>>10291352There's a timeless quality to it as weird as it sounds. G1 had a lot of strong designs with strong characterizations. Like, despite not seeing much of G1 proper myself (I came in G2 and Beast Wars), characters like Optimus, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Wheeljack stuck with me. There are people who adore Swindle, a limb for a combiner just because his characterization is great. The toys themselves were peak 80s toys as well.