Hello

[Ravagecat]

Thanks to you both.

Favourite G1 toy or character? That is challenging even if taken as two questions...

Favourite toy could well be G1 Prowl. It was the first boxed (not card-backed) Transformer I got, I spent my own money at a long-gone local toy shop, it got a lot of play and eventually its roof snapped off. Next I bought the 1990 classic re-issue, making Prowl pretty much the only toy I've ever replaced, so that must count for something. Prowl looks good in both modes, and the hip-twist was an awesome transformation step (although almost too common these days).

For a favourite character I'm choosing Carly, partly because she is keen and resourceful, and partly because she appears in some of my favourite episodes, like Desertion Of The Dinobots and Madman's Paradise.

Awesome Choices

Red Alert was my First Transformer (Birthday Present back in 85 ) and like your Prowl it saw a lot of play. The stickers and chrome wore off him but nothing ever broke thankfully

[Dan]

Skids is nifty. I particularly like how 'articulated' he is in alt mode, what with doors and hatch back and all. Pity about how little he was in the G1 cartoon.

Red Alert meanwhile had an interesting role in the cartoon, but I'm not sure how I feel about a luxury sports fire chief's car.

I sometimes like imagining alternative ways in which the original toys and characters could have been presented. For instance, imagine the Red Alert character and livery being applied to the body of the Skids toy...