Diem wrote:deathy wrote:I judge a TF toys weirdness solely by it's design/sculpt.
My 10 top list "for today" is as follows:
I apologise but I have to disagree with you on almost all counts.What's wrong with Squeezeplay's colours? Dark blue, purple, grey, classic 'Con colours. And he's from a period where nothing being produced looked like earth stuff so that really doesn't hold weight.1987 Squeezeplay. a over all weird looking toy in both modes. a super weird upside/down type transfotmation. doesn't look like any animal I've ever seen on the earth. awful colors.Beastwars Transmetal 1 optimus primal. I remember the on-line jokes fans made when they said which is mode is the robot mode. not a bad scupt compared to others. it's just weird the robot mode looked more beastly while the beast mode looked more robotic.
Okay I'll give you this one. Between the awesome Leader Optimus Primal and the Optimal Optimus this figure was a bit of a sad milestone along the way. He's not that weird though.Yeah, Injector's weird and Ratorta's even weirder. Unlike some of the other figure's I've ragged on Injector was very much meant to be bizarre.beastwars deluxe fuzor injector. what a ugly toy in both modes. this toy takes the whole mis-proportioned body parts to new levels.A bad mold but not an especially weird one.Beastmchines mega sized Megatron. what a awful toy. the robot face sculpt was just horrible. had this toy been a bit bigger in size,the stuff they were trying to accomplish like extra design sculpt & gimmicks would have worked a lot better. not a fan of the skinny tubalor type design in both modes.It's true, the trottlebots had issues. Not least being called trottlebots. Having to find a toilet at a moment's notice is always tough. Really though, these guys were the cheap price point figures and if you're looking for poseability 1987 is not the place to be looking for it.1987 trottlebot goldbug,3 years later & the bumblebee character type toy loses more poseability than the 1984 toy had. not a fan of the simplified tranformation gimmick.Actually I quite like their alt modes. Sure, Mudflap is an alarming fibre-intensive-diet brown but Skids is quite a pleasant colour. I always felt that if these guys had different headsculpts they would be really good figures.ROTF Twins,i'm counting them as one,since they work together & probably can't function seperatly. i'm not a fan of the extremly ugly & distorted looking faces. what's up with one arm/hand being bigger than the other. horrible colors & every day booring alt modes chosen.Yeah, I'll give you this one.beastwars transmetal 2 basic sized optimus minor. what a ugly tiny toy. it's got not good going for it in design sculpt in either mode.What's wrong with Clocker? The worst you can say about him is that he's a little generic. He has a neat little alt mode and a competent robot mode. Why pick on him, really?Cybertron basic sized clocker,the worst designed basic for the entire AEC toy line. too simply,wimpy & weird looking. colors don't help.Again, he's more generic that terrible. Just your typical early Beast Wars basic-class dude.beastwars iguanus,just a horrible mess as far as engineering goes. design sculpt isn't that great either. ugly robot face sculpt.Aw, but he's so cute! There are way weirder figures in the movieverse (ie Dreadwing)Rotf deluxe sized breakaway. the ugly tiny robot head ruins the whole toy. the brown colors bring the mold down ever more. this toy shines in the thrust dark red colors with the new head sculpt.
I'll reply to your comments in the order you posted them.
(1) Squeezeplay had a weird alt mode even by the 1980's TF toy standards.
(2)seems like we sorta agree
(3) I agree it not as weird/bad as others,personally it's just the worst/weirdest beast megatron toy mold from that period. it's just a disappointing considering beast megatron always got the awesome toys like the 1996 ultra toy,the tm1 & tm2 toys. beastmachines megabolt megatron toy.
(4)I realize the 1980's G-1 toys had very little poseability. I was merly commenting that 1987 goldbug had less poseability & moving parts than 1984 bumblebee.
(4a) I disagree with your comment reagarding the 1987 TF toys. this 1987 TF toy year featured the most poseable TF toys that transformed into alt mods of the entire run. the following 1987 TF toys get major points for being the most poseable TF G-1 usa toys of the 1980's: apeface,snapdragon,slugslinger,misfire,triggerhappy,weirdwolf & one of the heamasters autobots.
(5)their weird toys
(6)we agree
(7)I reailze it's a convertable but it looks like it's missing it's entire top of the car. convertible TF toys just look weird. plus the toy looks kinda wimpy.
(8)Iguanus isn't generic looking. the design is state of the art & kinda new. the problem is it's just looks like a mis-proportioned mess & very ugle/weird in robot mode.
(9) Darkwing isn't weird. it's suspose