Alt to Bot or Bot to Alt

It's always occurred to me everytime I tranform a figure from alt to bot mode, it's a hell of a lot easier than vice versa. I figure it's because with alt to bot, you're basically opening up, loosening, etc. Whereas with bot to alt, you're closing up, tightening, making more compact etc.
Since my experience pales in comparison to those of you who have hundreds, even thousands of figures, I was wondering if there's ever been a case in your experiences where the opposite held true? In other words, transforming the toy from bot to alt was actually easier than the other way round?
Since my experience pales in comparison to those of you who have hundreds, even thousands of figures, I was wondering if there's ever been a case in your experiences where the opposite held true? In other words, transforming the toy from bot to alt was actually easier than the other way round?