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[Wolfman Jake]

Looks good in the video. The shin plates that slide down when you flip the foot, are a nice touch. The proportions look fine, and man, is he shiny! Would like to see him next to Classics and CW Prime.

I know, I kept waiting at the end of the video for him to at least put him next to CW Prime, but all we got was MP's and a third party figure. We know he at least had Silverbolt. That could have given us some idea of how he scales with the newer Voyager figures.

[Autobot032]

You've seen the in-hand images, we reported on those here, well now you can see Combiner Wars Leader Class Megatron in a video review showing off all of his features, details and of course, the transformation scheme.

Fellow Seibertronian, MenaSuperion, posted the video review link to share with us and now we're sharing it with you!

Who needs in hand images when you can go watch a VIDEO REVIEW of this piece of G1 beauty?!?! But seriously a youtuber by the name of Mohd Hafiz has posted a review of Leader Class Combiner Wars Megatron. Copy this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LridhafpzD0 to see old Buckethead himself, boy this toy is going to be sweeet!

Is he "sweet"? Watch the embed below to find out, then join the discussion on the forums and tell us what you think. Will you be buying him? Will he be ruling over your Decepticons? Join in and tell us!



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[Regimus Prime]

Nice. Can't wait to get my hands on him. I love the face sculpt. This is probably on of the best G1 inspired Megatrons we've got ton in years. Lord knows that the movie verse versions were atrocious. Hasbro can have my money for this one twice

[frogbat]

generations (chug or whateve ryou wanna call it) forms the largest percentage of my collection. However I never did get the previous megatron mainly because I didn't like the alt mode. Now this guy I was a bit sceptical at first. Didn't like his spindly proportions or his gun. But now that i've seen better pix and the video (tho hopefully there'll be a less painful one to watch out soon).

this mother has working rubber tracks... what other tf can claim that? I mean i was thrilled to pieces with bludgeon so this is definitley a step up though they could've still made that cannon a bit better. maybe if it separated in 2.

Anyhow this will definitely lead the chug decepticons into battle.

[noctorro]

They sacraficed the iconic shape of megatrons arm cannon to make it a stupid tank barrel. They should have just included a seperate arm cannon and made the tank barrel fold up along his back somehow to emulate G1 Megatrons gun barrel. Then they could have kept it silver. Parts intragration has ruined yet another figure.

Oh my god man,
do you even enjoy life?

[Peridot]

That reviewer put him next to just about every MP figure that isn't MP-10.

[fenrir72]

They sacraficed the iconic shape of megatrons arm cannon to make it a stupid tank barrel. They should have just included a seperate arm cannon and made the tank barrel fold up along his back somehow to emulate G1 Megatrons gun barrel. Then they could have kept it silver. Parts intragration has ruined yet another figure.

Oh my god man,
do you even enjoy life?

If X doesn't gripe, well, it ain't just natural.

[william-james88]

generations (chug or whateve ryou wanna call it) forms the largest percentage of my collection. However I never did get the previous megatron mainly because I didn't like the alt mode. Now this guy I was a bit sceptical at first. Didn't like his spindly proportions or his gun. But now that i've seen better pix and the video (tho hopefully there'll be a less painful one to watch out soon).

this mother has working rubber tracks... what other tf can claim that? I mean i was thrilled to pieces with bludgeon so this is definitley a step up though they could've still made that cannon a bit better. maybe if it separated in 2.

Anyhow this will definitely lead the chug decepticons into battle.

Which one? There were a bunch, and I much prefer the one below to lead my decepticons since he kept his gun alt mode albeit in a classics design:

[Deathsaurus1]

That reviewer put him next to just about every MP figure that isn't MP-10.

If I am correct, this megatron is actually a lil shorter Than mp -10.

I love the look of this megatron, but not to be used as a stand in mp megatron though.
If they were to have made the arms a lil slimmer, it would look more balanced.That's my only gripe with this megatron right now

[Tyrannacon]

Definitely feeling some hype towards owning this figure. I just hope it comes soon for us all that ordered.

If you guys want this Megatron as much as I do, I found a place that still has him for pre-order, http://scramblecore.com/products/transformers-generations-megatron. Problem is once you pre-order you can't cancel it. I've never ordered from them before, but I found it when I was on Tumblr and the price isn't bad. 9.50 for shipping for me. So it came to $52.00 altogether.

You can get both Generations Megatrons for $89.99 shipped from Entertainment Earth at http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... NbIPPmjNcY

Yeah, EE has a good deal too! I was going to get from there originally after BBTS sold out, but I'm on the fence about Armada Megatron. I might pick him up next month though when I have a little bit more money.

[-Kanrabat-]

The only thing I don't like about the new Megatron is the tiny weeny on his chest. Right above, there's a huge square indent who would be the perfect spot for a big, normal sized . Let's hope the tampograph would be easely erasable. There's even the sticker sheet included so it's all good.

Appart that tiny gripe, that megatron just ooze perfection! When I see him in store, even at a 60$+tx price, I'll buy him on sight!

[Agamemnon]

Definitely feeling the hype towards owning this figure!

If you guys want this Megatron as much as I do, I found a place that still has him for pre-order, http://scramblecore.com/products/transformers-generations-megatron. Problem is once you pre-order you can't cancel it. I've never ordered from them before, but I found it when I was on Tumblr and the price isn't bad. 9.50 for shipping for me. So it came to $52.00 altogether.

You can get both Generations Megatrons for $89.99 shipped from Entertainment Earth at http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... NbIPPmjNcY

Yeah, EE has a good deal too! I was going to get from there originally, but I'm on the fence about Armada Megatron. I might pick him up next month though.

BBTS has them both still available for preorder too, for the same price as EE. That's where I get most of my stuff because of their POL feature, and the fact that they are just over the St. Croix river from me so I get stuff uber fast..

And no, I don't work for them, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night... (Let's see, any more product placement/advertising I can do? )

[Wolfman Jake]

generations (chug or whateve ryou wanna call it) forms the largest percentage of my collection. However I never did get the previous megatron mainly because I didn't like the alt mode. Now this guy I was a bit sceptical at first. Didn't like his spindly proportions or his gun. But now that i've seen better pix and the video (tho hopefully there'll be a less painful one to watch out soon).

this mother has working rubber tracks... what other tf can claim that? I mean i was thrilled to pieces with bludgeon so this is definitley a step up though they could've still made that cannon a bit better. maybe if it separated in 2.

Anyhow this will definitely lead the chug decepticons into battle.

Which one? There were a bunch, and I much prefer the one below to lead my decepticons since he kept his gun alt mode albeit in a classics design:

The Takara's United version is the best iteration of that Megatron. If this new Megatron were even just ultra sized, he would be a shoe-in for my Classics display.

[AutobotAlvaron]

This is a better Megatron, to me, than many others in a very long time. Including even his spinning turret is brilliant! It looks like the same arm/turret design as Cybertron Scattorshot, which I always thought had a very creative mechanism.

As I've written elsewhere...Overall, I'm really looking forward to this Megatron, which looks better than his CHUG nerf-gun version. He's no Masterpiece, but he's the best HasTak G1-like Megs I've seen in a very long while. Generally, I've felt blah about many of the Megatron toys in the past, which leads me to a comparison of the Megatrons throughout the years...

RID/2000 Megs, though cool, didn't evoke "Megatron" to me, and seemed like a DeathSaurus type of toy/character.

I never cared for Armada Megs' moose antlers, and I love Energon Megs, but he's really G1 Galvatron.

Cybertron Megatron was a wacky-colored Unicron mash-up; the silver "Galvatron" was better.

Movie 1 Megs was a weird monster-faced, space-jet thing, like the Animated version, although the Animated Helicopter Megatron was cool. Movie 2 Tank Megatron was good, except for the stupid gimpy arm, and Movie Tanker Megs was Ok, but never got a decent Leader Mold.

Prime Megatron, like his Movie 1 counterpart, disappointed with a weak space-jet mode again, although his bot mode was Ok too.

WFC/FOC Megatron was good but deserved a Voyager or Leader mold, Titanium Megs was cool, but over-simplified.

We never got an Alternator Megs, a Cadillac concept would have been awesome though. Alternity Megs was Ok, but too small & not widely available like Alternators were.

IDW Megatron is cool, but again he should have been larger, & though I love my MP05, he's lanky, fiddly, delicate, and overly complex.

So this Combiner Wars Megatron is a large(ish), G1-like version that looks more promising than anything else for a very long while. He's not perfect, but he's the best I've seen these many years. Until MP Megatron version 2 comes out, this is my best substitute.

[Carnivius_Prime]

I'm impressed. Finally a great looking G1 Megatron after three decades. He's never had an actual quality toy as far as I'm concerned but this one has an imposing size and proportions, transforms into an appropiate vehicle (one of the best things about G2 was making Megs a tank, basically a big gun that can transport itself) and even has a well done face and expression too. The best previous one for me was the Classics one but only in robot form and oooonly with the stupid 'wings' cut off (and the alt mode being based on a Nerf gun was laughable). The alt mode here is up there with RotF Bludgeon's in the quality tank mode area and having real working tracks gives it an advantage.

I've mostly skipped over a lot of Transformers the past couple years (bar a few AoE ones like Evasion Prime, Voyager Grimlock and the more recent Bumblebee, I just prefer the more complex realistic movie stuff over simplistic blocky cartoon TFs) and Combiner Wars just wasn't doing anything for me at all (nor was Hasbro's constant and annoying habit of having characters on opposite factions sharing molds) but this one I am tempted in buying.

I don't say it often but nice job on this one Hasbro/Takara.

[KnightAero]

This is a better Megatron, to me, than many others in a very long time. Including even his spinning turret is brilliant! It looks like the same arm/turret design as Cybertron Scattorshot, which I always thought had a very creative mechanism.

As I've written elsewhere...Overall, I'm really looking forward to this Megatron, which looks better than his CHUG nerf-gun version. He's no Masterpiece, but he's the best HasTak G1-like Megs I've seen in a very long while. Generally, I've felt blah about many of the Megatron toys in the past, which leads me to a comparison of the Megatrons throughout the years...

RID/2000 Megs, though cool, didn't evoke "Megatron" to me, and seemed like a DeathSaurus type of toy/character.

I never cared for Armada Megs' moose antlers, and I love Energon Megs, but he's really G1 Galvatron.

Cybertron Megatron was a wacky-colored Unicron mash-up; the silver "Galvatron" was better.

Movie 1 Megs was a weird monster-faced, space-jet thing, like the Animated version, although the Animated Helicopter Megatron was cool. Movie 2 Tank Megatron was good, except for the stupid gimpy arm, and Movie Tanker Megs was Ok, but never got a decent Leader Mold.

Prime Megatron, like his Movie 1 counterpart, disappointed with a weak space-jet mode again, although his bot mode was Ok too.

WFC/FOC Megatron was good but deserved a Voyager or Leader mold, Titanium Megs was cool, but over-simplified.

We never got an Alternator Megs, a Cadillac concept would have been awesome though. Alternity Megs was Ok, but too small & not widely available like Alternators were.

IDW Megatron is cool, but again he should have been larger, & though I love my MP05, he's lanky, fiddly, delicate, and overly complex.

So this Combiner Wars Megatron is a large(ish), G1-like version that looks more promising than anything else for a very long while. He's not perfect, but he's the best I've seen these many years. Until MP Megatron version 2 comes out, this is my best substitute.

See the WFC/FOC lines were purely Deluxes for the most part. The only others were voyagers which was with the Soundwave mold. Which worked for that line really well... I prefer the deluxe / voyager sizes over some of these leader classes.

This Megatron will definitely do... I am going to already make plans to add a little more height with a 3D printed foot extensions. Another prime that I feel like it doesn't get enough attention is Generations Deluxe Megatron. While its a re-used mold it works really well for him. His robot mode is intense...



I have a feeling this new Leader Megatron is going to be a "buy" on sight...

[SlyTF1]

Nice. Can't wait to get my hands on him. I love the face sculpt. This is probably on of the best G1 inspired Megatrons we've got ton in years. Lord knows that the movie verse versions were atrocious. Hasbro can have my money for this one twice

On the contrary, I didn't. I actually liked the movie versions. I still have to say, though, this one looks better.

[KnightAero]

Nice. Can't wait to get my hands on him. I love the face sculpt. This is probably on of the best G1 inspired Megatrons we've got ton in years. Lord knows that the movie verse versions were atrocious. Hasbro can have my money for this one twice

On the contrary, I didn't. I actually liked the movie versions. I still have to say, though, this one looks better.

I liked these two Movie versions...

[megatronus]

The Takara's United version is the best iteration of that Megatron. If this new Megatron were even just ultra sized, he would be a shoe-in for my Classics display.

Well, these new Leaders seem to be a bit smaller than the traditional leader class figure - dare I say, Ultra-sized?

[dragons]

good video what is wind noise in video allready knew what articluation was by looking at pictures

[Wolfman Jake]

The Takara's United version is the best iteration of that Megatron. If this new Megatron were even just ultra sized, he would be a shoe-in for my Classics display.

Well, these new Leaders seem to be a bit smaller than the traditional leader class figure - dare I say, Ultra-sized?

I just compared Ultra Silverbolt to Leader Jetfire. Leader Jetfire just edges out Ultra Silverbolt by a few centimeters, but yeah, it's not a big size difference all told. I'm thinking Leader Megatron won't look that out of place with the rest of the Classics figures, especially if you can kind of cheat his height a little bit with some fiddling in the legs and knees, but he's still going to dwarf Classics Optimus. CW Optimus would be a nice match, but I still think the Classics sculpt is a much better representation of the character overall, especially now that I have the Cloud version of the mold with G1 cartoon accurate coloring.

[Necrien]

I was ready to pass on this guy. A lot of the photos don't do him justice. He looks really good and is absolutely going on my MP shelf. I'm sure upgrade kits are already in the works for any issues this guy may have.

[Sabrblade]

I don't know about all of you, but my favorite Megatron of the last decade is the recent Takara Legends Megatron w/ Chopshop:




If they had ups-ized this mold/design to a voyager with greater articulation and better proportions (probably possible in a larger size class), I would have been all over it.

Those colors are still very wrong for that mold.

Why?

Cuz it's Megatron's miner body, which is supposed to be colored like this:



Hasbro's was closer.

[shajaki]

Looks good in the video. The shin plates that slide down when you flip the foot, are a nice touch. The proportions look fine, and man, is he shiny! Would like to see him next to Classics and CW Prime.

BOOM!

[Sabrblade]

Are those your pics? The cannon's on backwards and not retracted.