Vehicle mode is a bit weird on this figure. Regular Megs already turned into this strange jet-like contraption; Shark Megs is basically the same only more organic. His chest face moves to the front of the vehicle, giving it an actual head. The overall feel is a mix between a piranha and a backwards manta ray. Not quite the bulbous Sharkticon I loved back in the day, but he still resembles something that could easily be considered a Seacon. So that’s pretty cool.
Even Megs’ reused parts have been given a new life and look with a vibrant paint job. That neon blue is the first thing to jump out and punch your eyes, every single time you see it. Once you get over that brilliance, the bright purple and metallic green follow suit. These colors are so effective because most of the figure is in that dark gunmetal gray. Major kudos to whoever designed this color scheme. Not only do these colors fit in well with the various water based formers like the Sharkticons or Seacons, but makes Megatron look almost bioluminescent, like those freakishly scary creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean.
Shark Megs comes with one accessory: The Tartarex Warp Sword, which is what turned him into this new creature. More of a gun than cannon, this fish-shaped device looks really cumbersome mounted to his forearm but OK in his hand. I actually prefer its second form though, a long double sided spear. In this mode it stands as tall as Megatron and can be held in the center or attached to an arm for some really imposing looks. The weapon also has an action feature. If you move the lower toothed jaw forward and back, the large blade on top will whip back and forth.
While not exactly the perfect Sharkticon, this Megatron’s colors and design really lets him fit in with a lot of the previous water-themed Decepticons. He’s really not even Megatron to me anymore. Instead, he is the mighty commander of the various Seacon forces, ready to command his legion and take revenge against all surface dwellers, Autobot and Decepticon alike.
-Vault
Great review and pics, but I ain’t too fond of the figure itself. Having said that, I’m really looking forward to the third-party not-legally-Sharkticons-but-they-are-really 3-pack coming out later this year.
Me too! They look really good. I wish Hasbro cared enough to make real Sharkticons again.
His chest armor is also a homage to Beast Wars Rampage, the big transmetal crab Predacon! Most of the redesigned Beast Hunters figures have a BW homage somehow, like Ratchet getting design details from Dinobot II!
Awesome review as always, Vault! Comparison pictures are so great, I can’t believe that so many reviewers skip on them.
Ah, cool. I didn’t know that.
Yeah, I like the comparisons also. Unfortunately sometimes I don’t have the figures to make it happen. :/
this dude is surprisingly cool looking. even with that bizarre “anatomy.”
Yeah, he’s definitely a fun idea/toy. That’s always something I can get behind.
I find it a tad bizarre that we get this figure, but not a figure of the actual advanced form that Megatron acquired after being defeated and left for dead. Not that I actually much liked the Unicron/Megatron hybrid from “Rise of the Predacons” (didn’t like much about that movie, honestly), but at least it was canonical. I don’t much care for this Megatron, either, and he’s just a weird homage to a completely different character.
It’s defintely an odd choice on the part of Hasbro’s toy department. Just one more bit of evidence that they made this figure just for me I think. 😛
I’ve seen this guy at the store and none of the Beast (Wars?) stuff have caught my eye enough to buy any. I do have the deluxe version of the previous mold this was based on, and …yeah, very disappointed. Nothing in it says “Megatron” to me. He stood in bot form in the back of my Decepti-shelf.
I do like the ‘bot modes, however and the colors really do remind me of the G1 Seacons. Maybe if this guy had been named after one of them it would work for me? He’s just not MEGATRON, imo. “Sea-Megs” maybe? Then again, I’ve only seen a couple of the newer series on HUB, so that’s likely skewing my opinion? but not by much.
btw, had to laugh as I did have those two Seacons and the Pretender you showed. Too bad they were also victims of the Storage Loss of 2008. 🙁
I’d like to think he’s a seperate/twisted version of the original Megatron, similar to Galvatron. I haven’t come up with a good name for him though. Seavatron? Aquatron? Davey-Jones’-Lockertron?
Sucks that you don’t have your Seacons anymore. Mine are heavily played with and extremely brittle feeling now, but they’re still hanging in there with me.
Apparently there’s a packaging variant where one box lists him simply as megatron and there are two different names for his weapon. I also found a YouTube video that shows how to fix his shoulder pads/armor so they peg in correctly in vehicle mode.
http://youtu.be/eLre4qn3u-0
Ah, cool. Thanks Logan!
I couldn’t pull the budget trigger on the better voyager Megatron releases, but I was happy to settle for this guy. The colors are a little strange, but they’ll pass for a Prime Galvatron.
Yeah, I was getting a Galvatron vibe from him too.
Being that you love garish transformers, do you also like the Transformers Subsctiption Service Circuit figure? That has to be the ugliest figure I’ve ever seen.
Absolutely! Not only do I love his blinding color scheme, but that Lockdown/Axor mold is one of my favorite designs. I do plan on picking him up, but my budget is a bit tight now so it may be a while. But I’ll definitely do a review when I get him.
Great review and pics, but the figure ain’t my goblet of mead. I’m really looking forward to the Third-Party, Not-Legally-Sharkticons-But-They-Are-Really 3-Pack!
i love this figure — just can’t justify plopping down $20 for him though. i’m same w/ you i love disco skeletor and dead end!
Great review and pics, but the toy is not to my taste. The Not-Legally-Sharkticons-But-They-Are-Really 3-Pack, however . . . .
Yeah, after reading this review I went on Amazon and bought this guy for under $20. I just couldn’t stand the idea of not having such a weird toy on my TF shelves! He’s just so cool looking!
Love it! Even though I pretty much completely avoid contemporary Transformers toys, I’m a total sucker for these types of colour schemes, must buy for me.