Megatron for Hall of Fame 2012!

Originally Posted by Hursticon

Indeed there is more to Transformers than just G1, there is also Beast Wars amongst many others.

There are many strong characters to be found in Beast Wars and that includes the Japanese series of Beast Wars: II & Beast Wars: Neo, one of the strongest (If not the strongest) to come out of the 3 shows however; was Beast Wars Megatron.

Now, initially, Hasbro had intended this character to be a continuation of the Original G1 Megatron but for fear of yet another backlash from collectors and fans (RE: Generation 2) it was deemed that this character would not be the original but an entirely new character taking the name of Megatron in honour of his predecessor - That way the original could avoid being tarnished with this fail-safe, much like the entire Toyline was labelled as a Kenner product as another fail-safe.

So, right from the get go BW Megatron was never given any faith by his manufacturer and he also had to deal with the near-impossible task of living up to the memory, reputation and name that is Megatron in the eyes of Fans, Collectors and by extension Parents.
(He did this throughout Beast Wars entire run, with fans screaming Gun/Tank not Barney!)

Not only that, but he was also hit with the task of taking on a familiar Alt mode associated with one of the biggest fan favourite characters of the 80s: Grimlock and the form of a Tyrannosaurus Rex.

With such odds stacked against him, he turned all this around thanks to the hard efforts of a pair of writers (Bob Forward & Larry Ditillio), an Animation Studio (Mainframe Entertainment) and a Voice Over artist (David Kaye) who would go on to define one of the greatest stories and characters the Transformers franchise has seen to date.

Beast Wars Megatron was both smart and resourceful, but also ruthless and utterly cunning whilst under a set of extremely unfavourable circumstances; His 1st toy was large and imposing and packed to the brim with features and accessories such as:

• A water spitting cannon
• Twin waist mounted missile launchers
• Tail/claw chomping action
• A battle-mask
• A fairly accurate Dinosaur Alt mode
• More articulation than any other transformer toy of his size before him.

His cartoon character was sided with nearly nothing but incompetent fools and those that could think for themselves were constantly plotting his usurpation; taking this onboard, not only did he:

• Successfully take out the enemy commander,
• Steal troops
• Stare down a seemingly superior Alien race
• Discover the hallowed Ark,
• Nearly blow Optimus Prime's head off,
• Nearly erase the Autobots & Maximals existence,
• Adapt Alien Technology for his use and advantage,
• Tame the Mutanted-Spark of Protoform X,
• Discover the Nemesis Warship
• Come close to burning the Earth's surface to a crisp; but that's just in Beast Wars!

In Beast Machines, the follow-up Cartoon series, he:

• Broke free of Maximal capture
• Decimated Cybertron's own defences
• Enslaved the entire population of Cybertron with no discretion of allegiance
• Amass an entire, ever loyal army of drones
• Reduce the enemy leader and his troops to a fleeing band of refugees
• Successfully separated his organic self from his Technological self
• Inadvertently aided in the reformation of Cybertron itself; and that's not even all of it!

BW Megatron stared down adversity throughout his tenure, chuckling all the way; he was never expected to succeed from the beginning - he has proven himself without question and has earnt your vote.

So when it comes time to vote for a Nominee to enter TFW2005's, Seibertron's, Allspark's, TFwiki's or anyone else's short-list of entrants for Hasbro's Hall of Fame Fans Choice Nominee for 2012 - vote for the guy who who spent his life as the underdog.

Vote #1 Beast Wars Megatron!


"The universe cowered once at the name of Megatron, and it shall do so again!" - 'Optimal Situation'.

Originally Posted by Stardust262

I honestly think it's stupid that he wasn't inducted with Megatron 2 years ago

Originally Posted by Stardust262

I honestly think it's stupid that he wasn't inducted with Megatron 2 years ago

Originally Posted by StayingInTheBox

Why? They're 2 completely different characters.

Originally Posted by guard convoy

Beast wars megatron is a VASTLY different character than g1 buckethead. You know, he was actually COMPETENT.

Beast wars megatron is easily in the top three megatrons, and in my opinion, the best megatron ever.

just throwing him in with all the other megatrons would do a disservice to the way that character was written

I'm fully supporting the minerva and swindle campain, but even I am gonna defend Beast Wars Megatron's right to be in the running

Originally Posted by Stardust262

So? G1 Megatron and UT Megatron are different characters too.