Australian Pre-Orders Up For Transformers Selects Super Megatron

Cobotron wrote:

Deathsanras wrote:I wonder if we'll get Cordon from Earthrise Sunstreaker...

Oh man! I hope so. And a blue Bluestreak from the new Smokescreen mold!

I NEEDS m'Diaclone!

Official releases of Exhaust, Cordon, and Blue Streak would all be awesome, but I'm also ready to just buy extras and paint them if need be. Speaking of which, if Exhaust is indeed happening, what does everyone think of the odds of a Slicer figure? Because I already have an extra Wheeljack in case that doesn't happen; I just want to know if I should start painting now or wait.

Glarryg

Glarryg wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

Deathsanras wrote:I wonder if we'll get Cordon from Earthrise Sunstreaker...

Oh man! I hope so. And a blue Bluestreak from the new Smokescreen mold!

I NEEDS m'Diaclone!

Official releases of Exhaust, Cordon, and Blue Streak would all be awesome, but I'm also ready to just buy extras and paint them if need be. Speaking of which, if Exhaust is indeed happening, what does everyone think of the odds of a Slicer figure? Because I already have an extra Wheeljack in case that doesn't happen; I just want to know if I should start painting now or wait.

Glarryg

I'd say wait until we know who else we get in Earthrise next to the Clones and Seekers. There's a 3 figure gap between them and Scorponok, the last numerically before the gaps start.

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! This news today is for our fellow fans down under! EB Games Australia and Zing Pop Culture have teamed up to offer Australian fans Takara's latest addition to the Selects line, Super Megatron!

Both sites have him listed for $110 Aus, with a deposit of $30.

Super Megatron is a heavy retool of Titans Return Galvatron, and is able to turn into a space craft, Ultra Megatron, a tank and Don a mask to become Ultra Megatron Omega.



EB Games

Zing

Will you be getting this figure? You looking forward to pairing him against Star Convoy? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Good Lord! The price went way up. Luckily, I ordered mine earlier on, before the cost doubled. Yeesh.

Looking forward to pairing him up with my G1 Star Convoy (I haven't got the Selects version).

thedistinctroom wrote:Good Lord! The price went way up. Luckily, I ordered mine earlier on, before the cost doubled. Yeesh.

Considering the state of the Australian dollar at the moment, and that Star Convoy was retailing through other online Australian outlets for nearly $130, this is actually a good price for Australians.

Some of the Seacons are back on Pulse for pre-order, listed as shipping next month. Couldn't help myself, I ordered them. I like how they can be arms, legs, and guns with the gun mode actually fitting into the hand itself. Skipped Turtler since I could only get three limbs, gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Sabrblade wrote:

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Those TFWiki pages are hilarious!

Sabrblade wrote:

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Stuff like this make me regret not getting Bruticus in any capacity because, man, I'd love to be able to joke about having nonsense like Abomenaticus in my collection.

Skritz wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Stuff like this make me regret not getting Bruticus in any capacity because, man, I'd love to be able to joke about having nonsense like Abomenaticus in my collection.

Well, can you do Comperian or Cybertron Super Scramble instead?

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Stuff like this make me regret not getting Bruticus in any capacity because, man, I'd love to be able to joke about having nonsense like Abomenaticus in my collection.

Well, can you do Comperian or Cybertron Super Scramble instead?

Only Autobot Combiner I got is Volcanicus aka 'The Beast's better cousin'. I've started collecting during TR and am eternally kicking myself in the testicles for not having joined the fun during CW. That said, I can make a one-limbed combiner by attaching Richochet to Elita-1 or POTP Inferno!

Skritz wrote:Only Autobot Combiner I got is Volcanicus aka 'The Beast's better cousin'. I've started collecting during TR and am eternally kicking myself in the testicles for not having joined the fun during CW. That said, I can make a one-limbed combiner by attaching Richochet to Elita-1 or POTP Inferno!

If you don't care about building an iconic combiner and you don't mind an "anything goes" combiner, hunting down combiners limbs in the wild is easy. Flea markets, garage sales, thrift stores.... that is, when the world is not going to hell.

Then, buy a random KO Perfect Effect upgrade kit for the hands and feet and you're set!

Skritz wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Skritz wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

aronjlove wrote:gonna use these guys for a funky Abominus.

Perhaps Abomeneticus or Destron Super Scramble.

Stuff like this make me regret not getting Bruticus in any capacity because, man, I'd love to be able to joke about having nonsense like Abomenaticus in my collection.

Well, can you do Comperian or Cybertron Super Scramble instead?

Only Autobot Combiner I got is Volcanicus aka 'The Beast's better cousin'. I've started collecting during TR and am eternally kicking myself in the testicles for not having joined the fun during CW.

You and me are in similar boats. While I was around and ready to collect CW/UW when they were coming out, I deliberately skipped most of CW because I wanted the UW versions instead, but then 2016 was the year that this happened to me, so I had to put my collecting UW on hold to go after all the older stuff. And now, all of the UW boxsets are really pricey on the aftermarket.

Man that stinks, sorry I had no idea. 2016 was kind of a roller coaster for me as well, but I just was patient and got them slowly. To start getting UW sets now would be extremely difficult I'd imagine, but even on eBay loose CW limbs I don't think are too outrageous, while of course MOC ones are quite pricey.

Of course hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back in time I'd definitely do whatever it took to go to Botcon 2016 and register myself, wife and 2 kids all for the custom Ratchet class so we could have all 4 variants. I mean how many fans can say they have an actual Modulus....

o.supreme wrote:Man that stinks, sorry I had no idea. 2016 was kind of a roller coaster for me as well, but I just was patient and got them slowly. To start getting UW sets now would be extremely difficult I'd imagine, but even on eBay loose CW limbs I don't think are too outrageous, while of course MOC ones are quite pricey.

And right now is certainly not the most ideal time to be importing toys from sellers in eastern Asia.

o.supreme wrote:Of course hindsight is 20/20. If I could go back in time I'd definitely do whatever it took to go to Botcon 2016 and register myself, wife and 2 kids all for the custom Ratchet class so we could have all 4 variants. I mean how many fans can say they have an actual Modulus....

At least two, to my knowledge.

Though, I could have gotten myself an unpainted Medix in 2018 if I'd gone after one of the ones that Pete had for sale at RoboCon that year. Alas, I had other toy priorities at that year's con.

I look forward to seeing pics of the new Exhaust. I have more interest in him than I do in regular ER Wheeljack.

Since we're getting Exhaust does it mean no Slicer? Just wondering.

Skritz wrote:Since we're getting Exhaust does it mean no Slicer? Just wondering.

Slicer is still possible, as long as he uses the Wheeljack head. I'm fully expecting Exhaust to have a new one, I mean, he'd just be Wheeljack with a different sponsor otherwise

Man I still wish we could see Wheeljack reshelled into a CHUG Lockdown...

Skritz wrote:Man I still wish we could see Wheeljack reshelled into a CHUG Lockdown...

... with Axer or even Circuit as retool

Skritz wrote:Man I still wish we could see Wheeljack reshelled into a CHUG Lockdown...

It could still happen, though I'd prefer Sunstreaker to be the base mold. I feel like that could have some potential. But as long as he comes with the engine block/EMP Gen, then I'm sold. Especially because the new COMBAT system is 100% a gimmick that Lockdown needs. Hopefully him and Detritus get released in some way. The Merc ranks so far are just the Quints, Allicons, and Doubledealer (who I'm not sure if he counts, but I include him here because of his background)

Skritz wrote:Since we're getting Exhaust does it mean no Slicer? Just wondering.

Slicer might pop up in the main line. It makes sense for him to be the retail redeco and Exhaust to be SELECTS, since SELECTS is aimed at adult collectors who will be less put off by Exhaust's same base color than parents shopping for their kids would be, while Slicer has a markedly different color scheme that would make him immediately stick out as different from Wheeljack.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:

Skritz wrote:Since we're getting Exhaust does it mean no Slicer? Just wondering.

Slicer might pop up in the main line. It makes sense for him to be the retail redeco and Exhaust to be SELECTS, since SELECTS is aimed at adult collectors who will be less put off by Exhaust's same base color than parents shopping for their kids would be, while Slicer has a markedly different color scheme that would make him immediately stick out as different from Wheeljack.

That make sense and I'm an idiot for forgetting that detail.

tho I'm trying to avoid repaints etc - my Wheeljack was such a lemon, that I Might get exhaust cos I love the transformation etc.

my QC issues involved the head not being able to transform out of the box (had to hack at the thorso with a craft knife till it opened), a bad paint job on the face and now one of the arms just flops out of its socket. Not amused.

New pics showing off the different configurations possible in robot mode.
https://twitter.com/TF_pr/status/125215 ... 50114?s=19

Megatron's looking amazing. I'm not fond of the peg on his arm for the cannon, but it's whatever. I do like that the fusion can be stored in robot mode though

I remember people being afraid the top view would look like ass but his torso looks completely normal, albeit wide (but we already knew that).

That Megs look more and more awesome as time goes by...

Well, he's clearly a very versatile figure when it come to display options. Reminds me of T30 Roadbuster.

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user, Powered Convoy, has brought some new images of the eagerly anticipated Transformers Generations Selects Super Megatron figure! These images were posted to the official Japanese Transformers twitter account and show the toy off in all different versions the character takes (Super Megatron, Ultra Megatron and Ultra Megatron Omega). The images also shows the changes in the torso between each form, and highlight that there is a place to store Megatrons cannon on his back if you so wish.









The toy is heavily retooled from Titans Returns Galvatron, with only the legs being instantly recognisable from the molds previous user.

Have you got your Pre-Order locked in? Still on the fence? Let us know your thoughts in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Even though I have no context for the design it looks like a really fun Megatron toy. I wish I had experience with TR Galvatron to get a better idea of if I actually want this

Man they just keep going with this April Fools prank, don't they?

It's still kinda weird to me that this is an actual thing. They announced it on April 1st, so of course I didn't think it was real. Why would they use a design that, for the longest time, I thought was just concept art? I mean, where does this design even come from? What series? I love it, and I want it, but I don't know where it came from other than from ONE picture that I saw years ago. Why does it have TLK Megatron's battle mask? Again, I love it, but why?

And how many Sir Robert Bordens will it cost me?

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Man they just keep going with this April Fools prank, don't they?

It's still kinda weird to me that this is an actual thing. They announced it on April 1st, so of course I didn't think it was real.

They announced it on April 5, 2019 Japan Time (which was April 4, 2019 U.S. Time).

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Man they just keep going with this April Fools prank, don't they?

It's still kinda weird to me that this is an actual thing. They announced it on April 1st, so of course I didn't think it was real. Why would they use a design that, for the longest time, I thought was just concept art? I mean, where does this design even come from? What series? I love it, and I want it, but I don't know where it came from other than from ONE picture that I saw years ago. Why does it have TLK Megatron's battle mask? Again, I love it, but why?

And how many Sir Robert Bordens will it cost me?

It's not concept art as back in 1991-2, it was never going to be a toy. This was how super Megatron looked in the Return of Convoy art that was produced for the story pages.

As for the battle mask, I'd say that was a fun homage to the last bay movie.
I'm curious as to why you think it was an April Fools given that it was revealed after then. Plus they've been teasing it since last year, when we learned of Star Convoy... If memory serves.

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Man they just keep going with this April Fools prank, don't they?

It's still kinda weird to me that this is an actual thing. They announced it on April 1st, so of course I didn't think it was real.

They announced it on April 5, 2019 Japan Time (which was April 4, 2019 U.S. Time).

Oh, didn't even know that. My only knowledge of it was this article. https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... led/44683/

My fault for being too lazy to read a single paragraph at the time. I dun played myself. I mean, almost a week afterwords I was like "oh this is real" but that's still an embarrassingly long time.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:
Oh, didn't even know that. My only knowledge of it was this article. https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... led/44683/

You're not alone. I too, never knew that Megs was a thing.
I feel I should preorder it. Even then, maybe it will be at a better price at Mandarake. Since when it will come out, Corona Chan should have calmed her tits by then, no?

So, I dont really care about "Super Megatron", I just want this as "Megatron". He reminds me of a Generations take onbthe Movie/Prime Megatrons with a wickedly destructive tank and jet mode suitable the Emperor of Destruction.

You could argue that this is a generations take on Animated Megatron, just without the helicopter alt

ZeroWolf wrote:You could argue that this is a generations take on Animated Megatron, just without the helicopter alt

Wait.
It IS Animated Megs, but improved and more dangerous than ever!

This make me want him even more.

Yeas. It looks very cool, but the new photos just reinforce how over priced it is.

I'd argue Animated and DOTM Megatron were very much in the vein of this guy, even more so now that the figure has triple changer feature. Yeah he's a bit much but honestly I've splurged on far worse before and, beside, I've cut down on Earthrise and am skipping most of that line now so it doesn't bother me as much.

OK OK... I was critical in the podcast, and he's still not my ideal, but dammit, this is really growing on me.

Ironhidensh wrote:Yeas. It looks very cool, but the new photos just reinforce how over priced it is.

The only thing "overpriced" about him is the "exclusivity tax". But with all the added parts compared to the TR Galvatron original, the added parts make him at least jump into the Leader bracket.

Too bad about the horrible exchange rate for me though...

This Megatron is glorious. All hail Megatron.

ZeroWolf wrote:The toy is heavily retooled from Titans Returns Galvatron, with only the legs being instantly recognisable from the molds previous user.

The forearms and shoulders are pretty obvious too IMO

I'm glad so many of you are happy about this, because it looks like the ugliest $60 Transformer I've ever seen. Hopefully we don't see buyer's remorse on the same scale as with Big Powered.

I guess eventually everything on TFWiki with a G1 tag will get a Generations or Takara release?

People really hated the Big Powered set due to QC and yet...this is not an issue mine has. At all. Guess I got lucky.

AcademyofDrX wrote:I'm glad so many of you are happy about this, because it looks like the ugliest $60 Transformer I've ever seen. Hopefully we don't see buyer's remorse on the same scale as with Big Powered.

I guess eventually everything on TFWiki with a G1 tag will get a Generations or Takara release?

At this point can you honestly say you'd be suprised?

Skritz wrote:People really hated the Big Powered set due to QC and yet...this is not an issue mine has. At all. Guess I got lucky.

That was the big let down with mine. Dai Atlas just doesn't like to stay together. his mid-torso connection is crap

Mine is wobbly, sure, but it's mostly fine. Guess I got lucky?

ZeroWolf wrote:You could argue that this is a generations take on Animated Megatron, just without the helicopter alt

you could just give him some 3rd party swords to complete the look yes i believe animated megatron got some inspiration from super megatron especially in the helmet area