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by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:05 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
I just hope Takara make a LOT of this Megs because I'd like to order the Takara easily. Takara, don't repeat the Fembots Fiasco please.

Did I miss something? I got all 3 without any problem at all, I wasn't aware they were hard to come by

Thats because you only bought one of each. Everyone that bought 2 or more were sent a message that, to satisfy the demand, they could only give one of each to everyone.

Also, they are already sold out everywhere.

Well that's the drama I avoid by never buying multiples from the same place. Also, Chromia is still available as of 5 min ago

News Credits: 436 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:34 am

He's so bland and naked.

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:36 am

Sabrblade wrote:He's so bland and naked.

Sigh, I agree here too.

AUUUUUGHHH! I just want a Leader Megatron without having to pay 100$ for it! Hasbro Takara, whatever, come out already!

News Credits: 2 · by **Allenspurs** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:40 am

All three are readily available on ebay for around $40 each.

News Credits: 436 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:44 am

Why oh why did the cartoon have to neuter Megatron's color scheme to being just gray and black, two of the most boring colors ever? :-(

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:44 am

I'm so hoping that this won't delay MP Meg's v2. You can't be anime accurate and have the wrong alt mode. No matter how much I squint, I can't mistake a tank for a P-38

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:44 am

Allenspurs wrote:All three are readily available on ebay for around $40 each.

The 3 fembots you mean? Yeah, 40$US each is a great deal compared to the 25$CAN they cost each at the Japanese online stores.

Beside, that's ironically what I paid for Arcee and Chromia. Around 40$ each. Hasbro version. Damn exchange rate and damn custom fees! :-x

News Credits: 4498 · by **william-james88** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:03 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:He's so bland and naked.

Sigh, I agree here too.

AUUUUUGHHH! I just want a Leader Megatron without having to pay 100$ for it! Hasbro Takara, whatever, come out already!

Yup, agreed. Actually, I would have much preferred Takara didnt go the silver route and had more of a matte finish, to truly be cartoon accurate. Or at least look what what was first shown.

Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

News Credits: 2 · by **Allenspurs** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:06 am

Hey its not perfect, but if you want them bad enough you can get them.

I paid $87 for windblade and chromia to be delivered to the UK. That's basically the only option is had. I won't let a lack of decent purchase options in the UK deprive me of must have items like the fembot's

News Credits: 1 · by **Alpha Dominus** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:10 am

Rated X wrote:Megatron looks so much better without all that red crap. I always baffeled me why any collector would want a mold meant to look like the cartoon aesthetics but in vintage toy colors. It makes no sense. Just make it all cartoon.

I sort of agree. Comparing the two side by side there's a little much on the red accents there. The red button on the barrel, the red firing missile, the red crotch and the red around his abs and shoulders is kind of overdoing it. With his more subdued color scheme he has a "real-world" utilitarian look. BUT this being a toy line and all I think there has to be a careful balance of eye-catching color and real-world immersion. Yeah as chrome as G1 megs was he could still fool the average person into thinking it was modeled after an actual pistol. However, you don't hear any complaints about Skywarps (awesome) black and purple color scheme on an F-15.

Anyway, long story short they both look cool but he should at least have some color accents.

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:12 am

william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

News Credits: 1 · by **Alpha Dominus** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:17 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

"Neutered alt mode"? Dude I'll take a tank to a gun fight any day over a handgun.

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:21 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

I thought about going the Apollyon route, as he looks great, but I have Ollie and he is a little flimsy. I didn't want to take that chance on Megatron.

If you like it, great, enjoy. I have a missing spot on my shelf that can't be filled by a tank. Cosmos can't be a John Deere tractor just because the colors are close.

News Credits: 95 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:25 am

Desslok2201 wrote:Cosmos can't be a John Deere tractor just because the colors are close.

STOP MAKING ME WANT THINGS!

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:27 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Desslok2201 wrote:Cosmos can't be a John Deere tractor just because the colors are close.

STOP MAKING ME WANT THINGS!

I knew that was going to happen

by **Railbomb** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:15 am

So, are the treads on Megs back geared up together? Can you just move out one of them?

News Credits: 1 · by **Alpha Dominus** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:21 am

Railbomb wrote:So, are the treads on Megs back geared up together? Can you just move out one of them?

Yuh. Four seperate treads.

by **Rated X** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:40 am

Alpha Dominus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

"Neutered alt mode"? Dude I'll take a tank to a gun fight any day over a handgun.

What he means by "neutered alt mode" is toy companies willingness to comply with stupid child toy laws inspired by paranoid parents. Remember in the 1980s when it was actually fun to be a kid ? When I was like 10, I scared a hovering news helicopter away from my block with a life sized toy M-16 that didnt have a stupid orange cap at the tip. I still got it, and ill cherish it for life because of that moment. You can keep your tank.

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:50 am

Rated X wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

"Neutered alt mode"? Dude I'll take a tank to a gun fight any day over a handgun.

What he means by "neutered alt mode" is toy companies willingness to comply with stupid child toy laws inspired by paranoid parents. Remember in the 1980s when it was actually fun to be a kid ? When I was like 10, I scared a hovering news helicopter away from my block with a life sized toy M-16 that didnt have a stupid orange cap at the tip. I still got it, and ill cherish it for life because of that moment. You can keep your tank.

Well, as we can tell from TT re-releasing MP-05 in gold, those 'nanny state' laws do not apply to them. I just hope that they don't think that this release will satisfy the fans, as decepticons already don't sell as well as autobots in Japan

News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:56 am

Reading through this thread... it's not that you can't please everyone, it's that you can't please anyone.
>:oP

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:01 am

megatronus wrote:Reading through this thread... it's not that you can't please everyone, it's that you can't please anyone.

That's not true.... I really hope everyone who wants a tank Megatron is very happy with this release

News Credits: 112 · by **megatronus** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:12 am

Desslok2201 wrote:
megatronus wrote:Reading through this thread... it's not that you can't please everyone, it's that you can't please anyone.

That's not true.... I really hope everyone who wants a tank Megatron is very happy with this release

I'm definitely happy with it... but there is a large population of people here who can't face hard truths. People don't like tank Megatron? Great! More for me. But folks need to stop bellyaching for the umpteenth time about how much it sucks that he doesn't turn into a gun.

News Credits: 4498 · by **william-james88** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:16 am

Alpha Dominus wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Thats why I am super happy with my decision of ignoring this release and preordering Appolyon. At least there I get something that works in a collection and doesnt have a neutered alt mode (ie a Tank instead of a gun).

Personally, I prefer Tank Megatron from Gun Megatron. Simply because it's a more logical altmode for a powerful leader. Never mind the scale-shifting. Big scary bot transform into a big scary tank. Awesome! Big scary bot born to lead transform into a... tool... that need to be picked up by some dude to be used. A bit sad, really.

Don't get me wrong, I'd REALLY want a redone MP Megs based on his iconic gun mode. It's just that as a tank, Megatron is not a... glorified targetmaster.

"Neutered alt mode"? Dude I'll take a tank to a gun fight any day over a handgun.

I meant neutered in the fact that it's not a gun because Hasbro wouldnt be able to sell it in America. You want a G1 robot mode mode megatron that doesnt have a G1 alt mode, be my guest. I think the classics Megatron (any deco) already answered all my classics megatron needs. Its the right scale and while the alt mode is a new version , at least the robot mode doesnt kid itself into thinking its anything more than a G1 redux.

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:28 am

Kind of what I'm saying. Don't kid yourself by calling it G1. It's not. I'd prefer a tank Megatron in tank Megatron (G2) colors. Then we can stop pretending

by **Rated X** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:30 am

The superior Takara deco has me considering buying this mold. It's no secret I hate leader scale because it is aimed more at kids than collectors. But Im curious to see how much taller he is than Hegemon. Can anybody taske a pic of the two side by side ?