Grey alien despot.

What’s up with me and getting incomplete Megatrons? I got the Prime Voyager Megatron here super cheap cause he was missing his knuckleduster. He only cost RM30 ($7.5)!

I wonder how many incomplete figures I’m going to get in my lifetime. And how many of them are gonna be Megatrons…

Robot mode

Megatron is scary looking in robot mode. He’s not as Xenomorph alien as the first Movie Megatron. He’s smoother with almost no veins. Megatron is still spiky though and the purple translucent bits make it seem like they’re hinting at organic parts. But that’s not what’s freaky to me. What’s freaky is his face. It’s like they took G1 Megatron, Bayverse Megatron and a shark then just blended them together. The end result is cool but just looks off somehow. I can’t put my finger on what it is exactly.

Oh, his fusion cannon is a much better weapon than the ones that came with Starscream and Dreadwing. For one, when the gimmick isn’t used the fusion cannon still looks like a usable weapon. Another thing is his “transformed” weapon is cooler too. It’s his fusion cannon with a big bayonet. That’s brutal.

For posability, Megatron is good enough but he’s missing something really important. For some reason, he doesn’t have a bicep swivel. He has a swivel on his forearm below the elbow. He’s also missing a waist swivel which would have been nice. Aside from that though, he’s good.

Vehicle mode

Megatron has another “nothing” Cybertronian modes. In this case a spaceship. He’s much better than the typical “nothing” Cybertronian spaceship though. Two things help in my mind. The first is that his wings actually look wings. The second is that the middle of the spaceship actually looks like a bridge. Yes, even with the exposed head. Megatron’s still nowhere near as good as FOC Thundercracker in jet mode though.

All you can really do with Megatron in vehicle mode is put his fusion cannon on top of him. There’s no landing gear or rolling wheels on this guy.

Closing

I’m going to get a complete version of Prime Voyager Megatron. Not because I want the knuckleduster. Okay, I do kind of want the knuckleduster. But the main thing is, I already know this mold is great.

So now I can safely splurge on a nicely painted version of this mold.

Final Battle Megatron, come to daddy!