The Energon Pub

A thread like this was around before the Great Shutdown of January, and I always found it humorous, so I thought I'd try to start it up again.


Humor aside, I will change all of my previous opinions on this matter and say, without any doubt, that after recently aquiring one that the worst TF figure ever made is Beast Machines Nightscream. I kinda like his character but his figure is nothing short of supreme awfulness. It looks crappy, the beast mode is garbage, and the only saving grace is the light up disk launcher that was so much better as the non lighting one in BW Depthcharge. Piece of junk.

Thank you.

Dagon wrote:A thread like this was around before the Great Shutdown of January, and I always found it humorous, so I thought I'd try to start it up again.


Humor aside, I will change all of my previous opinions on this matter and say, without any doubt, that after recently aquiring one that the worst TF figure ever made is Beast Machines Nightscream. I kinda like his character but his figure is nothing short of supreme awfulness. It looks crappy, the beast mode is garbage, and the only saving grace is the light up disk launcher that was so much better as the non lighting one in BW Depthcharge. Piece of junk.

Thank you.

Worst? Titanium Scourge sucks terribly. He has very little poseability, one arm has an extremely loose elbow, the transformation was way too easy, and his legs come off frequently at the knee.

Don't even get me started on Armada/Cybertron Blurr...

Staxx is without a doubt the worst transformer of all time in the history of ever.
He has the articulation of a throttlebot despite being made in the same year as the uber-poseable cyberjets.
His pull back gimmick only works if you slot his gun into the side of his foot pointing upwards, making his gimmick even less fun then a throttlebot.
His colours are far from pleasing.
His arms are stuck in a permanent "hug me" pose.
He has a "I'm super-kewl, buy me" tech spec
He's one of the 4 G2 powermasters which are all fairly lacklustre but he stands out as by far the worst of the bunch.

and finally...

He doesn't even have a face, just a nose in the middle of an orange square!

Case closed. I defy anyone to find a worse figure then him.

High Command wrote:Staxx is without a doubt the worst transformer of all time in the history of ever.
He has the articulation of a throttlebot despite being made in the same year as the uber-poseable cyberjets.
His pull back gimmick only works if you slot his gun into the side of his foot pointing upwards, making his gimmick even less fun then a throttlebot.
His colours are far from pleasing.
His arms are stuck in a permanent "hug me" pose.
He has a "I'm super-kewl, buy me" tech spec
He's one of the 4 G2 powermasters which are all fairly lacklustre but he stands out as by far the worst of the bunch.

and finally...

He doesn't even have a face, just a nose in the middle of an orange square!

Case closed. I defy anyone to find a worse figure then him.

Damn, he is the worst. I withdraw my above statement.

He makes Titanium Scourge look like Cybertron OP.

Any figure that uses that horrible golden plastic that breaks when looking at the figure.

Black Zarak being one of the unfortunates to use that cursed plastic.

cybertron thunderblast

Titanium Megatron titanium Megatron titanium Megatron!!
I didn't like transmutate that much either because it falls apart almost as easily as megatron
and I used to have a BW grimlock but...darn gps got to him

JetfireUK wrote:Any figure that uses that horrible golden plastic that breaks when looking at the figure.

Black Zarak being one of the unfortunates to use that cursed plastic.

AHAH! If you just look at it, it breaks. Now that's funny.

Staxx definitely takes the win. I however can't stand most of the beastwars line. So I'll go with...nope, you know what... Staxx is the winner no matter how you cut it.

High Command wrote:Staxx is without a doubt the worst transformer of all time in the history of ever.
He has the articulation of a throttlebot despite being made in the same year as the uber-poseable cyberjets.
His pull back gimmick only works if you slot his gun into the side of his foot pointing upwards, making his gimmick even less fun then a throttlebot.
His colours are far from pleasing.
His arms are stuck in a permanent "hug me" pose.
He has a "I'm super-kewl, buy me" tech spec
He's one of the 4 G2 powermasters which are all fairly lacklustre but he stands out as by far the worst of the bunch.

and finally...

He doesn't even have a face, just a nose in the middle of an orange square!

Case closed. I defy anyone to find a worse figure then him.

Staxx is craptacular, but Grandus isn't much better.

Thanatos Prime wrote:

High Command wrote:Staxx is without a doubt the worst transformer of all time in the history of ever.
He has the articulation of a throttlebot despite being made in the same year as the uber-poseable cyberjets.
His pull back gimmick only works if you slot his gun into the side of his foot pointing upwards, making his gimmick even less fun then a throttlebot.
His colours are far from pleasing.
His arms are stuck in a permanent "hug me" pose.
He has a "I'm super-kewl, buy me" tech spec
He's one of the 4 G2 powermasters which are all fairly lacklustre but he stands out as by far the worst of the bunch.

and finally...

He doesn't even have a face, just a nose in the middle of an orange square!

Case closed. I defy anyone to find a worse figure then him.

Staxx is craptacular, but Grandus isn't much better.

What the crap? He bends over? What a great figure!
I would have to go with Staxx as well.

im shocked!
no mention of BM silverbolt, or BM supreme cheetor.

i always try to hide these ones away, but cheetor's to damm big!

I always come back to Titanium Megatron. Are there worse ones? Undoubtedly yes. But he was easily the worst one I've ever bought.

G1 Silverbolt and Cybertron Thunderblast are both mediocre, but far from terrible.

It seems that mediocrity is derived from physical weakness (Silverbolt), design weakness (Thunderblast) or simply an unattractive figure.

Gunbreaker wrote:cybertron thunderblast

How's that a bad figure?
Staxx is pretty aweful, but, at least he's cheap. Compair that to the craptacular grandus...

BWs did largly suck ass.
Whats the point in posability if it's a higly possable turd?

I cant stand energon prime and energon hotshot either, to think transformers had gone all this way, and those were two of the flagships of the line, two of the main charecters in the cartoon....

BUT
The two transformers I have bought and liked the least are:
Cyb Metroplex.
Price of a leader, designed by a blind chimp with a good selection of serious illnesses.
and
SWTF General Greivous.
Apauling quality plastic, which makes it virtully impossible to transform him (its a pretty badly designed transformation too) without breaking him. Only TF I have EVER bought that never got trnasformed more than once.

Well, the most disapointing for me:

G1 Ironhide and Ratchet. I was psyched to get them for my birthday 20 odd years ago...I transformeed them.....i cried....

More recently I was lucky enough to stay clear of titanium Megs, however, my freakin Titanium Soundwave REFUSES to stand. The left leg just collapses under the weight. Atleast my Scourge stands upright, with a little encouragement.

Redimus' Ego +1 wrote:

BWs did largly suck ass.
Whats the point in posability if it's a higly possable turd?

I say, you have spoken words of truth. Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.

Down_Shift wrote:

Redimus' Ego +1 wrote:

BWs did largly suck ass.
Whats the point in posability if it's a higly possable turd?

I say, you have spoken words of truth. Glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.

I have yet to see what all the fuss is about with BWs... hell, I enjoyed the BM cartoon more than anything BWs came up with...

Does anyone else have the orange and black suckfest that is Classics Minicon Snarl? Tiger's butt for an arm? GREAT IDEA!

Brakethrough wrote:Does anyone else have the orange and black suckfest that is Classics Minicon Snarl? Tiger's butt for an arm? GREAT IDEA!

No...

Im staying totally away from the classics minicons.

I'd love to jump on the Staxx bandwagon, but I don't own him so it seems unfair! So for me, it's a toss up between Energon Jetfire and Titanium Megatron.

Azura wrote:I'd love to jump on the Staxx bandwagon, but I don't own him so it seems unfair! So for me, it's a toss up between Energon Jetfire and Titanium Megatron.

I too hate Energon Jetfire.

He looked so cool before I bought him too...

Redimus' Ego +1 wrote:

Gunbreaker wrote:cybertron thunderblast

[color=red]How's that a bad figure?
Staxx is pretty aweful, but, at least he's cheap. Compair that to the craptacular grandus...

Its the worst kind of shellformer. Not a single part of her robot body contributes to the vehicle mode, and in robot mode the shell is total kibble. This figure makes Titanium Scourge look like part of the masterpiece line!

BWs did largly suck ass.

Huh? Beast Wars saved TF's from falling into oblivion!

Cyb Metroplex.

I thought Metroplex was one of the highlights of Cybertron. Two great robot modes, and the most original alt mode in some time, scores of excellent visual detail, and a transform schema that was far more interesting than it first appeared.

Energon Insecticon. Oh god I hate that toy. It looks so fugly next to all the other cool Terrorcons, especialy when you put it next to a Divebomb. That makes it a horrible misfit.

Of all time? Hmmmmm....Ah, I got it. WHEELIE!!!!!!!