Hi all
In your opinion what is the worst mould/figure ever released?
Based on overall look, transformation, playability etc.
May stir up some interesting chat but remember everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
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Hi all
In your opinion what is the worst mould/figure ever released?
Based on overall look, transformation, playability etc.
May stir up some interesting chat but remember everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
2007 megatron leaderclass is one ugly piece of... most bay movie toys were aesthetically unappealing
2007 movie Deluxe Scorponok. Nothing about that toy appeals to me. It's like they threw in a half arsed robot mode so it would transform
Universe 2.0 Galvatron. Nuff said
G1 figures......except Optimus, and Soundwave.
Every Action Master.
Worst.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Transformation.
Ever.
Right up there with Pretenders.
As far as worst looks go: Bayverse wins hands down.
Does Star Wars crossovers count? Coz they suck, especially Darth Vader (tie) and Emperor Palpatine. Death Star vader was alright though. But those two were floppy and mis-alligned and cheap etc. :( And of course bayverse megatron.
rotf evac. Just plain hidious.
Agree! Action Masters by far!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
The dlx or voyager?Quote:
Originally Posted by drahsrebu
From the toys that I have owned, Scout Warpath red 4wd. Artculation is shocking from the shape of the mold unabling him to move:rolleyes:
Do they have to trasnform? Those movie roundabout figures were crap.
deluxe, its just soooo meh, gave it to my 6 year old for a bath toy:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
these 4 - crappy bots IMO
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...pybotmodes.jpg
most of the pretenders, great concept, very poor execution. And the duocons, again great concept, very poor execution- no articulation
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Originally Posted by Trent
Actually, most Pretenders are probably better articulated than your average G1 Transformer. But I find that most of the 1988 Pretenders were the crappier ones. They did get better in 1989.Quote:
Originally Posted by morg176
Problems with the 1988 Pretenders included:
+ Really uninspiring transformations/designs. A lot of them just chuck their legs over to transform. I've see human contortionists do better. Gunrunner would have to be the worst of the lot. His accessory _is_ his alt mode! The robot itself transforms into... a folded up robot.
+ WTH?! alt modes. Nobody likes WTH?! alt modes -- that's why Bayverse TF1 and ROTF Megatron sucks... from robot to "Buh???" and back. To be effective robots in disguise, they need to transform into an immediately recognisable alt mode. Waverider was the first Pretender I got -- when I opened that toy I started running around the backyard playing with it like a jet/spaceship. Then I read the tech specs and discovered that it's meant to be a submersible... with wings. Then I got Landmine - ooh, a tank, no wait, an asteroid mining vehicle? Sure, why not. Splashdown's a boat/sub?? I don't know...
They did make a considerably better effort in 1989 though. The '89 Pretenders' transformations were still pretty simple, but much better executed than their forerunners. And most importantly, you can immediately recognise what the hell they're supposed to be! Bludgeon's clearly a tank, Thunderwing's clearly a jet, Stranglehold's clearly a rhinoceros... heck, even each of the Pretender Monsters have fairly definitive looking monster modes (e.g. Firefly's clearly some kind of winged demon/monster - even if we don't know kind of monster it is, what it's supposed to be is clear enough. You're not going to mistake it for a bus or something). And IMHO, Pretender Bumblebee was the best G1 Bumblebee toy made! Even the crappier 1989 Pretenders, like Grimlock, still had a more thought-out transformation design and definitive looking alt mode. You can _see_ that it's meant to be a robotic T-Rex. The best 1988 Pretender was probably Metalhawk -- he's clearly a jet fighter. Of course, he was only released in Japan, and the thing I don't like about Metalhawk is how "cartoony" his Pretender shell looks. Clashes with the style of the other Autobot Pretenders. :/
Hmm looking at the legends mudflap that came with battle ops bumblebee... what is wrong with his head :rolleyes: his face... so ugly, makes me think of the hunchback of notre dame:p
I actually quite liked this line of Transformers. However:
Plastic Addict 30: #1 Worst Transformer
Saw that, oh what a woeful effort of a "Toy" :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tober
Personally, I'd go with Beast Machines: Silverbolt - So bad that it doesn't even look like it is a Transformer Toy, hell, you couldn't even mistake it for a Beast Wars figure! :rolleyes:
The TF Prime Airacnid figure is pretty bad, reminds me of a transexual beast wars creation
It's been mentioned already, for mine it's definitely ROTF Evac (deluxe), same mould was also used for Blazemaster. Robot mode looks like some kind of mutant chicken.:rolleyes:
Seriously, no self respecting TF should have arms or legs that look like that. What the hell were they thinking?
That comment should get you an instant ban on this forum :mad: ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Decepticon
Do Happy Meal Transformers count? If so, Energon Optimus Prime wins hands down. His transformation is basically - fold the arms back, fold his head back, fold his legs back... and that's it. He looks like he's bending over backwards :D
Actually now that you mention McDonald's toys, the Prime ones they had recently, DIDN'T EVEN TRANSFORM!!! So while they don't get my vote, still deserve an honourable mention. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
The Red Rooster movie meal toys were even worse than the Maccas Happy Meal Prime toys... at least the Prime toys have some kind of play gimmick. Megatron was just a PVC figurine of Megatron 'encased' in a blue plastic shell (oh, it's meant to be ice? Looks more like something from the Fortress of Solitude), and Bumblebee was a Camaro driven by a non-transforming Bumblebee robot?!? So... Bumblebee's driving himself?! :confused:
*sigh* Yeah what a disappointment. The character I was most looking forward to returning after BW. He went from being a dreamboat to jellyfish-turkey. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
We do not mention "She-who-must-not-be-named"!Quote:
Originally Posted by Starscream77
Some other forgettable moulds:
+ Firecons (especially in their G2 colours)
+ G2 Powermasters
+ Action Master Elites <-- they try to transform but fail miserably! :rolleyes:
+ Retrax <-- totally overdonimated by the gimmick, which in itself is fun in beast mode, but annoying and stupid in robot mode, and just compromises the robot mode too much.
+ Rachel/Lion <--she sucks even by Animorphs standards, and they have pretty low standards!
+ Combiner Class ROTF Devastator
Very little plastic on Armada Smokescreen & Scavenger look good to me.
Yeah...Armada Sideswipe is one big bowl of suck. I hate that guy.
Hell yes!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallestblue
I think that even though he didn't have individual robot modes, he still has merit as a toy. Though he is more of a constuction Voltron or MegaZordQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
The Cybertron repaint Runamuck was even worse, didn't even have a miniconQuote:
Originally Posted by Tallestblue
Classics 2 pack Optimus Prime is pretty bad.
Ha ha ha! So many coming out of the woodwork. I think I mentioned mine in some thread somewhere, I hate the Energon Dinobots.
Just looking at them makes me angry. Yet I can't sell them, because they are so awful.
I was going to say them but Grimlock isn't that bad IMO. Swoop was passable. They would have been better if not for the combiner gimmick
I find Ratchet/Ironhide G1 robot modes to be about as bad as it gets. Alt mode gives them a pass though but not by much.
Totally forgot about those two! They are shocking!!! No robot heads. Their robot modes are so bad i display them as cars!Quote:
Originally Posted by Prowl
They do have heads! Just because they don't look like the cartoon heads (which came after the toys) doesn't mean they don't have heads! :rolleyes:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...r_ironhide.jpg
Their robot modes may be less conventional compared to the other Autobot cars (because they're not as anthropomorphically humanoid) but that doesn't mean that they're bad per se. They have a head, two arms, two hands, two legs, two feet -- and the robots connect to mobile battle platforms. And okay, the heads aren't great - but they're there. And it makes sense when you take in consideration their Diaclone origins where Ironhide and Ratchet weren't the kind of conventional piloted mecha that the other Car Robots were, but were meant to be power-armours (kinda like what Ripley used in Aliens, only on a larger scale - up to 3 Diaclone pilots could operate one of them) that reinforced the other Car Robots by carrying munitions for them (hence the mobile platforms). This is what they were meant to look like.
Maybe Hasbro shouldn't have picked them for Transformers. Maybe these moulds didn't "translate" so well as sentient robots (I disagree). But that doesn't make the moulds inherently bad per se. Just because they're different doesn't make them bad IMHO.
What's wrong with their alt modes? I find them to be pretty good representations of Nissan Onebox Cherry vanettes. Japan has some pretty small vanettes and ambulances (I've been in one) cos they got narrow roads. Here are some photos of real Onebox Cherries:Quote:
Originally Posted by Prowl
http://gazou2.mbsrv.net/car/20110817_2131_2036.jpg
http://happy.ap.teacup.com/indigo-li...1298202428.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Vanette
I add this figure to the list.. forgot his name....but seriously though Cybertron figures were mostly awesome, new molds and all that, articulated and stands well - but of that whole line there's this figure... its bike mode is somewhat ok, but transforming him to bot mode, geeez its quasimodo bikebot or whatever. It's a shame coz the altmode is a good concept but eh the execution is just sloppy, especially since it's a modern day toy... and eery toy in the line is good .:(:(
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...e/DSC02164.jpg
does anyone remember his name?
Gloriouz? :p
Lugnutz iz... okay... I like hiz repaint Hightail, coz one of my ztudentz at the time gave it to me az a prezent for my birthdayz. The only time I've rezeived a Tranzformer toy az a gift from a ztudent! :D
yeah him.. see in the art he looks rather "dashing" biker bot, only in execution to a toy , siiiiiiggghhhhhh. FAAIIIILLL!!!!, Quasimodoesque, so top heavy, the whole altmode (bike) basically is kibble the the robot parts seem to be just outgrowths or something, FAAAAAILLL!!! Whatever articulation is hindered with all the bike parts hanging there.... its like he's acarrying his altmode literally all on his shoulders!! and the head/ face it's just pop it up that's it. It hasn't lived up to the niceness of what all the rest of the figures in the entire line has. This figure was so forced into becoming a transformer... the heck THIS thing got approved into a toy, really Hasbro ?!?! Did they not see the robot mode or something in planning stage and just saw the biker altmode and said ... yep that's good to go....sigh.
Armada Sideswipe is one of the worst of this century.
Just horrible.
He does suck, but there are even more suckful Armada toys out there... Scavenger makes Sideswipe look good!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallestblue
Yeah, but he's meant to be a Transformer... and also at the massively expensive RRP... the Legends set was way better value! 7 boths, better designs/engineering/sculpts, robot modes and cheaper!Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
As a repaint/retool of Armada Sideswipe, that's not surprising. :) Although the Nightbeat Mini-Con was also really crap, so he's not missing out on anything great by not having it. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
It's made worse by the fact that they don't even have 5mm post compatible fist holes! The one cool feature about the Unicron Trilogy was how they standardised the universal 5mm weapon/accessory system, so that any Autobot/Decepticon could wield any weapon from each other - e.g. Mini-Con weapons (e.g. Star Sabre etc), Energon weapons et al. The Energon Dinobots come with NO weapons of their own, and the <5mm sized fist holes means that they can't even share weapons with any other Armadaverse toy! It's as if they don't belong in that line! (but they do) (-_-)Quote:
Originally Posted by LordCyrusOmega
Alpha Quintesson is pretty crappy too. I just got him because he's the only licensed Quintesson toy out there. The missile launcher is fragile; mine broke off. :(
Personally, I always found Blot to be one of the worst designed Gen 1 robots. Which sucks because I still have to buy him at some stage to finish off my Terrorcon collection.
I mean, what is he anyway? A mutated almalgamation of a mole and a nose?:confused: