job done Paulbot, always appreciated for the time and effort you put in doing this each year. I always look forward to seeing the results.

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Personally, I'm extremely gratified to have gotten a mention in the customising votes, considering some of the stellar work that board members were putting out this year.:)

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Don't be so modest dude lol. I may be a little biased in it but you did a fantastic job with the Metroplex, and I feel bad for not even having a place to display him yet until I fix up my collection room. But he will definitely have a prime spot on my display :)

Fantastic job Paulbot.

There were a few surprises to me including Sharkticon Megatron getting good votes. I was considering getting him, but after watching and reading reviews I chose against it. Now am thinking about grabbing him as it appears that he was a bit underrated.

One other toy that I think that was underrated was BH Huffer, in hand the colours really pop. I have all three versions of that mould, and I think Huffer is possibly my favourite. In saying that, shockwave and hardshell are brilliant little toys and really deserved their spots at the top.

My question to everyone is what toys do you think were underrated this year? i.e what toys have you gotten that you were umming about due to reviews, but when you got them they really surprised you? In a good way

Great job again Paulbot. I really enjoy these awards. The results are always an interesting read. Was surprised and happy to see Waspinator take out his category.
Congrats to all (human) winners and runners up.