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First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours!

Posted by Skowl Dec 25, 2007 at 4:19pm CST 55,688 views
The latest issue of Japanese Hobby Magazine "Figure Oh!" gives us our first look at TakaraTomy's Megatron figure from the Japanese Transformers Classics line, in a G1-inspired colour scheme.



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Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by capellamusic Dec 25, 2007
Holy crap! This one looks way better, this one is more "Megatron" than the Hasbro version. :shock:
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Unicron Singularity Dec 25, 2007
Way more MEGATRON, than the Gayotron-HasBlow version. :grin: :shock:
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Lapse Of Reason Dec 25, 2007
Glad I preorded one :)
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by skywarp-2 Dec 25, 2007
yep I'm definitely buying those!! Happy Holidays everyone! :grin:
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Scaleface Dec 25, 2007
So technically, since this is a toy gun without a a fourescent cap, it will be as hard to import as Masterpiece Megatron, right? Will they be putting plugs in it too? Will you need a permit to own one in Australia?
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by ekocher Dec 25, 2007
dont think so it doesnt look like a real one
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Autobot032 Dec 25, 2007
I know I'm in the minority here, but I must say...

"No Sir, I don't like it."

I actually prefer the busier colors of the Hasbro original. In fact, I'm a little underwhelmed by Takara's repaints of this line. It's...really, really unimpressive. I was expecting the wow factor and got the bah factor.

I would like to see Takara do their own take on the rest of the Seekers though... (different enough not to infringe on the BC ones.)
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Scaleface Dec 25, 2007
ekocher wrote:dont think so it doesnt look like a real one


The law has no requirement for toy gun to look real and need a colorful plastic tip.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by OptimusShr Dec 25, 2007
Autobot032 wrote:I know I'm in the minority here, but I must say...

"No Sir, I don't like it."

I actually prefer the busier colors of the Hasbro original. In fact, I'm a little underwhelmed by Takara's repaints of this line. It's...really, really unimpressive. I was expecting the wow factor and got the bah factor.

I would like to see Takara do their own take on the rest of the Seekers though... (different enough not to infringe on the BC ones.)


I echo these sentiments. IMO the colors do not work that well on the toy.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by AlienQuiksilver Dec 25, 2007
It's a fake looking gun to begin with. "Nerfatron" was/is just fine. The colors suited the design IMHO.

The new colors are cool looking, but I don't need it.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Wheeljack35 Dec 25, 2007
Lapse Of Reason wrote:Glad I preorded one :)



How much is it going to be?
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by ThunderZap Dec 25, 2007
consider bought :grin:

my hasbro megatron shall be call Galvatron (until they release proper galvatron in classic 2.0 that is)
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Nemesis Cyberplex Dec 25, 2007
Has been preordered. & that's sayig something considering how tight things have been for me lately. It looks awsome. I liked the other one, but that looks more like he should have been.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Sunstar Dec 25, 2007
That megatron looks MUCH better. I like the colours over the former one and whatnot. I still don't want it, but it does look great.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by shortround Dec 25, 2007
Sign me up for that one.
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by lordmegatron44 Dec 25, 2007
i don't like the look... i like the old version better
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Liege Evilmus Dec 25, 2007
It'll be easier to repaint all that red.
Otherwise he does look alot better without the green and purple.
Still gotta do something with the red though :-?
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by -Barricade- Dec 25, 2007
I'm with the people who said no thanks.
Its robot mode is kinda ok, but the gun looks like a super soaker...
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Nemesis Cyberplex Dec 25, 2007
-Barricade- wrote:I'm with the people who said no thanks.
Its robot mode is kinda ok, but the gun looks like a super soaker...
Nerf N-strike Maverick, actually.


http://www.16bit.com/toypics/tfclassics ... p-full.jpg
Re: First Look at TarakaTomy's Classics Megatron - In G1 Colours! (view post)
Comment by Auto Bot Dec 25, 2007
I'm not impressed. Many customs jobs looks way better than this one. This one looks like a KO toy.

The robot is quite acceptable. But not good enough. Looks cheap. Hasbro's purple-grey combination looks better.

The gun mode is a big no-no. It doesn't know what it wants to be. A real gun replica? Not good. An imaginative toy gun? Not good either.

At least Hasbro's purple gun is no pretender. It was designed to be what it is. A kiddied toy gun. The color suits it well.
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