| Megatron is a towering, bulky, dinosaur-footed monstrosity with a varied color scheme noticeably different than that of the movie version. Megatron?s jet mode looks a little bit like one of Leonardo da Vinci?s flying machines. His robot mode, bearing a slightly simplified version of the movie Megatron?s intricate armor plating, is reasonably well articulated. Among Megatron?s arsenal of gimmick features are electronic sounds and lights, a launching claw that becomes a chain whip, and arms that combine to form a fusion cannon. Initially Megatron was Cybertron?s designated Lord High Protector, although eventually he succumbed to his consuming lust for the all spark. Megatron?s agenda placed him in opposition of Optimus Prime forcing the latter to rally a militia against Megatron?s Deceptions. Megatron was single-minded and monstrously powerful; the Deceptions gained ground against their adversaries, and as a desperate contingency the all spark was jettisoned into space. Megatron?s attempt to find the all spark ultimately divided him from his forces and led him into frounceen stasis. |
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 More than meets the eye |
| Review Date: June 21, 2007 |
| Reviewer: C. Rhone, Rochester, NY |
Yes, cliche but it's quite true - this Megatron has really grown on me! the legs are a little tricky to position just right when transforming to alt mode, but after a few tries it'll be a breeze. The design looks much more solid and menacing than the mediocre Voyager Megatron, it looks cool just standing there. I wouldn't recommend it for children under 8, unless you know your child to be a real wiz or you don't mind them coming up to you every 15 minutes and asking you to transform it.
BTW, there was a factory error in production, the spring that is meant to fire his whipping claw was placed in the opposite arm, which stops his fusion cannon from remaining deployed. All you need to do is remove a few screws and take each arm apart, replace the tiny spring in the whipping claw arm with the larger fusion cannon arm spring (you can just discard the smaller spring), screw them back together and it will work exactly as it was intended. It's a sad flaw, but try it out! |
Transformer Megatron
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| Review Date: November 20, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Grandmom Mary, Blue Bell, PA United States |
| This was purchased for a six year old. He really likes the toy, but he had trouble with all the parts involved with the toy. Mom and Dad had to help constantly change it from robot to vehicle. |
Megatron rocks!
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| Review Date: November 21, 2007 |
| Reviewer: R. Garcia, |
| I thought this toy is really durable and well made. When I recieved it it looked very big and impressive, but it is so much cooler than the Megatron voyager classic, plus it looks more like the movie Megatron. People with this toy you cant go wrong, a MUST for die hard Transformer fans! GREAT BUY!!! |
Complicated, but worth it!
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| Review Date: January 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: K. Petralia, |
| I think this is another example of how childproof items are really adultproof. Megatron is super-cool, but man is he hard to convert to plane mode. It took three adults two hours to figure it out! Actually, once you realize that the two little rectangular knobs on the legs click into the underside of the wings, and then realize that you probably won't break it if you twist it *just* a little harder, it's pretty darn easy. Anyway, paired with Optimus Prime, my son went nuts on Christmas morning when he opened it up. Optimus is somewhat easier to convert, but they are both great fun for kids. Pair with a couple of Magic School Bus chapter books to soothe any parental guilt about buying plastic playthings with no redeeming educational value ; ) |
Great Toy!
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| Review Date: January 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Perfect Play Music, Oklahoma City, OK |
| Bought this for my 3 1/2 year old for Christmas and he really likes it. He isn't able to transform it yet on his own so do not buy it for a child under 8 unless you enjoy doing the transforming! It is sturdy and amazingly detailed though. Very impressive engineering! Well worth the money. |
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