With so many Third party releases in 2012, I thought I'd see what people's favourites were. They must have been released last year though.

Here are mine.

1. Giant 61: I couldn't think of anyway this guy could not be number one for me. He's a perfectly executed combiner who's components all work as independent toys. And on the quality scale he's just about up there with Fans Project.

2. Hegemon: This guy came from no where and blew me away. Sure he has a few flaws, but he's an amazingly good first entry for Toyworld, and possibly the best likeness of G1 animated series Megatron I've seen.

3. Motobot RC: In the heavily contested third place spot I chose Motobot. Like the two above this toy impressed me far more than I had expected. With articulation on par with a proper action figure, and integrated accessories galore she represents a major step up from Perfect Effects previous releases.

Honorable mentions for Assaulter and Weapons Specialists, FP delivered another solid Warbot toy, while Igear showed they do have what it takes to make their own third party toys without nicking molds. However they both took forever to be released, so therefore Motobot edged them out for me

Looking forward to seeing what all these guys come up with this year.