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Transformers Movie Hasbro Leader Action Figure Premium Megatron Leader Class – Premium Megatron features a new head sculpt and a darker color scheme. Megatron s outlandish Cybertronian jet mode looks a little bit like one of Leonardo da Vinci s flying machines. A towering, bulky, dinosaur-footed monstrosity, bearing a slightly simplified version of the movie Megatron s intricate armor plating, Megatron boasts a reasonably high level of articulation. His special features include 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 Allspark. Megatron s agenda placed him in opposition of Optimus Prime and the Autobot militia gathered to the cause.
Customer Review: Megatron’s Redemption
Let me start by saying I initially HATED Megatron’s movie design. While I knew he couldn’t really logically turn into a smaller handgun in a live-action film, I felt that a tank or a huge ground-cannon would have still been more preferable than what we actually got.
As time went on though I watched the movie a couple more times and I started to like the less intelligent and more brutal interpretation of the character. I started to realize that his monstrous/demonic/alien appearance really worked well with the new interpretation of the character and I started to really become a fan of the new design/look for the character so that made the release of the movie leader figure all the more painful to me. The initial Movie Leader Megatron was, for lack of a more brilliant critique, a piece of trash. It was a travesty to have to see him get the weird white, pink and blue colors that he didn’t have in the movie. The voyager-class version was a little better than the horrible fugly leader-class Megs but it still didn’t accurately capture the movie design in my humble opinion.
The great thing about Hasbro though is they certainly know how to redeem themselves for their mistakes and the premium series was like a gift from the Heavens to us Transformers fans who actually liked the movie designs but hated the initial movie figures with the poor paint decos and horrible QC (quality control) issues.
So fear not, the few of you out there who actually like Megatron’s movie design. Premium Megatron is, as much as I hate the expression “all that and a bag of chips.” Hasbro really got the dark grey/silver colors from the movie down and the paint aps look great. They aren’t “Jin Saotome (a world-famous action-figure customizer) great” but they’re great nonetheless and they really make the figure stand out on your shelves. There’s even really subtle “battle damage” and burns that you can see if you pick the toy up and check out all the neat features and gimmicks.
In these days where the economy is pretty weak it’s hard to justify paying $50+ for a figure but Premium Leader Megatron is definitely worth the $$$ if you love the movie design and were disappointed by the way the first Leader Megs turned out.
I don’t know if little kids would really like this guy or not but as a collector and fan of “Movie Megatron” I really felt like I got a good quality toy for what I paid when I bought him.
Customer Review: Awesome figure
I was skeptical at first about buying leader megatron because of the bad paint job. I am glad I waited for the Premium series. His repaint is AWESOME! on top of it he’s a great figure and relatively easy to transform.