The worst mould/figure released

[LordCyrusOmega]

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

[Prowl]

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.

[rocman12]

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!

[GoktimusPrime]

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!



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.

Alt mode gives them a pass though but not by much.

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:
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

[liegeprime]

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 .



does anyone remember his name?

[GoktimusPrime]

Gloriouz?

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!

[liegeprime]

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.

[Cat]

Armada Sideswipe is one of the worst of this century.

Just horrible.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah...Armada Sideswipe is one big bowl of suck. I hate that guy.

He does suck, but there are even more suckful Armada toys out there... Scavenger makes Sideswipe look good!

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 MegaZord

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!

The Cybertron repaint Runamuck was even worse, didn't even have a minicon

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.

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

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) (-_-)

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.

[BigTransformerTrev]

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?