I think because some people were disillusioned with Armada and Energon that they didn't give Cybertron much of a look in. But I agree with you, Cybertron did give us some really nice toys. The problem with some Armada and Energon toys is that they had engineering compromised and too much focus given to gimmicks. e.g. Armada Scavenger, Energon Ironhide etc. Not all Armada/Energon toys are that bad, but I just picked two nasty examples. But I think by time we got to Cybertron, HasTak had learnt to strike a reasonably good balance between making good toys with gimmicks. Not too many Cybertron TFs had their engineering adversely compromised by the Cyber Key gimmick; e.g. Red Alert, Downshift etc. - all nice toys, even with their Cyber Key gimmicks.And Optimus Prime was just pure win. There were a few disappointing toys too (e.g. Jetfire, Megatron etc.), but on the whole I found Cybertron to be the best line of the Unicron Trilogy series.
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