Most disappointing TF purchase?

[GoktimusPrime]

Skystalker's nice, but I don't like the spring loaded feet gimmick and the weapons fall off too easily during toyplay for my liking.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Skystalker's feet do clip in place, just requires a little bit more force than you'd expect.

[King Atlas]

Movie voyager megatron with silver paint apps. I bought it at $17 and still felt ripped off. It's just such a poor figure. Especially the crappy feet gimmick.

[5FDP]

Mine would have to be AM Circuit.

When I was in year 11 of high school and still heavily into Transformers, I sold some of my Star Wars figures to another kid at school for some extra cash knowing that we were all going on an excursion to the city.

I bought Circuit and stashed him away in my school bag to sneak him into the house concerned about what my parents would think of their son still buying 'toys'.

I only bought him because a lack of choice that the store had. Being my first AM, I found the toy to be very underwhelming. In my role playing, he was always the first to die

[snaketales]

Waaaay back in the '90s...

Machine Wars Optimus Prime.

Robot mode looked nothing like him and I wasn't impressed with the articulation. Couldn't figure out the alt mode for the trailer either.

Vehicle mode was alright.

[GoktimusPrime]

The only thing Machine Wars Prime has over Thunderclash is a better colour scheme. Otherwise the original Thunderclash toy craps all over MW Prime. The worst feature was how they got rid of the rapid fire mega-missile launcher gimmick and replaced it with two spring loaded launchers. Yeah, I understand the legal reasons why it was done, but it still sucks.

[Tallestblue]

It does go to show that A) Children are getting dumber, and B) Parents have become more litigious.

[tinyJazz]

I would also like to nominate Botcon Thunderclash. The toy didn't do the character justice at all! He's supposed to be a commanding figure but it just comes off as flimsy, and looks pretty dumb standing next to Landshark and Flak. Actually, it looks pretty dumb standing next to anything. I wanted him to be good so badly.

But then people like me would complain about the Doctor character not having a toy.

Sorry! I meant dissapointed he was in the scout line. They should have done him as a deluxe for no good reason - like wheelie - then I wouldn't need one to fugly up "complete" my scouts.

I wish Mindwipe's daggers could be detached as regular weapons instead of being a permanent attachment. It also means you can't reposition them either. As much of a tribute it is to slasher films, it's not the practical way to hold a knife. Most proper knife fighters will hold the knife blade up, like this.

We don't do that here. That's not how we fight on Cybertron.
I do agree with you though, detachable daggers would be nice. Anyway, I like Mindwipe, he has one of my favourite headsculpts.

Oh, and for anyone who thinks Mindwipe is disappointing: just look at what I found~



Alright, I have no idea how to make this work, but it looks awesome!
I wouldn't mind trying an Axor/Dreadwing combination either.

[Autocon]

I would also like to nominate Botcon Thunderclash. The toy didn't do the character justice at all! He's supposed to be a commanding figure but it just comes off as flimsy, and looks pretty dumb standing next to Landshark and Flak. Actually, it looks pretty dumb standing next to anything. I wanted him to be good so badly.



Sorry! I meant dissapointed he was in the scout line. They should have done him as a deluxe for no good reason - like wheelie - then I wouldn't need one to fugly up "complete" my scouts.


We don't do that here. That's not how we fight on Cybertron.
I do agree with you though, detachable daggers would be nice. Anyway, I like Mindwipe, he has one of my favourite headsculpts.

Oh, and for anyone who thinks Mindwipe is disappointing: just look at what I found~



Alright, I have no idea how to make this work, but it looks awesome!
I wouldn't mind trying an Axor/Dreadwing combination either.

i think he just replaced the parts: pulled of mws arms head and replaced with lockdowns

[tinyJazz]

i think he just replaced the parts: pulled of mws arms head and replaced with lockdowns

Nope. I'm pretty sure both figures are still complete, you can see a bit of Mindwipe's torso between the legs. It's folded back somehow.