Hey Seibetrono's, recently picked up Dark Steel, and I really like him. The Quickstrike homage is welcome, the colors are unique, he's a cool car, and it's a good excuse to have the DOTM Sideswipe mold. His Mech-Tech weapon on the other hand...not so much.
For one, he can barely hold it in robot mode uncombined. And combined? Forget about it. His hands just weren't meant to work with it(if he had holes in the wheels it may have worked). Oh, and vehicle mode? Lame.
So that bring me to my point: What weapons/accessories included with a Transformer have been so dumb or unwieldy you don't both with and throw in a box or drawer? My short list so far:
The afformentioned Dark Steel weapons.
Cybertron gorilla Optimus Prime(al). The surf bord kinda works in ape mode, but not so much in robot mode. And all it does is turn into an awkward and large bazooka, or a giant sword if you use your imagination.
Cybertron Wreckloose. Beast mode works fine, a neato hat. Robot mode, design flaw. It doesn't look bad, but he just can't hold it at all, and it works so much better on his back. Missed oppertunity more than bad, but I'm including it anyway.
Transmetal 2 Dinobot's tail. Yeah there's a reason it's never used in the show. He can't really hold it, and when you try to use the action feature it falls off. I wouldn't be shocked if they designed the tail to pull off as a safety hazard, then molded a peg into his hand to pass it off as a "weapon".
Primus's Cyber Lock(think that's what it was called). Eh, it's not bad, but I never gave it much of a thought since I can transform him without using it. It holds keys and not much else.
