Transformers I Never Want To Transform Again

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[@89nights66]

Kingdom Tracks, I guess they took his "I'd rather stay in my stunning auto mode" phrase to heart.

[@skyatollah2skyharder276]

Good ol' Mr McFloatyFeet.

[@myoldhandlewasmadewheniwas9]

Honestly, I always enjoy more complicated and in depth transformations so long as they're justifiable. RiD Sideburn, ROTF Mixmaster, those I don't mind, but the recent MPs that overcomplicate themselves so thoroughly because they absolutely have to match a dated cartoon model that often didn't even try to match the actual licensed alt modes the toys have, those I dislike.

[@nestorrolon4158]

Just like Jobby said: "not even the G1 cartoon is cartoon accurate"

[@consof8724]

That reminds me, none of the G1 toy alt modes are licensed, they were just released that way because you didn't need to have to pay licensing fees to car brands at the time. But nowadays since that is a lot more strict when it comes to their licensing Hasbro has to make sure with the correct brand that they can use that obviously very similar alt mode. It's the reason why as of recent years we have never seen another jazz reissue, because of Porsche being notoriously stingy with licensing their cars to transformers.

[@shashummga3477]

This is what we as a fandom brought upon ourselves for constantly bumming and asking for g1 accuracy in everything

[@AAX1975]

Different Strokes for different folks. Because I love the cartoon accuracy and really enjoy what it takes to get that.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

@@consof8724Oh no you needed just in Japan copyright is a lot more loose. And when Hasbro started importing the toys toys, the car companies simply didn’t know about it. It’s only when they started doing the reissues they caught on, and banned Hasbro from doing so without their approval. Porsche especially held a grudge against Hasbro.

[@michaellombardi1620]

Oh man, the red sideburn was my very first Transformer brought as an adult. I was up all night trying to work it out

[@slugmaligma9248]

If anyone makes a list of 3rd party figures, that video is gonna be hours long lmao. What I don't like about 3rd party figures is that they seem to overcomplicate things for no reason other than to justify a high price point. Sometimes, the transformations feel more like work than play that I end up thinking "They should have paid ME for this".

[@Cdr2002]

I think they do it because they think complicated = collector grade/high end

[@Nemesis2508.]

A prime example is alien attack mackron. That thing is horrendous

[@seannoone2474]

xtbs overheaat simply due to the brittle shoulders

[@terogates1]

Devil saviors mixmaster…. I’m never touching that thing again

[@Rabbitlord108]

Never forget about Magic Square Megatron (The reason is. Well. They tried to give a Masterpiece toy style transformation to a Legends figure)

[@jeffreystein9871]

Every Masterpiece toy from the last 10 years.

[@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

What about Skids?

[@Wolfie1262]

Even the Fairladies?

[@heavy5013]

I'll stick with mp10

[@Nessie7205]

I dunno, the Masterpiece Movie aerial Decepticons aren't bad, they're just long (Can't comment on the others)

[@Keithchan2024]

MPM-3 was easy

[@THEShoky]

I eventually got good at ROTF Prime. But there were always issues. Adding Jetfire to him was much harder than just Prime.

[@bennewbury2572]

I think the reason there are so many speed names is the characters are more high-octane because they have to be in order to pull off their transformations in the span of a 5-10 second clip.

[@misterasa183]

Kingdom Rhinox, dear god what were they thinking when they designed the legs?! They’re a transformation nightmare.

[@theotakux5959]

Came here to say the same thing. I can see why I got him so cheap at an outlet store, that thing is infuriating.

[@TCPolecat]

Nearly anything from the Alternators line had some really difficult transformations.

[@dogrobot9933]

For me I believe it would be the original Dark of The Moon Leader Class Sentinel Prime. The amount of moving panels and hinges on that toy was insane. Even with the instructions it took me a long time transform the thing.

[@Cdr2002]

Every DOTM Sentinel was annoying transformation wise imo

[@EvexiansVideoworks]

Oh yeah, to the dusk with that thing…

[@alexthibodeau979]

@@Cdr2002 Gonna disagree. The voyager class one is really easy. The leader class one has so many panels and even then it still doesn't tab in flush 100%. Still a great toy, but still very complex and only beat out by ROTF Optimus Prime

[@Cdr2002]

@@alexthibodeau979 it’s not so much the mechanical motions as fitting everything together I had trouble with

[@Awesomoso]

I grew up in the difficult to transform era, had a big DOTM Prime with the brick of death trailer and that WFC Bumblebee, so for all the flack that Tracks got I really enjoyed the more sophisticated transformation (until the window started to crack)

[@AAX1975]

People are transforming Tracks the wrong way. The way I transform him, the window slides out without any sort of snapping at all.

[@Awesomoso]

@@AAX1975 regardless, the toys need to be built to withstand more.

[@MikeD974]

Universe galvatron hate that thing

[@DJKCP]

You think these are bad, compare it to some 3rd party monsters of spaghetti engineering ie. deformation space crimson wings, alien attack mackron, devil saviour split, etc.

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Spilt makes rotf mixmaster look like a one-step changer!

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Mixmaster seems like a joke in comparison to what we have now a days.

[@primeoetgrunn]

RoTF Mixmaster is like comfort food to me by now.

[@nextgenwarrior]

I honestly hold up Mixmaster as one of the best figures out of the RotF line. I dunno, I loved the complexity of the line and it was a nice pairing with the simple but satisfying Animated line.

[@neolabcustoms]

I have never had a problem transforming a new figure from intuition, usually without the instructions. HOWEVER, back in 2009, a friend of mine got that ROTF mixmaster and I just could not get it transformed… The ROTF prime frustrated me until I realized how the shoulders hinge back for truck mode and then I could flip it back and forth with ease. MPM Prime is just… broken. The mold is broken. And then there is 3rd and 4th party yikes

[@Freddyfan1428]

You truly nailed it with ROTF Optimus, Mixmaster, and MP-05 Megatron! I have them all and only ever transformed Megs ONCE I was so terrified that I was going to risk breaking something because the tabs and pieces felt so fragile. It's an awesome robot mode and the gun mode is oversized, for sure, but it looks amazing!

[@MrGojira95]

The only movie Masterpiece figures I bought are BB Optimus Prime, 2007 Megatron, StarScream, and Blackout, and the transformations of Blackout and Prime are easier than most of the Movie Masterpieces. I refuse to transform Masterpiece 2007 Megatron. It is AWFUL!!! Never transforming it again.

[@charlesromano7463]

RotF leader Prime still scares me with how the chest transforms

[@notrod0918]

Just trying to untab those red pieces on his chest still scares me to this day

[@charlesromano7463]

@@notrod0918 same here

[@alexthibodeau979]

@@notrod0918 Same here. That is the one thing that keeps me from touching my leader prime

[@Trebleshot]

Sideburn is definitely on my list (and I own both versions, lol). MP Megatron v2 and MP Hound are also on the list. Megs for the scary paint and Hound for the fragility. One modern one is Kingdom Tracks. Not because it's complicated but the translucent plastic scares the crap out of me.

[@beartrapinuwuland]

I always remember my dad bought me a live action movie ratchet when I was kid, and I hated transforming it so much I didn't buy a transformer for 12 years

[@Noble0563]

I had the Voyager Ratchet from 2007 when I was 4, ngl I liked it a lot. I just lost the axe piece right away. The 2007 toyline definitely started the trend towards more complex transformations but I think the figures were still really great! The rotf toyline was where transformations became nightmarish however...

[@theblackheart5027]

Out of all the toys it was a Movie Ratchet? Are you serious? 😐

[@beartrapinuwuland]

@@Noble0563 I am pretty sure it had to be the second movie, I was like 10 or 11, wich would 2008 or 2009, but you have to take in count that my only other transformer before it was crosswise from RID, so maybe a couple levels of difficulty

[@theblackheart5027]

@@magnolia549 Don't tell me to back off.

[@JJPrimeReviews2020]

Me personally, I would never want to transform DOTM Leader Class Sentinel Prime again because that figure (my copy) is just a floppy mess and not fun at all in my opinion. And that's it. Only 1 figure I would not want to transform again.

[@misterasa183]

Kingdom Rhinox. Those legs are such a pain to transform.

[@trewerd]

For me, it would be Kingdom Rhinox. I'm sure there's a way to do it without issue, but every time I transform him, it's always the legs. Everything down there just bumps into everything else.

[@lucastaylor3399]

fr. idk why they thought that 0 clearance, parts clashing transformation was even good enough to make it to shelves

[@hollowknightfan2379]

YES! A thousand times yes. I'm a very emotional guy and I had to put him down for half an hour because I simply could not deal.

[@Prime-Productions]

Mine broke🤣🤣🤣

[@medafan53]

Never mind again, I never successfully transformed ROTF Mixmaster back to vehicle mode at all, I think the shells popped off and I put them back wrong or something 'cause I never managed to get it to align ever

[@dl01619]

I've never owned any of the ones in the video, but for me it has to be Studio Series Barricade. So many small parts on hinges that have to be perfectly placed. Then the last step of folding the arms into the car, needs you to tab them into slots that you can't see from any angle. I'll try again at some point but I'm dreading that day.

[@lucastaylor3399]

oddly enough I just got the Buzzworthy two pack that he and the clunker bee came in and I feel ya. my second time around I was able to get it clean and all but honestly I had more trouble with the bumblebee in that set. the flap that makes up the car mode hood has that front bumper section that has no clearance past the other too fender parts on his bot mode chest so I got frustrated and shaved down the sides of the bumper section. Sure now theres gaps in the lower front bumper but idc

[@WhatLake]

Masterpiece Barricade is actually a really fun, fairly simple process that takes the older toy transformation schemes and refines them. Honestly the SS toy they made from the same basic engineering is way worse because half of it is built on a ball joint on a transparent panel. Great idea, guys!

[@andrewgrant2990]

Ironically, I just got a Super Speed Breaker yesterday & have yet to transform him. I totally agree about the Alternators & Binal Tech as some were no longer fun & got sold off. Another 1 I'd add to the list is Generations Perceptor, though I liked his vehicle mode he was a pain to transform. When a toy is no longer fun, it's time to be done!

[@primeoetgrunn]

I have a couple: The first mold of MP Starscream. While both modes are lovely, especially for the era, I'm scared it'll break the next time I try to fiddle with it. I'm specifically talking about the hinges that connect the wings to the body, as mine have cracks in them from even infrequent use. I own 2 versions of the toy, both with the exact same issue at the wings. Animated Swindle thanks to the clear plastic in key joints. It's confined to vehicle mode in my collection. Titans Return Fortress Maximus. He's big, unwieldy and neither the base mode or the spaceship mode feel worth the hassle of handling him. Easily the worst Titan as of writing this.

[@awkwardgamer7759]

Me that hates the studio series blackout mold transformations cause my grindor broke a little.

[@zphyr6780]

Omg yes!!! I hated the twins, not only were they annoying characters in the movie but their toys were a pain to transform. The only good one was their ice cream truck mode.

[@beanboi2392]

I love complex transformations like these, MP-36 Megatron and MPM-04 Optimus Prime and two of my absolute favorite figures to transform, so much so that I recked my Masterpiece Megatron from transforming it so much. I stopped collecting transformers in part due to the fact that lots of new figures simply weren’t challenging enough to interesting me, so I might actually like some of the ones on this list

[@omegamaximus1727]

Also Transformers Kingdom Beast Megatron.

[@thelegofam4310]

Lol, I saw the title and thought about all my alternators gathering dust.

[@kdogg625]

Mix master wasnt hard persay but just STUPIDLY overengineered. rotf leader optimus was hard at first but did slightly grow on me. The only Alternator I liked was Hound/Swindle. He was reasonably easy. The rest SUCK. It's why I sold them all off. I tend to agree with your list TJ. I'd love a part 2 of this with even more figures

[@omegamaximus1727]

For me it Studio Series Dark of the Moon Bumblebee, because his parts break during transformation.

[@aidenrivera979]

ss86 kup or legacy inferno they hurt my brain

[@maraj1014]

I haven't watched the video yet. But MPM Ironhide better be on this list. By far the worst Transformation I have ever attempted. Notice I said attempted because I never was able to finish it.

[@dirtyschoolclothes7260]

WFC Siege Springer is extremely high on my list of figures i don't want to transform again, love his modes but no thank you, just stay in robot mode.

[@bobrulz666]

I recently bought Side Burn and X Brawn, waiting for Prowl to have all 3, and I had no idea how tough Side Burn was to transform until looking up guides, god damn!

[@dylancrossman8502]

Spot on indictments of Side Burn and Mach Kick (and BW Neo in general). Revenge of the Fallen was peak for it, but I find the vast majority of Movie-verse toys to be too heavily reliant on panels and precise alignment. Some of them I'm pretty sure were designed in such a way that their parts were meant to phase through each other. And Dark of the Moon (other than Leader Sentinel) was nicely pleasant to transform mostly. More recently, Kingdom Tracks is just... bad. There's no reason his leg transformation should be that complex. I remember being fairly frustrated with Doubledealer (only going into bird mode), Apeface and Snapdragon too. I may just be getting old, but I find I have much less patience for complex transformations than I used to. These days, my ideal standard is something like the WfC Datsuns or Sideswipes. I'll take some degree of complexity if it's nicely innovative. Kingdom Cyclonus, Earthrise Wheeljack, or Titans Return Kup are really good examples of different but intuitive. It doesn't help that instructions have been getting poorer and poorer for years.

[@AlexReynard]

RID Sideburn? Love him. ROTF Mixmaster? Love him. *Alternity Bumblebee?* [PTSD screeching]

[@TheRealTHD]

For me it's ROTF Optimus Prime. Cool toy, pain in the ass to transform. (Oh hey, video mentions it, ye ye)

[@damienschwartz9117]

Owning Revenge of the Fallen Mixmaster as a kid was hell

[@TransDrummer1312]

Masterpiece Lio Convoy, Toyworld Knight Orion, and Jiujiang Winged Dragon are like that for my collection. With Lio Convoy and Winged Dragon (MP TM2 Megatron), every time I mess with them, more paint chips off. And it’s especially frustrating with Lio Convoy, because I feel they absolutely could have just molded those chippable parts in red plastic and they would have been perfectly durable. Knight Orion just SUCKS. He’s what happens when you try to force the 3A CAD model to actually transform. I’d rather transform Alien Attack Mackron than Knight Orion, just because you can tell Mackron was actually prototyped and tested, and most importantly FITS TOGETHER in both modes.

[@sethmurphy7243]

Animated Ultra Magnus. He’s fine until you get to the double hinge on his cab/shoulders. They’re in an inaccessible spot and the joints are so stiff if feels like it’s gonna break off or break your knuckle.

[@AlexReynard]

I think Beast Machines Nightscream was the first time my young self saved up to buy a toy, got it home, and had such a miserable time with it I knew I'd wasted my money. Trying to get those translucent pegs to stay pegged... Trying to get him to STAND UP...

[@justinlewis4005]

maybe it’s just me but as someone who was a child when ROTF came out i absolutely loved that the toys were complicated, i remember my friends and i were taken aback when the toys became less involved with DOTM and AOE

[@thecondiffs]

yeah same grew up with the latter half of the Unicron trilogy and I remember looking at the Transformers aisle from 2014-2017 and thinking "man these aren't even for teens"

[@rhaeasoul8531]

Seige ravage mold. After my seige one broke I’m terrified of my more exclusive Netflix or SG breaking as well so I now own four of that mold with one always in robot mode.

[@AlexReynard]

One of the hardest to transform figures I've ever had was G1 Guzzle. ...All the parts on mine were gunked shut.

[@ORLY911]

One toy that surprised me at its difficulty to transform was reveal the shield Perceptor, its such a weird transformation.

[@AlexReynard]

AGREEMENT. And that red plastic felt like it was gonna fall apart like cheese wax.

[@WindigoTP]

Oddly enough, I don't have any figures that I don't want to transform because of the transformation itself. I've had one of those before - WFC Optimus Prime. When I first got this toy, the transformation was so confusing, I vowed to never transform it again. But then, a few years later, I decided to mess with it again, and now it became one of my favorite figures to transform. As for the figures I don't want to transform again now, they come in 3 main flavors. Two figures I don't want to transform due to breakage. MP Bluestreak has a broken off arm, so he will probably spend the rest of his days in the car mode. Just the other day I decided to transform Thrilling 30 Sky-byte and broke the joint his shark nead sits on. Even though I have glued the joint back to functional state, I'll probably won't risk transforming him again. Although, the shark head seems to be locking good enough in both modes without reliance on the joint, so maybe I'll try to transforming him sometime when I feel like it. And if the joint brakes again, the figure's probably going to function well enough as a part-former. The other reason to not transform figures again is space. I don't see myself disassembling and transforming any combiner I have, because I ran out of space to display individual bots. The third reason is I simply don't care about certain figures enough any more to mess with them again. Some figures I've got just to complete the set. For example, TR Broadside. I got him just because I was trying to get as many Wreckers as I could. Bulking up the team is all that figure is good for, there's no reason for me to see its altmodes ever again. And some figures I've got just because I was in the mood to get a new toy and grabbed whatever was available at the store that day, or when I came across a good deal. Ended up with way more Bumblebees than I ever cared for that way.

[@XenotHedgehog]

I would argue that the masterpiece figures are justified in their complexity as they're meant more as display pieces than for actual play, whereas the more affordable toys should strike a fine balance between simplicity and accuracy and be able to withstand extended wear and tear. If there's one transformer I never want to transform again, it's Kingdom (Beast) Megatron. The soft plastic panels on the exterior of the toy are constantly getting in their own way, particularly on the tail, There are a ton of clearance issues, the hips don't stay tabbed in while in beast mode, and worst of all are the ridiculously easy to break slider joints on the beast mode thighs.

[@dylancrossman8502]

I've always appreciated that Masterpiece Grimlock more or less transforms exactly like the original toy.

[@HaloDarkKnight117]

No one wants to transform ER Arcee, due to the fact that it's practically an insult to transformation engineering

[@rhaeasoul8531]

Or even own the thing. The only reason I have a version is becuase it’s an elita one and now that the legacy elita came out that Netflix one can join its mold sister.

[@weirdkitty07]

Oh yeah, ROTF Prime and Jetfire, impossible.

[@Thatsalotofbots]

Studio Series Stinger mold is terrible. ( Specifically KSI Sentary #23)

[@rhaeasoul8531]

I personally like it. I don’t own the KSI sentry but the mold isn’t that bad,

[@sarahquinn6849]

For me it was definitely the Moon Studios Raiden figure, I love the figure but I nearly tore my fingers apart trying to transform them between their individual modes and combined mode so now they’re combined and they’re staying that way 😅

[@thesardonicrenegade]

For me, it's Fanstoys Quietus, only because of the damn hands

[@etonymous1632]

Studio series mirage. I don’t mind the flashiness but my figure is cracked in the rear, and I am SCARED

[@TheAxelandx1]

Kingdom Rhinox. Probably the worst figure i have ever transformed. I never had anything against complexity. I love transforming Rotf Optimus and a lot of other figures like him. Kingdoms Rhinox is an abhorrent piece of trash figure that has parts flexing and overlapping over eachother to accomplish a beast mode that is a literal brick. I woul rather have someone beat me up with that Rhinox figure, than to ever transform it again.

[@heavenlyderpfowl1180]

I hate studio series kup, his tabs that connect his legs to his front wheelwells are way too tight and I feel like I am going to break him. Studio series 44 prime, I picked up the buzzworthy version and it took me an hour because of his arms and pauldrons, and his grill tab broke so in his truck mode he has a split Studio series bumblebee prime, I bought a copy of it and don't like how awkward it is to move tabs under the windshield Tho my standards are pretty skewed because I unironically like rotf leader prime and see him as a gold standard in transformation

[@mazinz2]

To this day I still hate the original G1 Megatron. Like a big jumbled mess that I was never sure I had fully transformed correctly

[@Rodimal]

Third Party Unicron will likely be staying in planet mode as long as I'm alive. I'd rather spend $400+ for another one.

[@LarySeeAircraft]

How does this video not include blazemaster it’s such a complex and annoying deluxe class helicopter, it results in a perfect helicopter mode. I do love it though and find joy flipping it back and forth but it is painful some days. The most annoying transformer to transform that I own would be cang toys j-16 huntpow, it’s not that complex in the transformation like it all makes sense where everything needs to go, it’s more the clearance of the parts that’s annoying

[@samurexatlas7373]

CRIMSON WINGS

[@chuckdawg1999]

How many transformers are considered "Complex" due to horrible instructions?

[@ILikebread70]

I dont have many where I refuse to transform them. But Legacy Wildrider is just bad. I got it in a 2 pack for the price of one so I didnt mind a ton. But homy crap the hood going over the windows just does NOT have the clearance it needs

[@treebotreviews]

TJ, as a college basketball player. No. No I cannot hold MP megatrons gun mode.

[@ryc03]

If you extend beyond Transformers, then I would name all MG scale Zeta Gundam, ReZel and Victory Gundam and their variants. They are all super fragile at their transformation joints with too much weight hanging on them. Sometimes, they will break on the first transformation

[@LuminousPrime]

I honestly can't think of any Transformer I've ever had that I never wanna transform again. some of the more difficult ones I'll put off to the side for awhile, but I always eventually come back to them. I think for me it may be because the thing I love most about Transformers IS figuring out the transformation.they're like brain teaser puzzles that test our logic and problem solving abilities

[@GothicDude-mu5qf]

A couple of Transformers figures I never want to transform ever again, R.I.D 2002 X Brawn just having to rotate so many parts are frustrating, and Alternators Smoke Screen, so many Pannels to move it becomes fiddley to work with the clearance issues to transform him into vehicle mode are a nightmare, and getting the tabs to lock into place, that figure just makes me angry.

[@adampoole948]

For me it's the Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom Beast Wars Megatron ( some of his connections, particularly the groin area where the dino mode legs connect together and where the robot chest locks in,are so tight and hard to connect/disconnect with sharp edges that my 3rd or 4th time transforming him i cut open the back of my finger) Kingdom Rhinox ( also for overly tight connections and hurting my fingers, though thankf4not drawing blood this time ) Legacy Beast Wars Inferno ( where every time I touched it, i had a weird almost allergic reaction.. What kind of plastic/ paint are they using in the factory these days? ) and Kingdom Dinobot ( somer overally tight connections but also overly loose robot foot, so he has to lean a bit against the shelf and a loose-ish robot waist/ Dino neck that would only get worse with time if I were to try transforming him a lot)

[@marshyjoejack8049]

I’ve been working on my display and decided for some ridiculous reason I can’t seem to understand to transform my Transmetal Megatron. Omg. It didn’t just break. It disintegrated. It didn’t break at the waist. Both shoulder panels fell off as soon as I touched them. I figured at that point keep going. After that both arms proceeded to just fall off. No exaggeration I barely put any pressure on the joints. I still have one in the box and in the box it will stay.

[@gleamingcolt]

Mine is SS 49 bumblebee, not only does it have clear plastic that breaks, which is something I found out on my last time I ever transformed it. It also just sucks so hard. I’m considering making my TF stop motion series, and I would rather buy a die cast car of a Camaro, than transform that figure

[@Ratchetreviews]

Side Burn was my first ever Transformers figure, and it took me almost 7 years to get the robot mode right

[@Spookyghosthero]

HOT TAKE: hasbro should remold the legacy lio prime into mach-kick

[@reedy9333]

I grabbed my alternator's smokescreen. About a month ago. I had left him in the box for fifteen years, maybe... Anyway, I absolutely loved messing with it! Then I looked at the wheel Jack and went no. Never mind i'm not getting that one out😅

[@MrPooPooJohn]

No shame in avoiding transformations, man. We’re all guilty of it. There’s only so much time in a day and as your collection grows it just becomes harder. However, I will say to anyone reading, unless you’re not transforming your figures for the reasons mentioned in the intro, you owe it to yourself, the money you spent and especially for the joy/fulfillment of our hobby & love for Transformers, to well…transform them. I became complacent for a while and just kept collecting for the sake of collecting. At first I was still transforming them but not taking the time to play and fiddle around with a few figures here and there. Then I would take them out of the box, check them out for a bit but then just put them on a shelf. Then I didn’t even bother to unbox them. Then one day I noticed that I had a stack of 15-20 boxes that were not only unboxed but were still in their shipping packaging and were even starting to collect dust. When I finally got around to opening them and discovered one was badly damaged and the other was missing all the accessories, I had already missed the return policy window. The problem wasn’t that I became uninterested in Transformers or collecting, I was being lazy and just wasn’t having fun. And I wasn’t having fun because buying shit just to “have it” is a waste of time & money and eventually makes you feel guilty and bitter towards the thing you were once passionate about. But most importantly I wasn’t having fun because I was avoiding doing the single coolest, most interesting and most FUN thing that sets these figures apart from every other toy or collectable - transforming them. This may sound silly and dramatic to casual collectors or fans. Others may understand and some might know all too well where I’m coming from. Again, there’s only so much time in a day and most things in life take precedence over a hobby. But when your “hobby” turns into a mindless financial exchange to EBay, Hasbro, Takara or whatever 3rd party for an accumulation of very expensive FedEx boxes to see how much dust they can collect before you start questioning every decision you’ve ever made in your life, it’s no longer a hobby. 😜 A couple helpful decisions I made a while back was to not buy another figure until I’ve taken the time to enjoy and appreciate the most recent one (unless it’s defective or just shitty). The other is to go back to ones you haven’t taken off the shelf in a while, especially some of your favorites or simple ones you can mess around with while watching TV or something. Take it from me and either make the effort to have fun or stop spending the money and find a new hobby. If you’re not making the time to at least take whatever you purchased with your hard earned money out of the box and appreciate it, what’s the point? Whether it was the TV show, comics, characters, or the toys sculpt, design, paint, engineering, or whatever reason got you into this weird ass hobby in the first place, it’s all worth it if it makes you happy and you’re having fun.

[@Tommy_Reviews]

MP Dinobot and MP Beast Megatron for sure even though I have the KOs of them I still dont like transforming them. Unicron the only thing I found difficult transforming him back to planet mode is the legs need to line up with the base which I didnt know so It's now a breeze for me.

[@lepterfirefall]

The twin ice cream truck from the movie....2 robots in one vehicle...ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE TO PUT BACK IN VEHICLE MODE!

[@medusamori9015]

For me, it's TFP voyager class Shockwave. It took me around 45 minutes to transform it from robot-mode to alt-mode and I don't think I even did it correctly, and that was with instructions. I only tried it once and ended up immediately turning it back to robot-mode anyway :p

[@spartanvenom5388]

I actually find transforming the RoTF Mixmaster kinda fun, it’s like transforming a masterpiece figure, sorta like the MP11 Skywarp or MP12 Tigertack I have; I don’t really understand why people don’t talk about more, it’s a great figure. It just takes so long it’s hard to have time to mess with it while in college.

[@Wolfie1262]

For me, it’s a 3P figure. My 3P TLK Hot Rod is scary to transform. Official, it’s Prime Beast Hunters Megatron. That thing is annoying to transform. I also don’t find MP Hot Rod very fun to transform. Not exactly hard, just…not fun. And I’m so glad they’ve moved away from tabbing panels. TLK Berserker or whatever his name was was such a pain to get things aligned. Uhg Oh, can’t forget my Alternity Skywarp. All the complexity of an Alternater at a smaller scale. Nifty

[@geo-fry6372]

Mine are deluxe RotF Skids and deluxe DotM Crankcase. Skids is an absolute nightmare to align things, and Crankcase I don’t think I ever successfully transformed him, which is a shame, cause I quite like the figure. I also can’t transform him anymore, because he’s broken. Also, I recently picked up MPM Blackout, and I would much prefer to transform him over RotF Skids.

[@IAmJames_Art]

I have these guys except Mach-Kick, MP-05 Megs, and the Alternators, but for the most part I love them all. Espceially leader Prime, Mixmaster, and MP-36 Megs. Unicron’s shoulder do kinda scare me but whatever. The only exceptions are MPM Optimus and Ironhide. The other MPMs are fine but these two I want to smash with a hammer every time I even touch them. I now own the better knockoffs and wish I never bought the officials.

[@Undrave]

I sold Reveal the Shield Perceptor because I couldn't figure out how to put him back to vehicle mode. Screw that guy. Thrilling 30 Rhinox was also the same case. Stupid panels. Now that I think about, I'm not sure I ever transformed my Arms Micron Darkness Megatron... I just don't really care for the alt mode tho. I have Selects Jackpot and I don't like to transform him. I have the original TM2 Megatron and he's heavy and bulky and don't want to deal with him but I can transform him.

[@triknot333]

Not sure why RID sideburn is here, I have my when-to-be like 12, and never had trouble transforming it. And from that list just have Unicron ( not even open yet). Hoping to get MP Megatron v2 but this paint problem :( . Rl not sure what I put here for official Hasbro/Takara, but if I must: MP Optimus V3 and Universal 2.0 Hotshot.

[@BatFan1]

LOL OMG Sideburn. Sideburn was a Christmas gift from one of my brothers. It was the first TF toy I had owned since the G1 days when I was 10! Imagine, to my surprise, or should I say horror, how ridiculous it was going from the simplicity of the G1 toys to Sideburn! Even as an adult I refuse to transform it, this after handling masterpiece figures.

[@brandonswanson8902]

The most annoyingly hard to transform Transformer I own is Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Sonar. The way you have to swivel his butt/chest piece around his ribot mode legs is total bullshit! So luckily his robot mode legs are easy to unhinge from his chasy. Thus, by essentially taking the robot mode's legs off? The swivel of the butt to the chest is made that much easier. And he is neat to look at in both modes, but I default him one way or another and only ever transform him when I'm fooling around with all of my transformers. The other one that's rough for me are Armada Sideways' Minicons; specifically transforming those two Minicons into Sideways' motorcycle mode's 'rider'. Plus? Even when you do it right? It's not the most stable smashed together duo around. He has major back kibble and the notion that the red and black Minicon is a LITERAL BUTT-HEAD IN BOTH MODES, is a bit off putting. :/

[@Patrick2480]

RID Ultra Magnus/Skybyte from 2001 i tried. 1 of the fanmade Galvatrons and Kingdom/Legacy/Generation selects, Titan master Powermaster Optimus Prime kept in robot mode and never transformed them kinda tried Titan master Prime but didnt go through with it.

[@lukasgemmill8084]

For purely annoyance sake? WFC High Moon Bumblebee. Shellformer done bad imo. Because I just don’t like it? Honestly Legacy Blaster. It’s just too clashy in the legs.

[@TJ52359]

Alternators Grimlock.... Car to Robot: I slip into Rain Man Mode and just intuit what needs to fold out Robot Back to Car takes forever and I always stall out with getting his arms back under the hood -- for so long I seriously questioned my IQ with it It's probably been 5 Years since Grimlock, has left vehicle mode and their place along side my 1:24 Collection.. -- I played around with Hound and Ravage during the Pandemic somewhere on a memory Card I have low quality Pix of Ravage posed with my 1:24 Corvette

[@Cosmostamer1098]

Where do I Begin with dark of the moon Megatron first of all his cape is kind of annoying. Second of his transformation. I cannot get it know there’s some people who can and I say they’re superhuman personally, I’m going tWhere do I Begin with dark of the moon Megatron first of all his cape is kind of annoying second off his transformation. I cannot get it know there’s some people who can and I say they’re superhuman personally, I’m going to keep trying until I eventually get it but it’s just kind of annoying.

[@cristiantiniguar-sevilla467]

I'm only 16, but the only Transformer I genuinely HATE to transform is Studio Series Grindor. It's the hell's combination of unfolding panels and poor, mis-sized tabs, meaning the experience of the chopper mode is just ruined by popping seam lines. Both modes are awesome, but the path from bot-to-chopper is a stained one for me. Maybe if I had Blackout it'd be a different story, but I'm probably gonna have to wait a long time for that...

[@keonimarcelo5813]

Remember Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime? The one with Very Fragile Knee Ratchets so tight that it breaks the soon as it moves? that Thing is WORSER than MP-5 Megatron, Not only are His Knees were Fragile, But attaching the Car to his Trailer was a PAIN to do, The fact that he's NOT on here is WILD AF Lol

[@willtws9577]

Look. I like a complex transformation. I love it when both modes share parts and it looks and feels like a real transformation. But the Generations Wreck-Gar mold SUCKS so much. The robot mode is fine enough, but the vehicle mode just never wants to stay together! I have five of this mold, and I never EVER want to fiddle with them. Even my botcon tarantulas, which was a holy grail for me, I've never fiddled with after the first day because he just won't stay together!

[@Alexisilver]

Never transforming again? 10th Anni. Dinobot All my MPs are packed up right now but I can't recall having too much trouble with Megatron and Dinobot. Sunstreaker is no fun at all. Neither is Lio Convoy. I've only ever transformed Unicron the one time, he's been in robot mode since I got him. But I'm not adverse to changing him back. I'm just need to free up an afternoon to do it

[@cherylsaliens5451]

I guess for me it's Fanstoys Sovereign Galvatron, and Maketoys Quantron-Computron aaah never never ever....😫😟 pieces everywhere it ruined me on buying any combiner;😏 love how he looks though

[@SixshotRevan]

I have an Alternators Wheeljack, (somewhere) so that's my obvious answer. My copy of WFC-Kingdom BW Megatron doesn't want to transform into beast mode at all, and the amount of force I need to use in places actually hurts me. I don't think I've transformed him since I photographed him almost 2 years ago. In terms of fragility, I still have my childhood G2 Electro. He is broken but not badly, and his truck mode holds his pieces together very well. I'm never transforming him again, as I'm just going to treat him like a Fabergé egg.

[@bigron309]

Nemesis Prime/ Big Convoy. Never successfully got him into beast mode when panel after panel kept popping out of place. 2001 RiD Megatron. I can't remember if I ever transformed him into each mode. All I know is none of them impressed me enough to keep him in them.