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Posted by welcometothedarksyde on December 23rd, 2013 @ 10:40pm CST
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on December 23rd, 2013 @ 10:42pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on December 23rd, 2013 @ 10:42pm CST
Divebomb also looks pretty rad. I kinda wish he was still a Pred (once a Pred...), since I don't really have any Autobots and I'll just be putting Divebomb with the other Terrorcons anyways, but I do like the subtle hint that this is Swoop.
Perhaps "Age of Extinction" will give him some Autobot reptile-monsters to hang out with.

Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 23rd, 2013 @ 11:01pm CST
Posted by T-Macksimus on December 23rd, 2013 @ 11:17pm CST
I've already got all the small combiner Preds for Abominus so Autobot versions don't thrill me much and seeing Megatron in brown?? I'm not even going to go there. It's just too easy.
So one definite and one maybe out of the whole assortment. More money to throw at the Generations line I guess.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on December 24th, 2013 @ 2:32am CST
Posted by Heckfire on December 24th, 2013 @ 7:26am CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 24th, 2013 @ 7:30am CST
welcometothedarksyde wrote:"Divebomb" is rather reminiscent of SkyLynx
Divebomb may actually be an homage to the Dinobot Swoop, to both his toy and cartoon/Diaclone coloring. Funny fact, Swoop's preliminary name was Divebomb, which is reflected in G1 fiction.
Posted by Heckfire on December 24th, 2013 @ 7:39am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:welcometothedarksyde wrote:"Divebomb" is rather reminiscent of SkyLynx
Divebomb may actually be an homage to the Dinobot Swoop, to both his toy and cartoon/Diaclone coloring. Funny fact, Swoop's preliminary name was Divebomb, which is reflected in G1 fiction.
The figure itself even kinda looks like Swoop.
Posted by Valandar on December 24th, 2013 @ 8:23am CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on December 24th, 2013 @ 1:37pm CST
I want to see Twinstrike and Hun-Grrr get repainted, too; they'd both make a great Doublecross. But I wouldn't mind Cyberverse versions of Laserback, Ripclaw, or Grimwing. Probably too late for them, though...
Posted by Tronus_Rex on December 24th, 2013 @ 8:21pm CST

I was already disappointed that he wasn't Galvatron, to begin with, & now it isn't even really Unicron possessing Megatron. It's just a recolor - there is no excuse for, "playing safe", in this instance. I'm doubly disappointed. What is the point in this instance in playing it safe? Hell, they could have just remolded/retooled Sharkitron, the original retool, just by remaking the head, & adding the dark-energon weapons.

Posted by Noideaforaname on December 24th, 2013 @ 8:32pm CST
Posted by Tronus_Rex on December 24th, 2013 @ 8:50pm CST
Noideaforaname wrote:Perhaps budget only allowed for 2 Commanders to be remolded, and they deemed Ultra Magnus and Bludgeon more worthwhile than a 'proper' Megacron (he's not anywhere near as distinct as the other two).
That wouldn't be unlikely, and, if you're right, it would give Has/Tak more credit. Maybe we were spoiled by Animated, & the start of the toy line in 2012 for Prime.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 25th, 2013 @ 6:33am CST
Tronus_Rex wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Perhaps budget only allowed for 2 Commanders to be remolded, and they deemed Ultra Magnus and Bludgeon more worthwhile than a 'proper' Megacron (he's not anywhere near as distinct as the other two).
That wouldn't be unlikely, and, if you're right, it would give Has/Tak more credit. Maybe we were spoiled by Animated, & the start of the toy line in 2012 for Prime.
Besides, how much different did he actually look? Extra spikes do not justify a significant retooling in Hasbro's eyes.
Posted by Tronus_Rex on December 25th, 2013 @ 10:29am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Tronus_Rex wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Perhaps budget only allowed for 2 Commanders to be remolded, and they deemed Ultra Magnus and Bludgeon more worthwhile than a 'proper' Megacron (he's not anywhere near as distinct as the other two).
That wouldn't be unlikely, and, if you're right, it would give Has/Tak more credit. Maybe we were spoiled by Animated, & the start of the toy line in 2012 for Prime.
Besides, how much different did he actually look? Extra spikes do not justify a significant retooling in Hasbro's eyes.


The change IS distinct. It's more than just a few "spikey" bit's & a recolor. It's very much influenced by both Unicron & Galvatron.
The head is similar in shape, but, meant to reflect both Megatron & Unicron.
-The eyebrows are gone, in their place, Unicron's horns.
-The jaw is longer, the savage lines, age lines, a different character.
Overall, it's the head that was most distinct. Many who watched the special, including myself, were surprised by just how different. The early leaked/promo pictures, did not fully reveal the change.
Also, there were enough differences in the rest of the body, besides pointy bits, & new colors, that to both adult & child alike, the new toy just fails to match.
It is distinct enough that the difference becomes VERY noticeable. I don't have to like that the toy looks more like Megatron than "Unitron". I know many more that will not like it either. I will not purchase a simple recolor. They have so many remolds & recolors as of late, that, if they just didn't do it, because Has/Tak didn't think it was worth it? That is incorrect, and an incorrect assumption, a mistake that will cost sales figures. This is the Decepticon leader, altered from possession by the Transformer "devil", from the series finale.
To a few, who thought the animators should have gone much farther, in altering Megatron for Possessed Megatron, that's different. I can tell you feel this way. But, I still feel it's distinct enough, by those who watched, that it will effect sales. If I noticed right away, think of how many others will? The horns alone change the profile greatly. Also, lacking the dark energon weapons? This would be like selling Galvatron, but, without his big orange gun. Unitron didn't use Meg's arm gun, instead, Unicron used his dark energon super weapons. This too is noticeably lacking, & was a feature I, & others too, had too have been looking forward too.
I hear your complaint/criticism of the possessed design. Maybe you, like myself, would have preferred a proper Galvatron, instead of just an enslaved/possessed Megatron, altered to reflect the possession by the devil-god.

Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 25th, 2013 @ 3:27pm CST


Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 26th, 2013 @ 3:34am CST
Posted by Grimlock Predaking on December 26th, 2013 @ 7:30am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 26th, 2013 @ 8:18am CST
Grimlock Predaking wrote:I think Unicron Megatron should be totally made as a new mold because I have analysed the transformation and it mostly resembles the Construct-O-Bot Unicron Megatron and transformation should be like that and as it is a Cyberverse figure, it would be very simple. And I might bye it as Galvatron but I will not call him Unicron Megatron even the alternate mode is totally different and best matches with the construct-o bot unicron megatron and I hope they make a new mold and rename it as Galvatron but is there any way to send a message to Hasbro about this and any way to help them make new figures. If there is, I will be delighted t help them.
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