Kingdom Galvatron first look

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by xd Accrocate, Mar 15, 2021.

  1. Ramberk Magnus

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    I'm also mildly tempted at getting a toy colors repaint. I can't justify it but I'm tempted.
     
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  2. Q Prime

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    Don't really mind the purple crown as long as the majority of the head is white/grey, having a Creation Matrix would also be quite cool.
     
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    White helmet with purple crown, huh?

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  4. ScorponokIsHere

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    So it's #2 then.

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  7. Hail Galvatron

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    Eh... I'll go for it.
     
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    Nice! Wish we got this instead. Because I cancelled my Kingdom Galvatron; the color just doesn’t do it for me (guess it’s up to either the toy or reformatting deco to win me over).
     
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  9. Seth Sunthay

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    OOOOH THAT'S IT, no wonder i was thinking the description reminded me of something....
     
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    If I can get a cheap galvatron I'm doing a straight up Energon repaint
     
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    Sounds like too much purple...
     
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    That part sounds dead-on to Marvel Galvatron, but the purple crown and particle cannon sound like a mistake...

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    I think he meant that the back of the cannon, not the barrel, is purple, which wouls bw in line with that image.
     
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    That makes sense. The phrasing "latter half" inferred it was closer to the tip of the cannon, but that's probably just a bit of language barrier.
     
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  15. Q Prime

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    Yeah, it was a bit confusing at first, but when he says that the barrel is the same, the only part left is the back.
     
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    So that just leaves the random purple crown then. So close to a perfect Galvatron II, but I'm guessing the crown is on the same sprue as the arms.
     
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    rather than being Galvatron I, II or the toy deco, they've referenced a specific, mid-stage piece of concept art by Floro Dery.
    Even when they're doing a non-sunbow deco, they still use a cartoon model sheet as reference.

    incredible. i'm actually astonished.
     
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    Honestly, as long as the shade is nice and the paint isn't sloppy, having purple horns isn't gonna be the end of the world. Especially if the shade of white/grey is easy to paint match if it's really a bother.
     
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    Considering the green Matrix and purple arms and thighs, I'm not entirely convinced the proto-deco reference is intentional. Someone recently found that the crown is a separately molded piece from the rest of the head, so chances are it shares a sprue with some purple part. If I had to do a bit of a blind guess, I'd say an earlier deco layout may have had toy gray forearms rather than Marvel purple, and the revision inadvertently led to the crown getting recolored along with it. Speculation of course.

    It's by no means a deal breaker. Everything else sounds perfect, the purple horns thing just feels like fumbling the ball at the goal line.

    On a related note, @Phamduc seeing as the crown is a separate piece, I have been wondering; are the horns the same shape as the regular release? It seems like a convenient (but not necessary) opportunity to give him more of a Marvel crown.
     
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  20. Metalwario64

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    Maybe Hasbro wanted to homage as much as possible with it? The crown sounds like a reference to that early animation model, and the rest sounds like a blend of the toy and the Marvel colors.