The Best And Worst Transformations In Your Collection

[BigTransformerTrev]

Unfortunately if you view Transformers through modern eyes like I do everything from G1 looks terrible and like they are the worst Transformers ever made.

Dunno - I reckon there are a lot there better than a lot of the current half-transforming Cyberverse ones. I found Powermaster Optimus and the original cars like Jazz and Prowl to be good fun even years on.


I'd say the worst ones in my collection are Energon Mirage, ROTF Scalpel and Alternity GTR-Maximus. They are all ones I gave up on trying to transform properly. It's especially annoying with Maximus as I paid over a hundred bucks for him and only ever got him half way though his transformation. He has been sitting in a crate looking deformed for years now.

[TaZZerath]

Dunno - I reckon there are a lot there better than a lot of the current half-transforming Cyberverse ones. I found Powermaster Optimus and the original cars like Jazz and Prowl to be good fun even years on.


I'd say the worst ones in my collection are Energon Mirage, ROTF Scalpel and Alternity GTR-Maximus. They are all ones I gave up on trying to transform properly. It's especially annoying with Maximus as I paid over a hundred bucks for him and only ever got him half way though his transformation. He has been sitting in a crate looking deformed for years now.

It's always a disappointment when a figure looks so good (like Maximus does) lets you down through poor transformation mechanics...

[UltraMarginal]

Best is tricky,
I'll have to think about it,
worst is without a doubt Dark of the moon Ravage, it literally turns into a balled up bot mode, and it's messy in doing it. nothing tabs in it's all over the place. at least Airachnid looks like a helicopter and robot.

[GoktimusPrime]

I don't think even Hasbro knows what the hell Ravage's alt mode is supposed to be. On the packaging it's called a "Re-Entry" mode. What the hell is a Re-Entry?!? Is it a mode for re-entering the atmosphere? If so, when does he ever do that in ROTF? We see him enter Earth's atmosphere after being ejected by Soundwave in orbit, but we've never seen him exit the atmosphere in order to re-enter it. You cannot re-enter something that you haven't just exited from, otherwise you're just regular entering it!

[dirge]

Best? Well, for me, impressive engineering that takes a realistic vehicle into a nice looking robot wins. So I'm going to say Masterpiece Bluestreak (and friends).

Obviously the MP line has the luxury an adult collector's price tag to work with. So if I'm talking within the kid price tags... heck you could throw a dart into Beast Wars and pick out a good toy... but I'll go with Transmetal Cheetor. Okay, so it's not a realistic alt mode but it's true to the aesthetic of the line & forms two poseable modes with an clever & elegant transformation that integrates the weapon.

Worst? Energon Ironhide. I'm *not* willing to make allowances for the stupid gimmick because there are many examples of gimmicks not getting in the way down the years. It's simply a lazy design... where they didn't even *try* to conceal his head. Engineering isn't clever and realism has been thrown under the bus through a lack of effort / focus.