Underrated Transformers Toys Thread

[dirge]

Hauler. He appeared - with both his hands - in TF:TM long before his toy was released; meaning he doesn't get enough love.

Cross Cut is a close second - a diaclone mould not used in G1 & released as a new character years later. Yet he's often dismissed as a "Skids repaint".

[Sky Shadow]

Hauler. He appeared - with both his hands - in TF:TM long before his toy was released; meaning he doesn't get enough love.

I think it's more impressive that Hauler appeared in More Than Meets The Eye Part 1, the very first episode of the cartoon, 29 episodes before Grapple. (And 19 years before Hauler's green toy, which I love.)

[jaydisc]

Movie Longarm rocks

[gamblor916]

Binaltech Skids. Nice bot mode and modern car mode is a great homage to G1. Also paint scheme, head sculpt and general proportions are fantastic.

[Gouki]

I thought a majority of the Cybertron line were top figured, even with the Cyber keys. But I don't really see them getting a lot of love anywhere.

[Hursticon]

I thought a majority of the Cybertron line were top figured, even with the Cyber keys. But I don't really see them getting a lot of love anywhere.

Primus and Soundwave have my vote!

[GoktimusPrime]

I thought a majority of the Cybertron line were top figured, even with the Cyber keys. But I don't really see them getting a lot of love anywhere.

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.

[Vector Prime]

I found Cybertron to be the best line of the Unicron Trilogy series.

Well one would think so, seeing as it was the last toy line in the series and that the prior two just sucked monumentally - they couldn't make them any worse!

[i_amtrunks]

I thought a majority of the Cybertron line were top figured, even with the Cyber keys. But I don't really see them getting a lot of love anywhere.

Oh I forgot to mention Cybertron Sideways... that was a great figure, and the Ratbat repaint was pretty cool, although I never managed to get one myself.

Cybertron Scattorshot and Breakdown were excellent scout class figures, as was Hardtop, even though he never appeared on the show.

[Vector Prime]

I thought a majority of the Cybertron line were top figured, even with the Cyber keys. But I don't really see them getting a lot of love anywhere.

I have plenty of love for the Cybertron/Galaxy Force figures as seen by my acquisitions just for the month of May here, here and here.