Ah gotcha thanks. I had thought tamiya had created a 3rd party head

My tm2 Megatron is closed l boxed and sealed for return cause I can't stand the head or the robot mode proportions

 

DNA Design

 

I wonder how easy it'll be to swap out the head.

 

I’m slightly baffled that they didn’t do anything about the base of the dragon neck, but that aside it looks like a really solid kit.

 

Sad thing is other than that bendable chest piece and the hand I see nothing I need there. The faces aren't even that great.

 

imo massive improvement in the face

 

Not really feeling this one.

 

The tail extension and chest piece are nice on the Dragon Megatron kit, everything else I could take it or leave it, but I also don't hate the stock face.

 

The wig has big Shapeways energy. It's all I'd really want.

 

0/10 for no gavel.

 

You should have no problem. I painted mine so had to open up the robot head to get to the face.
Just remove the two screws on the red part that are on the one side of his head and open up the neck halves removing the head from the body. the face and transparent helmet parts are just sat in grooves and come out easily so you may want to open the head halves sideways gently if you want to see where the face and helmet are sat exactly and don't fall out on you.
I've used a few DNA upgrades and found the instructions explain things well so I wouldn't stress about assembly,
Maybe this kit works around unscrewing parts of the figure though so swapping faces out is quicker after you've initially modified the figure.

 

This figure has been consistently $55 on Amazon. I hope we see a price drop some day as I can't see how $55 is fair for this figure.

 

Fair is irrelevant. It's a Leader Class figure (one of the larger ones in recent years) and that's the price of Leader Class figures.

 

Pretty damn fair since is one of the best Leader Class in recent years.

Someone could argue that he's even better than Kingdom Megatron.

 

It was only my opinion, but both your counterarguments are valid. I will definitely take both into consideration.

 

Sorry if it came across a bit snippy, wasn't really the intention, but just to showcase its size, it's larger than Kingdom Megatron who was also a leader plus has significantly more points of articulation when you factor in both the neck and the tail and the wings

 

Don't worry, once he gets a package refresh this year he'll drop down a lot after a bit of time.

Patience is the key here.  

 

Not snippy at all, but that's for the clarification to be on the safe side  

I definitely am looking out for Kingdom Megs too. Only the Lord knows how many Ross's I've been to around LA... 

 

Do you guys think he might be repainted I to RID 2001 /CR "Gigatron"?

 

No, if anything it'll get repainted as Cryotek