Generations Springer is the clear winner for me. I'm not taking 3rd Party stuff into consideration because I don't collect them, but Gen. Springer cost me $40 including postage, as opposed to a Warbot Defender possibly costing $100 before postage -- it seems that Gen. Springer offers quite good value for money IMHO.

But compared to the G1 toy and in the context of their relative times, I find Gen. Springer to be superior. G1 Springer was a mediocre figure, even by G1 standards. In fact, all the Autobot Triple Changers paled in comparison with their Decepticon counterparts. Whereas Gen. Springer is an above average standard toy by current day standards.

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So to me it's both. No clear winner unlike say Generations Blitzwing which would lose even when compared to the G1 toy..
^Agreed. G1 Blitzwing was an exceptionally good toy by G1 standards. Takara designer Ono Koujin once said that he considers Blitzwing and Astrotrain to be the "all time best" of the toys that they created in the 1980s. Gen. Blitzwing would be one of the all time worst.