Andalites were cooler than the Hork-Bajir, they had all that morphing going on and the blade tail and the stalk eyes so you couldn't sneak up on 'em and junk. Taxxon were cooler too, but I just like vicious creatures.
Those books were highly memorable though, very thrilling stuff for an adolescent
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