{"id":25147,"date":"2013-10-08T02:33:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25147"},"modified":"2013-10-08T02:36:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T07:36:33","slug":"vault-review-transformers-prime-beast-hunters-sharkticon-megatron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=25147","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review: Transformers Prime Sharkticon Megatron"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my favorite Transformers has always been the original Sharkticon.\u00a0 Ironically I\u2019ve never owned the figure myself, but my cousin had one that I always played with when I visited.\u00a0 Even after the figure took a bad fall and lost one of those little clawing arms, I just considered it advanced battle damage that made him even tougher than his toy brethren.<\/p>\n

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Flash forward to present day\u2026<\/p>\n

Even though my adult collector self is concerned about scale, articulation, and likeness, I\u2019m still a sucker for a hideously clashing paint job.\u00a0 Not really sure why, but I have a feeling it has something to do with all those crazy Batman variations that Kenner exposed me to in my formative years.\u00a0 Either way, I can\u2019t deny my love for figures like Halloween Skeletor, or TF Prime\u2019s Dead End, and now I get to add Sharkticon Megatron to that wonderfully clashing shelf.<\/p>\n

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You may be wondering, why is<\/i><\/b> Megatron a shark?\u00a0 Well friends, you won\u2019t find that answer anywhere in the TF Prime cartoon.\u00a0 This is strictly a spawn of the people who run the toy line.\u00a0 Apparently Megatron lay defeated and abandoned in a derelict spaceship after a three way battle with the Autobots and Predaking.\u00a0 As he groped around in the darkness he found an ancient weapon, the Tartarex Warp Sword, which repaired his wounds and transformed him into a more powerful beast-like form.<\/p>\n

Not too bad for a fun toy explanation.<\/p>\n

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The surprising thing about Sharkticon Megatron\u2019s sculpt is just how much of it is new.\u00a0 The figure uses a lot of the same underlying skeletal structure as his earlier Voyager class counterpart.\u00a0 His torso, lower chest armor, biceps, hands, thighs, and feet are all the same.\u00a0 There are also some bits of back kibble that form around the cockpit and other small transformation details which haven\u2019t changed either.<\/p>\n

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Aside from those mostly minor pieces, everything else on the figure is newly tooled.\u00a0 The head has a longer chin with a more samurai-like helmet and almost bulbous eyes.\u00a0 The shoulder armor retained is spiky feel, only now with more of an organic coral influence.\u00a0 The chest armor has been replaces with a ferocious piranha face.\u00a0 The forearms are now rounded with large razor fins extending out the side, and even his shin armor is much more detailed with those organic spikes. Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vehicle mode is a bit weird on this figure.\u00a0 Regular Megs already turned into this strange jet-like contraption; Shark Megs is basically the same only more organic.\u00a0 His chest face moves to the front of the vehicle, giving it an actual head.\u00a0 The overall feel is a mix between a piranha and a backwards manta ray.\u00a0 Not quite the bulbous Sharkticon I loved back in the day, but he still resembles something that could easily be considered a Seacon.\u00a0 So that\u2019s pretty cool.<\/p>\n

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Even Megs\u2019 reused parts have been given a new life and look with a vibrant paint job.\u00a0 That neon blue is the first thing to jump out and punch your eyes, every single time you see it.\u00a0 Once you get over that brilliance, the bright purple and metallic green follow suit.\u00a0 These colors are so effective because most of the figure is in that dark gunmetal gray.\u00a0 Major kudos to whoever designed this color scheme.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

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Shark Megs comes with one accessory:\u00a0 The Tartarex Warp Sword, which is what turned him into this new creature.\u00a0 More of a gun than cannon, this fish-shaped device looks really cumbersome mounted to his forearm but OK in his hand.\u00a0 I actually prefer its second form though, a long double sided spear.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The weapon also has an action feature.\u00a0 If you move the lower toothed jaw forward and back, the large blade on top will whip back and forth.<\/p>\n

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While not exactly the perfect Sharkticon, this Megatron\u2019s colors and design really lets him fit in with a lot of the previous water-themed Decepticons.\u00a0 He\u2019s really not even Megatron to me anymore.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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