My G1 Clear Plastic Crew

Opinions welcome.

Over the years of collecting, I have accumulated these guys. Some from clearance. Some from Amazon pre-orders. One just because I happened to live down the street from a Walgreens. That's my Prowl on the top row. (I could ToyHax him, but just haven't applied them yet.)

They're now coming out with solid plastic replacements gradually that can replace these guys. None of these are cracking or feeling like they're about to. (Although that is also because I put on a jeweler's loupe and examined these, and I seriously filed down plastic burrs on both Jazz and Ratchet which would likely have caused problems with moving their hinges for transformation.)

I have the new three-pack on pre-order. But not sure if I will keep it. The upside of clear plastic is that they *do* catch the light nicely. For one, Bluestreak and Mirage's clear plastic both do shine through pretty well. I am tempted foremost to replace Ironhide since I don't like the color mis-match. Although I do like the blue transparent windows aesthetically more than the solid blue stickers.

If they've gone this far without cracking, is there a difference in long-term durability?

The other issue is that once I have some with solid plastic and some with clear plastic, will the aesthetics match up well enough? They generally seem like they will. Some new ones like SS86 Windcharger has clear plastic. Whereas his life partner Brawn has solid plastic windows.

Maybe a tangent, but why on God's Green Earth was SS86 Bumblebee released with a (color mis-matched) transparent chest/chassis rather than solid color? Especially when the windows are just blacked out?