I vote Animated. I'm enjoying the reimagining of G1 concepts in the Animated toys and cartoon. The Classic homages are nice but when they don't quite get it right (Powerglide, Tankor, etc) I feel a bit cheated and would have prefered to get a new Animated toy based on an old character (eg Jazz, Swoop etc) but not the old character. The Encore toys are great for nostalgia but reissued 25 year old toys are still old toys.