The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:03 pm

Other than the cannon, it is nice that the issues with this new Megatron are all on the back of the figure, which still overall is pretty clean. I don’t mind the tank treads that much, but I do wish the squares with the partial tank wheels (or whatever those are called) were twice as small.

Then, poor Scavenger is wearing a diaper…. I get it’s all part of the design/engineering for transformation…. But man, that does not look good….
So overall is his appearance better than Bonecrusher’s???
I’d say maybe by just a little bit.

I am really starting to consider only getting/keeping one set.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:03 pm

It appears the pre-order for Megs is up on the Walmart App, can't find it on the website though.

Got it: https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-STUD ... 4904023810

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:29 pm

Overcracker wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Missing the red panels on the inside of the lower legs.
That's due to Megatron's cartoon model not having any red on his legs:

Good point.
Now we can look forward to Toy accurate repaint, and a Megaplex redeco from Takara.

Grahf_ wrote:I see Megatron decided that his assless pants were the ones to go for this.

Damn, that totally cracked me up.

Reprolabels will make the toy accurate stickers long before Takara release that deco. Like they did for pretty much every single G1-ish Megatron molds before.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 4:33 pm

Not sure how I feel about Megs yet. I thought we were getting battle damaged parts and a mace with it.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 4:35 pm

Man, I'm no longer a mainline guy but damn if they didn't knock it out of the park with this one.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Sun Jun 01, 2025 6:54 pm

LordBludgeon wrote:Is it bad I had to look up who widowmaker is? Ha, ha. Never heard of or knew about her.

Nope it's not!!! :-P

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 5:54 am

After learning this Megatron cannot have his arm removed to give to Prime, I kinda lost interest.

I hope they do a Marvel comic black helmet repaint though

by **morganprime** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 9:48 am

Diggin both of these wow happy to see SS bring back some original unique designs with WidowMaker and Megs.

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 4:21 pm

That SS86 Megs is insane. They done changed the game with 86 Prime and Megs. I think I said that right. Those 2 should be what quality every figure strives to be made at. He looks just about as good from the back as he does from the front. Head sculpt is great too. Now I just need to decide to buy this one, or wait for a maybe G2 repaint. I just hope he can look up a lot and down some. Neck articulation is way lacking in most figures(poor SS86 Bee can't even look up, he is always looking at knees or crotches). Just leave some space or a cut out in the back of the lower head. I don't mind the sacrifice in looks. It's gotten to where only 1 in 10 or more Transformers I buy has any meaningful head articulation up/down. I bought one Blokees and it has spoiled me on articulation. These new figures look amazing and more and more screen/comic accurate. Which is a great thing, but they BEG to be dynamically posed, and can't with basically just a neck swivel.

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 7:23 pm

Posting this photo so people can see how Megatron’s lower legs really look in terms of the color; this isn’t edited desaturation, as you can see Galvatron is still very Blue-Violet.
Even though I knew some of the initial photos had to have been off, this is good verification of the accurate color and is even better than I predicted.
Also nice to get a look at the new version next to the old one. Man, this new figure is really outstanding.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 7:26 pm

Perhaps it might be possible to swap out the Fusion Cannon for the Siege/Earthrise one, if the new one is 5mm compatible.

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Mon Jun 02, 2025 7:33 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Perhaps it might be possible to swap out the Fusion Cannon for the Siege/Earthrise one, if the new one is 5mm compatible.

I’d like to see that swap; it may look better, although it may put the cannon too close to his forearm.
But I’m very confident multiple 3P companies are cookin’ on upgrade kits as we speak.

by **cloudballoon** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:45 am

Seeing SS86 Megs & Galvatron next to each other... Hasbro really should've retooled Galvatron's legs. Always thought the legs look proportionally too short even before SS86 OP & Megs exist. It wasn't great then, but now... the lazy recolored SS86 Galvatron is just stupid & infuriating for those that bought it (happy I'm not one of those).

Back to Megs. It's a great bot mode with a bit of a proportion problems imo, but it's nitpick territory. I don't like how the turret works in tank mode. It's the same problem with BBM Megs with the pivot situated in the back. The visible ball joint is even worse than Megatronus' between of the lighter grey, making it far more visible than Magatronus. But oh well, none of us are here for Megs' tank mode are we now, right? Too bad we don't get the mace yet again. I guess Hasbro would rather see (some) 3Ps fed off them for add-ons/upgrade kits.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:32 am

For a regular leader, they really knocked out that Megatron out of the park! With some minimal upgrade kit and Reprolabels, he'll be perfect.

News Credits: 90 · by **Tyrannacon** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 8:24 am

Studio Series 86 Megatron truly looks completely amazing in my eyes. I am excited to own one of these now. I think it'll replace the Combiner Wars one in my collection for the top spot for sure too. It definitely has a lot of aspects of it that I like. I'll miss the working treads, but you know it definitely has a lot of pluses with it that the CW Leader Megatron didn't have.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 10:58 am

Tyrannacon wrote:Studio Series 86 Megatron truly looks completely amazing in my eyes. I am excited to own one of these now. I think it'll replace the Combiner Wars one in my collection for the top spot for sure too. It definitely has a lot of aspects of it that I like. I'll miss the working treads, but you know it definitely has a lot of pluses with it that the CW Leader Megatron didn't have.

I'm glad I'm not alone in liking the old CW leader Megs. I even put some Reprolabels on him and bought a small cannon upgrade. He's still a solid Megatron, despite not being in scale with anything. Maybe the PotP leader Evolution Optimus Prime?

by **adamage1** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 2:58 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Perhaps it might be possible to swap out the Fusion Cannon for the Siege/Earthrise one, if the new one is 5mm compatible.

Was just thinking the same thing last night while reviewing the images

by **adamage1** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 3:01 pm

This video was just recently posted that shows Mixmaster’s barrel can completely detach from the figure:
https://youtu.be/yzmeSKwudx4

Screenshot:

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 4:52 pm

adamage1 wrote:This video was just recently posted that shows Mixmaster’s barrel can completely detach from the figure:
https://youtu.be/yzmeSKwudx4

Screenshot:

Thanks for sharing that; I hadn’t seen this feature…. I was never bothered by the drum on his back for bot mode, but I’m sure a lot of people will appreciate having that removable.

News Credits: 2 · by **Pax XilThalon** » Tue Jun 03, 2025 5:03 pm

adamage1 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Perhaps it might be possible to swap out the Fusion Cannon for the Siege/Earthrise one, if the new one is 5mm compatible.

Was just thinking the same thing last night while reviewing the images

By looking at the ports on the arm, you can see that we’ll be able to do that.

by **Till-all-R1** » Fri Jun 06, 2025 10:01 am

Megs is looking really good, so glad I waited for the ultimate/better version and sold off the WFC figure. Now the long wait to actually get him in hand!

Mixmaster looks good, Scavenger less so but still okay.

by **adamage1** » Fri Jun 06, 2025 5:30 pm

I fully realize this is wishful thinking, but I would love to see an SS86 Devastator in more screen-accurate colors, with purple treads for Bonecrusher and more saturated hues, like so (this is my edit of the gray model):

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 09, 2025 10:15 am

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News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Sat Jul 12, 2025 4:32 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Tyrannacon wrote:Studio Series 86 Megatron truly looks completely amazing in my eyes. I am excited to own one of these now. I think it'll replace the Combiner Wars one in my collection for the top spot for sure too. It definitely has a lot of aspects of it that I like. I'll miss the working treads, but you know it definitely has a lot of pluses with it that the CW Leader Megatron didn't have.

I'm glad I'm not alone in liking the old CW leader Megs. I even put some Reprolabels on him and bought a small cannon upgrade. He's still a solid Megatron, despite not being in scale with anything. Maybe the PotP leader Evolution Optimus Prime?

Well great minds think alike all around! I feel CW Megatron the Takara version of course is a fine represention of our mighty

leader with the 3rd Party upgrades being a must.

This 86 Megatron will definitely replace my Dramatic Capture version which I'll be parting ways with soon....'nuff said! :VEHI:

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Wed Jul 16, 2025 12:54 pm

I wasn't impressed with the new Megatron so I have been thinking about picking up the Dramatic Capture figure, or the 35th anniversary edition for my TF:TM shelf.