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Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:46 am

That reminded me of those roleplay things from the first movie toyline.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Flash_Bang

I never cared much for transformers that didn't transform into any alt modes, but these were even worse. Which one even is
the altmode?

News Credits: 4 · Thu Oct 08, 2015 3:49 pm

Whifflefire wrote:That reminded me of those roleplay things from the first movie toyline.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Flash_Bang

I never cared much for transformers that didn't transform into any alt modes, but these were even worse. Which one even is
the altmode?

That's more of a device than a robot, but the flashlight mode is its disguise, while the gun is its true function.

Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:12 am

Transformers Prime Gaia Unicron is always one of my favorites

News Credits: 4880 · Sat Oct 10, 2015 10:07 pm

bradyvictor5 wrote:Transformers Prime Gaia Unicron is always one of my favorites

Oh, he will be getting a mention on the lists in a little while.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:19 pm

william-james88 wrote:
bradyvictor5 wrote:Transformers Prime Gaia Unicron is always one of my favorites

Oh, he will be getting a mention on the lists in a little while.

I feel liek we cannot descriminate g1 toys because its unfair to compare them to what we have today plus back then the toy engineering was pretty limited comparing modern days toy engineering anyway i feel like we are just touching the tip of the iceberg i feel like we are just touching the littest of bad alt modes when their are way worse out there....

News Credits: 12 · Sun Jan 03, 2016 5:08 pm

william-james88 wrote:While its fun to see what ridiculous means to different people, the person that first suggested this topic meant it in a way of ridiculous looking. Like this Dragon Optimus turns into:

Transformers Go! Optimus ExPrime Gallery

Objects that dont work as disguises are fair game as well but there seems to be a distinction between ridiculous looking and illogical. "Ridiculous" seems to mean all of this.

That thing kinda reminds me of a festival float to be honest. Either that or a Chinese dragon dance costume thingy.

I can forgive its silliness for the swords though.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:12 am

If we're not limited to toys, I'd like to nominate Rung, whose alt mode is something that nobody, not even Rung himself, can identify.

Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:23 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:If we're not limited to toys, I'd like to nominate Rung, whose alt mode is something that nobody, not even Rung himself, can identify.

The functionist council in the alternate universe Knows...

And also a comic only character, Octus is a flamin' Dalek.

Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:46 pm

All of Beast Machines and Robots in Disguise 2001 were dumb.

Thu Jan 14, 2016 11:15 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:While its fun to see what ridiculous means to different people, the person that first suggested this topic meant it in a way of ridiculous looking. Like this Dragon Optimus turns into:

Transformers Go! Optimus ExPrime Gallery

Objects that dont work as disguises are fair game as well but there seems to be a distinction between ridiculous looking and illogical. "Ridiculous" seems to mean all of this.

That thing kinda reminds me of a festival float to be honest. Either that or a Chinese dragon dance costume thingy.

I can forgive its silliness for the swords though.

That thing looks so majestic

Thu Jan 21, 2016 11:36 am

Honestly, the award for me has to go to Perceptor's friggin' microscope tank mode.

Seriously, how the hell would that disguise him at all? :p

Fri Jan 22, 2016 11:35 pm

It doesn't look so bad. He's still got treads

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:35 pm

STOPLIGHT from TF Animated

no doubt the worst, unless one becomes a waste disposal unit.

IYKWIM.

:-$

News Credits: 7 · Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:24 pm

Okay, not sure if this counts, but according to tfwiki's page on Takara's "Legends" webcomic, the comic on the right is Nightbird claiming to have a swan mode:

Z3ROhour wrote:STOPLIGHT from TF Animated

That was actually Cybertron, and his name was Signal Lancer.

Cyberstrike wrote:All of Beast Machines and Robots in Disguise 2001 were dumb.

Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:35 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:STOPLIGHT from TF Animated

That was actually Cybertron, and his name was Signal Lancer.

We need a generations Signal lancer, that would be awesome.

Also,

TFWIKI wrote:In South African English, a traffic signal is called a "robot". So Signal Lancer is a robot who turns into a robot.

Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:18 am

Beast Machines Silverbolt... that condor mode is epic fail.
Aw man... the Beast Machines Maximals... the fact that Hasbro needs to label the beast modes on the package to tell you what the hell they're meant to be speaks volumes. :BOWDOWN:

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 09, 2016 11:06 am

Cyberstrike wrote:All of Beast Machines and Robots in Disguise 2001 were dumb.

A HARD WRONG!

Then again, I may be the sole lover of the BEAST MACHINES.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jun 26, 2016 8:48 pm

Beast Wars Neo. Yes, the whole toyline. Basically, the toys designed for it generally have a robot mode, a beast mode, and a "What were they smoking?" mode.

Mach Kick may be the most notorious, and for good reason. If I had to pick just one, he might be it (though there's stiff competition).