Though I believe that it is the second worst in terms of actually being a decent figure, my favorite is absolutely the 2007 one. I had the RotF retail one and the Defender redeco. I loved the latter especially for the glorious new colors, and the gun and door gimmicks were really cool. I resent not getting the First Strike repaint, because that thing is beautiful.
My favorite is the TLK voyager. I like the sleeker truck mode and the new knight like robot mode over the original trilogy look. The mold also minimizes the kibble and also helps this is the only voyager mold in this style.
1.Batlle Blades: due the play value and gimicks. 2.-2007: Because of the transformation scheme and the cool gimicks. 3.-TLK: Has a great transformation secuence IMO, and the detail is amazing. 4.-Evasion mode: genius transformation, but somebits like the forearms and articulation can scratch the paint. 5.-DOTM Voyager: i don't like it but the fireburst is a cool figure.
That's a tough question. I like the Takara Battle Blade and TLK mostly. Evasion is good the outdated altmode doesn't strike my fancy as much, and I am a G1 fan.
of the ones i've owned... 1) aoe, because fuck yeah G1 2) tlk, i love the engineering. so simplistic but efficient 3) dotm. not great but it's playable and i don't mind the proportions as much as i should. bigger legs looks better than... 4) ...battle blades and his tiny, stick legs that are knock-kneed. i don't understand how they fucked it up so bad when the rotf leader got it down fine. i know there are structural issues that can arise from straight downsizing a mold but the huge upper body, thin legs and feet and the awful arm panels kill it for me. i think if i had the mold 07 prime would be third place for me. it looks solid and fun. like with tlk prime i think it'd fit another character more though
I love the AOE Evasion Mode Optimus Prime... And TLK Optimus Prime... But I also love HftD Battle Blades. Probably in that order.
I just got Takara's MB-01 evasion Optimus Prime and that is by far my favorite movie Prime now. Weird, fun transformation and looks great. I had never bought the mold before.
I'm no Lukelbs (big fan btw), but Evasion Mode Optimus is my favorite bay former of all time. So posable. So slim and clean. I'm not done with the custom, but I wish to finish it maybe this week.
TLK for me. It's got some great engineering behind it. I'm also a big fan of the DotM voyager. If nothing else, for its simplicity. I can flip it back and forth between modes in only a few steps and never want to throw it against the wall like Battle Blades.