Arctorro wrote:Completely unnecessary in his transformation, guess it just depends on your preference.
As I understand it, this is his official alt mode, yes?
So, if
your preference is to not fully transform him because, "OMG! Parts forming! Noooooooooo!" that doesn't change what the figure is
supposed to do. I could take G1 Optimus and make him into a truck with fists if I really wanted to avoid parts forming. (I don't, because that'd be stupid. But I
could.) If I'm happy with it, it isn't hurting anyone else... but that doesn't make it correct according to the design of the toy.
Arctorro wrote:That is not the official alt mode, just an unofficial mode they made allowances for as a nod to G1
If by "they" you mean the company who produced this toy... Because it seems to me that the toy contains engineering in it that is completely unnecessary except to form this mode. Thus, it isn't just some fan made mode, but an officially intended one. The fact that it may not have been advertised or included in the instructions doesn't make it unofficial, rather it makes it an Easter egg. But a fully intended one. And it involves parts forming.
You don't have to use it yourself, but that doesn't stop it from existing.