by Biddybot » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:51 pm
My favourite Transformer transformations are still those of Blackout. I particularly like his transformations during the Mission City fight, the way he transformed from chopper to bot while still in the air at one point and almost daintily stepped down onto the ground (for something so large and heavy, that is). And when he reverses it, leaping up and transforming almost instantly into chopper mode, I think that’s also pretty cool. I like when Megatron and Starscream do the jump and transform in midair into their aero modes too. No runways required for these jets!
Optimus Prime’s very first transformation from truck to bot in that alley always makes me think of the earth-in-upheaval scene in Disney’s animated Rite Of Spring sequence, just the way his parts kept collapsing in on themselves, then thrusting out and mounting higher and higher. I couldn’t have asked for a better, more awesome intro.