MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Knightsword, May 9, 2018.

  1. Shockwave81

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    I’m genuinely surprised you don’t have at least three times the number of likes that you have at the moment bud.

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    Rise, Beast Wars Megatron. Rise!

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    This is the only MP I ever thought about buying only for the alternate mode. If only the T-rex was more posable...
     
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    ...and he were cheaper.
     
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    S E C O N D E D to hell and back.

    The thing is, how would such a replacement work? For MP-36 G1 Megs, his fusion cannon had the voice clips and could be replaced easily. But for BW Megs, the voice chip is in the upper jaw of his dino head, and I imagine some disassembly and/or removal of that jaw would be required to replace the voice chip. If the 3P replacement consists of an entire dino upper jaw, I just hope it can look good and consistent enough with the rest of the figure and gives us a few other bells and whistles like more stable articulated eyes that can be moved with a lever (while the movable eyes are an amazing feature, they tend to be a bit "googly").

    It's still an absolutely fantastic dino mode. The articulation is quite good, especially in the head. It just screams "charismatic sexy-voiced evil genius" much more than the old Ultra-class toy, which looks like a generic monstrous T. rex. Comparing the MP to the 10th Anniversary Reborn Megs, while the robot mode is a pretty big improvement in its own right (and Reborn has one of the best and most screen-accurate robot modes of any "regular-priced" Transformer), the beast mode is a huge improvement, there's no comparison whatsoever. As someone who was obsessed with Tyrannosaurus as a kid, the beast mode is 3/4 of the reason why I love the figure - but especially since it isn't just any T. rex, it's one of the coolest, most charming and most sinister fictional villains out there.

    Btw I got a new copy of MP Megs since I missed the toy a lot, it was a big expenditure but it was worth it especially if I don't turn that kind of spending crap into a habit. For both my copies the skin panels had a bit of trouble sticking together in beast mode, so I removed the right shoulder pad (which isn't visible at all in beast mode) and it gave the skin panels on his right side a bit more breathing room to lock together.
     
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    Yeah, I cannot deny that the dinosaur mode looks very cool and would make a great addition to my little collection of T-rex themed toys. As @Booster Gold said, if he was cheaper it would be a different matter, but 260 euro for someone who isn't a BW fan is a though pill to swallow. Especially now that he has to compete with that new awesome Lego Jurassic Park set...
     
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    If you're a dinosaur fan, it's a harder sell than if you were a BW fan. There are far cheaper T. rex figures with similar levels of detail and I'd probably recommend something like the Revoltech T. rex (which comes in both vanilla and Jurassic Park varieties). I like dinosaurs and dragons but I mostly like them if they're characters with personality as opposed to mindless monsters, and Megatron is one of the absolute best dinosaur characters in media.
     
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    Due to all of the above I doubt it will happen....more likely would be a full KO version of MP-43 by someone like Infinite Transformation with little improvements like this. It could happen, they already did G1 Megatron and have a Dinobot on the way.
     
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    Ugh so expensive. When translated into CAD and Shipping the fucking thing is 400 bucks PASS Whats wrong with you Takara? Taking lessons from Bandai? Ill wait for the inevitable 4th party one
     
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    Still, I feel there might be a way. A 3rd party company can look at Megs' right arm and see which parts can be replaced with a bit of tool work, and make a replacement with English voice clips and possibly other bells and whistles such as more stable eyes, a proper right hand with removable dino head, etc. If all else fails, they can probably make a base with built-in English voice clips a la 20th Anniversary Prime, solving two problems in one (the other being the fact that he needs to use Dinobot's base otherwise).
     
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    THIS is a damn fine idea!!!
    Someone Make It So!
     
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    While I think a full voice chip replacement for the figure itself would be best of all, a base would be a good idea if it proves too difficult.
     
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    Im not sure what im doing wrong in my searches.

    I can't find Megatron Toy height!?

    Does anyone know in CM?
     
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    Don't forget to peg his back panels together!
     
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