What was your first Optimus/Megatron?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by WishfulThinking, May 19, 2015.

  1. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    Cybertron Megatron and the Sams Club Universe Optimus Priem Spychanger.
     
  2. GR1ML0CK

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    My first Optimus was Gen Orion Pax! First Megatron was, I think the Legends tank with Chop-shop.
     
  4. MatrixOfWumbo

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    Energon for both. Optimus' combiner mode was cool but I like both characters' Cybertron forms better.
     
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    I would say Energon for Optimus, but I don't have him anymore so I don't count him. I didn't get another Prime until 2007 Movie Premium Optimus.

    As for Megatron, WFC.
     
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    Technically the first ones I owned were Bat Primal and Megalligator. Not the repainted that was quite literally called Megalligator but just the first BW toys that had came out before the cartoon and ended up having nothing to do with the cartoon.

    Oddly enough despite watching and loving the series since it's original pilot I never bought any of their on screen incarnations till season 3 which means the first actually on screen incarnation of Optimus and Megatron I owned are the TM2s, Optimal Optimus and Dragon Megatron. I did get their earlier incarnations later on but those are technically the oldest one on my shelf. The original TMs I got mint in box off E-Bay so despite being released earlier are in far better condition. And the originals I got the 10th Anniversary reissues/remolds to take their place so no mutant head gimmicks on mine and more screen accurate than the originals. I did have the originals for a while but they were incomplete. I got ripped off by someone on E-Bay who neglected to mention they were missing parts, including their robot heads, all of their weapons, and a few panels like the butt flaps that lock Primal's shoulder cannons down in beast mode and the panel that covers the hole in Megatron's beast neck where the squirt gun gimmick can be removed from.
     
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    Megatron: McDonalds Armada toy
    Optimus: can't remember
     
  8. jestermon

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    My first prime was from a yard sale when i was young or I thought so since I'd never seen one before I found out years later it was a painted magnus.

    I'm trying to think I think cybertron dinosaur Megatron was my first.
     
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    G1 Optimus Prime/G1 Megatron
     
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    RiD Optimus Prime and Armada Megatron :) 
     
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    Technically, my first Optimus was BM Optimus Primal.

    My first Optimus Prime, however, was RID2001 Optimus Prime.

    However, he wasn't really created to be the Optimus Prime, so in reality my very first toy that was intended through every step of its creation process to be Optimus Prime was Armada Deluxe "Bendy" Prime.

    Megatron is a similar progression: TM2 Megs, BM Megs, RID2001 Megs, but the first "traditional" Megs I owned was Cybertron Megs.

    Mind you I'm not all that young, I just never really got into TFs until BW.
     
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    I don't understand that at all. There is no "The" Optimus Prime. G1, RID, and Armada are all entirely different characters. RID Optimus Prime is often said to not really be Optimus Prime because he was originally designed in Japan as a different character. Armada Optimus Prime was also originally designed in Japan as a different character yet you claim he was intended to be Optimus Prime from the very beginning of his design process? They were both renamed Optimus Prime when they came to U.S. neither one of them is intended to be the same character as G1 Optimus Prime. You seem to just have double standards that make no sense.

    See there again. What do you mean "traditional", none of those guys were ever intended to represent G1 Megatron. They're all new characters who share his name.
     
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    First Optimus was G1 Prime circa 1986 and my first Megatron was ROTF Movie Replica Megatron circa 2009
     
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    Just my personal opinion, I don't think it can actually do anyone injury. Stop overthinking it.
     
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    If we've learnt anything from these threads its all about overthinking.
     
  16. CountDrunkula

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    ...yeah. I should probably accept that by now.
     
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    Can we all not get along lol
     
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    lol it's only a little dig at the OP, it's his thread he makes the rules.
     
  19. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    Well, I'd consider Beast Wars Primal and Megatron fair game (they were intended to be G1 OP and Megs originally). As well as RiD OPtimus and Megatron. And Unicron trilogy. All were clearly intended to be OP and Megatron in their respective universes.
     
  20. BattleUpSaber

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    The 07' Bay formers movie was my introduction to the franchise so...

    Optimus was either the movie Legends( the one no one likes ) or the Leader ( who I still like despite owning the superior ROTF version )

    Megatron was the 'Premium series' Voyager (who I not only still like, but think it is the best ver of 07' Bay Megs.)