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News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:21 am

Takara Tomy is releasing the Transformers Chronicle Megatron 2 Pack - Movie Megartron & G1 Megatron this month.
Thanks to Hong Kong Transformers Fans Group on Facebook - Transformers Galaxy, we have the in-hand images of the DOTM Megatron figure of the 2-Pack.
This figure is the repaint version of DOTM Voyager class Megatron.

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News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:47 am

Good god that thing doesn't even need to be painted. It looks great!

News Credits: 553 · by **Professor Smooth** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:00 am

It's beautiful!

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:05 am

Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"

by **Dai_Ceefax** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:29 am

...and I had to promise myself "If they make a version without THAT grey plastic, I'll get it", didn't I?

Oh well, I've still never owned the G1 Megs mould, which makes it slightly more justified...

That and the box IS awesome!

News Credits: 4 · by **Swiftknife24** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:51 am

Ah! This is the one they had on display when they first officially revealed the DOTM line! Sneaky devils...I remember the more realistic deco! >_<

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:32 am

I never really will understand the logic behind why they can't release this kind of stuff here in the states. i mean, why not? Better paint apps kill kids now? I really want to look inside these guy's heads, just to see the reason why, wether it's law or the toy makers, or otherwise. Is it just cost? I mean, if they can do it, why not us? All these bumblebee re-paints prove wev'e got the material...
OK HASBRO
No more Re-paints! Just paint what weve got!
I wish that was the case...

News Credits: 1 · by **yami4ct** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:47 am

BeastProwl wrote:I never really will understand the logic behind why they can't release this kind of stuff here in the states. i mean, why not? Better paint apps kill kids now? I really want to look inside these guy's heads, just to see the reason why, wether it's law or the toy makers, or otherwise. Is it just cost? I mean, if they can do it, why not us? All these bumblebee re-paints prove wev'e got the material...
OK HASBRO
No more Re-paints! Just paint what weve got!
I wish that was the case...

Japan and the US have very different Action Figure markets. Where Japan's market is nearly completely made-up of collectors willing to spend more to get nicer looking toys. The US market is made of children and parents who don't care about the minor details, they only care that the price is low. Paint, if you can believe it, is very expensive. Especially when you're talking about the hundreds of thousands of units hasbro is producing. Adding a few small paint apps means adding quite a bit of cost to the entire run. Hasbro could either do two things there. They can either raise the price, which they will not do as it is established the main market for TFs in the US is price sensitive children and parents, or take what might be a fairly significant profit hit. It's likely the paint they give us now is in the sweet spot of enough to make the toys look alright, but still give them a nice profit. As for why they can't do small run collator oriented repaint lines, it's likely the market for that is too small to justify a new production run.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:14 am

This really makes me hate the crap we get in the US.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:17 am

Autobot032 wrote:Looks fantastic, but screams "GPS"

No worries on that, it's mainly the lighter golds that are affected.

Premium Series Megatron anyone? ;;)

I wanna see the Supreme Commander Set now with both Optimus Primes and trailer!

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:52 am

Very, very cool. But, and it may be the lighting, why aren't the smokestacks painted?

Other than that, man that looks cool. I knew there would be a version of Voyager megs i'd want to get. And I'm glad I have the set pre-ordered. Makes me want to order the Prime Chronicles. Though I really don't need another G1 Prime.

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:12 am

Overcracker wrote:Very, very cool. But, and it may be the lighting, why aren't the smokestacks painted?

I think they're a darker gray than the original, if so then at least they aren't that "Games Workshop gray" that HasTak likes using.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:16 am

Yeah, they look slightly darer than Hasbro's, but still a little silver pint come on. I guess I can always use the Sharpie technique on them.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:43 am

They made it even more brown... I guess it's more screen accurate, but I'm not a fan. I wish they'd made it a more classic Megatron color scheme. But I'm not getting it anyway, so it doesn't really matter.

by **MGrotusque** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:54 pm

Looks pretty sweet! Those colours really come alive in truck mode if ya ask me. The combo of silver,gold and bronze work well together.

Oh how i hate grey plastic syndrome that plagues TF's these days. That's really what GPS should stand for.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 1:07 pm

MAN! That DOTM Megatron looks sexy! I want it really bad, like you've got no clue!
I want that DOTM megs, but not that G1 megs. Anyone wanna split, PM me with a reasonable price. I may have to wait a bit to pay though......ahh...hectic life....

by **Rijie** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:09 pm

Dammit. Now I actually want this figure.

by **prowl123** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:17 pm

I just had a nerdgasm.

Like Baneblade on Facebook · by **Baneblade** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 9:11 pm

well scrap in a bucket

looks like i'll have to get this version too... its a lot more accurate than the original release..one gripe is the hands though... they're a bit... spindly...

Like Covenant on Facebook · by **Covenant** » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:50 pm

Damn, that's a greatly painted Movie Megs. Makes me (almost) wish I'd have waited. Luckily, as beautiful as the Japanese version is done up (NO SURPRISE there...sadly), the duller colors of the retail US version I have almost play into the final **** taken on the character in the films. No, not in aesthetic (but yes, that too), but in character. Megs was treated like a secondary **** in the first flick, killed off, brought back with the power of the AllSpark Shard (something that should have activated an AllSpark - first film - overdosed, overpowered Megatron/Galvatron in the THIRD film - to allow for the Fallen in the second) into a subordinate secondary **** in the second film, then a beat-down bitch of **** in the third film. Yeah, the dull plastic colors of the one I have fit perfectly. Still, that Takara version is well done.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:24 pm

WANT! (≧∇≦)

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 11:52 pm

The Transformers Galaxy - Hong Kong Fans Group has uploaded a gallery of the Transformers DOTM Voyager Megatron premium repaint that will be featured in Takara's Chronicle two-pack due out later this month. As you can see in the images mirrored below this version features a much more elaborate paint scheme compared to it's Hasbro counterpart, which only had minimal paint applications.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:09 am

if hasbros version looked like that id actually think about buying it, well on sale that is

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 12:33 am

MY OFFER STILL STANDS!

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:11 am

Looks great! But I'm not willing to dish out the cash... I want a leader anyways, and speaking of has anyone heard any more news about leader Megatron that's rumored to be coming out next year?