Transformers: The Last Knight Leader Megatron Complexity and Bio Revealed

I still wanna see the differences between the Leader and Voyager Megatron. Cos I wanna know how much I'll have to 'settle for' if I pick the smaller, cheaper option.

Love this guy--instabuy!

that whole "force for good" caught me off guard on Twitter, and sure enough: true! Might have to get him now for sure since we rarely get red and black dragons that are good guys. This reminds me of Cybertron Scourge: he is a good guy, but he so looks the part of a great bad guy

SO once again he has no real alt mode, which is too easy of a toy.

MR Optimus Prime wrote:SO once again he has no real alt mode, which is too easy of a toy.

Huh...? It's Cybertronian, yes, but it very clearly has a defined shape and form modelled after some kind of jet rather than just random collection of robot parts shoved together. It's a very attractive alt mode, at that; and arguably demonstrates the best way to do a Cybertronian mode - take a familiar concept but make it very alien.

william-james88 wrote:Leader Megatron will take approximately 30 steps to convert (depending on what Hasbro considers a step). This is leagues beyond any toy from the previous toy line or any Transformers toy of the past 5 years.

Yup. Leagues.

Jeen0808 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Leader Megatron will take approximately 30 steps to convert (depending on what Hasbro considers a step). This is leagues beyond any toy from the previous toy line or any Transformers toy of the past 5 years.

Yup. Leagues.

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Nonsense, those steps include transforming between 3 modes. From one to another its just about 15 steps, which leader megs doubles. Lets not be ridiculous in trying to be snarky.

30 steps*, **
*Plus all the ones left out of the instructions.
**Plus all the what should be separate steps crammed into one confusingly drawn one.

That jet mode is pretty sweet looking.

Transformers the last knight Optimus prime helmet spotted in Smyths blanchardstown in Ireland at 99.99 , they had two.

So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

william-james88 wrote:It also shows his battle face which has the faceplate we previously saw but it also shows that his ram horns are poseable and can be brought closer to his face to complete the look.

I'd bet that the tusks(horns) and face plate move in synch. Mask up, tusks in. Mask down, tusks out. Will be cool to see.
I was going to be modest and entertain the idea of the voyager, but this leader keeps getting better. Finally a Megs to go with my 2007 Leader Prime.

Also that big red dragon is catching my fancy just because I heart dragons.

I'm super excited for this figure, I just hope it's as awesome in-hand as it looks

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

TheMuffin wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

Is it April yet?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

Is it April yet?

I sent you a PM about something to look into.

This is likely to be the very first movie Megatron I actually pick up.

Never liked the 2007 weird jet thing or the 2009 tank thing.

The 2011 truck was cool looking but never actually got him for some reason.

And the 2014 Galvatron was just meh!.

This is the first Megs I like in both modes, and that actually looks cool.

That Jet mode is very very sleek, and leagues better than his cybertronian mashup of parts from 2007.

And at the very least, his head is not just sitting there in alt mode to be seen by everyone. That surely is a step up from his previous flying versions.

The last time I felt so much need for a move line toy was with Evasion Optimus Prime... this Leader Megs looks really, really good. Like, insanely good. I can't wait to pick it up.

The Autobot dragon is pretty freaking sweet, too. Its armor in robot mode reminds me of that of a paladin.

The more and more I see regarding this movie, the more and more I think it will genuinely be good. An actually good toy line? Check. Different, interesting story, while still making sense in relation to the other four? Check. New, interesting characters? Check

(I've been beaten one too many times by these things, though. I'll say I'm "Cautiously Optimistic".)

It only occurred to me the other day that the horns kinda mimic Megatron's G1 helmet shape. I am loving this figure..

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

actually leader class figures come out in the fall

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

actually leader class figures come out in the fall

Yup, all release dates (Approximately) can be seen in this post: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... air/37379/

Va'al wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

actually leader class figures come out in the fall

Yup, all release dates (Approximately) can be seen in this post: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... air/37379/

I dont know man, that list goes against what Hasbro was telling Seibertron at the show. For instance, our team was told that MP Bumblebee would e out before the movie but that list has it as a fall item.

I realy think its all up in the air with the only street date given being April 24th (though we do not know exactly what will be out then).

Va'al wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

actually leader class figures come out in the fall

Yup, all release dates (Approximately) can be seen in this post: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... air/37379/

But... But I was all ready to toss money at the Target employee.

TheMuffin wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

actually leader class figures come out in the fall

Yup, all release dates (Approximately) can be seen in this post: https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... air/37379/

But... But I was all ready to toss money at the Target employee.

you and me both

is there a thread for mp bee

TheMuffin wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

There goes any chance of seeing the rest of TR in stores.

Optimum Supreme wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

There goes any chance of seeing the rest of TR in stores.

Hasbro said stores whould be stocked with, TR, RID and TLK toys on April 24th, they are using it as their big easter restock time.

As they do every year.

william-james88 wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TheMuffin wrote:So I haven't been keeping up. When can we expect to possibly find him in stores?

April 24th

There goes any chance of seeing the rest of TR in stores.

Hasbro said stores whould be stocked with, TR, RID and TLK toys on April 24th, they are using it as their big easter restock time.

As they do every year.

I'll believe it if I see it

I have to say, cast in black plastic, berserker looks awesome

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'll believe it if I see it

I can believe it. Usually, my area doesn't have jack squat for a TF section, but when I went to a few stores on the release date of the AOE line, they actually had a lot of stuff.

Well, this is unexpected. Just over a week from their announcement, some Transformers: The Last Knight toys have already been found at Australian retail! Coming from a post on the Ozformers Facebook page, we have confirmation that the Optimus and Bumblebee TLK 2-step changers have hit store shelves, retailing for $25 AU! We can't guarantee that any other stores anywhere else in the world will have these in stock, but it shows There's a chance they could be out there. Take a look at the provided image from Ozformers!



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Well, this is unexpected. Just over a week from their announcement, some Transformers: The Last Knight toys have already been found at Australian retail! Coming from a post on the Ozformers Facebook page, we have confirmation that the Optimus and Bumblebee TLK 2-step changers have hit store shelves, retailing for $25 AU! We can't guarantee that any other stores anywhere else in the world will have these in stock, but it shows There's a chance they could be out there. Take a look at the provided image from Ozformers!



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australians always get stuff early
might move there
just have to watch out for hoop snakes

Bumblebee21 wrote:australians always get stuff early
might move there
just have to watch out for hoop snakes

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Ouch. A bit pricey for two-step changers...

Bumblebee21 wrote:australians always get stuff early
might move there
just have to watch out for hoop snakes

Don't forget about the drop bears

"2 Step Changers"? That's a misnomer, Optimus Prime has 4, according to the box. I think those are the "Knight Armor Turbo Changers", maybe even the Titan Changers

Transformers The Last Knight Turbo Changers Blind Bags are now available at Smyths. There will be 12 different figures in this set, each blind bag contains one figure that will convert in 1-3 steps. These mini figures should stand roughly 4cm tall. They are only available in store but if you wish to read about them you may do so on Smyth's website.

"Series 1"? Will there be more?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Series 1"? Will there be more?

I have not heard anything, but I assume if they sell well there will be. I think the Kreo minifigs were a success so there might be a correlation here.

Anybody in Australia see those figures?

Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

We have some new info regarding the Transformers: The Last Knight toyline from TFW2005 regarding the case breakdown of each wave and the product SKUs. We also have some official images of one step Grimlock, Turbo Changer Megatron and the tiny Turbo Changers. All the product listings are still coe names but we will tell you who is in the wave for you to maybe piece it together. Let us know what you come up with.

All this info comes from the now taken down listings found on Southernhobby's website.

The case breakdown shows that no toy is shortpacked. All cases are evenly spread.

Transformers: The Last Knight Toyline Wave 1

Armor Up Turbo Changers* (SKU: HSBC0886AS00)

C1317AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER JUPITER x 1
C1318AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER MOON x 1
C1319AS00 TRA MV5 TURBO CHANGER SATURN x 1

This includes Optimus, Bumblebe and Megatron (pictured below)

1-Step Turbo Changers (SKU: HSBC0884AS00)

C1311AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP GAS GIANT x 2
C1312AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP FOUR MOONS x 2
C1313AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP MARS x 2
C1314AS00 TRA MV5 1 STEP SUPERNOVA x 2

This includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Barricade, Hound

Tiny Turbo Changers (SKU: HSBC0882AS00)

C0882AS00 TRA MV5 TINY TURBO CHANGERS x 24

Deluxe Class (SKU: HSBC0887AS00)

C1320AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX GAS GIANT x 2
C1321AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX MARS x 2
C1322AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX GAMMA RAY x 2
C1323AS00 TRA MV5 PRE DLX SHOOTING STAR x 2

This includes Bumblebee, Barricade, Beserker and Slash

Legion Class (SKU: HSBC0889AS00)

C1326AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION FOUR MOONS x 2
C1327AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION GAS GIANT x 2
C1328AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION LUNAR ECLIPSE x 2
C1329AS00 TRA MV5 LEGION MARS x 2

This includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Barricade

Voyager Class (SKU: HSBC0891AS00)

C1333AS00 TRA MV5 PRE VOYAGER LUNAR ECLIPSE x 1
C1334AS00 TRA MV5 PRE VOYAGER JUPITER x 1

This includes Optimus Prime and Grimlock

We also have these listings from Takara which show that in their line, deluxe Barricade has the Mars codename.



It is unknown if the codenames for the Takara line line up with the Hasbro line and if the code name remains the same for the same character throughout all classes and toy lines. We know it is not the case with Optimus since he is both Four Moons and Jupiter (we assume). But if you assume that Mars for Takara is also Mars for Hasbro and that it is also Mars for the MPM line, then it could very well be that the MPM release we do not know about yet is Barricade. Let us know what you think.

Here are the latest official images:

Overcracker wrote:

Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.

Well, we're never actually told how the humans came up with the name. Suppose that Megatron secretly fed them the name behind the scenes, without their knowing of his influence in crafting the name. After all, Joshua wanted to make Galvatron look like Optimus, but why would he give an Optimus lookalike a name that is vaguely reminiscent of Megatron?

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:He called himself "Galvatron" in the movie, though.

"I am Galvatron!"

I always felt that was piss poor writing or the branding team trying way too hard. Why would he call himself what the humans call him, he hates them.

Well, we're never actually told how the humans came up with the name. Suppose that Megatron secretly fed them the name behind the scenes, without their knowing of his influence in crafting the name. After all, Joshua wanted to make Galvatron look like Optimus, but why would he give an Optimus lookalike a name that is vaguely reminiscent of Megatron?

... bad writing?

Overcracker wrote:

Megatronformayor wrote:Ok so Megs was called Megatron in the first three movies and then he was called Galvatron in the fourth and now he's back to Megatron again.Is there a reason for this or is Micheal Bay that inconsistent.

Technically Galvatron in Age of Extinction was not Megatron. He was engineered from the remains of Megatron, but was not supposed to be him.

Megatron's consciousness however re-emerged, and took over the new Galvatron body.

He was called Galvatron, because the humans that created him in the movie called him that. At the end of AOE Megatron's persona had completely returned and he was once again Megatron.

So there is an in story reason for why he was Galvatron, and is now again Megatron. Though how they will write away the Transformium from AOE, since he doesn't seem to be able to turn into a cloud of tiny cubes now, is yet to be seen. Or maybe I've missed that explanation somewhere.

Ok makes sense.

UK store Smyths put a bunch of listings up for Movie toys :

(With the names and images)

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/sear ... profile=UK

It's strange how we saw Barricade so early when he's not in the 1st wave.