The Armada Unicron toy was far ahead of its time! Not only was it the first transforming Unicron toy put out at retail, but the figure does something that very few Transformer figures have the honour of doing today, and that is it fit into any Transformers collection even in today's world! When they remoulded and reprinted Armada Unicron into G1 Unicron back 2010-2016, it was every G1 fan's dream come true! Before the Haslab, the G1 retool was the perfect Unicron and in some eyes is still the best Unicron toy ever put out. I dare say the Armada Unicron toy might be worthy of the hall of fame of top 10 best Transformers toys of all time.
MP01 Prime is a true classic. I think one aspect people tend to overlook about it is that it scaled up fairly nicely against the Alternators/Binaltech figures. When I collected Alternators back in the day, I was pleased to grab a second hand one to go with my other Autobots. Good times.
After Knight Optimus (AOE/TLK), I think we all owe Energon Optimus Prime an apology. He’s at least owning his kibble rather than hiding all of it because the designers wanted him to be a cool robot first and a Transformer second.
Wow, i wasn't even expecting Fatimus Prime in the list, i wonder if we'll get an updated figure of this incarnation of Prime with a super mode since it's the only one without an update at the time
I use to have #7 back in my childhood and I do have #1 kinda it’s the reissued version with the solid colored planet shell, he makes a great display piece you just gotta find room for him either on the floor or on a very deep shelf.
I've always liked Energon Optimus because of the drones. It was back to the Scramble City style where each drone could be any limb and then contribute something different depending on the configuration. The trailer could have been more than just a garage for the drones, but as this team was supposed to be mining Energon more than combat it does make sense, and the drones really didn't get the best showing. I wish I had gotten Inferno, but I couldn't find it when it was time to get it. He looks really good.
I loved my Starscream as a kid when he was new, but I hated the arms. And then I accidentally broke the arms and lost him over the years. Recently I got one on EBay for 20 bucks. He was in great condition, came with everything but the Energon star and god I still love him.
I forgot about Unicron! So many Transformers. Unicron won toy of the year in 2003. Energon Inferno and Starscream are great figures. I got Starscream in 2004 (my 2nd Energon figure). I got a 2nd Inferno last year in better quality than my first, only thing missing was the Laucher section of the weapon and missile. Ive always liked Energon Prime, got him for my 10th birthday (very biased). I do agree with the common consensus, but long-term childhood toys tend to have that effect.
This was a fantastic year for Transformers toys, but the best were repaints. It's really hard to pick a top ten list, but I'll go with this: 10. Universe Silverbolt 9. Energon Inferno 8. Energon Starscream 7. Universe Tankor 6. 10. Armada Cheetor 5. Armada Terrorsaur 4. Armada Rhinox 3. Armada Predacon 2. Universe Reptilion 1. Universe Skywarp
I liked strongarm for that price point. was an awesome toy. had to have that starscream as soon as i seen that one. got rid over 400 plus figures in 2016. but kept on to things I still wanted. Never got a MP Prime
Somehow I scored an Armada Unicron, new, in-box, for $15 at a flea market many years back. $15!!! Like I hadn't even seen much of the show but hell yeah I was gonna grab it. One in-box recently went for $165 on eBay so I am extremely aware of how lucky I got.
I started collecting about a month or 2 before Cartoon Network started airing Cybertron/Galaxy Force. I found a (Technically Market 6) Universe Energon Arcee. There was never an Arcee figure when I was a kid, didn't even know it was a thing, so I picked it up at ye ole Family Dollar for $5. A couple weeks later I was at this place you may or may not remember called K-Mart, and they had the Alternators Shockwave ... I mean Shockblast and the Corvette Ravage on clearance. They also had the super elusive Windcharger, but I was a noob so I didn't know. Man If I could go back I'd trade those 2 for that 1 in a heartbeat. It's still one of the few Alternator molds I don't have, and the only early mold. Once the line started dying down, the last wave never came to my area so I never got to even see the Rumble, Ravage Jaguar, Mirage/Hotrod, or the Prime Chevy Truck. Anyway, the point of me commenting was to say that I didn't realize how many of the Cybertron figures were originally Armada toys. I have that Energon Starscream (Another K-Mart clearance item) and it's held up over the years. I don't play with it much but it's been moved a few times and none of the trans-plastic is getting week or gummy. (There was a lot of clearance buys when I was first starting. It was kind of my way of easing into becoming an adult collector. I have almost 550 products now, as counted by shmax dot com. I have the 1st US version of MP01. I found it, on clearance, at a Wal-Mart. I want to say it was like $35 but someone bought it for me with some other stuff so I don't remember what the price ended up being. I've played with it a little bit and it's gotten fairly loose over the years. I sits in truck mode now as I have the US MP-10. I was soooo lucky to land a grail after only collecting for a few months. That was kind of the one that made it official. I was officially an adult collector at that point. I actually just got my first official Japanese Takara/Tomy MP figure last week and opened it last night. MP-47 Hound. It was a gift so IDK what was paid for it, I just know that I'm not willing to spend that much. (Sadly I remember when the car bot size was going for $80-$90 and I thought that was too high. Man do I regret not getting some of them back then.) Supposedly this is one of the "not so good" masterpiece figures, but I have to say, I know why they are expensive, but I'm not sure if they are quite worth the price, but there is some there there. I feel about 75% of what they cost now would be fair, now that I've handled one. I have all of the US/TRU MP molds except for Prowl and, granted there has been quite a bit of time between then and a few years ago when MP-47 came out, but here's just a difference you can feel. IDK if it's the plastic or the paint, but the US ones still feel as plastic as the main line toys. My MP-47 just has this finish and feel that is best described as the difference between a toy and a collectible. Still not worth $200+. But, close, and I hate admitting that. Great video TJ. I've been enjoying the Best of by year series. looking forward to more as you're about to get into when I started collecting.
My top 10 list for 2003. The end of Armada and the beginning of Energon. 10. Wheeljack: I'm putting him low for two reasons... he's really not a Wheeljack and his arms have some oddly limited posibility for no real reason. Like he has a wrist swivel but only on one hand and there's no reason for his arms to be molded differently to not allow the same level of movement on both arms. 9. Hoist: Now we have a real reason for the arms to be different. And I like this guy despite how simple he is. He shares the same gimmick with Cyclonus but can't actually used it which ironically means his Mini-con partner works better with a different character than the one he actually comes packed with. 8. Starscream: This is Energon Starscream which is only this low because it's a rather simple figure compared to some of the others on this list. 7. Battle Ravage: He reminds me of BW Ravage having an actual robot mode so I'm showing some BW bias here. 6. Skyblast: Funny enough Energon has both Skyfire and Jetfire as two seperate characters and Jetfire I didn't include because he turns into pants again and because I don't think Skyblast gets enough credit for just how good of a Skyfire homage he is. 5. Inferno: I think one of the best Energon Deluxe figures they ever made. 4. Tidal Wave: Yep I'm talking about it again. This is a great figure all on his own, add the fact that he's also a combiner and there's a lot of play value in this guy. Lack of arculation be damned it's still cool! 3. Optimus Prime: Talking about the Energon version and I know he's fat and kind of looks like a Power Rangers Megazord but you have to admit there's a lot of play value when his drones can combine with him scramble city style and it just gets better when you add Omega Supreme and Wing Saber. Granted again you can complain the end result of combining with Omega Supereme is not great, I do it too, but despite how dumb it might look it's another thing you can do with the figure. 2. Overload: I'm putting above Energon Optimus Prime because by this point you would have already had Armada Optimus and Jetfire so you can do more with him right off the bat. I'm technically cheating with Energon because Omega Supreme and Wing Saber haven't been released yet. Overload on his own I'll admit is a brick but he's a nice looking brick. He's also technically a headmaster because Overload does not work without Rollout in robot mode. But the Mini-con is actually the best Mini-con in the entire toy line have his own robot mode, vehicle mode, head master mode, and target master mode as well as being the BIGGEST Mini-con because of everything he has to be able to do. I love this figure. 1. Unicron: There's no way number 1 wouldn't have been Unicron. MP-01 was a 20th anniversary release and math tells me 1984 + 20 = 2004 so unless it wasn't marketed that way in Japan I'm fairly certain you're a year too early on that figure.
I feel like it says a lot about how good Armada Unicron was considering how many times it was rereleased/repainted/retooled over the years all the way up to *2016* with the Platinum Edition version.
Sadly, I have the repaint of Starscream and despite the solid plastic, he still broke. It’s a minor breakage at one of the tabs and overall it still works but I am still sad about this because I really wanted the solid G1 colored version.
Hoist reality is quite great. Though Longrack is my favorite version of the mold. The Omnicons and Terror ones were overall great, though I think Skyblast is the best of them Agree that the Autobot deluxes struggled a bit I honestly really love Energon Prime, though I get his weaknesses. Starscream is an example of how the Decepticons really shined in Energon. I love, love, love the Scorponok mold (and prefer US colors), especially the Botcon G1 version. Tidal Wave is one of the best toys of all time. And I’m sorry, the US color scheme is better, and the energon colors even better than that. I almost feel like it’s unfair to bring in MP against mainline toys. They’re almost a whole other category. Hope to see Omega Supreme and Sharkticon on next year’s list!
Energon as a toyline is objectively good and reflects the lessons learned from Armada by the Archer team. Optimus had a more articulated base form (and his super form would make a great pretool for a Covenant of Primus-style Nexus Prime; hint hint Hasbro), the gimmicks were fun across both factions (even if the Autobots’ execution of their combination feature was rough), and there was a real ecosystem across all figures thanks to the Energon stars and weaponry (executed infinitely better than Legacy’s Energon weapons). It’s flawed, yes, but it’s flawed in the same way Combiner Wars is- you’re able to look past a lot of them because you’re having so much fun with them. Out of all these guys, I want Starscream (he’s got Hooligan retool written all over him), Scorponok (especially if we get a BotCon 2014-style faux-G1 retool out of him), Optimus (so his design can be redeemed), and Megatron (he deserves better than a puny Core Class release) to get Generations updates.
• Armada Hoist's head is probably exactly why the mold was chosen as Timelines BW Dinobot...yesss. • Energon Strongarm?? Mans looks like he should've gotten a repaint as G1 Hound in either the first Universe line or the 2007 Movie line. • Air Military Team? One becomes a Shuriken?? Cool, but I'll stick with the teams that make the legendary weapons (Star Saber, Skyboom Shield, Requiem Blaster). • ...did they ever do a Grapple repaint of Energon Inferno?? I'm thinking he had a Grapple repaint... • Grand Convoy, aka the Optimus Megazord or Fatimus Prime. Definitely didn't expect that on the list. (Given that Fans Hobby did a MP scaled modernized take, maybe it had some popularity after all...) • Ehhh. Didn't care about Energon/Superlink Starscream (never heard anything about folks thinkin' he's a retool of anything...) • This is one where I'll take the modified version of the mold, the Botcon 2014 Pirate Scorponok, a Headmaster. • I still regret never getting Tidal Wave to go with Megatron...except stores couldn't keep Tidal Wave in stock. And I don't have my original Armada Megatron anymore on top of that. 😑😑😑 I should look up Micron Legend Shockwave and Armada Megs. • MP1 at only number two!? Ouch. • Armada Unicron proved me wrong: wildly popular, a sales beast, and a ton of repaints. Now he's on scalpery price time on the aftermarket.
MP-1 is the best all around version. The MP-44 is WAY to fragile and overcomplicated, and MP-10 is just a few minor "updated" modifications on MP-1s skeleton at on average double the price. Honestly thought if you want a G1 Optimus just get studio series 86.
The Armada Unicron toy was far ahead of its time! Not only was it the first transforming Unicron toy put out at retail, but the figure does something that very few Transformer figures have the honour of doing today, and that is it fit into any Transformers collection even in today's world! When they remoulded and reprinted Armada Unicron into G1 Unicron back 2010-2016, it was every G1 fan's dream come true! Before the Haslab, the G1 retool was the perfect Unicron and in some eyes is still the best Unicron toy ever put out. I dare say the Armada Unicron toy might be worthy of the hall of fame of top 10 best Transformers toys of all time.
MP01 Prime is a true classic. I think one aspect people tend to overlook about it is that it scaled up fairly nicely against the Alternators/Binaltech figures. When I collected Alternators back in the day, I was pleased to grab a second hand one to go with my other Autobots. Good times.
Fatimus Prime finding redemption was not something I was expecting
After Knight Optimus (AOE/TLK), I think we all owe Energon Optimus Prime an apology. He’s at least owning his kibble rather than hiding all of it because the designers wanted him to be a cool robot first and a Transformer second.
I like how this contradicts your earlier Energon and Armada toer list videos
Energon Prime would have been a lot better if they made 2 drones red and the other 2 blue. That way supermode would have the traditional prime colors.
Wow, i wasn't even expecting Fatimus Prime in the list, i wonder if we'll get an updated figure of this incarnation of Prime with a super mode since it's the only one without an update at the time
The Black Zarak and G1fied versions of Energon Scorponok look really good.
No Binaltech Smokescreen? Clearly my figure of the year even with Unicron and Optimus. That was a pretty sweet year all around.
Okay, THAT was a glitch on my part, he was originally in my list and somehow I lost track of him.
@@TJOmega As you said, the years are going to be very stacked from here on out. Just too much good to keep a count on it all.
can't wait to see 2005!
calling it now, Omega Supreme is gonna be on next year’s list
2003 was the year I got back into Transformers, so pretty fun year for me
So these guys are as old as me, very nice
Tj finally admits Energon Optimus is actually peak. Never thought i would get to see the day.
Very nice to see toys I own on these lists. Validating, even.
Seven more years until we get to the prime toy line. The 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 videos are going to be interesting.
I think the moment the movie lines are going to appear is going to be the most interesting episodes
I use to have #7 back in my childhood and I do have #1 kinda it’s the reissued version with the solid colored planet shell, he makes a great display piece you just gotta find room for him either on the floor or on a very deep shelf.
Energon Inferno was my first transformers toy ever and will forever hold a special place in my heart
No surprise at all about the number 1 this year
spoilers just in case
Still the best official Unicron we have
I've always liked Energon Optimus because of the drones. It was back to the Scramble City style where each drone could be any limb and then contribute something different depending on the configuration. The trailer could have been more than just a garage for the drones, but as this team was supposed to be mining Energon more than combat it does make sense, and the drones really didn't get the best showing.
I wish I had gotten Inferno, but I couldn't find it when it was time to get it. He looks really good.
I loved my Starscream as a kid when he was new, but I hated the arms. And then I accidentally broke the arms and lost him over the years.
Recently I got one on EBay for 20 bucks. He was in great condition, came with everything but the Energon star and god I still love him.
I was able to get Armada Unicron via its Universe re-release. Excellent toy
I forgot about Unicron! So many Transformers. Unicron won toy of the year in 2003. Energon Inferno and Starscream are great figures. I got Starscream in 2004 (my 2nd Energon figure). I got a 2nd Inferno last year in better quality than my first, only thing missing was the Laucher section of the weapon and missile. Ive always liked Energon Prime, got him for my 10th birthday (very biased). I do agree with the common consensus, but long-term childhood toys tend to have that effect.
My 10. 10. Hoist 9. Powerlink Hot shot 8. Nemesis Prime 7.. Wheeljack 6. Overload 5. Skywarp 4. Inferno 3. Tidalwave 2. Scorponok 1. Galvatron
This was a fantastic year for Transformers toys, but the best were repaints. It's really hard to pick a top ten list, but I'll go with this:
10. Universe Silverbolt
9. Energon Inferno
8. Energon Starscream
7. Universe Tankor
6. 10. Armada Cheetor
5. Armada Terrorsaur
4. Armada Rhinox
3. Armada Predacon
2. Universe Reptilion
1. Universe Skywarp
Man, what a year
I still have that Unicorn figure. As a matter of fact sitting next to Voltron and Galactus and some combiner wars combiners
Oh wow I didn't know masterpiece started so long ago
I liked strongarm for that price point. was an awesome toy. had to have that starscream as soon as i seen that one. got rid over 400 plus figures in 2016. but kept on to things I still wanted. Never got a MP Prime
Love that thumbnail
Man still looking for that air military team
Somehow I scored an Armada Unicron, new, in-box, for $15 at a flea market many years back. $15!!! Like I hadn't even seen much of the show but hell yeah I was gonna grab it. One in-box recently went for $165 on eBay so I am extremely aware of how lucky I got.
I started collecting about a month or 2 before Cartoon Network started airing Cybertron/Galaxy Force. I found a (Technically Market 6) Universe Energon Arcee. There was never an Arcee figure when I was a kid, didn't even know it was a thing, so I picked it up at ye ole Family Dollar for $5. A couple weeks later I was at this place you may or may not remember called K-Mart, and they had the Alternators Shockwave ... I mean Shockblast and the Corvette Ravage on clearance. They also had the super elusive Windcharger, but I was a noob so I didn't know. Man If I could go back I'd trade those 2 for that 1 in a heartbeat. It's still one of the few Alternator molds I don't have, and the only early mold. Once the line started dying down, the last wave never came to my area so I never got to even see the Rumble, Ravage Jaguar, Mirage/Hotrod, or the Prime Chevy Truck.
Anyway, the point of me commenting was to say that I didn't realize how many of the Cybertron figures were originally Armada toys.
I have that Energon Starscream (Another K-Mart clearance item) and it's held up over the years. I don't play with it much but it's been moved a few times and none of the trans-plastic is getting week or gummy. (There was a lot of clearance buys when I was first starting. It was kind of my way of easing into becoming an adult collector. I have almost 550 products now, as counted by shmax dot com.
I have the 1st US version of MP01. I found it, on clearance, at a Wal-Mart. I want to say it was like $35 but someone bought it for me with some other stuff so I don't remember what the price ended up being. I've played with it a little bit and it's gotten fairly loose over the years. I sits in truck mode now as I have the US MP-10. I was soooo lucky to land a grail after only collecting for a few months. That was kind of the one that made it official. I was officially an adult collector at that point.
I actually just got my first official Japanese Takara/Tomy MP figure last week and opened it last night. MP-47 Hound. It was a gift so IDK what was paid for it, I just know that I'm not willing to spend that much. (Sadly I remember when the car bot size was going for $80-$90 and I thought that was too high. Man do I regret not getting some of them back then.) Supposedly this is one of the "not so good" masterpiece figures, but I have to say, I know why they are expensive, but I'm not sure if they are quite worth the price, but there is some there there. I feel about 75% of what they cost now would be fair, now that I've handled one. I have all of the US/TRU MP molds except for Prowl and, granted there has been quite a bit of time between then and a few years ago when MP-47 came out, but here's just a difference you can feel. IDK if it's the plastic or the paint, but the US ones still feel as plastic as the main line toys. My MP-47 just has this finish and feel that is best described as the difference between a toy and a collectible. Still not worth $200+. But, close, and I hate admitting that.
Great video TJ. I've been enjoying the Best of by year series. looking forward to more as you're about to get into when I started collecting.
I always felt that Optimus Drones should have been able to integrate with other figures in the line
I personally would replace Strongarm with Armada Skywarp. Actual retooling with that mold.
For these lists it's first run molds only, no retools.
My top 10 list for 2003. The end of Armada and the beginning of Energon.
10. Wheeljack: I'm putting him low for two reasons... he's really not a Wheeljack and his arms have some oddly limited posibility for no real reason. Like he has a wrist swivel but only on one hand and there's no reason for his arms to be molded differently to not allow the same level of movement on both arms.
9. Hoist: Now we have a real reason for the arms to be different. And I like this guy despite how simple he is. He shares the same gimmick with Cyclonus but can't actually used it which ironically means his Mini-con partner works better with a different character than the one he actually comes packed with.
8. Starscream: This is Energon Starscream which is only this low because it's a rather simple figure compared to some of the others on this list.
7. Battle Ravage: He reminds me of BW Ravage having an actual robot mode so I'm showing some BW bias here.
6. Skyblast: Funny enough Energon has both Skyfire and Jetfire as two seperate characters and Jetfire I didn't include because he turns into pants again and because I don't think Skyblast gets enough credit for just how good of a Skyfire homage he is.
5. Inferno: I think one of the best Energon Deluxe figures they ever made.
4. Tidal Wave: Yep I'm talking about it again. This is a great figure all on his own, add the fact that he's also a combiner and there's a lot of play value in this guy. Lack of arculation be damned it's still cool!
3. Optimus Prime: Talking about the Energon version and I know he's fat and kind of looks like a Power Rangers Megazord but you have to admit there's a lot of play value when his drones can combine with him scramble city style and it just gets better when you add Omega Supreme and Wing Saber. Granted again you can complain the end result of combining with Omega Supereme is not great, I do it too, but despite how dumb it might look it's another thing you can do with the figure.
2. Overload: I'm putting above Energon Optimus Prime because by this point you would have already had Armada Optimus and Jetfire so you can do more with him right off the bat. I'm technically cheating with Energon because Omega Supreme and Wing Saber haven't been released yet. Overload on his own I'll admit is a brick but he's a nice looking brick. He's also technically a headmaster because Overload does not work without Rollout in robot mode. But the Mini-con is actually the best Mini-con in the entire toy line have his own robot mode, vehicle mode, head master mode, and target master mode as well as being the BIGGEST Mini-con because of everything he has to be able to do. I love this figure.
1. Unicron: There's no way number 1 wouldn't have been Unicron.
MP-01 was a 20th anniversary release and math tells me 1984 + 20 = 2004 so unless it wasn't marketed that way in Japan I'm fairly certain you're a year too early on that figure.
energon starscream mention!
i even got the dark Unicron..which seems redundant, but it is black and green
I had all but Tidal Wave and the Minicon team
Oh boy it’s the big one!
I wonder where TJ would place Divebomb 🤔
I feel like it says a lot about how good Armada Unicron was considering how many times it was rereleased/repainted/retooled over the years all the way up to *2016* with the Platinum Edition version.
Sadly, I have the repaint of Starscream and despite the solid plastic, he still broke. It’s a minor breakage at one of the tabs and overall it still works but I am still sad about this because I really wanted the solid G1 colored version.
I remember seeing Inferno at a con years ago. Didn't pick him up. Kind of wish I did
Can still find him pretty cheap online
I still have my Armada Unicron.
Fatimus Prime? I feel betrayed
Hoist reality is quite great. Though Longrack is my favorite version of the mold.
The Omnicons and Terror ones were overall great, though I think Skyblast is the best of them
Agree that the Autobot deluxes struggled a bit
I honestly really love Energon Prime, though I get his weaknesses.
Starscream is an example of how the Decepticons really shined in Energon.
I love, love, love the Scorponok mold (and prefer US colors), especially the Botcon G1 version.
Tidal Wave is one of the best toys of all time. And I’m sorry, the US color scheme is better, and the energon colors even better than that.
I almost feel like it’s unfair to bring in MP against mainline toys. They’re almost a whole other category.
Hope to see Omega Supreme and Sharkticon on next year’s list!
You all know what #1 was
Energon as a toyline is objectively good and reflects the lessons learned from Armada by the Archer team. Optimus had a more articulated base form (and his super form would make a great pretool for a Covenant of Primus-style Nexus Prime; hint hint Hasbro), the gimmicks were fun across both factions (even if the Autobots’ execution of their combination feature was rough), and there was a real ecosystem across all figures thanks to the Energon stars and weaponry (executed infinitely better than Legacy’s Energon weapons). It’s flawed, yes, but it’s flawed in the same way Combiner Wars is- you’re able to look past a lot of them because you’re having so much fun with them.
Out of all these guys, I want Starscream (he’s got Hooligan retool written all over him), Scorponok (especially if we get a BotCon 2014-style faux-G1 retool out of him), Optimus (so his design can be redeemed), and Megatron (he deserves better than a puny Core Class release) to get Generations updates.
• Armada Hoist's head is probably exactly why the mold was chosen as Timelines BW Dinobot...yesss.
• Energon Strongarm?? Mans looks like he should've gotten a repaint as G1 Hound in either the first Universe line or the 2007 Movie line.
• Air Military Team? One becomes a Shuriken?? Cool, but I'll stick with the teams that make the legendary weapons (Star Saber, Skyboom Shield, Requiem Blaster).
• ...did they ever do a Grapple repaint of Energon Inferno?? I'm thinking he had a Grapple repaint...
• Grand Convoy, aka the Optimus Megazord or Fatimus Prime. Definitely didn't expect that on the list. (Given that Fans Hobby did a MP scaled modernized take, maybe it had some popularity after all...)
• Ehhh. Didn't care about Energon/Superlink Starscream (never heard anything about folks thinkin' he's a retool of anything...)
• This is one where I'll take the modified version of the mold, the Botcon 2014 Pirate Scorponok, a Headmaster.
• I still regret never getting Tidal Wave to go with Megatron...except stores couldn't keep Tidal Wave in stock. And I don't have my original Armada Megatron anymore on top of that. 😑😑😑 I should look up Micron Legend Shockwave and Armada Megs.
• MP1 at only number two!? Ouch.
• Armada Unicron proved me wrong: wildly popular, a sales beast, and a ton of repaints. Now he's on scalpery price time on the aftermarket.
Inferno had a yellow/orange remold called road block who's a homage to grapple
To me, the fact that $1 USD is the equivalent of 100 Japanese Yen, thinking about it it's still kinda nuts.
*was
well you could remove that shell easily too on unicron
I have the Blue Strong Arm.
0_o
Are my transformers years off!?
I was 1 in 2003!
MP-1 is the best all around version. The MP-44 is WAY to fragile and overcomplicated, and MP-10 is just a few minor "updated" modifications on MP-1s skeleton at on average double the price. Honestly thought if you want a G1 Optimus just get studio series 86.
Unicron was such crap!
I had the full faceplate version of Energon Optimus Prime which was closer to the show model.