If you could choose only one...

[Starscream77]

Mine would be similar to Liege, but my G1 Starscream. My first ever TF and I have had it since I was a kid. Finding him a couple of years ago re ignited my plastic crack addiction

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

If i glued them altogether to combine into a super cool bot, would that still be classed as one? :P That brick sand 'mountain base'... when wet... encases every bot n part chosen to defend the base! I'd have to take the entire dune!

I guess, it could be classed as one, one big mess that is...

I love my galaxy force OP... maybe that will be it. combined with the plane + tiger and still consider 1?

I didn't think Galaxy force Op could combine with plane and tiger at the same time. If it could then yes, but they have to stay together Good choice, Galaxy Force Convoy is one of my favourite Primes.

Impressiveness - heck yeah - it's Soundwave ! He is superior plus (g1 boys and gals) admit it or not when TF MTMTE first came out and you saw it, Soundwave was a scene stealer! A robot which can store other bots - what a great one man army concept is that! and that synthesized voice! The toy gimmick of press the button to "eject" the tapes was/is awesome IMO. It is also a very poseable toy considering it is from that era compared to all the others.

Funny you mention that. I was reorganising my TFs a while ago and came across my Encore Soundwave and the loose extra cassettetrons I put in his box too. I brought it out to show the wife who doesn't have much interest in Transformers. She looks at it with slight amusement.

"See, it's a cassette player right? (transform noise) Now it's a robot, but there's more, check this out"
Ejects Buzzsaw (wife looking a bit impressed)
"It can hold cassettes!" Hands cassette over to wife, she is looking it over.
"But check THIS out!" Transform cassette.

Awesome-ness of Transformers appropriately demonstrated.

Mission accomplished. Marriage more solid than before due to understanding.

Or something like that!

I love it when grown people mess about with a TF and discover how cool they are!

[GoktimusPrime]

I also really like how Soundwave's weapons become his batteries.

[liegeprime]

If only they found a way to get the missles in a storage of some sort, prolly in his legs, he would totally be self contained ei? Oh well, he's still quite impressive after all these years.

@ Tets... Wife didn't even seem to mention anything .. sugoi or otherwise?

[GoktimusPrime]

The level of self containment is mightily impressive for a 1984 toy. The only other toy in that year that could arguably rival it would be Optimus Prime, although the alt mode officially has no place to put the fists (but I always put them in the driver compartment - I prided myself on _never_ having lost my original Prime's fists (ditto landing gears for the jets that I put in their cockpits)). Of course those compartments were really intended for Diaclone drivers... as far as intended self containment is concerned, Prime and Soundwave are about equal; but I'd personally rate Soundwave better because I'd rather lose missiles than lose fists.

[5FDP]

The only other toy in that year that could arguably rival it would be Optimus Prime, although the alt mode officially has no place to put the fists (but I always put them in the driver compartment - I prided myself on _never_ having lost my original Prime's fists (ditto landing gears for the jets that I put in their cockpits)).

Everyone I know would store the fists that way, myself included. It just made sense. The only part that ever went missing on me was one of Sideswipe's missiles. Some might say that 'it's OK, you've still got the other two', but that wasn't good enough for me so... I bought another