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Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:10 pm

Every once in a while some design or concept comes into my radar that makes me cringe, cry out in protest or want to boycott the corporation behind the decision.

When I was a kid, my eyes rolled into the back of my head when I first saw a sharkticon. C'mon, really? a robotic piranha with legs? what's so "robots in disguise" about that? That lasted a long time. It just didn't make sense. It was stupid.

Fast forward many years later and I see Optimus Prime transforming into a PEPSI truck, and then into a NIKE shoe?! Then last month I see... a MICKEY MOUSE Transformer?!!

So that being said, what's the stupidest Transformer design or idea you've seen?

News Credits: 2 · Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:27 pm

Scrounge

News Credits: 1 · Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:10 pm

Prisonerbot wrote:Every once in a while some design or concept comes into my radar that makes me cringe, cry out in protest or want to boycott the corporation behind the decision.

When I was a kid, my eyes rolled into the back of my head when I first saw a sharkticon. C'mon, really? a robotic piranha with legs? what's so "robots in disguise" about that? That lasted a long time. It just didn't make sense. It was stupid.

Fast forward many years later and I see Optimus Prime transforming into a PEPSI truck, and then into a NIKE shoe?! Then last month I see... a MICKEY MOUSE Transformer?!!

So that being said, what's the stupidest Transformer design or idea you've seen?

Sharkticon wasn't on planet Earth, so it wouldn't need to fit the "Robots in Disguise" phrase. While the Pepsi, Nike, and Disney were all made to simplay make money.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:34 pm

In the main lines, one of the stupidest ideas (even lampshaded on the G1 comics letters pages)turned out to be one of the coolest Scout classes in recent years - Ejector, the toaster.

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:05 pm

i really *really* want a toaster TF. it's a guaranteed classic and if i don't get one i know i'll hate myself for it later. :grin:

Thu Sep 17, 2009 2:32 pm

Valandar wrote:In the main lines, one of the stupidest ideas (even lampshaded on the G1 comics letters pages)turned out to be one of the coolest Scout classes in recent years - Ejector, the toaster.

That little Gremlin of a Decepticon is a total 12/10 toy (just fun to play with).

And just be glad that me a by friends at work don't work for Hasbro, we have a running contest to come up with the silliest Fan Transformers toy we can think of. And yes one of the rules is that we have to make it, my last idea was a pair of chattering teeth named "Chatter". So be happy that Hasbro is the way it is, cause it can always be worse. (insert evil laughter here) :twisted:

News Credits: 9 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:01 am

A plant.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:15 am

Pretender shells that look like monsters. Doesn't that defeat the whole point of the "Pretender" concept?

News Credits: 12 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:18 am

Convotron wrote:Scrounge

He's awesome! I love his story. I want a Scrounge figure.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:44 am

*Throws the term "Action Masters" into the thread and hides*

Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:33 am

Kiss Players, way to ruin an otherwise great toy line.

News Credits: 241 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:38 am

Anything stupid that is not Japanese? ;;)

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:51 am

GuyIncognito wrote:Pretender shells that look like monsters. Doesn't that defeat the whole point of the "Pretender" concept?

The Pretender shells that looks like human, doesn't really look like on either.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:26 pm

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:40 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:*Throws the term "Action Masters" into the thread and hides*

*picks up "Action Masters" and adds "Robot Replica"*
The only non-transforming transformer I've ever bought is Robot Replica Frenzy, because his FAB is awful. I'd also include RotF Ravage, but he does actually transform... just into nothing.
(I just realised I also have a few Robot Heros, but I count them separately as they fit in with the Star Wars and Marvel ones.)

So I've got a good one.
RotF Ransack:
He's such an insanely stupid idea, a biplane transformer? There's not enough material to transform! And wing kibble is bad enough, but two sets of it?
But, this is honestly one of those times stupid REALLY works! I love the toy! It's awesome! It works so well, and he looks great with the rest of the line

Also I can so see him and Jetfire having "grumpy old men" arguments :3

Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:49 pm

What about Pretenders who pretended to be vehicles? What's the matter, couldn't their own transformations be enough, they had to pretend to be another vehicle?

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:04 pm

Justicity wrote:Also I can so see him and Jetfire having "grumpy old men" arguments :3

Hehe, "Grumpy Old Bots: A Transformers Spin-off".

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:39 pm

Convotron wrote:
Justicity wrote:Also I can so see him and Jetfire having "grumpy old men" arguments :3

Hehe, "Grumpy Old Bots: A Transformers Spin-off".

"And today we have with us, Animated Ratchet! Seekers Jetfire and Ransack! Kup! And last but not least, Alpha Trion!
So today we're going to be talking about how to deal with "young-bots" and the best ways to remove rust!"
Hosted by Wreck-Garr...

News Credits: 7 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 2:50 pm

The Nike-formers are just stupid, especially since they are all left-footed;

Also, Star Wars Transformers... The coolest alt. modes are added, but they needed them to make them transform into actual SW characters... WHY??? They could have gotten a lot more money from the line if the figures would have transformed into Transformers characters.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:11 pm

Chaoslock wrote:The Nike-formers are just stupid, especially since they are all left-footed;

Also, Star Wars Transformers... The coolest alt. modes are added, but they needed them to make them transform into actual SW characters... WHY??? They could have gotten a lot more money from the line if the figures would have transformed into Transformers characters.

If we're talking about Star Wars TFs I have to say something about Marvel Xovers. Why do these "superheroes" need an external shell (TF body) to fight?

News Credits: 20 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:44 pm

Convotron wrote:Scrounge

Whoever wrote that entry is sort of a one trick pony eh? I dunno, the actual info about the character there seemed neat to me. I knew nothing of the character before now.
:BOT:

Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:49 pm

Optimouse Prime get my vote.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:00 pm

Chaoslock wrote:The Nike-formers are just stupid, especially since they are all left-footed;

Also, Star Wars Transformers... The coolest alt. modes are added, but they needed them to make them transform into actual SW characters... WHY??? They could have gotten a lot more money from the line if the figures would have transformed into Transformers characters.

I must agree! The alt modes are spiffy but the bot modes are unforgivably terrible.