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Clecks
13-08-11, 11:24 AM
For me Reflector. Really what was the point of Reflector? Sure it was a good toy idea but in the world of transformers you would be pretty gutted if it took 3 of you to make a camera.

When whoever decided that is what you would be, you would be pretty peeved.

Nemesis Scourge
13-08-11, 12:18 PM
Toaster (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toaster), 'nuff said.

Clecks
13-08-11, 12:45 PM
Well you win

NeoRanger
13-08-11, 12:54 PM
The Empire State building from "Big".

Robtimus
13-08-11, 01:24 PM
Toaster (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toaster), 'nuff said.
He'll have to share the honours with Ejector, as that's an actual toaster toy.

Starship Bruce
13-08-11, 04:12 PM
Reflector was pretty daft... and I know this will annoy some people but Perceptor's alt mode was daft. I mean, a microscope??? That said, Perceptor came in quite a lot of use with this alt mode in the cartoon series and it can shoot powerful blasts that can fell even Devastator! So maybe I was wrong putting Perceptor. I think Reflector has the dafter alt mode out of the two.

Killamarshan
13-08-11, 04:45 PM
For me it's Beast Wars Injector ... a Fish/Wasp hybrid.

His body's not designed for swimming and in the air he's just be fast food for the birds. Not to mention he's as fugly as hell.

NeoRanger
13-08-11, 05:09 PM
That said, Perceptor came in quite a lot of use with this alt mode in the cartoon series and it can shoot powerful blasts that can fell even Devastator! So maybe I was wrong putting Perceptor.

He could also fly, whenever the director felt like it and the toy was a semi-function microscope. Blaster takes the cake on this one for the Autobots. He was supposed to be Soundwave's counterpart, but with the exception of that one instance in the movie, I don't remember him doing anything else useful in his alt-mode.

Blaster
13-08-11, 07:33 PM
he saved the day in Blaster Blues, all be it not alt mode, well once but none the less, saved him and Prime and that bloody UFO.

Robtimus
13-08-11, 07:44 PM
I don't remember him doing anything else useful in his alt-mode.
Read the comics; his alt mode is quite useful in the Underbase story "Club Con" (US #47).

SirLagerlot
13-08-11, 09:02 PM
Stupid modes you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXjG99VPYp4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Casperuk
13-08-11, 09:15 PM
skybyte from RiD. a shark, wtf!

Robtimus
14-08-11, 01:26 PM
So? Overbite was a shark, as are a few others (mostly from BW). And they couldn't even fly like Sky-Byte. Those are more limited in their alt-mode than Sky-Byte is, but they are less limited than say Seawatch or other boat-formers. The sharks can go underwater, the boat-formers can only go on top of it.

Casperuk
14-08-11, 01:51 PM
but it's a shark, boats can be used to carry things and that.

there is a sub TF too isn't there?

Nemesis Scourge
14-08-11, 02:47 PM
there is a sub TF too isn't there?
You mean this (http://tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Deepdive/deepdive.htm)?

NeoRanger
14-08-11, 03:04 PM
It doesn't matter. When you have a robotic Jaws that flies, you have to cut him a lot of slack. Few things are more awesome than this. I mean, that's a shark that can go head-to-head with an Aerialbot.

SirLagerlot
14-08-11, 03:28 PM
Overbite was cooler, he had arms. Plus, he turned into a gun.

Most of the cassette-bots are pretty lame though.

But the prize for me, has to go to Cosmos. "oooh, we need to disguise ourselves among the populace so that they dont suspect that I'm an alien! I KNOW!!! ILL BE A UFO!!! that'll fool 'em...."

NeoRanger
14-08-11, 03:36 PM
Heh, Cosmos. I barely even remember the little guy. Surprised nobody's mentioned Megatron yet. " I can blow mountains off... unless there's nobody there to hold me". The Targetmasters are right up there as well.

Clecks
14-08-11, 05:52 PM
I thought about Megs but then he does still turn into a gun.

Casperuk
14-08-11, 06:02 PM
You mean this (http://tfu.info/2006/Mini-Con/Deepdive/deepdive.htm)?

yes didn't know his name.


Overbite was cooler, he had arms. Plus, he turned into a gun.

Most of the cassette-bots are pretty lame though.

But the prize for me, has to go to Cosmos. "oooh, we need to disguise ourselves among the populace so that they dont suspect that I'm an alien! I KNOW!!! ILL BE A UFO!!! that'll fool 'em...."

the cassettes are spys so they have to be small

Heh, Cosmos. I barely even remember the little guy. Surprised nobody's mentioned Megatron yet. " I can blow mountains off... unless there's nobody there to hold me". The Targetmasters are right up there as well.
megs and the target masters are different, the target masters were designed to allow the nebuons to walk and have power, megs was just turned into a gun because telltran 1 was mental.

SirLagerlot
14-08-11, 09:19 PM
Cassettes have to be small, yes, but they also need be mobile!

Casperuk
14-08-11, 11:17 PM
which one isn't mobile?

Blaster
15-08-11, 07:43 AM
Worst Alt-Mode my missus when she's watching TV, no Dinner, no Cleaning, no nothing

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 08:46 AM
which one isn't mobile?

ALL of them when they're in Cassette mode!!

Perceptor
15-08-11, 10:17 AM
I vote for this guy (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Garbage_disposal_bot)

He needs a sink just to hide properly

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 11:00 AM
Signal Lancer's traffic lights alt mode.

That is all.

Perceptor
15-08-11, 11:16 AM
Signal Lancer's traffic lights alt mode.

That is all.

But his is so daft that he's cool

Casperuk
15-08-11, 11:56 AM
then soundwaves alt mode must be just as crap, and his cybertonian alt mode was also a traffic light

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 01:43 PM
noone said Soundwaves alt mode was good!

But, at least he can play music, the cassettes can even rewind without another Transformer! (or a biro)

Clecks
15-08-11, 05:07 PM
Actually Kup's alt mode is pretty pap too. A pick up truck that can't even pick up

Casperuk
15-08-11, 07:18 PM
then what about the newer "real gear" stuff that was a mobile phone and a few other crap things.

Marty Rocket
15-08-11, 07:33 PM
then soundwaves alt mode must be just as crap, and his cybertonian alt mode was also a traffic light

That made me laugh out loud. :D I'd probably have to agree with this one.

Casperuk
15-08-11, 07:47 PM
it's that or a shark for me. i will still argue that any fish based TF is ****

Blaster
15-08-11, 07:49 PM
it's that or a shark for me. i will still argue that any fish based TF is ****

on cybertron you'd probably get battered for that....yes I know!

bumblebee
15-08-11, 07:50 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsA8YzWNQ_A Could be a canoe

But why would they want to turn in to a shark its so pointless

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 08:18 PM
When have you ever come across a
Canoe that can eat boats?!

'were gonna need a bigger alt-mode!'

Perceptor
15-08-11, 08:20 PM
I would say Break, but Shandy would kill me......

Casperuk
15-08-11, 08:21 PM
too much metal to batter them, saying that a mate of mine knows a place that will batter anything that you take to the chippy. could take a sky-byte


as much as i like penguins, it can't fly and would be eaten by a crap 80's singer

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 08:21 PM
Break is your god!!!!!

Starship Bruce
15-08-11, 08:22 PM
Maybe a lot of TFs are daft if you think about it...

Casperuk
15-08-11, 08:23 PM
yeah anything that is fish or penguin based

Perceptor
15-08-11, 08:23 PM
Break is your god!!!!!

He can't exactly do much as a pengiun though

SirLagerlot
15-08-11, 08:25 PM
He can DESTROY you!!!

Perceptor
15-08-11, 08:30 PM
He can DESTROY you!!!

He's a penguin. He's harmless

Casperuk
15-08-11, 08:50 PM
can't even fly and **** on you, that's how bad

Clecks
16-08-11, 06:46 AM
Now come on your in the realms of beast wars here and I haven't a clue who you mean.

Nemesis Scourge
16-08-11, 07:44 AM
You've never heard of Break (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Break) or Sky-Byte (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sky-Byte_%28RID%29) before?

SirLagerlot
16-08-11, 08:19 AM
Sky-Bytes not Beast Wars!!!!

Break may be a penguin, but he's like a super-awesome penguin. WITH RED EYES OF DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!

Casperuk
16-08-11, 08:22 AM
189

mmm yes like this

SirLagerlot
16-08-11, 10:12 AM
Exactly like that. Now behave, or Uncle Arnie will fry you with his hex vision!

Starship Bruce
16-08-11, 10:55 AM
Penguins are cool.

SirLagerlot
16-08-11, 11:01 AM
penguins are cool.

lagerlot approves!

Nemesis Scourge
16-08-11, 11:08 AM
Approving your former past self doesn't count!

SirLagerlot
16-08-11, 11:11 AM
Show me where it says that in the rulebook!!

Casperuk
16-08-11, 11:14 AM
it's a fecking paradox if he doesn't like it so that's where

Clecks
16-08-11, 04:34 PM
Well they look worse as robots than Scorponok from T:LAM. WTF he turns into a penguin half arsed pretender and what was RID all about? I hated that show

Blaster
16-08-11, 05:38 PM
Casperuks Keyboard

Casperuk
16-08-11, 08:50 PM
hey don't blame the tool's.

and there isn't anything wrong with RiD it was great

Clecks
17-08-11, 05:39 AM
hey don't blame the tool's.

and there isn't anything wrong with RiD it was great

Ok I sort of take it back about Break. But come on, RID? It lasted one season it was that good

Casperuk
17-08-11, 08:01 AM
it was a filler show

Grimmonkey
17-08-11, 11:55 AM
Ok I sort of take it back about Break. But come on, RID? It lasted one season it was that good

It was two seasons, but yeah, it was more a filler show! Still, it had some fantastic toys!!

Death's Head
17-08-11, 12:41 PM
RiD was silly, lightweight fluff and lots of fun. And it gave the world Skybyte. And is better than all the Unicron Trilogy by a country mile.

Nemesis Scourge
17-08-11, 01:42 PM
RiD for me was the starting point of my now everlasting obsession for black repaints.

SirLagerlot
17-08-11, 01:56 PM
Actually, RID probably contained the stupidest alt mode ever of the entire history of time!

A....


....(wait for it)

...


.......GIANT HAND!

Casperuk
17-08-11, 07:37 PM
a flying one at that

Ravage
17-08-11, 08:28 PM
Why has no one mentioned that Bot from the Marvel comics.....who turns into a Wheel.!?

Death's Head
17-08-11, 08:40 PM
Scrounge? well maybe because he had a 'special arm' ...

Casperuk
17-08-11, 09:01 PM
couldn't have been worse than LAM Jetfires "dad", he was the first wheel

Death's Head
17-08-11, 09:21 PM
ooh! what about Spanner?! He turned into...a bridge (and only half of one at that).

Clecks
18-08-11, 05:39 AM
Why has no one mentioned that Bot from the Marvel comics.....who turns into a Wheel.!?

Somebody had too

Ravage
18-08-11, 08:58 AM
Somebody had too

May aswel have been me!

We could just mention all the bots from Sams kitchen in rotf!