Personal taste doesn't even factor in to this. Blazemaster is a bad toy, period. There is nothing to like about it except that it can go away. Overall rating: Shoot Yourself.

A couple nagging but ultimately minor missing elements. Totally solid Voyager and a great snuck-in update for G1 Bludgeon. Overall rating: Very Good.

Novelty vehicle mode, but the fun pretty much ends right there. Overall rating: Could Have Been Better.

Creepy, neat, complex, but not as clean as his Real Gear forebears. Overall Rating: Very Good

Sideswipe is decent. He's tough to transform, especially at first, and his feet are tricky. But he's pretty good looking, and I like how his weapons have been handled. Overall rating: Good

A Very Good robot cat that's trying really hard to be a Transformer. But it Could Have Been Better at it.

After years and years of pretty similar-looking cars and jets turning into pretty similar robots, why not something neat like a biplane? Overall Rating: Very Good

The unusual vehicle mode is interesting, but it might be a hard sell at $8-$10. Overall rating: Very Good.