Studio Series discussion
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My initial thought was that the cannon’s back end was long to fill in the turret but, no, it sticks out the back.
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Age of the Primes isn't giving DNA anything to do and they were starting to feel bad.
I wonder if we'll get a giant gun handle to re-enact Skybound Megatron's gun mode or if that's too risky even for 3P. Though I know there's already at least one 3D-print design out there for the Siege toy.
It'd be a big rectangle of black plastic so nothing I can't see them doing seeing how several 3Ps have made entire transforming gun Megatrons and gotten away with it by not advertising it on the box.
That chart is kinda not fair to Galvatron since his pose is shown from an angle above rather than straight on like Cyclonus next to him.
Wreck-Gar and Scourge are also victims of this since they're both posed squatting a bit instead of standing upright at attention.
I love the scale charts. They're the primary reference I go to when determining how figures should scale next to each other. However, I think there are limits to how much precision you can glean from them. Like Sabrblade points out, they aren't all done in a similar pose, so you can't always get a good 1:1 comparison. There are also issues in that there are multiple official scale charts that aren't perfectly consistent with each other. For example, while maybe not completely relevant for SS86, the Headmasters scale chart on tfwiki shows Galvatron just a tiny bit taller than Rodimus, basically from his head crest.
So while they're the primary reference, what I take from them is that Optimus, Rodimus, Megatron, and Galvatron are all supposed to be about the same size. Add the simple fact that Galvatron is supposed to be a more powerful Megatron as a secondary source, and my final conclusion is that Galvatron being notably smaller than Megatron just feels wrong. Again, there's some wiggle room, but this case exceeds any allowances I'm happy with.
So while they're the primary reference, what I take from them is that Optimus, Rodimus, Megatron, and Galvatron are all supposed to be about the same size. Add the simple fact that Galvatron is supposed to be a more powerful Megatron as a secondary source, and my final conclusion is that Galvatron being notably smaller than Megatron just feels wrong. Again, there's some wiggle room, but this case exceeds any allowances I'm happy with.
There's also the cartoon (and franchise as a whole) tending to play fast and loose with scale anyway. Close enough is about the best we can really expect in many cases.
I like the idea of Galvatron being a little bit taller than Megatron, but based on the reformatting scene, it looks more like he's really just bulkier.
To me, anyway. Hard to guess the director's/animators' intent (for whatever that's worth) when they're floating in space like this
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To me, anyway. Hard to guess the director's/animators' intent (for whatever that's worth) when they're floating in space like this
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I, too, like the idea that Galvatron is a bit taller than himself.
FOOLS! GALVATRON CAN BE ANY SIZE HE WANTS!
SS '86 Megs with Newage Romulus
I wouldn't call SS '86 Galvatron "notably smaller" than SS '86 Megatron.
the hell is that red on the fusion cannon has that always been part of the design what da hell
Sticker detail from the G1 toy.
Yes, it has. See the character model evolution image on the wiki that I linked to on the previous page. The original toy has a red triangle sticker that goes on that spot on the cannon.
Yeah. There's more than a few times they don't color it for whatever reason, but it's supposed to be there.
