Obviously this wouldn't go in the Siege Appreciation thread. War for Cybertron: Siege is a great subline of Generations, but it's not perfect. Out of what you own, which Siege figure is your least favorite, and why? For me it's a toss-up between Deluxe Chromia and Voyager Starscream. Screamer is ruined by his chest piece that won't stay on, which doesn't make me enthusiaistic about getting Thundercracker, Skywarp, or Redwing, unless they have metal pins in their chests instead of the friction hinges that Screamer has. Chromia is just bland, with a huge backpack, a lot of empty space, and no combiner peg to make up for it. Which Siege figure(s) do you like the least, or regret buying the most? No more than three, please.
I only have Optimus, Megatron, Cog, and the Flywheels I just bought. I'm gonna say Cog. Not a bad figure, but aesthetically the least interesting. And I can't even really knock him for that because he's a drone character.
I'm not really a fan of siege hound, I don't hate him, I just really prefer universe hound over siege hound, for some reason I don't like how hound transforms, his leg transformation feels weird for me
Starscream. My copy had a bunch of QC issues, his proportions don't quite work for me, his grey plastic is fairly translucent, and I don't like that he doesn't have a neck. I might get Red Wing to serve as my only copy of the mold, but I think I may be passing on the seekers as I can't see them replacing my MP trio in my display.
Skytread. He's just kinda underwhelming compared to the rest of the Siege stuff I have, plus the top of the tank doesn't peg well without lots of force and the tank gun doesn't stay in well.
The only.one I haven't bought is Prowl, but that's ok because I prefer the Universe mold and will be buying Barricade. Of the rest, it's a toss-up between Cog and Flywheels. Cog is okay, but I just dislike the alt mode's weak combination. He's also pretty boring. I have no attachment to Flywheels, so I'm just not a fan of the toy. Interesting gimmick, but overall just not a lot of fun. Runner up is the Rescue Patrol two-pack. Nice decos, but neither stay together well and the legs pop off all the time.
I don’t think there’s an outright stinker in this line so far. Chromia is most likely the weakest but she also has the disadvantage of being based off a POTP design. The weakest elements of the line are probably the alt-modes. There are some figures with very “passable enough” vehicle modes that are brought up overall by great robot modes.
The ones I don't have: Chromia, the weaponizers, Galaxy Prime. Of the ones I do have? Prowl (pre-custom paint job) mainly for the hollowness.
Among the ones I have so far, I'll say both Firedrive and Blowpipe. I do like the blast effect parts and they have their purposes as targetmasters for other figures, but other than that I find them really boring and has nothing special as standalone toys at all.
Definitely the Micromasters. I was really excited they were finally getting around to updating them but they....aren’t really updates. They’re pretty much just the G1 toys with a tiny bit more articulation for the most part. Huge let down. Otherwise I haven’t really been let down by any of the others. I don’t have Chromia or Galaxy Prime and I’m not going to get them so I can’t really comment on them. Starscream is probably the weakest one due to that annoying chest but it’s not all that big a deal. Sixgun’s “toes” are pretty loose in mine which was disappointing but I haven’t had a problem with it toppling over (yet) so again, not that big a deal beyond being an annoyance. I really like all the others. I was going to skip Prowl but in hand it’s so much better than I thought it would be (the clear plastic on the legs is still worrisome in the long run though). No problems or concerns with any of the others.
It's definitely not Starscream. I can honestly say it's my favourite Starscream toy ever. For me, my least favourite is Sideswipe. His car mode is too big. I just couldn't bring myself to buy him. Of those I do own, Cog and Skytread are the weakest. I wish Skytread was bigger. Cog is definitely my least favourite though. Visors and faceplates make Transformers generic looking and suck the character out of the toy making them unrelatable. His alt mode makes him look like a bland ko of the 80s. Gobots look down on him.
I'm on my phone, so I can't find it, but in the mod section there is a post on how to fix that exact problem. There is a rib in each leg that just get in the way, and if you just trim them down it pegs in much easier/better. I did it and now the gun pegs in well enough to not just fall out.
