Again, I'm gonna disagree. Despite not being great toys by any means they were the first toys in over a decade that seemed to pay proper homage to the G1 toys and characters in both modes with their overall design. I think Energon Ironhide was worse with his visible head in vehicular mode and his poor homage to the characters lineage .
I guess all the characters in question had the Powerlink option which was kinda cool but I never made much use if it