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| "I've would had waited an eternity for this." |
Aloha folks, I am back with another TF review. This time is the feared leader of the Decepticons: Studio Series Megatron. Without further delay, let's get started!
Boxing
Megatron comes in the plastic casing, possibly to really prevent theft. He comes with his light saber he uses briefly to slash Optimus from the movie and he also comes with a 5mm Walther P-38 gun.
About the boxing. This is my first figure, I don't know if he is the first, but he comes without the 86 logo. He doesn't come numbered in the series as well. He doesn't also come with a backdrop from any part of the film. I ended up using Optimus Prime's backdrop to do this shoot. Despite the fact, Transformers the movie is labeled here, it's a possibility of what he transforms into is probably the reason why the 86 logo is not stamped on this figure. But the Constructicons have their 86 logo done away with as well. But I will get more on to that later on this review.
The Leader
Here is the leader in the plastic flesh. He is neatly designed. He looks amazing just like how he was portrayed in the movie. He does come with head and waist swivel. His cannon comes detached as you could see in the box category pics above. Many fans feel his cannon is too small. I'm ok with it to be honest. His light saber is cool to have and he can do some funky poses with it. He does come with a 5mm Walther P-38 to satisfy the old school fans though it is missing a stock handle. It's really average looking at best imo. The gun I found on Ebay (show 2nd before last in this category) looks better though it doesn't handle too well. So there is your draw there. Megs really handles well in general and he can do an array of poses. My only negative thing I have to say about him is his fists come off very easy when I try to pose/grapple with it. It pegs back in easy but it happens often when you play with his fists. Don't know if its my copy but it gets annoying after awhile. What I forgot to show here, and most of you figured it out, is you can place his weapons on his back or the side of his forearms. Basically, where ever he has a 5mm port.
The Controversial mode.
So it had to get to here. And those who know me, knew how this mode initially disappointed me. Of course, it upsetted a legion of fans. I don't want to dwell too much into me saying like how he should had been a gun because we all knew we couldn't get a gun Megatron because of gun laws here in the west. However, if Takara decides to make another version, then they are not restricted by these laws and they could still make a faithful representation of the 86 Megatron.
Notice that I barely called Megatron 86 because even Hasbro knew this wasn't a faithful adaptation to the 86 flick. The 86 logo no longer appears but this figure is loosely inspired by the 86 film. Hasbro knew they were in a win-lose situation when they announced this figure.
I agree we need to move on that he won't be a gun until third party does so or Takara decides to do it. But what is not cool is there are some that feel the need to harass those that want the gun so bad.
First off, the only reason why he is a tank is because of gun laws once again. He was a ruthless leader that turned into a gun and killed 3 Autobots in the movie. Facts are facts. If you prefer the tank, that's another story and there is nothing wrong with that as well. But I've heard so much asinine comments like" he's been a tank longer so he should be tank ( hasn't been a gun since G1) or he was a tank in G2." What the heck does that have to do with a figure that is supposed to be 86? Like I said, he was a gun in the movie. Once again, thanks to gun laws we couldn't get a gun Megatron and that is the overall basis in why he is a tank. This has nothing to do with he was always silly as a gun or he looks better as a tank. He was, once again, a gun in the movie and that is that. And for the umpteenth time, gun darn laws! A boombox and a cassette is outdated by today's standards and I don't hear people clamoring in how they should be spaceships or some fighter jet. And then we have people that say a motorcycle or a space shuttle shouldn't be limb. Some people really wanna start controversies. It's simply what we grew up with and how we remembered them no matter how absurd it was or by today's standards.
Now we got that long part over with. As a tank. It's simply there. Instructions had to be used to get to this mode. I admit Megatron was never easy to play with regardless which version you get of him. Tank mode doesn't suck but it definitely does not feel like an 86 feature. It feels like it's an afterthought. It felt like a tacked on mode because of you know why. You can think of some cool things like spinning his turret or placing a mini-minion on Megs and fire it like a turret station. That's totally a positive aspect. You can plug his weapons to any 5mm port in this mode as well. But let's face it, nobody bought this figure for tank mode.
Conclusion:
Well, Megatron is amazing figure mainly for robot mode that is. Lots of replay value. The tank mode, while it is nice to have, like I said before, is just simply there for completion purposes. Because of that controversial mode, it hindered fans from getting a near perfect representation of an 86 Megatron. As much as the fandom gave me a headache over his alt mode, I did enjoy the figure once again. It's worth the money overall imo. If you like tank mode, then more power to you. And that's that. This is the closest we are going to get of a 86 Megatron for now, until Takara makes the gun form down the line. I'm aware Romulus exist so you can nab that figure if you really want a gun Tron. Jesus loves you. See you next time.
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