Agreed Keze, agreed!
Though the second gen look more ... scarey, I guess. I mean look at Arcanine, then look at your favorite, Houndoom. Who looks more violant?
I preffer the second gen over the first, but only by a tad, the first gen is what I remember as a kid.
I remember trading a mint condition alakazam shiny with a good friend of mine when I was about 9 and I lost it a few weeks later at school, I cried ^_^