The Energon Pub

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:19 pm

The latest issue of Japanese Hobby Magazine "Figure Oh!" gives us our first look at TakaraTomy's Megatron figure from the Japanese Transformers Classics line, in a G1-inspired colour scheme.

News Credits: 4 · by **capellamusic** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:26 pm

Holy crap! This one looks way better, this one is more "Megatron" than the Hasbro version. :shock:

by **Unicron Singularity** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:34 pm

Way more MEGATRON, than the Gayotron-HasBlow version. :grin:

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:36 pm

Glad I preorded one

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:37 pm

yep I'm definitely buying those!! Happy Holidays everyone! :grin:

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 5:58 pm

So technically, since this is a toy gun without a a fourescent cap, it will be as hard to import as Masterpiece Megatron, right? Will they be putting plugs in it too? Will you need a permit to own one in Australia?

News Credits: 1 · by **ekocher** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:09 pm

dont think so it doesnt look like a real one

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:16 pm

I know I'm in the minority here, but I must say...

"No Sir, I don't like it."

I actually prefer the busier colors of the Hasbro original. In fact, I'm a little underwhelmed by Takara's repaints of this line. It's...really, really unimpressive. I was expecting the wow factor and got the bah factor.

I would like to see Takara do their own take on the rest of the Seekers though... (different enough not to infringe on the BC ones.)

News Credits: 49 · by **Scaleface** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:55 pm

ekocher wrote:dont think so it doesnt look like a real one

The law has no requirement for toy gun to look real and need a colorful plastic tip.

by **OptimusShr** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:30 pm

Autobot032 wrote:I know I'm in the minority here, but I must say...

"No Sir, I don't like it."

I actually prefer the busier colors of the Hasbro original. In fact, I'm a little underwhelmed by Takara's repaints of this line. It's...really, really unimpressive. I was expecting the wow factor and got the bah factor.

I would like to see Takara do their own take on the rest of the Seekers though... (different enough not to infringe on the BC ones.)

I echo these sentiments. IMO the colors do not work that well on the toy.

by **AlienQuiksilver** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:35 pm

It's a fake looking gun to begin with. "Nerfatron" was/is just fine. The colors suited the design IMHO.

The new colors are cool looking, but I don't need it.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:36 pm

Lapse Of Reason wrote:Glad I preorded one

How much is it going to be?

by **ThunderZap** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:44 pm

consider bought :grin:

my hasbro megatron shall be call Galvatron (until they release proper galvatron in classic 2.0 that is)

by **Nemesis Cyberplex** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:19 pm

Has been preordered. & that's sayig something considering how tight things have been for me lately. It looks awsome. I liked the other one, but that looks more like he should have been.

News Credits: 38 · by **Sunstar** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 8:59 pm

That megatron looks MUCH better. I like the colours over the former one and whatnot. I still don't want it, but it does look great.

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:24 pm

Sign me up for that one.

News Credits: 1 · by **lordmegatron44** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:16 pm

i don't like the look... i like the old version better

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:19 pm

It'll be easier to repaint all that red.
Otherwise he does look alot better without the green and purple.
Still gotta do something with the red though :-?

by **-Barricade-** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:29 pm

I'm with the people who said no thanks.
Its robot mode is kinda ok, but the gun looks like a super soaker...

by **Nemesis Cyberplex** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:54 pm

-Barricade- wrote:I'm with the people who said no thanks.
Its robot mode is kinda ok, but the gun looks like a super soaker...

Nerf N-strike Maverick, actually.

http://www.16bit.com/toypics/tfclassics ... p-full.jpg

by **Auto Bot** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:58 pm

I'm not impressed. Many customs jobs looks way better than this one. This one looks like a KO toy.

The robot is quite acceptable. But not good enough. Looks cheap. Hasbro's purple-grey combination looks better.

The gun mode is a big no-no. It doesn't know what it wants to be. A real gun replica? Not good. An imaginative toy gun? Not good either.

At least Hasbro's purple gun is no pretender. It was designed to be what it is. A kiddied toy gun. The color suits it well.

News Credits: 3 · by **ShGarland_1383** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:31 am

I like this a lot better than I do the Hasbro version. If it turns up on action-hq.com, I'd get it.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:34 am

Nah, I like the black parts, but it's not worth importing.

If it was GunMetal, and black, I'd do it. But the more I look at it, the more it looks like a novice repaint, and I can do that myself.

by **Auto Bot** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:41 am

Liege Evilmus wrote:Nah, I like the black parts, but it's not worth importing.

If it was GunMetal, and black, I'd do it. But the more I look at it, the more it looks like a novice repaint, and I can do that myself.

I have no doubt you can do much better.

Here's mine, for example.

All hand-brush painted with Tamiya paint.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:45 am

See that would make me wanna buy another 2 of this pretty awesome figure!

Great job, but I'd just make him more dull gray.

I'm gonna have to look for a cheap loosie on Ebay to mess around with.