I just started collecting last year, so far I only have 3 g1 toys, 2 of them being reissues (Hot Rod & Outback). I'm going to have to go with my only original at the moment, Scoop. He's just so orange & clicky, he's absolutely perfect. Yeah I like the modern stuff, but there's just something magical about a hunk of plastic ratcheting & clicking into a differently shaped hunk of plastic, ha ha.

 

I have 4 g1s, started collecting about 3 years ago, but I only bought 1 the smallest, dead end, and the others I traded other t-formers for them. I have
Powermaster Optimus
Weird wolf
Skull crusher
Dead end

 

But I have held almost all of the 1st and second season figures

 

I’ll say Ironhide

 

Soundwave

 

Grimlock. UM being my runner up.

 

Skywarp or red alert.

 

I don't know how fair this is too say, but its the truth for me... I hold all Gun bots very high up on a pedistal, they, alongside the Realgear like bots, IE.. Blaster, Soundwave, Perceptor, Reflector ect.. As well as Gestalts as a whole.. Are my TOP Bots..... My #1's...

 

Crosshairs. I hope we get a proper CHUG version someday. If a third party releases a masterpiece version I'd be all over it.

 

skylynx

i have a few but this is the only toy that holds upto todays toys, it sets well with classics

 

I can't possibly pick a favorite. I love too many of them.

But least favorite is easy. Megatron! Easily one of the worst transforming toys I ever owned.

 

3. Metroplex
2. Optimus Prime
1. Jetfire

 

Gears, my favorite little fiddleformer (I rate adorability very high)

 

^You sir are a man of refined tastes!

You could have also said Thundercracker and gotten the same response.

 

A: All of 'em?  

Jokes aside, I have too many to list.

 

Since I have a small g1 collection I would probably have to say that g1 topspin, twintwist, hotrod and brawn are my favorite, I would include punch counterpunch in that list...but he broke awhile back, sad

 

Fort Max. Honorable mention for Sky Lynx.

 

Scorponok. I got him for Christmas in 1987. He's here beside me as I type this.

Honourable mentions:

Prowl
Ultra Magnus
Quake
Sideswipe
Scourge
Soundwave
Galvatron
Ironhide (with the third party clip on head)
Grimlock
Snarl
Snapdragon
Scattershot
Cloudburst
Squeezeplay
Inferno
Hoist
Dirge
Pointblank
Optimus Prime (Device Label remolded head)
Actionmaster Shockwave
Kick Off

 

My three (four) legit original G1 toys are Pretender Waverider, Action Master Mainframe, and Micromasters Fireshot and Vanquish. Of those, my favorite is Mainframe. Who says Transformers need to transform? Adding in my reissues, which includes Hot Rod, Starscream, Tailgate, and Swerve, my favorite is Hot Rod.

 

So many contenders and favorites, but if I have to pick just one, the archetypal one has gotta be Soundwave (when paired with some cassettes). He just perfectly encapsulates the G1 experience, for me, and still holds up pretty well as a toy.

Other favorites include Powerglide, Perceptor, Wheeljack, Thundercracker, Bombshell, Chromedome, Cosmos... so many more.