In-Hand Images of Transformers: The Last Knight Leader Megatron, Sighted at UK Retail

So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess.

You'd think, since these movies make billions of dollars, they would try and make a decent toyline to go along with it, but no. We have an extremely small, low quality line that fails on simple things such as QC. (before some triggered fangirl attacks me for saying the line isn't good, I actually do like some portions, namely squeaks and the new voyagers, but that's undermined by the poor quality of the rest of the line for me)

Spiffy, but also looks a bit weirder than the Toy Fair images when it was shown off there. Still... I'll reserve judgement for when I get it in hand. Wondering when the ETA on the Voyager Megatron and Hound though with this news in mind. I know the Press Release said to expect the leaders in Fall while the Voyagers in the summer. I know last time with AoE I found Galvatron in July/August versus the expected June at TRU here in Ohio.

And if you think the quality is bad on TFs you should really look at the lackluster offerings made by Hasbro for the Jurassic World series, they totally stink and look dollar store cheap. The stuff they put into their own properties is by far better than the stuff that isn't in their specific creative property.

That Megatron does look gorgeous. I'm still gonna wait for the Voyager which I hope should be appearing soon. Bloody loving this line. Still tinkering with Sqweeks and Barricade on my desk here and still keenly waiting for reprolabels for Voyager Prime's flames.

This looks really good.

I've been a bit wary of the toys after pretty much the entire AOE and some of the DOTM lines, but this looks really good. It actually makes me like the design of Megatron in the film, too. Maybe it's the Fusion Cannon on his arm and the sick sword, but I dunno.

Umm... the article sounds like that Megatron is the first last knight toy found in the UK. It's the first leader class, I believe, but deluxe and voyager have been out a while. Just nitpicking. lol.


I used some clubpoints and picked up Prime for 'normal' voyager price. He's a really nice figure, well worth having. Knees don't have a lot of bend in them but overall, he's a good solid figure with a satisfying transformation.


Tried to do a headswap with an Evasion Prime to give him his mouth face, but the balljoints are different sizes.

Insurgent wrote:Umm... the article sounds like that Megatron is the first last knight toy found in the UK. It's the first leader class, I believe, but deluxe and voyager have been out a while. Just nitpicking. lol.

Huh, I see that, but also don't.

I guess teaching English all day to Italians in 34C can kinda slow my own syntax...

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble

Gasp! That's not a REAL dragon!

70 USD?!!! What a ripoff but I will still get it for the toy. UGGH THERE GOES 70 DOLLARS DOWN THE DRAIN

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

LE0KING wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

LE0KING wrote:I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

And that guy must be the only one who loves his voice

LE0KING wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Addition to Peaugh: Has issues keeping things in view of the camera.


I do subscribe to him on Youtube but the only one i actively follow is Thew, because he's very entertaining.

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

He doesn't have bad paint, the reviews I've seen showed an impressive amount of good paint.

LE0KING wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

His robot mode looks great and loose joints can easily be tightened and poor paint can be added to with some model paint. I'll buy him in a sale with those points in mind.

He doesn't have bad paint, the reviews I've seen showed an impressive amount of good paint.

Breacher's words, not mine. And paint stuff doesn't bother me as much if the mold itself is still really good as I can have some fun painting it myself.

Kurona wrote:

LE0KING wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

I stopped watching Baltmatrix once he just started to not give a crap, and gets many many things wrong about figures and generally has no idea about a figure he's reviewing.

Peaugh is okay, he's neutral but will miss some key points about some figures, and will just ham fist many of them and yes will do things out of the view of the camera.

I really do like Emgo even if he does fangirl about the positives. He'll still point out the issues he has with the figures, he just won't rant or get all bent out of shape about them. And generally is pretty timely with the reviews. He also has a sense of humor I can relate to.

Vange1us is indeed the best, but he takes ages to get to any figures. Though his reviews are really good, and in-depth.


Optibotimus, can get on my nerves real easily. I try to avoid him, unless I have no other choice. But many times he just won't care about the figure he's reviewing and that can get annoying.

I guess I'll have to give Thew a shot


I generally go for a combination of Peaugh, Emgo and Vangelus when possible.

Overcracker wrote:

Kurona wrote:

LE0KING wrote:

breacher wrote:So I watched Baltmatrix's review of steelbane, and damn, it's terrible. A shame too, as it was one of the only deluxes that I was actually looking forward too. They made zero effort to hide any of the robot kibble, and it's a flimsy, poorly painted, loose jointed mess

I wouldn't base my opinion entirely on Balt's review. He tends to focus on the negatives of a figure.

I see it like this:

Baltmatrix - wines about everything wrong.
Emgo - fangirls about everything right.
Peaugh - unbiased, but mumbles and runs off topic. (Best if you are just watching one)
Thew - fun entertainment, three waves late (personal favorite)
Optibotimus - in love with his own voice, will do a sixteen minute review on a repainted legion figure and then mistransform it.

Vangelus - probably the best one, but will be at least 6 months later unless it's Top Spin.

I stopped watching Baltmatrix once he just started to not give a crap, and gets many many things wrong about figures and generally has no idea about a figure he's reviewing.

Peaugh is okay, he's neutral but will miss some key points about some figures, and will just ham fist many of them and yes will do things out of the view of the camera.

I really do like Emgo even if he does fangirl about the positives. He'll still point out the issues he has with the figures, he just won't rant or get all bent out of shape about them. And generally is pretty timely with the reviews. He also has a sense of humor I can relate to.

Vange1us is indeed the best, but he takes ages to get to any figures. Though his reviews are really good, and in-depth.


Optibotimus, can get on my nerves real easily. I try to avoid him, unless I have no other choice. But many times he just won't care about the figure he's reviewing and that can get annoying.

I guess I'll have to give Thew a shot


I generally go for a combination of Peaugh, Emgo and Vangelus when possible.

Yep I tend to go with peaugh and thew, and vangelus if he puts any videos out.

Emgo was fun the first few times but he reuses the same jokes in every review. It gets annoying after a while.

That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Emgo I find cringeworthy to be honest. I just can't watch him.

Optibotimus much the same, I just...I dunno, man. He takes way too long to review simple figures and doesn't even do that good a job on them.

Peaugh is OK but very dull on occasion. Not terrible though.

Baltmatrix overuses the word "weird" and hamhands figures whilst blaming it on the toy. On the plus side he does review old obscure stuff and he is honest.

BensCollectibles is overly positive even with total crap. I have heard he's going through a real rough spot though so I find it hard to hate on him.

Vangelus I have no issues with. Well edited, short, to the point and entertaining.

Thew is the god of reviews. Most reviewers I'll only watch the ones I'm interested in. Thew though I'll watch them all. He's just so damn funny.

Bobby Skullface takes his time but he's very in-depth, quite professional and brutally honest. My one gripe with him is his obsession with everything being slathered in paint- and I say that as a paintoholic myself.


Anyway, Steelbane. The robot mode looks beastly. The dragon/wyvern mode is...well it's OK, hard to tell because Baltmatrix did a terrible job transforming him. The paint, I can see what they were attempting but it looks kinda awful. The QC is inexcusable. Like, yes you can fix it with floor polish but for £24 you shouldn't have to.

So yeah. Good engineering, rubbish paint, absolutely garbage QC. I'll pick him up if I have money to burn or he goes on clearance. At the very least I might be able to salvage him with the Airbrush of Power.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Is that how you get cool TF figures right now? Post lots of tiny Michael Bays and Kremzeeks? :O

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Is that how you get cool TF figures right now? Post lots of tiny Michael Bays and Kremzeeks? :O

Don't I wish. That is my major want of the line, has been since the beginning. I need him. yesteryear.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Don't I wish. That is my major want of the line, has been since the beginning. I need him. yesteryear.

Aye, 'tis a fine looking figure an' no mistake.

*Reads previous posts* Uh huh, I see where I rank. For the record, EVERY review of Steelbane has said the figure is way too floppy out of the box. Yes, that can be fixed, but in 2017 should we have to do that with a new figure?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:*Reads previous posts* Uh huh, I see where I rank. For the record, EVERY review of Steelbane has said the figure is way too floppy out of the box. Yes, that can be fixed, but in 2017 should we have to do that with a new figure?

Ouch... Sorry Chuck. To be fair, we didn't have many nice things to say, so maybe it's for the best we left you out.

Kurona wrote:Fellow board user MaverickPrime has kindly let us know that yet another batch of reviews of new figures have come from youtuber Chefatron; this time of legion-class Megatron, Crosshairs and Drift from The Last Knight! Check out the videos below and tell us what you think of the cute little guys in the energon pub!

I am so impressed by wave two of the legion class guys. I only hope they do a better Optimus legion figure to match Megatron. Then again, probably won't happen, which is sad, but I can only hope!

Wow those guys are way better than expected, I'll have to add these to my must haves for this line (the others being Deluxe Barricade and Nitro).

That Legion class looks surprisingly nice and reminds me of the TF: Prime Cyberverse Legion Megatron in a lot of respects. Usually they look wonky, but this looks very nice.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:That Leader Megatron....

NEED. NOW.

Max gets it here. Megatron love is always happy love. XD

Kapow have wave 2 voyagers and deluxes listed as in stock now. Has wave 2 been out anywhere else? Or have they secured a lucky early release?


https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... movie.html

Insurgent wrote:Kapow have wave 2 voyagers and deluxes listed as in stock now. Has wave 2 been out anywhere else? Or have they secured a lucky early release?


https://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformer ... movie.html

Wave 2 Deluxes been out for a while. Haven't seen voyagers yet or else I'd have Megatron standing on my shelf by now. Strange that site lists Hound as £3 off but not the same deal on Megs.

edit: Ordered me Voyager Megatron and also Titans Bumblebee (mainly cos that one was price reduced and I felt like having a look at it) Paid for DPD delivery for Friday. Still cheaper going all the way to Cambridge just to find they ain't got stuff in yet.

Well, like someone else said, customers shouldn't have to deal with all of these problems, especially considering these things are now more expensive than ever. Yes the joints are fixable, but isn't that what QC is for to begin with? And no, no one should have to repaint their figures unless they really want to.

Have to agree though, Balt can be a little petty with his criticisms. But honestly, I'd rather have an overly skeptical reviewer than an over positive one. And his comments on the alt-mode still stand. It is trash. The head looks... bizarre, to say the least, and kinda ugly. The robot feet stick out like a sore thumb, and it all essentially looks like a robot broke its back, swung its legs around, and did the splits. The robot mode is nice though, despite the paint.

I'm not sure if this is an actual different version of Megatron. If anything, it's just the regular Takara version (which itself may or may not differ slightly from the Hasbro release).

primalxconvoy wrote:I'm not sure if this is an actual different version of Megatron. If anything, it's just the regular Takara version (which itself may or may not differ slightly from the Hasbro release).

We are working on fixing the article to make it less confusing in that regard. Thanks for your understanding.

Just picked up voyager Optimus, my first figure of the line not counting TTCs. He's definitely going to need some paint, I may go for the reprolabels for the flames. Still looks like a fun figure, he'll probably scale pretty well with deluxe Lockdown.

Also, we got our first non-render images of the new deluxe Bumblebee in that enterprise commercial. He's horribly mistransformed, and he's missing a few paint apps that the render had, but that's nothing a little silver paint and instructions will fix. Still can't wait to get it!

As a few Seibertronians nicely pointed out, the Entreprise commercial we posted earlier featured our very first look at the actual finished new Bumblebee toy in robot mode. While the first wave of Premier Edition The Last Knight toys had a redeco of an old mold, there will be a new mold for Bumblebee for this movie and this is our best look at it yet. We previously had CG renders, which don't always give us the best idea of what to expect, and we only saw the car mode at Toyfair (which was painted and not the finished toy). While it is mistransformed, we do get to see how the paint applications will be in robot mode. As you can tell, it is a very different looking robot mode than the deluxe we got in wave one, whos chest was not made of the toy<s car parts, unlike this one. Hopefully we see more of this highly anticipated toy soon!





Here is an image of the CG render:

Going to guess mis-transformed/ The back quarter-windows fold/hinge behind the doors?

It almost looks like the DOTM mold. Almost, though. There's some obvious discrepancies that suggest it's new.

Despite the mistransformed wings (can see some black joints in there through the windows) and thigh panels he does look very much like the CG render. Still don't get why we haven't had actual photos of it and then it turns up in an ad. Anyways I can't wait. I need this Bee.

Hope his cannon arm is still included. I see he has a little handheld pistol too.

Found a pic of this new bee from instagram user enanobennington.

Why does most official pictures and adds just don't seem to care about their own products?

As if in a coffee add, they'd just eat the coffee by the spoon instead of brewing it.

From the YouTube channel of Hasbro Singapore, we have a new spot announcing a Transformers event/exhbition from June 13 at Takashimaya Atrium (though nothing seems to be on their site yet), featuring Transformers: The Last Knight merchandise and a chance to win a Battle Damaged edition of Voyager Optimus Prime! Check out the clip below!

Apparently this prime is actually happening.

But if you look in the top right corner it says reveal hidden images. So I wonder if the reveal the shield wave is gonna be from target

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... 7/vop.html

Bumblebee21 wrote:Apparently this prime is actually happening.

But if you look in the top right corner it says reveal hidden images. So I wonder if the reveal the shield wave is gonna be from target

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... 7/vop.html

Is that the old red transparent plastic strip sorta thing you got with G1 toy packaging?

Fellow Seibertronian Bacem has found an image online featuring the upcoming new Deluxe Bumblebee from Transformers: The Last Knight. It is a better look at the finished product than the mistransformed shots from the recent Entreprise commercial.

This image was posted by Weibo user Notrab

Remember that odd red translucent Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime repaint that was brought up a while back? Well, it appears it is truly a thing.

Courtesy of Robot Kingdom and Seibertronian Bumblebee21, we have a new listing for this figure. There is no special name attached to the figure, but it does appear to be part of the "Reveal your Shield" line as the box mentions unveiling some hidden stuff using the sword and shield. We'll nee to see where this goes from here, and whether or not we are about to have an entire subline of Reveal your Shield figures, which is likely considering that deluxe Megatron and Skullitron.

Check out the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:Apparently this prime is actually happening.

But if you look in the top right corner it says reveal hidden images. So I wonder if the reveal the shield wave is gonna be from target

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... 7/vop.html

Is that the old red transparent plastic strip sorta thing you got with G1 toy packaging?

It's the red sword-and-shield-wielding DOTM-mold Prime we saw in the Argos catalog.

Sabrblade wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:Apparently this prime is actually happening.

But if you look in the top right corner it says reveal hidden images. So I wonder if the reveal the shield wave is gonna be from target

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... 7/vop.html

Is that the old red transparent plastic strip sorta thing you got with G1 toy packaging?

It's the red sword-and-shield-wielding DOTM-mold Prime we saw in the Argos catalog.

Yeah I know what the toy is, just that Reveal the Shield thingy in the corner reminds me of the tech spec graph thing you put the red transparent cellophane thingy over you got oncluded on G1 toy boxes.

Leigon hot rod .

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... -5148.html

Bumblebee21 wrote:Leigon hot rod .

http://www.robotkingdom.com/just-listed ... -5148.html

That looks sleek. I like it.



NOw I gonna go to post office and complain that I been waiting in all day for a Transformers package only to find there's a bloody red card in my mail box saying it came at 1:50pm and I never heard it (and my door buzzer does work cos I just tested it). This happens a lot round here...

william-james88 wrote:Fellow Seibertronian Bacem has found an image online featuring the upcoming new Deluxe Bumblebee from Transformers: The Last Knight. It is a better look at the finished product than the mistransformed shots from the recent Entreprise commercial.

This image was posted by Weibo user Notrab

YEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!
It looks so good, it even has the gray paint on the upper arms that the one from the commercial was missing!