{"id":18336,"date":"2012-04-20T10:01:01","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T15:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18336"},"modified":"2012-04-21T18:48:17","modified_gmt":"2012-04-21T23:48:17","slug":"vault-review-transformers-prime-am-05-megatron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18336","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Transformers
Prime AM-05, Megatron"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Megatron here is my last Transformers Prime review from the latest wave.\u00a0 I decided to take a chance on the Takara version because I was so intrigued by these new Minicon figures.\u00a0 Unfortunately a few issues kept me from liking the figure more.<\/p>\n

Like Skywarp, Megatron came packaged in a box instead of a bubble card.\u00a0 Mostly in vehicle form, his weren\u2019t fully transformed to cut down on the amount of space he took up.\u00a0 Also in the box were his instructions, Minicon sprue, Minicon instructions, and sticker sheet.<\/p>\n

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I actually really like Megatron\u2019s design in Transformers Prime.\u00a0 His body has interesting proportions that give him a look of muscle and armor.\u00a0 His hands look more like razor sharp claws, while his feet look like a sinister version of the Jaws of Life.\u00a0 Megatron\u2019s body is covered in various spikes.\u00a0 Even the rounder parts are designed with sharp looking curves and angles.\u00a0 Everything about him screams dangerous and gives the feeling that he doesn\u2019t really need an arm cannon to rip apart some Autobots.<\/p>\n

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One of the things I was a little disappointed in was the size of the figure.\u00a0 Since he\u2019s one of the larger characters on the show I was hoping he\u2019d be on the tall end of the scale.\u00a0 But this figure is a rerelease of the Deluxe scaled Megs from the First Edition two pack.\u00a0 (That two pack never made it to the US, so I was a bit clueless to that.\u00a0 But our sharp readers helped correct my mistake.\u00a0 Thanks again to Cythagen, Josh, and 3B!)\u00a0 The figure ended up being a bit taller than Soundwave, and a little smaller than the First Edition Starscream.\u00a0 It\u2019s not a bad look, but I really wanted a hulking Megatron.\u00a0 So I\u2019ll probably end up getting the larger Voyager class figure.<\/p>\n

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I really do like this figure\u2019s head sculpt though.\u00a0 I think the design does a great job of taking the basic look of G1 Megs and altering the square bits into sharp angles.\u00a0 The figure really has fantastic light-piping that makes his eyes glow a bright purple.\u00a0 But I think my favorite detail is his teeth.\u00a0 Even at this size you can see detailed serrated rows that form a menacing grin.<\/p>\n

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If you read my Transformers reviews, you\u2019ve probably noticed I buy most of these figures for their robot modes.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really hate alt modes, I just think robots are cooler than vehicles.\u00a0 But every once in a while I\u2019ll come across an alt mode that I just don\u2019t understand.\u00a0 Megatron is one of those figures.\u00a0 In the cartoon, Megatron turns into a sleek looking Cybertronian fighter jet.\u00a0 The toy resembles this design in alt mode, but is really just too bulky to pull it off convincingly.\u00a0 To me, he looks more like some sort of insane crab tank.\u00a0 His head popping out doesn\u2019t really cut down on the ridiculousness either.<\/p>\n

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Like Skywarp, most of Megatron\u2019s parts are molded in the color they need to be.\u00a0 Mostly there\u2019s a lot of light and dark grays.\u00a0 But I was surprised to see that Takara did add some purple highlights and silver decos to break up the monotony.\u00a0 The figure comes with a sticker sheet to add more details, but I don\u2019t think I\u2019m going to use them.\u00a0 I may add a Decepticon symbol, but other than that I think he looks pretty good as is.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Megatron\u2019s got some pretty good articulation.\u00a0 His head is on a ball joint, but it\u2019s a bit limited by its shape.\u00a0 His shoulders and hips are also on ball joints.\u00a0 He\u2019s got swivel biceps, wrists, and thighs.\u00a0 His elbows are double hinged, while his knees and ankles are single hinged.\u00a0 The one joint he\u2019s missing is a swivel waist, but it doesn\u2019t seem to take away from his ability to pose.<\/p>\n

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The main reason I\u2019m drawn to these Takara figures is because each of their weapons is a Minicon Transformer.\u00a0 With this figure, Megatron\u2019s giant arm cannon turns into a little gorilla-bot named Gola.\u00a0 All the Minicons come unassembled on a sprue sheet, which I actually like.\u00a0 They\u2019re easy to put together, and I have fun doing.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gola has this really bulky cannon mode.\u00a0 At first I thought it might be too big, but now I think it fits perfectly with Megs\u2019 beefed up design.\u00a0 One thing that I find really cool about the Prime design is the blades that can be swiveled around to the front.\u00a0 Megatron basically attached a sword to a cannon.\u00a0 How badass is that, and why did it take this long for it to happen?<\/p>\n

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Another cool aspect to the Minicons is that they all have the ability to attach to each other.\u00a0 You can make some pretty insane looking creations when you start combining multiple ones together.\u00a0 They can also attach to various ports all over the main figure\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

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Gola\u2019s robot mode resembles a tiny cyclopean gorilla.\u00a0 Between his proportions and one eye, I really think he has a resemblance to Lugnut.\u00a0 Gola is molded entirely in purple, but has some nice metallic stickers to add more detail.\u00a0 Unfortunately his only real articulation is his swivel arms and head, so there\u2019s not a lot of dynamic posing with him.<\/p>\n

I really like Gola, but he does have one majorly disappointing drawback.\u00a0 His arms have a difficult time staying flush together in cannon mode.\u00a0 This leaves an open seam running down the center of the barrel, which really ruins the badass effect.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t really care for the goofy alt mode and the small scale, but this Megatron figure still turned out pretty nice.\u00a0 He\u2019s got a great look and articulation, plus there\u2019s a Minicon to boot.\u00a0 He cost me about $20 plus shipping, which I think is entirely reasonable for getting a second figure.\u00a0 I\u2019m even tempted to order figures like Bumblebee just so I can get his Minicon, which shows you how much I really like these little guys.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n

P.S. Bonus pic!\u00a0 And for a scale shot of Megs with the rest of the Prime Decepticons, check out Skywarp’s review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Megatron here is my last Transformers Prime review from the latest wave.\u00a0 I decided to take a chance on the Takara version because I was so intrigued by these new Minicon figures.\u00a0 Unfortunately a few issues kept me from liking the figure more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[34,10,35],"tags":[1490,24,838,1489,1247,436,2570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.itsalltrue.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/megpTN.jpg?fit=50%2C50","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pObc6-4LK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18625,"url":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=18625","url_meta":{"origin":18336,"position":0},"title":"Vault Review: Transformers Prime Terrorcon Cliffjumper","date":"May 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Just when I thought I had finished up my Transformers reviews for a while, the second wave of Takara\u2019s Prime figures bits. 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