MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Knightsword, May 9, 2018.

  1. Digger

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    Maybe just the MPP will do.
     
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    It seems TakaraTomy had actually teased MP BW Megatron back in April with the Tweet below. With a photo of Japanese VA Shigeru Chiba in the studio, possibly recording voice clips for the figure.

    タカラトミー on Twitter
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    Remember that the "proto humans" were quite small compared with modern humans.
     
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    Cool, we joined in the same year! This place (and transformers) sure has changed a lot since then, aye?!
     
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    Here's Optimal Situation scale, Agenda Pt 3 scale will probably have Prime be even larger.
     
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    That’s pretty close.
     
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    S1 Cheetor looked about a foot taller than the proto-humans so I just guessed that'd be about how much shorter they where than us. If that's incorrect please let me know.
    Here's the scale based of of the Agenda.
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    Yeah that’s pretty fucking stupid. And if this megatron is upscaled the same height as the Optimus then it will be one to fucking one scale! I need that now.
     
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  10. Fenrys

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    Definitely. Back then I frequented the allspark boards more than here, but over the years this proved to be a better site
     
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    Mp Cheetor instructions stated his height is 2.3 meter.
     
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    And that Primal is 2.8M, but in the show this isn't the case as there isn't a half a meter difference between Primal and Cheetor in the show. I was trying to determine Cheetor's height based on his size relative to the real Cheetahs and the proto humans. Those stats, 2.3 & 2.8 don't reflect what we see on the tv show so I just ignore them.
     
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    I understand. But official is official.
     
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    And seeing is believing haha. I don't want to argue about it but those official heights we've had for Beast Wars really can't help us when we are talking scale accuracy in the show and the MP line. I'd wager when we receive our MP Dinobots next month he'll have his official height stats on his card, being 2.9M, that again won't line up with the shows scale. Beast Megatron's official height is 2.8M, the same as Primals so these official stats seem to be for another depiction of the characters rather than the Mainframe show.
     
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    What are the chances of TT releasing a T-Wrecks repaint of this mold?
     
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    Can we just hit the FF button to MP Transmetal Megs now please? Cuz that's what I really want.
     
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    While I prefer the organic beast modes of season 1, Transmetal Megatron is my favorite iteration of the character so I want to see it done in MP-form as well.

    Since the original toy is already very show-accurate the fine-tuning from Takara could make something truly amazing.

    Same with Optimus and all the other Transmetals of course, but Megatron would be the one I’d look forward to the most.
     
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    I do like TM Megatron and a few others but on a whole I found the designs season two onwards a bit hit and miss and often quite ugly or goofy, Ack...Fuzors...yuk. I think for the most part the Season 1 designs are my favourites so I'm glad they are doing those. I can se myself getting all 'G1 MP fan unreasonable' and wanting them to finish off the season one cast before they jump to season two or later designs lol.
     
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    Awesome. Even more features I can ignore! JK, if we do eventually get a David Kaye chip with as many quotes and his transformation sound and the Beast Wars theme; even that dramatic ‘dada dan!’ tune that would play to signify a tense moment, that’d be pretty cool. Then I’d need TM Megs to play the western theme from Coming of the Fuzors pt 1. My favourite musical piece from the show I think. It’s one of the main songs I’ll frequently play on guitar these days purely for the nostalgia feels.

    I’ve completely rejected all those ‘official’ measurements now and decided that if Primal was the same size as a regular gorilla then he’s roughly 6 foot tall in robot mode making Cheetor more 5’5”ish so Megs is still a giant however you look at it.
    Either way, I don’t think it matters in relation to humans or G1 Prime as all I’m really fussed about is that the characters scale well together.
     
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    So long as the MPs scale well together I really don't give a crap how tall they would be irl...they aren't real people!
     
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