Toyworld TW-BS01 (Beast Wars Transmetal Megatron)

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  1. Robogeek28

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    And there's your loophole. :D 
     
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    Should get that Lewin Resources MP-10 to duplicate the scale of the scene.
     
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    Nah you'd need a mp sized megatron for that one.
    This toy is so small it would be half the size of Lewin's head. around the size of his mouth plate. Megatron is smaller than prime but not that small.

    A regular Mp sized megatron would work fine for Lewin. It would only come up to it's knee. This one would be way too small.
     
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    Could post the link? Or anyone that has his store link? Thanks
     
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    Oh well, it's TM Megs, so that's good enough for me. :lol 
     
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    So I wonder if the US "toy version" will have the crumble to dust gimmick? Anyways it's been so long now that I've pretty much lost interest. Especially after people were saying the Grimlock version was pretty floppy
     
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    Oh god I hope not...
     
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    I ended up ordering the Grimlock version. I don't know if it's just because they're macro shots, but the TM Megs doesn't look as good as the Grimlock versions to me. I might still get the beast wars version if he feels significantly small enough when actually in hand, because smaller toys can absorb more design flaws like Rhinox-faced megatron. We'll see.
     
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    Don't forget he has multiple faces. The smirk one doesn't have the Rhinox look
     
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    Beast Wars Megatron. Arguably more successful in achieving his goals than his G1 namesake, even if he did get killed by Hippie Jesus Ape. Then again, he was voiced by David “I want to have sex with that voice” Kaye, so it’s all good.

    What’s not good is that my favourite toy of the character, his Transmetal 1 form, is one of the most famous victims of Gold Plastic Syndrome, the dread disease that cause integral parts of your toys to explode. I am so afraid of my copy exploding that I haven’t transformed him in about six years. So, when Toyworld said “we’re gonna bring one out in Legends scale” I was all down for it.

    Pity he didn’t live up to the hype then.

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    Anyway, in terms of look Toyworld have nailed it, this is a DAMN good looking Megatron. The none bronze paint is glossy and the plastic quality is good. This guy definitely won’t be exploding when you glance at him. However, mainly because the second you do anything with him you’re gonna want to put him down. That bronze paint I alluded to? Chips like a motherfucker during transformation, or when you try and do anything with the turbines.

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    Yeah, there’s a reason Hasbro tends to cast moving parts in plastic rather than paint them, shit like this happens. I got this guy to fiddle with since I can’t do that with my original for fear of choking on bits of exploded plastic that lodged in my throat when I gave him the side-eye, but I’d rather not breath in paint chips either.

    Size-wise, he’s legend scale but comes to roughly deluxe height, as seen here with Generations Waspinator.

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    I got him for just shy of £35, with the cost rounded out with a couple of alternative heads (smirking and displease) that I don’t like, two tiny rubber ducks he can’t hold, and G1 Grimlock’s sword cast in purple that he can hold but looks way too big for him. I dunno if this is better or worse than his classic tail flail blaster thing, which he CAN hold as shown, but there’s no definitive tab or peg for him to grab. You have to insert the hand into the tail-void (title of his sex-tape) and it takes an age to find the sweet spot, while chipping the paint on his hands. It also weighs down his arm too much to pose decently. Regarding his articulation he’s got quite a good set including waist and ankle-tilts. While most of the joints on mine are fine, his right knee is floppy and I can’t seem to tighten it any further.

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    T-Rex mode is GORGEOUS. Yeah, it’d be hard to fuck up the original toys but oh this gives me good feelings in my stomach. I especially like the head sculpt, with the slightly blockier cartoon look compared to the rounded toy. Even has a smidge of articulation so he can look up. He also has a waggling tongue for god knows why. I also really like how his lower legs can become digitigrade, making him look a bit more beastly. Transforming him is quite fun but fiddly due to his size and I’m not 100% sure can be done in a way that won’t scratch the paint off somewhere. Plus, he can still do the rollerblading t-rex with a jet pack look for that extra 90’s charm.

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    So…do I like Beast General? Sort of. It’s a transformable toy of one of my favourite Megatron incarnations that won’t disintegrate in my hands, but he’s got a lot of stuff holding him back that makes him a bit disappointing. Maybe pick him up in a sale?

    As for where I’ll display mine now…

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    Good review, but sadly you've squashed my excitement for the guy. :lol 
     
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    I knew this guy was going to be a mixed bag the moment we saw the bot mode face. I'm buying him mainly so I can support legend class Beast Wars toys. He'll be a nice stand-in until Transform Elements hopefully produces a better version.
    Still looking forward to getting him though. It's really nice that he has all that articulation in beast mode and the purple paint looks great. Plus he's got his rubber duckies :lol 
     
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    Figure not bad overall, but they cheaped out on the paint apps, They basically sprayed his entire face purple and added red eyes even spraying parts that shouldn't be purple. IMG_8205b.jpg .
    Many paint apps from the promo pics are missing.
    Pretty sure I can repaint and fix it, but it shouldn't need this much fixing.
    I'll post pics when I'm done but it may be a few days.
     
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    Okay I couldn't stop my self, the more I looked at it, it kept saying fix me.
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    No doubt I'll paint it more. Especially as I'm finding if I'm not careful when transforming it it will take off a little of the red on the face when transforming. T-Rex head needs more space for transforming around the head(I can see why they left off the face paint apps, this needed more time in the test phase) No doubt they will fix the cad files and release a better version later. But this is enough so it feels alright to leave on the shelf and get back to actual work.
     
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    I painted it a bit more, but still a lot of work to do
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    Quick shot of the scale.
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