The Toughest Transformers To Transform

[Trent]

Can't say I really have any that frustrate the hell out of me. However the most difficult/annoying in my collection are:

MP Rodimus - After you have done it once or twice you get the hang of it. There are a few very good videos on YouTube that help heaps. Still annoying though

FansProject Warbot Defender - those bloody hands! I can never remember how they are supposed to go in chopper mode!

Maketoys Battle Tanker - Just too fiddly.

Classics Red Alert - it's quite hard to get everything to line up in car mode. And for such a sleek looking car it stands out.

[Paulbot]

Agree with many comments above. A few that bug me:

BW Rampage. Never got the treads to work in tank mode.
ROTF Rampage. Sold this recently in Mess mode because I couldn't figure out how to get it back to either mode.
ROTF Mixmaster. To truck or gun mode was a nightmare.

[liegeprime]

MP Megs, MP screamer, Alternators and Altermity Bee/Cliffy... that's all I can think as of now.

[kup]

MP Rodimus by far given all it's awkwardness and nuances.

[seespotrun]

Definitely agree with movie leader Optimus Prime. Took me over an hour and a couple of YouTube videos to figure out how to transform him the first time. At least none of it's counter-intuitive; it's just fiddly. Lots of little touches which you can easily forget.

[SkyWarp91]

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.

[Megatron]

I'm kinda surprised that MP Megs is being mentioned so often. Makes me want to try...

Agree with many comments above. A few that bug me:

BW Rampage. Never got the treads to work in tank mode.
ROTF Rampage. Sold this recently in Mess mode because I couldn't figure out how to get it back to either mode.
ROTF Mixmaster. To truck or gun mode was a nightmare.

I've got to agree with you on both RotF Rampage and Mixmaster. Actually, Rampage I managed to transform to robot mode most of the way without the instructions (he wasn't that bad). I only needed them later to work out what to do with his back legs, and how to get those tyre treads unfolded.

Mixmaster was the most fiddly and complicated one for me to transform to robot mode. I needed the instructions all the way.

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.

I was undecided about getting these two, mainly because I don't like the look of them lol. But now knowing that they would be a pain to transform as well doesn't help.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Scalpel from ROTF was an annoying little bugger as well to get right

[UltraMarginal]

the first G1 transformer I had trouble with was Megatron, at the ripe old age of maybe 5 or 6, I had to get help from my Dad. at least for the first time, just to figure it out.

I found the G1 decepticon clones to be very difficult to transform, the hands were extremely tight, I used to have to get something to use to pry them started so I could finish it by hand.

the 2007 movie leaders were quite hard the first time through, even Megs, mainly due to the fact that the final mode wasn't readily familiar.

I'm yet to open my ROTF prime and Jetfire 2 pack.

ROTF Deluxe Skids and Mudflap are definitely up there, very difficult, and the final robot mode is so rubbish that there's no satisfaction from the transformation. The icecream truck wasn't too bad though. better than the individuals.

ROTF mixmaster was extremely difficult, and the weapons platform mode was just a little too non-descript to be sure you had it right.

A lot of the ROTF figures were very complex but many of them were interesting more than they were frustrating. I think these designs pushed the HASTAK design team to new heights with what they were able to attempt, and this knowledge will only pay of for us in the future.

MP megs was a cracker, after a while I went back to it to transform it and had forgotten a couple steps, in the end I had to dig out the instructions to figure it out, I was so scared of breaking it otherwise.

Generations Lugnut, where the tail slides towards the chest in robot mode, mine always sticks and I invariably crush my fingers when it pops into place. I can't remember the last time I experienced so much pain transforming a figure.

Generations Frumble, was difficult to get back into data disk mode the first time, not having seen the arms rotated and not having instructions. (brilliant engineering, especially designing it so that someone would be able to assemble it without it exploding in their hands before it was finished. something that I'm sure they don't usually have to take into account.)

[Megatron]

Scalpel from ROTF was an annoying little bugger as well to get right

Another one I still haven't fully worked out!

the 2007 movie leaders were quite hard the first time through, even Megs, mainly due to the fact that the final mode wasn't readily familiar.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention him, too. I got almost all the way to alt mode, but just can't work out what to do with the legs, so I gave up and left him in robot mode. The instructions didn't help!

Another thing I wanted to mention, is generally when the instructions only show you how to transform one way, so you have to "Reverse instructions for Robot/Alt mode" if you want to go the other way. Like it isn't hard enough as it is!