Worst Toy Ever

Being the 25th anniversary year, 2009 has been a time to reflect back on the greatness of the TF franchise.

But it is also a time to reflect on the moments when it sucked, and I want to find a moment of absolute suckage. As it is a toy-centric franchise, I figure said moment would be in the form of a toy.

So, what is the absolute worst Transformer toy ever? I'm not meaning stuff that you KNOW sucks, yet still enjoy it for some reason-I'm talking about toys which are so utterly, completely HORRIBLE that they have no redeeming features at all.

hmmm tough one there Silverdragon, I do have toys that fall into suck category but I bought because I do enjoy it for some strange reason....so it doesnt count by your meaning this would be a really bleeech of a toy, a real shelfwarmer, one that's high on the returned list, hmmmm

prolly Supreme BM Cheetor. Scale does not fit any... cant stand, no redeeming gimmicks, its just... big :rolleyes: useless big- I dont have the toy coz I find it fugly

The entire range of RPM's?

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Originally Posted by Vector Prime

The entire range of RPM's?

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+1

IMO the underside 'robot mode' does not even serve as a redeeming gimmick

G1 Jetfire. I've never liked the toy at all. Just a personal thing.

Cassie/Wolf.

A toy that is incredibly craptacular even when solely comparing it with other Transformer Animorphs. (-_-)

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Originally Posted by dirge

G1 Jetfire. I've never liked the toy at all. Just a personal thing.

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Originally Posted by dirge

G1 Jetfire. I've never liked the toy at all. Just a personal thing.

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Originally Posted by Jetfire

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Hahaha...love it.

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Originally Posted by dirge

G1 Jetfire. I've never liked the toy at all. Just a personal thing.

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g1 dirge.... just cause :P

The entire Armada line.

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Originally Posted by blackie

g1 dirge.... just cause :P

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atleast they didn't have to alter him in re-issues for safety laws and going el-cheapo on the chrome

supreme devs. no robot modes, omit one constructicon, feels crap, more paint apps needed, cant stand up/hard to pose, yet lil legends can do it WTF!

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Originally Posted by Jetfire

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Don't worry, I like Skyfire and you look more like him than Jetfire.

<insert warm, fuzzy feeling here> ;)

RPM's get my vote. Came up with the same idea when I was 8 using Matchbox cars.

Titanium Megatron (not the War Within one). Not sure it counts as a toy since it looked terrible, had no playability and wasn't marketed to kids. Yeah, worse toy ever.

Everything Hasbro makes is marketed at kids, that's why their reissues (and MP Optimus Prime) are modified to comply with child safety laws. Takara markets their reissues, MPs etc. directly at older collectors hence they're exempt from child safety regulations.

RPMs are incredibly underwhelming, but I don't count them as action figures, which is what comes to my mind when I think of Transformers "toys." Just a personal thing. :)

I'm working hard here. It's always hard to think of a toy with no redeeming features at all. I'm cursed with finding some good in everything. :)

I'd have to say Refute, the stupid stupid minicon that came with ARM Hoist. Very lame and ugly toy, and utterly ridiculous name. He had the whole package of crap.

Classics Galvatron really sucked a$$ to me. The thing kept falling apart during transformation...

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Originally Posted by heroic_decepticon

Classics Galvatron really sucked a$$ to me. The thing kept falling apart during transformation...

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Yeah the cheap plastic didn't help either.

That toy was not originally meant to be a deluxe and it seems that in the process of shrinking him, they didn't take into account that simple deluxe joints don't fit the rest of the engineering which comprimises the transformation scheme.

His design also doesn't follow the same fairly consistent design and engineering style that you see in the rest of the deluxe Classics/Henkei line probably due to the reasons above.

I think you are right. Some of the joints just didn't work and the transformation design is quite terrible. A real pity that the 'modern' rendition of Galvatron was so poorly done.

I'd say the worst Figure would be Cybertron Runnamuck, hated that figure more than i hated the armada version
ugly ugly head, lame cyber key gimmick (i call it the car crash mode) can barely move/pose him
hmm when i think a little harder i'm sure there were worse transformers than him but he's definatly right up there

For me the most underwhelming toy I've ever seen was G1 Broadside. Not only is he a brick he is also too small considering he is supposed to be an aircraft carrier.

My pick, would have to be that Spec Ed Optimus that came in the black box. The stupid spinning gimmick makes him always want to spin around when he is moved. I've had to blue tack his back to hold him in place.

Also the Megatron that came out in the black box as well seemed really tacky to me, things on him want to keep popping off if I touch it, like the tank barrel cover and such. I should have left them in the boxes.

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Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1

My pick, would have to be that Spec Ed Optimus that came in the black box. The stupid spinning gimmick makes him always want to spin around when he is moved. I've had to blue tack his back to hold him in place.

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If you pull the black tab on his back it should lock his torso into place so he stops spinning.

From tfwiki: Pressing the button "unlocks" the spinning mechanism; pull hard on the button, and you can lock the torso back into place.

I personaly would probaly vote Universe Ultra Silverbolt, as a recent example of a major fail, he and Galvatron should swap size classes.

That said All the toys mentioned, have at least one redeeming feature though, i.e Spinning top Prime, has that awesome rifle accssesorie so he's not a complete failure. Galvatron too for all his failings still had a nice G1 Galavatron head sculpt, I suppose that cursed Silverbolt does too. Devestator has his nomm nomm feature so they all seem to have one redeeming quality which to me keeps them form making absolute worst toy status.

So after thinking about it I think I'd have to go with the afforementioned Supreme Cheetor toy, he's big, ugly, exspenisve, and stupid what an amazing combo.

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Originally Posted by Bartrim

Not only is he a brick he is also too small considering he is supposed to be an aircraft carrier.

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Either that or his jet mode is freakin' HUGE. ;D

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Either that or his jet mode is freakin' HUGE. ;D

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I always took it as a kind of spaceship - The cockpit area is where the bridge would be.

I'm rather fond of Broadside myself, but agree that he is the epitome of a G1 brick if ever there were a good example.

If I had got Broadside as a kid, I would be very sorely disappointed I think.

my favourite worst toy ever would have to be Injector from the beast wars. the fuglyest transformer ever.I pity any child who got this shelf warmer for a present for christmas.They would feel so abused.

[IMG]http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...ectorRobot.jpg[/IMG]

Injector is many kinds of awesome! its like H.R Giger had a go at designing a transformer.

I havea fondness for Injector too.

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Originally Posted by Tabias Prime

my favourite worst toy ever would have to be Injector from the beast wars. the fuglyest transformer ever.I pity any child who got this shelf warmer for a present for christmas.They would feel so abused.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/d...ectorRobot.jpg

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Aw - he's so beautiful. The thing about this thread is that no Transformer is going to be universally despised. Personally, I really like Cybertron/Galaxy Force Runamuck too.

For me, the worst toy ever would have to be something (or, indeed, everything) from both of the 2000-and-whatever movie lines.

Hey i got Injector for christmas!!!


I actually like it, i dont know why people dont, hes evil, evil is ugly.

Plus the toy itself is better then some beast wars toys.

Worst tf toy? Alternators, specifically Jazz. They are so intricate, and my jazz's hood popped off and cant go back on.

Alternators are no fun to me

Jazz isn't even the worst Alternator (far from it to most of the population who can handle a simple bonnet fold :p ). Of my experience with them, the Optimus/Nemesis Prime is by far the worst - i hate his brick legs.. that said, his transforming engine is more fun and clever than the entire rest of the toy!

IMO Alternators Ravage (Jaguar XK) is the worst Alternators toy. I've always preferred Binaltech over Alternators, but even purely by Alternators standards Ravage is pretty poor. He has no rack and pinion steering and there's no engine under the bonnet.

I agree that Injector is a pretty craptacular toy. For months and months I would walk into toy stores and stare at this toy pegwarming in horror. But eventually I caved in and bought one! :p The Fuzors were pretty weird in general; I like the way Jhiaxus once described them as "Transformers Wuzzles." ;)
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...daz/wuzzle.jpg

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

IMO Alternators Ravage (Jaguar XK) is the worst Alternators toy. I've always preferred Binaltech over Alternators, but even purely by Alternators standards Ravage is pretty poor. He has no rack and pinion steering and there's no engine under the bonnet.

I agree that Injector is a pretty craptacular toy. For months and months I would walk into toy stores and stare at this toy pegwarming in horror. But eventually I caved in and bought one! :p The Fuzors were pretty weird in general; I like the way Jhiaxus once described them as "Transformers Wuzzles." ;)
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...daz/wuzzle.jpg

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With the Fuzors, they should have stuck with mythological beasts instead of random stuff. The mythologica (or mythological like) Fuzors were the ones that worked the best such as Silverbolt.

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Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1

My pick, would have to be that Spec Ed Optimus that came in the black box. The stupid spinning gimmick makes him always want to spin around when he is moved. I've had to blue tack his back to hold him in place.

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I actually like that toy once painted up - it's more of an action figure than a proper TF though... and to stop the spinning gimmick, pull that black tab backwards so that it clicks into place. Then he doesn't spin and poses GREAT! :D

Sorry, which mythological creature is Silverbolt based on? I thought he was a fusion between an eagle and a wolf. I know that winged wolves are popular in fantasy art, but even then most of them appear to be images of a wolf with large bird wings sprouting from its back. Silverbolt isn't just a wolf with wings, his front legs are eagle legs and he also has an eagle's tail, not a wolf tail. Quickstrike was also a fairly well executed Fuzor toy, yet I know not of any mythological creatures which has the body of a scorpion and a cobra for a tail. It seems that Hasbro chose the two best Fuzor toys for the show; the others aren't as well designed IMO; that's not to say that they're all bad... I'm rather fond of Air Hammer. :)

The only Beast Wars/Machines Transformers I can think of who have beast modes specifically based on mythological creatures are:
+ Transmetal 2 Megatron (dragon)
+ Heinlad (tanuki)
+ Galvatron (dragon)
+ Battle Unicorn (unicorn)
+ Beast Changer (werewolf, dragon)

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

IMO Alternators Ravage (Jaguar XK) is the worst Alternators toy. I've always preferred Binaltech over Alternators, but even purely by Alternators standards Ravage is pretty poor. He has no rack and pinion steering and there's no engine under the bonnet.

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Alt Ravage is the only ALT or BLT that transforms into something other than a robot - this in itself is all kinds of awesome. Hmmm... plus I can think of worse Alt/Blts than Ravage...

A toy that I ended up hating, classics galvatron. :(

But an aspect of a toy line would have to be the actual transformation of 99.9999% of the 2007+ movie toys. They all suck in their own ways. The only toy I can say I fully enjoy is ejector.

Dirge, if you don't like g1 jetfire, I'll give it an awesome home. I see it more as a robotech toy, probably because it is. :)