Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank Transformers GI Joe Crossover Revealed

The responses to this all over the place: some love it, others hate it; some are pleasantly surprised, others frustratingly disappointed. My collection is G1 Generations, so what I wanted was a TR-style figure with a tiny Joe accessories. This is scaled to Joesv and like nothing else I have, and the size precludes things I'd love like a Starscream. With that said, it is what's advertised, and I'll be happy to get it along with the eventual Optimus.

It's probably my eyes playing tricks on me since WFC Megs had like 10 repaints/retools. Is any part of this new toy WFC Megatron, or is it all new?

I'm just going to say it, this figure is awful as a transformer, it looks like most of the tank is hanging off its back, it looks boring as hell, and the baroness figure doesn't even look good

For the price I was hoping it was to scale with classified figures where is Weijang when you need them, Damn Mouse.

Kind of like it, must say im not a fan of the retro joes that much though. I think the walmart stuff and even the modern/movie figures looked way better than these O rings.. I guess i dont really have the retro nostalgia for them compared to retro star wars or gi joe vehicles.

-Kanrabat- wrote:So far, all X-Over toys were original characters. Why not that one?

You actually wanna break that tradition?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:So far, all X-Over toys were original characters. Why not that one?

You actually wanna break that tradition?

I don't get what you mean. All the X-Over characters so far were unique and not existing characters from the regular TF universes.

That Cobra vehicle could have been someone new and fresh (as all the others) instead of a amateurish cosplaying Megatron.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:So far, all X-Over toys were original characters. Why not that one?

You actually wanna break that tradition?

I don't get what you mean. All the X-Over characters so far were unique and not existing characters from the regular TF universes.

That Cobra vehicle could have been someone new and fresh (as all the others) instead of a amateurish cosplaying Megatron.

The "other" tradition, namely the original TF/G.I. Joe Crossover one: vehicles decoed and portrayed as existing TF characters (even if they don't transform).

Now that I think about it, it's a Catch 22

Oh ye gods this thing looks bad. The hollow bits, the complete lack of any attempt to integrate the altmode into the robot mode, the primitive articulation, that AWFUL looking Baroness figure, and all for the low price of $90! Hard, hard, hard pass.

It's a pity too, this COULD have been awesome, but even aside from how cheap it looks, it's conceptually flawed from its need to make a Sunbow Megatron work as a Sunbow H.I.S.S Tank. If they'd made Megatron's robot mode a bit more original so it clearly incorporated bits of the vehicle into the design rather than making him look like Sunbow Megs wearing bad cosplay, or made him a different vehicle (I actually don't think the H.I.S.S tank is the best choice for Megatron given it's meant to be a fast, light recon tank- I feel like the Maggot or even the Dominator would have been a better choice) this might have been OK. Or heck, why not do a Starscream that turns into the Cobra deco of the X-03 Conquest? Or why not just make up a new altmode for Megatron that can seat 1:18 figures? I can't see anyone complaining that Cobra got a cool new vehicle that's also an awesome Megatron.

I wonder how big he is compared to the old Leader Class size.

Day 786 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Emerje wrote:So I have to wonder about something. $90 is a lot for a two figure set when Hasbro doesn't have to pay for a license fee this time around. So that makes me wonder if maybe maybe this time around the set isn't two Transformers, but a Transformer and one of the new 3 3/4" Joe figures that can ride inside it? So instead of including a tiny Joe to scale with Transformers, what if it's a big transformer that's to scale with G.I. Joe? That price is basically Commander Class Plus and there's a lot they could do with that. I doubt we'll see another Jetfire, but something smaller like a single passenger Dragonfly that turns into Whirl and comes with Wild Bill would be pretty cool and totally possible being such a skinny chopper that would work perfectly with lanky Whirl. The wording "pre-existing TF character" and not "pre-existing TF toy" means to me that it's going to include a familiar character rather than a new one like Ectotron or Gigawatt, not that it's going to repack an existing toy. I'm also going to guess one good set and one evil set.

Nailed it!

I love it! This is exactly what I've always wanted. Sure, it looks like G1 Megatron with some extra bits piled on instead of well integrated parts, but it makes sense from a G1 perspective where Cybertronian alt modes still turned into Earth bot modes. They were never going to redesign Megatron's bot mode to make this work. This set screams 80s and I think it's great! He's already sold out on Pulse, ordered mine off BBTS. I guess Optimus Prime is up next. Since they're keeping original vehicle scale I think the Mauler might be too big for this so MOBAT seems right.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:So far, all X-Over toys were original characters. Why not that one?

You actually wanna break that tradition?

I don't get what you mean. All the X-Over characters so far were unique and not existing characters from the regular TF universes.

That Cobra vehicle could have been someone new and fresh (as all the others) instead of a amateurish cosplaying Megatron.

If they had made an all new character there's more than a few of us that would have been extremely angry and perhaps even felt a little betrayed since the whole point of the crossover is to do it with recognizable characters. May as well create an all new Joe character while they're at it.

blackeyedprime wrote:For the price I was hoping it was to scale with classified figures where is Weijang when you need them, Damn Mouse.

You were expecting a $22 figure and a Titan sized bot for $90?

william-james88 wrote:Also, it seems like it is not that much bigger than a leader class from the CW era after all.

Looking at the two figures together he looks to be taller than three Baronesses making him more like 12" or Combiner sized (or Commander class Jetfire).
Just tried to actually work out the size rather than eyeball it, it does appear to be closer to 10"

Emerje