Overcracker wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Overcracker wrote:
Which kind of begs the question of why they used Megatron for SG Megs rather than the Galvatron mold, since it more closely matches the original SG Megs since it used the Energon mold.
It would be interesting to see if they do give this Galvs wings and a jet mode of some kind.
I see your point in that question... Isn't SG Megatron based on the ER version? If so, Hastak probably wanted to use that mold again.
It seems to me that the SG line is being centered more on color schemes than specific molds.
Which I'm not saying is ideal, but seems this was an issue for Starscream as well in some peoples' opinions.
He is based on the Siege one, actually. The current SG line focuses on keeping the original body (to keep them recognizable to the broader general public and not just the fans), but changing colors and heads. Nothing else. For the figures so far released, it works, with Megatron straddling the limits, but a possible SG Galvatron... ho boy.
Still, Megatron is the only one that goes out of his way to look like his SG version, with added parts no less.
All other SG releases so far have been straight repaints with a new head in some cases.
Why go to all the trouble with Megs, with extra wings and a cockpit to make him look like himself, but use a body that he never had. Anybody that cares who this is, knows that the body is not right. Anybody that would buy megs for being an Autobot, would likely also buy Galvs for the same reason.
Still, Maybe they've other plans for Galvatron, beyond the wireframe and toy accurate colors.
The've already used the Megatron mold what.. 6 times? 7? I guess giving Galvatron 3 or 4 uses is not out of the question.
SG Goldbug was also a large departure from the source material... yet the new one is the ER mold with a new head.
Just consider it another SG universe variant (we already have 2), and leave it at that