New Images: Takara Tomy Transformers DOTM Megatron: Dark Energon Edition

rpetras wrote:I wouldn't mind seeing it on the voyager mold.

Goofy crab claw aside, that was a decent rendition of the character.

BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

GuyIncognito wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

Who cares?

PrymeStriker wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:Because Dark energon was totally in the movies

Who cares?

The Aligned fanboys. Like myself.

noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

Hotrodimust wrote:Even know he looks nice in these colors this is total bullshit. This isn't what he looked like in dotm why can we get a leaderclass of what he looked like in DOTM instead of repaints of ROTF figures.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell so well, however true or false that may be.

craggy wrote:

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

noctorro wrote:Why didn't Takara just upscale the hell out of DOTM Voyager Megatron? I mean, they did it with deluxe WFC Soundwave, and I really like Voyager DOTM Megz.

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell so well, however true or false that may be.

ha! if someone at Hasbro thinks villains don't sell well, they should have a word with the guys in the GI Joe and Star Wars departments, and ask for numbers on Vipers and Storm Troopers.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:And someone please knock Bumblebee off of Leader Class and give it back to Megatron!

I don't know why Hasbro doesn't understand that. They're called action figures for a reason. The good guy needs a bad guy to fight. When I was a kid I always wanted the lead good guy and the lead bad guy. Not the lead good guy and his sidekick.

My thoughts exactly.

You can't play-fight with your figs if there's no enemy. What's the kid gonna do, sit OP and Bee down on a table and have tea?

And let's not forget that Bee's way out of scale as a leader class toy. I know scale is almost an afterthought as far as TF's are concerned, but at least keep him in relative scale, for Pete's sake.

PrymeStriker wrote:I do not favor the thought of the same character being released in 3 different scales. That's why I don't collect legion classes. I like characters to have one toy of one character in one class, and it better be in the right class. I also don't like "Shadow Strike" and "Nightwatch" and "Super Thingamabob" titles for the same damn character. If you're going to make a repaint, at least named it something different. Or retool it.

But of course, they gave all of this up around Cybertron. Granted, the legion class of Cybertron was rather small. The movies ruined everything for us.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I do not favor the thought of the same character being released in 3 different scales. That's why I don't collect legion classes. I like characters to have one toy of one character in one class, and it better be in the right class. I also don't like "Shadow Strike" and "Nightwatch" and "Super Thingamabob" titles for the same damn character. If you're going to make a repaint, at least named it something different. Or retool it.

But of course, they gave all of this up around Cybertron. Granted, the legion class of Cybertron was rather small. The movies ruined everything for us.

Agreed. I'm probably one of the few adult collectors who actually likes movieverse Bee, but I've never bought any "non-canon" version of Bee. Ever. To me, it's just a lazy way of milking a mold.

At least in G1, the repaints are actually their own characters.

PrymeStriker wrote:Transformers toys are going downhill.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Transformers toys are going downhill.

Well, what goes down (hopefully) must eventually come up again. Until then, though, I'll stick to MP's and what few choice morsels might pop up in the Generations line like WFC Starscream and voyager Grimlock.

PrymeStriker wrote:Doesn't that phrase go: "What goes up must come down?"

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:Doesn't that phrase go: "What goes up must come down?"

Er...well, it applies to the bodies of drowned people...

Kind of fitting if you think about it. Hasbro drowning in a sea of overstocked Bumblebees...

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:We like you, Bee. Just not so many of you.

Now let poor Megs be leader class size again, and we'll be your friends again, okay?

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I seriously LOL'ed at that pic! That was a good one!

To be honest, the only leader class toy I truly treasure is the ROTF LC Optimus mold. But then, he was designed by one of the Takara guys who does Masterpiece figs, which is probably why he looks as screen-accurate as he does.

I like HFTD LC Starscream too, and I'd like him a whole lot more if his alt mode wasn't bloated from all those batteries, voice chips and speakers.

PrymeStriker wrote:I just find LCs to complicated in terms of transformation (yeah, I said that. Every LC figure I've gotten since Movie1 Megs proves that). Even though the new Weaponizers have simple transforms, the gimmick sacrifices a lot for me.

And thanks.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:I just find LCs to complicated in terms of transformation (yeah, I said that. Every LC figure I've gotten since Movie1 Megs proves that). Even though the new Weaponizers have simple transforms, the gimmick sacrifices a lot for me.

And thanks.

I know where you're coming from. Most of the time, I can't transform a modern TF without the instructions sheet. But DOTM Ironhide seems to be pretty simple; I don;t have the fig, but that's what everyone says. ROTF Megs, too. He's probably the simplest LC there is, next to Ironhide.

As for the Weaponizers, I'd rather they be more complex than deal with the sacrifices they made to the figs. Bee had faux wheels on his forearms, and OP shouldn't have fake chest plates as an LC toy.

And they're not cheap, either.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:You mean the G1 transformation sounds? They're mean to compliment the transformation sequence, to make it seem like he's making the sounds as he transforms.

But if you mean the arm cannon, yeah, it's annoying. Damn thing makes a blasting noise every fricking time I move the arm around. In fact, that stupid thing is the reason he doesn't have an elbow; to accommodate the wire.

You know, ROTF Megs is actually a decent representation of he CG model if not for the arms--hulking proportions, accurate head-sculpt. I've seen some kitbashers who made him look awesome with customized arms.

Sabrblade wrote:What about the Cybertron Leader class figures? Or the Animated ones?

PrymeStriker wrote:You know how you move his arm and it makes some sort of bashing sound? Yep, don't have to touch him for that to happen.

Also 'I am Megatron!' keeps playing whenever I place my finger on his chest.

I have nothing against the figure itself. I just don't like him, and he's in a box with a bunch of other Transformers that I didn't get a chance to get out from the great move 2 years ago. Let him annoy them.

Same thing with Movie 1 Prime and his sounds.

Sabrblade wrote:What about the Cybertron Leader class figures? Or the Animated ones?

Hotrodimust wrote:I really don't find any transformer hard to transform and I never use the instructions. ROTF LC OP takes a little time to get the arms lined up while putting him in alt mode but that's it.

Sabrblade wrote:

Hotrodimust wrote:I really don't find any transformer hard to transform and I never use the instructions. ROTF LC OP takes a little time to get the arms lined up while putting him in alt mode but that's it.

You need to try Masterpiece Megatron.