Finally picked up my MP-05 Megs today so I thought I share some pictures...please note I will not be transforming Megs to gun mode for awhile as I'm er, too lazy to do so! LOL! Please note I'm living in Asia...and not the States.

Box pictures

 

More...

 

oit! lazy bugger! transform lah!

 

 

Booklet:

 

Extras and gimmicks:

 

Megatron! Very tight joints! I'm pleased that TakaraTomy used screws!





Pikachu...I SUMMON you! Doh! I meant Kremmzeekkkk!

 

Looks cool, but man do those legs look really skinny. Also, is it just me, or does his facial expression make him look incredibly sad? Emo Megs FTW!

 

Vs Optimus!



Looks like Megs' just abit taller!

 

KA - too lazy lah...i want to spend time playing my PS2 game God of War 2...I use my off to collect Megs today.

DarkRavager - ya, I agree...some how the face seems abit off - that's why I didn't rush to get him. My thoughts on the toy so far...light but the engineering on him is really good. Quite sturdy with tight joints.

Its a good toy but not the best purchase (value for money) I had so far...that currently belongs to the Metal Fix Composite Gundam. Maybe Bandai's Ideon can top that?

 

yeah. his head is actually just slightlky taller, but the height of his shoulders make him feel/look more taller.

 

Yes, now that you mention it Megs looks leaner compared to Optimus...what I like about the Megs is that's he's not "top heavy" like Optimus.

 

yessss...our opinions from actually having MP5 now and not later is very insightful.....yessss

*fiddles with MP5 some more*

 

Well, this picture makes it painfully obvious which is the better Masterpiece.

Convoy FTW!

 

i think the thing you have to consider is, they made mp1 more toy-ish and more kid/play friendly, while mp5 is more display/collector friendly. prime is more robust than megs but megs has a LOT of small details. e.g.

- his arm assembly consist of sliding plate at the shoulder joint, projecting plates on ball joint on the upper, sliding plates on the lower, elbows slide joints due to TFmation.

the intricacy in transforming megs to a gun is almost double the engineering it took prime to TF into a truck cab. just think of g1 megs and multiply the detail by 10.

 

Yep, MEGATRON. PRIME/MAGNUS look fantastic even in person but the legs are incredibly boxy, MEGATRONS look alot more sleek and powerful, the extra kibble look like storage areas too.

 

Is the energy mace chain floppy, or poseable?

 

Sweet pics LP, now I really can't wait to get him!

 

NEWS AT TEN, SAD NEWS IN THE DECEPTICON WORLD AS MEGATRONS FUNCTIONALITY IS QUESTIONED

 

Not really. Convoy's leg are boxy, but it's better then Megatron's twiglegs.

You know what this figure reminds me of? An upscaled toy G1 Megatron who's parading as the cartoon version.  

I'm getting real tired of the new Masterpieces. Sure, they're sweet, but both Starscream and Megatron aren't showaccurate, and both sacrifice their botmodes to improve the altmodes. Blegh.

 

Ironically that was the major gripe people had with MP Prime. Too much sacrifice in the alt-mode accuracy.

Oh well, can't make everybody happy I guess.