kinda underrated tbh...i prefer it to fourth base.
Nah, when he uses his third form it's clear there's one more already. That's probably why Toriyama went with such a busy design. The whole point was making the final form contrast with the previous ones more.I always wonder if third form was Toriyama going "hmm, been a while since he's done anything new, guess I'll have him transform again" and realizing NOPE ABORT ABORT when it occurred to him this would be the guy Goku's fighting for the rest of the arc.
I'd take a million 3rd forms over the creative bankruptcy of Golden Frieza, any day.