The Toughest Transformers To Transform

[GoktimusPrime]

The problem with the movie Megatrons is that you don't intuitively know what the alt modes should look like. They transform from robots into... umm... some thing that flies, and then some thing that rolls. As tricky as ROTF Leader Optimus Prime may be, at least you instinctively know what the alt mode should look like and what you're trying to achieve. Megatron's alt modes are just so damn weird^abstract-fantasy-based that it's hard to intuitively know what you're trying to achieve.

This is why I prefer DOTM Voyager Megatron over TF1 and ROTF Leader Megatrons... he transforms into a truck... I know what the alt mode should look like and it makes it a helluva lot easier to get there. With TF1 and ROTF Megatrons, once you finish the transformations, let's face it - you only know it's correct because the instructions say so.

DOTM Megatron - from truck to robot and back!
TF1/ROTF Megatron - from mangled-robot to robot and back!

[klystron]

Alternators Wheeljack (Ford Mustang). Think my pb transformation time was around 30mins. Sad, I know.

[Gouki]

Easily Binaltech Grimlock. Managed to Transform the damn thing from car to robot and back and back to robot once more since I got him in 2005, before finally selling him off. And then that meant he went from "Awesome! New Grimlock toy with cool sword" to "oh my god this fl'oppy poorly contrsucted piece of crap with bad fists and too small a sword!

I had issues with Binaltech Asterix Alert, but that was more due to poor mould quality than anything.

[Megatrons Cannon]

My vote is DotM an RotF Leader Primes. MP Megs was tricky.

[Bartrim]

ROTF Rampage. Sold this recently in Mess mode because I couldn't figure out how to get it back to either mode.

I didn't even sell him. I gave him away. Couldn't stand that piece of rubbish.

[Deonasis]

Panel lining on the Deathstar Vader takes time..

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

ROTF Deluxe Skids and Mudflap. Because they're annoying characters the fact their transformations are also frustrating tempts me to just never touch them ever again.

Lol, this is funny.

I found forming Omega Prime quite time consuming for the first time. I actually remember breaking out in a sweat as I did. First time that happened.

One that I found fairly tricky was Sentinel prime from Movie 3. Managed to get in in the end, but only tfed him once, mainly because of all that damn panel aligning. Really irritated me no end that did, as soon as I had one part set, the part I had previously done would pop out.

Yep, sold that sucker soon enough.

[Magnus]

Because I don't want to stress or break something, I always use the instructions when transforming something, and for something particularly intricate, I may watch videos of the transformation. That said, I agree with MP Rodimus - everything has to be aligned just-so - and RotF/DotM Leader Optimus - getting the arms and chest transformed into truck mode requires more than a little patience (although the lack of spring-loaded blades on Jetwing Optimus made it a bit easier).'07 Leader Megatron nearly had me the first time I transformed him into space cruiser mode - I had to look at Seibertron's gallery to figure out how to transform the legs correctly.