>>6165074Generally speaking you're not missing much. Each year the bar gets raised higher and the older figures become somewhat dated and obsolete. It's impressive how much older companies improved in a year or two. As a rule of thumb you're better off with the advancements in the new stuff, especially as far as combiners go.
The earlier stuff is mostly Fansproject dominated. Smart Robin, The Roadbuster twins, the Steelcore, and Assaulter are pretty good. I like the FP insecticons especially. They still hold up as something unique and different and they work really well with MT's Cross dimension stuff. The remolds can always be found for cheap at TFS. RIP in pieces warbugs.
PE Aranea would be my absolute favorite out of the older stuff and the single best looking original idea from company.The paint and sculpt are top notch and she can be fanmoded to hell and look amazing. But...It's such a pile of shit in terms of tolerances and breakage areas that it's a nightmare manipulating it.
That said Giant is no where near bad. It's solid fucking rock. When it was new there were videos of people just shaking him and nothing would move. The size and the individual bots might feel off. They're still a great team but he's just a bit tiny and the arm proportions aren't really threatening. If you were to get one make sure you pick up the sets with the fixes and not the first run. You'll get better head and leg articulation plus the built in detaching hook piece.
