Amateur!This is pure love to me! I am very excited for this one. Now to decide if I really need to hang on to my 3 versions of the siege mold.
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"NO ONE Troop Builds Megatron!!!"
"Then it pleases Exatron to be the first..."
"Then it pleases Exatron to be the first..."
Okay, calm down Straxus.
Inside Tarn's living room.
Ugh, One of the dumbest Marvel UK retcons. There was such an easy workaround for that that didn't need to invalidate all of Megatron's UK issue appearances.
What do you mean? That's all Megaplex. I mean maybe the real Megatron is in there somewhere...There is NOTHING wrong with troop building Megatron.
Yeah. He's the winged one on the far right.
Megs and Galvy look like they're comparable heights when you stand them stock straight next to each other. Also Megs' shins continue to look less blue under different lighting.
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Megs and Galvy look like they're comparable heights when you stand them stock straight next to each other. Also Megs' shins continue to look less blue under different lighting.
Okay, this is the first one where it doesn't feel the colors are off. The last one you posted had the regular gray plastic looking yellowed to me.
I think I finally realized why, while the cannon doesn't look right, it also doesn't look entirely wrong. It looks to me like it's a compromise between the final Sunbow character model and the early/Marvel character model. Basically the final cannon (albeit with that oddly shortened arm attachment block) with some of the proportionality of the early cannon. More specifically, it's the narrow middle (other than still having that arm attachment) and the longer, narrower back end that remind me of the older character model.
It's still really weird for a figure that is otherwise entirely based on the Sunbow model in a line dedicated to following the Sunbow models, but at least it's maybe coming from somewhere?
It's still really weird for a figure that is otherwise entirely based on the Sunbow model in a line dedicated to following the Sunbow models, but at least it's maybe coming from somewhere?
The back end is longer than the front end, when the opposite is supposed to be true.
Main thing I see is that the middle section should be longer. It's a bit odd all around. Maybe I'll just steal Siege Megatron's cannon instead.
It's extra striking after being used to Siege, and Earthrise to a lesser extent. Those versions had the balance out of whack the opposite direction, with a long barrel and a really short back end. That's also not screen accurate, but it looks a lot better than this.
A giant fusion cannon was never the most practical personal weapon, but the proportions on this one make it look even more awkward somehow.
I agree with Exatron that I think the main problem is the middle portion is shorter than it should be, and the area where it's missing (red line below) got 'given' to the back end, making it longer than it should be. If the middle chunk was as big as the yellow line it would look a lot better.
Leg coloring looks better in that pic next to Galvatron, though still a smidge too dark. And then this one looks too blue again. It'll be interesting to see the final product in person.
I wonder if we'll ever get a comic-y black helmet repaint...
Leg coloring looks better in that pic next to Galvatron, though still a smidge too dark. And then this one looks too blue again. It'll be interesting to see the final product in person.
I wonder if we'll ever get a comic-y black helmet repaint...
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Agreed! A splash of red on the inner legs would have also looked good for balance purposes, but it wouldn't be strictly screen accurate. A toy deco on this might look fantastic, actually...with the chest loops & all...
Give how many times Siege Megatron got redeco'd/retooled, I wouldn't be shocked if 86 megatron also got some reuse.