World Famous Comics: Transformers Movie Leader Megatron
Transformers Movie Leader Megatron
From: Hasbro Average Rating: Binding: Toy Label: Hasbro Manufacturer Minimum Age: 5 years Manufacturer Maximum Age: 12 years Model: 81110
Features:
Get ready to rule the universe with this awesome MEGATRON figure that features Advanced AUTOMORPH Technology!
This TRANSFORMERS technology is designed to enhance vehicle-to-robot conversion with partially animated mechanical triggers that activate the final shift to battle mode. Get ready to rule the universe with this awesome MEGATRON figure that features Advance
See armor slide to protect vital points! This automatic conversion triggers lights and sounds.
Robot mode also features a launching rocket claw that becomes a chain whip, and arms that combine to create a fusion cannon!
CYBERTRON jet vehicle mode has electronic horn sounds and lights that add to the excitement!
Product Description: Megatron is a towering, bulky, dinosaur-footed monstrosity with a varied color schemenoticeably different than that of the movie version. Megatronâs jet mode looks a little bit like one of Leonardo da Vinciâs flying machines. His robot mode, bearing a slightly simplified version of the movie Megatronâs intricate armor plating, is reasonably well articulated. Among Megatronâs arsenal of gimmick features are electronic sounds and lights, a launching claw that becomes a chain whip, and arms that combine to form a fusion cannon. Initially Megatron was Cybertronâs designated Lord High Protector, although eventually he succumbed to his consuming lust for the Allspark. Megatronâs agenda placed him in opposition of Optimus Prime---forcing the latter to rally a militia against Megatronâs Decepticons. Megatron was single-minded and monstrously powerful; the Decepticons gained ground against their adversaries, and as a desperate contingency the Allspark was jettisoned into space. Megatronâs attempt to find the Allspark ultimately divided him from his forces and led him into frozen stasis.
First of all, this toy looks very little like the Megatron that was in the movie. It is stubby and stocky and presents none of the lethal intent the movie character does. The vehicle mode only slightly looks like the vehicle from the movie, and the transformation is much harder than it should be considering the results.
In robot mode this toy is hard to pose and unstable when standing. The feet do not support the toy except in a very narrow range of poses. The toys hands are useless and do not even look like hands, they cannot hold any of the other toys weapons or anything else. The "Chain whip" is kind of neat, and a nice nod to the original Transformer's cartoon character, but was not featured in the movie. His hand supposedly combine to form a "Fusion Cannon" but it looks nothing like the movie version. Also, the gun doesn't stay open without holding it open. The arms have a lot of kibble in the form of the "nose" of the plane, which serves no purpose in robot mode. The lights and sound gimmick it only OK. The Scream kind of make sense for this toy, but the yellow lights do not (blue lights for the ice, maybe?). The lights and sound gimmick add weight and bulk to what should be a fairly thin figure.
In Vehicle mode, the legs fold under the wings, making them look blocked up instead of like wings. Also the "tail" of the aircraft doesn't really lock into place and can flop around if touched. If the tail flops it tends to knock the legs free from their pegs on the wings. The wings are meant to unfold automatically, but this never fully worked on my toy. They unfold, but never fully without me having to push them down until the gear locks (there is a visible white gear on the wing hinges). Also the head is completely visible while in vehicle mode. The arms form the front of the plane, but again do not lock together well and come apart easily.
All in all this toy suffers from a lot of the same problems many other movie transformer toys suffer from. The character was designed for the movie first with no thought to how the toy would work, and the toy suffered from it.
Hey, It's Megatron for crap sakes!!!! My son is only 5 but he's dying to get his hands on this toy. He doesn't want to convert it to a plane, he just wants to get Bumblebee and Optimus Prime together to kick his butt!!! It's over-priced sure, but for the 30 minutes my son will take to destroy it....why the heck not. Yea, my kid is spoiled. He's all about Bumblebee anyhow!
Great Toy! Bought this for my 3 1/2 year old for Christmas and he really likes it. He isn't able to transform it yet on his own so do not buy it for a child under 8 unless you enjoy doing the transforming! It is sturdy and amazingly detailed though. Very impressive engineering! Well worth the money.
Cool Toy! Received it quick-on time for Christmas, my 5 year old loves it, plays with it still!! It's a little cumbersome to figure out what all it transforms into and the pieces come off that can get lost easily but all in all, great toy, keeps him occupied!!
Megatron!!! Transformers Movie Leader Megatron This product is really awesome. Difficult to transform to vehicle mode, but then that's part of the fun. Don't buy it for your young kid though. It's for older kids like me (30). I'd recommend for any Transformer fan though. Overall it is well worth it.
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