Studio Series discussion

[unluckiness]

It'd be a pretty big retool if it is, to the point it'd probably be easier to make a new mold. Backpack's completely gone, shoulders don't have the flaps on the back, he has hip skirts not possible on Stege and the thighs are completely differently shaped. Not to mention the back of his fusion cannon's much longer in proportion and he has the shoulder barrel.

 

[Sabrblade]

anyways it looks like a stege retool or maybe i am dumb and just think all mainline g1 megatron toys nowadays are stege retools

He's clearly a retool of Combiner Wars Silverbolt just like every other Transformers toy ever.

 

[Donocropolis]

He's clearly a retool of Combiner Wars Silverbolt just like every other Transformers toy ever.

Which ITSELF has really been Shockwave all along!


But seriously, what we can see of Megatron looks pretty good! It looks like the headsculpt/face is well done, which seems to give designers trouble sometimes so glad to see this one looks nice. From the silhouette, he seems to be extremely Megatron-shaped, which is what you want to see for a Megatron. I still think Siege Megs is pretty good, but this one does look like it may be worth upgrading.

 

[Gizmoboy]

anyways it looks like a stege retool or maybe i am dumb and just think all mainline g1 megatron toys nowadays are stege retools

I know it isn't the clearest image, but I really don't see any Siege resemblance there. I could be wrong, but knowing the design team has said it is NOT a retool and is a new mold, I'm going to believe that until we see otherwise.

 

[lastmaximal]

I'm inclined to as well. I see no point in second-guessing what has generally been a forthright design team.

My favorite response to this so far has been the attempted gotcha of "this reminds me of WFC Megatron".

Gasp, a Megatron trying to capture the animation model looks like a Megatron that tried to capture the animation model, stop the effing presses

 

[Powered Convoy]

i still can't believe the person who bought the stolen copy was doing that because the person they bought it from was basically threateningly demanding that they reveal the damn toy like that

and the person who sold it is the same MF who would do the leaked images of stolen toys with like slurs watermarked all over them like why would you even give someone like that the time of day once you get your hands on the dang stolen toy lmao

Spoiler

i mean i know it's because some people want to have the 'clout' of being the first person to have and reveal photos of a new toy - even before hastak officially announces it - and they don't want to risk getting cut off from the source of such toys but also like my god nobody actually gives a damn either. no one cares if you're 'the mf who posted photos of the toy like 3 months before it was revealed in a hasbro pulse livestream' or whatever.

anyways it looks like a stege retool or maybe i am dumb and just think all mainline g1 megatron toys nowadays are stege retools

It's not a retool of any pre-existing Megatron or the recent Fallen / Megatronus.

 

[Princess Viola]

y'all gotta remember i have aphantasia i don't know what jive looks like

 

[Sabrblade]

Behold... Megatron!

Also, AOE concept Widowmaker:

 

[Sabrblade]

More Megatron pics:

 

[Princess Viola]

alright so it's not a stege retool but might still be a combiner wars silverbolt one?

 

[Sabrblade]

alright so it's not a stege retool but might still be a combiner wars silverbolt one?

Plot twist: Combiner Wars Silverbolt is Shockwave!

 

[lastmaximal]

I'm impressed at how non-gappy this guy is. That's very very solid-looking.

And wow, Widowmaker. I want more of these concept and offscreen redecos/retools, please. Although I will note with some worry that Queeljack seems to be using plastic for the pins/rivet-type things (see knees and elbows) as well. And hmm, that actually seems to be the case for some of this Megatron as well?

 

[unluckiness]

Turret's a bit messy and a bit too close to the front but not bad at all.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

The turret ALMOST works, if it wasn't for the fusion canon being very obviously a separate piece. Tank mode is definitely not the best, though given what it turns into, it's pretty impressive. Bot mode looks pretty good, he cleans up very well on the back, headsculpt is a little off but acceptable.

Also, yay! This feels like this is the first G1 tank megatron that realizes the barrel on his back makes a much better turret barrel.

Widowmaker looks really good, suprisingly. I'm not a fan of the more humanoid bayverse faces, but that one is teched up enough that it looks good. Also, is it just me, or would she make a better base for a Knockout retool than Jazz did?

 

[Glitch]

Poor cannon, poor leg colors mar an otherwise decent looking Megatron. 8/10.

 

[LordGigaIce]

Poor cannon, poor leg colors mar an otherwise decent looking Megatron. 8/10.

Leg colour is G1 cartoon accurate.

As for the cannon... it's a G1 Megs cannon. I don't see the issue.

This is clean kibble management. Very impressive.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

Front paged. I just went to the source, or a source, and I think much of what's there is in this thread, but I think the post has one or two not here?

 

[Glitch]

Leg colour is G1 cartoon accurate.

Too blue, should be dark grey or black.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

More robot pics here.

Can't wait for this to be recoloured as G2 Megs/Megastorm.

 

[LordGigaIce]

Too blue, should be dark grey or black.

They look fine to me. G1 Megatron's legs weren't dark grey or black.