"Talk"?
Most Transformers have pretty fun and intuitive transformations. You don't get to produce toys 34 years straight if most of the transformations are duds. Obviously there are some terrible ones and some stand out ones, but on the whole most are pretty decent.
Hhhoooooookkkkaaayyy... I'm gonna approach this in the same way that I approached "favourite robot"... gonna go through my collection and pick one per year, and this will be super subjective... and probably take nearly an hour to choose again. Nyah! Actually, I'll pick at least one Goodie and one Baddie from each year.
1984: Bluestreak & Prowl / Soundwave
1985: Powerglide / Bonecrusher
1986: Hot Rod / Gnaw
1987: Afterburner / Snapdragon
1988: Getaway / Quake
1989: Bumblebee / Flattop
1990: Crumble / Ground Hog
1991: Star Convoy / Slicer's Assault Vehicle (sadly all of my '91 'Cons are Action Masters)
1992: Boss / Talon
1993: Zap / Colossus
1994: Optimus Prime / Megatron
1995: Optimus Prime (Laser) / Hooligan
1996: Optimus Primal (Ultra) / Inferno
1997: Airazor / Cicadacon
1998: Scuba / Megatron (honourable mention to Rampage)
1999: Heinlad / Archadys
2000: Super Mach Alert / Tankor
2001: Side Burn / Dark Scream
2002: Jetstorm / Megatron Megabolt
2003: BT Lambor / Soundwave (Smallest TF)
2004: BT Overdrive / BT Swindle
2005: Downshift / Starscream (Voyager)
2006: Classics Optimus Prime / Classics Starscream
2007: Optimus Prime (Leader) / Starscream (Hasbro MP)
2008: Sunstreaker (Henkei) / Soundwave (Animated, Deluxe)
2009: Convoy (Alternity) / Scrapper (Legends)
2010: Sea Spray / Bludgeon
2011: Jetwing Optimus Prime / Megatron (DOTM Voyager)
2012: MP Lambor / Vehicon (TFPRID Deluxe)
2013: Springer (Generations) / MP Soundwave
2014: Swerve / Lockdown
2015: CW Ultra Magnus / CW Megatron
2016: MP Inferno / TR Mindwipe
2017: TR Seaspray / TLK Barricade (Deluxe)
2018: POTP Beachcomber / LG Overlord
Dang, that took me 70 minutes to choose!
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P.S.: Ah crud, I didn't do worst. Hopefully this will be faster. Now again, I'm purely looking at transformation, nothing else. Note that in some cases I don't think that the transformation is bad, but maybe in that year they're all good so I just had to pick the worst out of a good batch.
1984: Jazz / Megatron
1985: Jumpstarters / Ransack
1986: Wheelie / Headstrong
1987: Fortress Maximus / Blot
1988: Gunrunner / Cindersaur
1989: Pincher / Thunderwing
1990: ANY ACTION MASTER
1991: ANY ACTION MASTER
1992: San Diego / Skyquake
1993: Blaze / Ramjet
1994: Manta Ray / Vortex
1995: Ironhide (Power Master) / Any Auto-Roller
1996: Armourdillo / Tarantulas
1997: Retrax / Manterror
1998: Moon / Injector
1999: Rachel\Lion / Scourge
2000: Cheetor (Supreme) / Blastcharge
2001: Beast Changer / Tripredacus Agent
2002: Hot Shot (Armada) / Scavenger (Armada)
2003: Sideswipe (Armada) / Reptilion
2004: Energon Dinobots / Alpha Quintesson
2005: Leobreaker / Brushguard
2006: Chewbacca\Millennium Falcon / Darth Vader\Death Star
2007: Rosanna / Megatron (Leader)
2008: Prowl (Henkei) / Lugnut
2009: Dune Runner / Devastator (Combiner Class)
2010: Cheetor (Device Label) / Cindersaur
2011: Jolt / Megatron (TFPFE)
2012: Smokescreen (AM) / Breakdown (Voyager)
2013: Jinbu / Dreadwing & Skyquake
2014: Snarl / Galvatron (Voyager)
2015: Grimlock (RID) / Chop Shop
2016: Sawtooth / TR Galvatron
2017: Skullitron / Shocknado
2018: Cyberverse Warrior Bumblebee / Cyberverse Warrior Starscream
Aaaaand that took me over an hour.![]()
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