Alt-Mode Soft Spots

[Robzy]

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FRIGDEFORMERS. Do it NOW, Hasbro!

What a cool idea!

[blackie]

merric and rosso anyone?

[dirge]

Bedformers!

(not sure if any of the newer Adelaide fans will get this one - ask Sofaman at your next meet)

[GoktimusPrime]

*giggle*

"Almost Transformers - Whitegoods In Disguise!"

[kup]

I want a toy of the Piano Transformer and he better play music.

[STL]

I can't place what appeals to me most but I think I've always loved futuristic designs ala the War Within and Cybertron series. I'm still waiting on my WW Prowl and Grimlock which I expect I'll love just b/c of the futuristic feel of both alt modes not to mention the characters. Others that come to mind are WW Prime, G1 Cyclonus, the G1 Headmaster jets, the G1 Targetmasters, the Technobots, TFA Cybertron Prime, much of Cybertron and Energon, and, to a lesser extent, Titanium WW Megatron.

Armada's alt modes didn't do much for me. They still felt luck they were stuck between RiD and Energon at that point.

Realism doesn't worry me too much about TFs. As a kid, transforming robots was enough of a stretch for me to give realism a kick right up the rear. I mean, it's nice but hardly necessary.

Oh and base-formers are definitely a favourite of mine too. Small or big, it doesn't matter as long as there's attention to detail. One of the reasons I like Micromasters so much b/c I otherwise I wouldn't even bother collecting them.

The other thing I might add is alt modes of mass destruction. Not necessarily tanks but vehicles that are armed to the max appeal to me too. Sometimes that means a whole lot of guns that pop off and lots of accessories but that doesn't bother me as long as he says "You are toast". TFA Ultra Magnus, G1 Metroplex and Fort Max, Classics Skyfire, Energon Galvatron all come to mind immediately.

This thread was a great idea.

[1orion2many]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Cybertron Wingsaber STL, talk about captain happy guns.

[Geminii]

Futuristic vehicles. Super-realistic stuff just makes me think "Well, if I wanted to see that, I'd buy a model kit." Cybertronians seem more 'natural' to me when they have non-Earth modes.

I don't mind robotic animals, but the original BW stuff never really appealed to me for much the same reason that many of the smoothly-curved altmodes don't - they tend to end up with too much hull kibble for my taste.

It's a balance, for me. I like altmodes which result in minimal motion-blocking and sight-blocking kibble for the robot, but which aren't so heavily weighted towards the humanoid mode that the altmode is obviously just a robot lying down or something. I'm even OK with fairly large kibble like G1 Scourge's wings and BW Rampage's claws (the shoulderpads and crab legs are another issue).

Oddly enough, I don't mind the altmodes of the G1 Constructicons, but only as altmodes of Devastator - it's kind of neat to see such a large technokibbled robot turn into a set of very non-kibbled machines.