Buying for a child advice.

[GoktimusPrime]

1.) the legends size class

That's a pretty good suggestion!

[Zahhak]

Get him Animated DVD's.

mhhh. thats a really good idea, the cousin im buying for is great with toys and stuff..but his little brother is one of those "Its more fun if I throw it around Kids"...and as such the older ones toys get broken alot.

Perhaps I can convive my mum to led me money and ill get him a Animated plus one of the main cast memebers?

I recommend

1.) the legends size class. The Classics 2.0/Universe multi-packs at Big W or Target specifically. They give kids get enough a fiddle, get a multi-pack.
2.) The Universe Deluxe 5-pack at Big W. It comes to about $13 a deluxe which is a great price. The toys are incredibly average but each is reasonable enough for a kid to transform as opposed to ROTF toys.

The dleuxe pack sounds like a good idea too, he's kinda smart and gentle for his age so I think a gravity bot would be too simple for him.

[MV75]

The problem I find with some kids these days with current Transformers is that they lose patience after transforming it for a while and cbb to keep playing with it.

I have that problem too. The instructions suck too much.

Get him animated ultra magnus. That toy rocks.

Or get a lego space police set from bigw.....

[SilverDragon]

Movie toys are quite fiddly, so avoid them for the most part. An exception I think would be Dirt Boss, who isn't terribly complicated for the most part. The only downside would be that his alt mode (a forklift) might be considered boring.

As MV75 said, Animated Ultra Magnus ROCKS. He's a very good blend of special features (loads of hidden weapons, lights and sounds) and the basic Transformer things (he transforms and can pose). Also, he's very, very solid in both modes, so he can't be broken easily.

[nettie!]

his little brother

just be careful of how little this little brother is.. ie dont get older brother an ages 5+ toy and younger brother is like 3.. yeah?

[Stompy]

I think I'd recommend avoiding movie toys except for FABs. FABs are probably perfect, while the rest of the movie toys are too complex or fiddly.

Second'd. I love the FAB line is a great way to avoid the heartache of broken Leader, Voyager & deluxe movie figures. Their conversion is pretty much like Legends but with the added strength of a deluxe sized foundation for those fiddly bits that can be forced into place. Even with a relatively decent amount of force. Also, the benefit of having a greater sculpt detail than Legends and the large range of cast characters.

I've been to so many peoples houses who have bought their kids voyagers and deluxes all broken and never even had a chance to go into alt/bot mode the first time round.

[Saintly]

a voyager OP is about right for an 8 yr old, which is about that age when Tim (Saintly legend who is now 9 yrs old) got his First Strike OP.

He got a CYB Leader OP for his 5th bday which he didn't have a problem transforming.