Jetfire's the most nightmarish transformation I had to deal with. Must've taken a solid hour the first time -- I had to resort to chopping off tabs because parts just would NOT stay together otherwise. You slide one panel in and another would pop right out. UGH. The actual result isn't even worth it; most other hard TFs are at least
too ambitious, Jetfire is 50% kibble junk in either mode.
(can't say what combined mode is like, but I seriously doubt it helps anything)
This combo set. Both molds have an
insane number of parts with weird ass joints all over, and their robot modes are so vague you never can tell if you're even done with them (the copter randomly has thumbs within his arms; no hands, just random thumbs that can't clear the panels on the arms, lord knows why). They're also rather shoddily built, because
of course.
Slog is pretty wonky. Not
amazingly bad, but the rubber parts, the bizarre way the dino belly is attached to the hind legs, the unstable midsection, and the tricky chest/shoulders area makes it not particularly fun. Voyager Sauropod IS pretty cool, though.
Nitro Zeus and the RotF Constructicons were also pretty challenging (and not in a good way). Thankfully, they're all solid toys and after a few transformations it becomes more natural. Still not fun, but not making you rethink your buying habits....
I know some people will swear up and down Mixmaster is as bad (or worse!) as Jetfire. I'm a big fan of the Constructicons, so it's entirely likely I stuck it out far longer than normal, hehe.
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