Finally got around to watching the transformation, and BOY this figure does not mess around. I'm stuck somewhere between horror, love and laughter and I can't even say which of those is taking the lead because they all exist in extreme quantities in regards to ol' 36 here. And then the review claims the legs are the 'best part' but then struggles with them for like five minutes!
I think the thing that's really most upsetting about the transformation though is where it lands you. For a Masterpiece I can accept a fiddly and not-fun transformation since it is supposed to be a perfect representation of both modes; if you can still somehow make a fun transformation beyond that then far as I'm concerned you're a miracle worker. But the thing is... while I wouldn't have it any other way since this is the original cartoon version of the guy, Megatron turns into a
gun. What am I gonna do with a gun? I can't exactly display it with anything, it'd look weird hanging off my wall and I'm pretty sure if I roleplayed with it it'd take two seconds before the police showed up at my door. So I kinda get this feeling that I'd be putting in a massive amount of effort for something that looks pretty good, but I just can't do anything with. Cars and Beasts I can display and move about together and have some sort of fun with, but a gun? You'd get more play value out of MP Soundwave's accessory.
Oh, and there wasn't any Instruments of Destruction playing during the transformation. It was a random collection of music from the 1986 movie soundtrack as well as the regular cartoon series soundtrack... along with a rather odd and out-of-place incidental piece of music which I'm pretty sure was either in an old disney cartoon, a cheesy 70s romance movie or Series 5 of Doctor Who. I mean hey, the reviewer's got good taste.
Talking of the reviewer, I think this was my favourite part of the whole video:-
**** dude, he sure does