Pictorial Review of DOTM Voyager Megatron

Translated by my friend Philister of Transformers Universe - Welcome to the Universe - Thank you my friend!

Prelude:

This time around Megatron was the first figure of a new toy line to be sighted on the internet. It was but a short time after the shooting for the movie started that we learned that Megatron would be a truck this time around and the first images weren’t long in coming. One thing to keep in mind, though: This version here isn’t the final version of DOTM Megatron. The one that will be available in retail – as we saw on the New York Toyfair – will have a far better and more realistic paint job.

Alternate Mode:

Megatron is based upon a Mack M915 military truck with a tanker trailer. A kind of camouflage net has been hung over the trailer, which will play an important role in robot mode, but more on that later. The trailer is connected to the truck on a slightly posable hinge, making Megatron the first Movie toy that has posability in vehicle mode. Very nice! On a personal note, I think this mode is the perfect choice for Movieverse Megatron, much better than the two Cybertronian modes he had in the previous movies. According to the plot of the DOTM computer game Megatron acquired this vehicle mode in Africa, seeing as he was no longer flight-capable after the battle with Optimus Prime. We’ll see ff this is how it’s going to be in the movie, too.

Robot Mode:

The moment many Transformers fans have been waiting for: Megatron finally becomes mysterious and sinister instead of just brutal. The most important element is, of course, the cape hanging over Megatron’s head and shoulder, which hides his disfigured face. The cape does somewhat hinder the posability of his left arm, but that’s not a big thing. On the right arm we have the fuel tank which transforms into Megatron’s fusion cannon. Not all that innovative, but fitting. Interesting detail here: You have to activate the MechTech Gimmick in order to make the look fit. More on the later. The downside here is that Megatron has turned out pretty small. Compared to his Movie 1 and ROTF versions he is downright tiny, despite now being about Blackout’s size (see head size). In terms of posability, though, absolutely no complaints.

Gimmick:

The Voyager class clearly has an edge when it comes to the MechTech weapons, because so far these are the only figures where the transforming weapons can be integrated more or less smoothly into the vehicle modes. Also, they are the only ones I’ve had so far where no modification is necessary in order for them to remain affixed in action status. Nicely done.

Conclusion:

A great figure, a great concept, just too small. A Leader- or even Ultimate-class variant would have been better in my opinion. Just add a few modifications and you get a Scourge or Nemesis Prime.

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Aww... posted in Wrong Board, could somebody move it to the Feedback-Section? Than you!

Could you make a picture of him where the head part of the cape is pluged in the just left shoulder hole, as if the cape was only covering his shoulder?

Sure, here is the Pic you wanted, looks horrible i think.

But Beware, this is a pic after i repainted him, this is not the final release:

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are all those pictures of the figure after you painted him? If the pictures in the first post are the actual colors, I'm liking these colors a lot more than the all grey color of the figures other people have recieved.

the pics in startpost and in the link are before i paintet it, and this is all other people got right now, no difference here

the second post (with the cape on his shoulder) is after i painted him, and if you click my sig you'll see the entire custom

What? No! It look cool, as if he was wearing a cape and the wind was blowing in it!

Thanks for it.

Thanks for the review & great pics !

Especially the comparison pic between all 3 movie voyagers.

They're all good imo, but the DOTM version looks to become the best Megatron
because he doesn't suffer from sea green and he doesn't have backpack kibble.

People may complain about his 'dull' colours, but be glad he doesn't come with
obnoxious allspark blue or sea green.

I'm looking forward picking up the final version of this DOTM Megatron.

finnaly!thanks for pictorial review!

I'm looking foward to get this figure.it's really cool

on the pic of the three voyager you can clearly see that he's much to small.

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if you resize it, he must be a leader class too fit with the voyagers. so maybe he's a lot bigger in the movie!