Classics and Henkei MEGATRON!

I like Siege Megatron, however he has a very Gimli thing going where he is short and stocky - And he's an H-Tank. But he is highly articulated like nearly all Siege War for Cybetron figures tend to be.

So, if I like him so much? Why did I replace my default Megatron on my main shelf with Henkei Megatron? The Classics Nerf Blaster mold?


I don't even like Megatron as a gun. I feel no nostalgia for that whatsoever and prefer Megatron as a tank. But for all his good points, Siege Megatron comes off as sort of boring. Its not just a matter of the deco. The whole affair is just kind of - There.

OK lets talk about the toy at hand, Classics/Henkei Megatron. Alright?



If only Megatron didn't have those obtrusive wings. Conversely I actually don't mind he has those wings. My only real complaint is, they needed one more level of articulation. I mean the box calls that shell out as "Wings", they should have owned it and made them part f the articulation scheme.

Wait!

Is Classics Megatron a shell former?

At first blush the answer seems to be a resounding YES. Further consideration however leaves us in a more nuanced place. The entire shell can be removed without hurting the conversion. However the shell bits clean up the final result providing a more complete "gun" mode.

If you rip the wings off. You don't get both a "gun" and a robot. You end up with a robot minus his wing-pack and a Nerf blaster lacking its chassis. Typically shellformers allow for both robot and alt-mode to exist besides one another as independent entities.

See Siege Starscream.

What about his  crazy Nerf blaster alt-mode, anyhow?

Like I said. I am not big on Megatron as that The Man from U.N.C.L.E Gun. Fictionally it just does not work for me.

So why am I not bugged by this crazy space gun?

Crazy space gun is the simple answer. The more complex answer is, in my head canon, I think of this version of Megatron converting into a super-weapon cannon emplacement, and does not shrink down to be used as a gun by Starscream. Its easy to imagine that with this mold. The Takara version makes it very easy.

About that crazy deco.

I have both versions and find both appealing in their own manner.

Oddly. I am not bothered at all by the Hasbro deco. I could do without those orange bits. The neon-green however does not bug me. Not how it drives me insane on Beast Hunters: Optimus Prime. The green light-piping works for Megatron and the rest of the colors fit him just fine.

This 'bot has a presence. Its hard to appreciate unless you have him in hand. This feels to me more like Megatron in a way many figures do not, even though they might be more screen accurate in some ways. Maybe because its such a monster of a figure? It does not apologize for what it is and stands out in a good way.

There are a lot of great customs of this figure which help highlight its good points and refine its design. A removable wing-pack would have been great enhancement. However as I said the wings themselves don't actually bother me. I just wish the designers took it all the way and let the robot mode use them in a better fashion.

Classics Rodimus [Hot Rod]

I have an affinity for Hot Rod the Autobot Cavalier aka Rodimus (Sometimes, Prime). I am really glad Transformers: Cybverse, incorporated him in from the get-go.

At first this figure left me a bit cold. Yes its true he has many limitations, mostly where it comes to the articulation. Its a bit weird how Classics Optimus Prime has so much more articulation in comparison.
However, Classics Rodimus has grown on me, and I've come to view him as a better, my more preferred representation of Hot Rod than his Titans Return counterpart - Who though more articulated. Fails at looking like Hot Rod in robot-mode.

I like Hasbro's color choices here. No its not exactly the maroon from the cartoon, but it is a good deep shade of dark red. I like his spoiler better and that also is a deep yellow color which appeals to me.

Just wish his fist holes could hold more than his own weapon!

I got my copy from Siebertron.com's eBay store.

The Coronation of Starscream

I'm a big fan of this mode, and also to my surprise a bit of a Starscream fanboy. I do wish we got a Thundercracker to complete the Classic Seeker trio in this RiD2015 mold.
So yes Robots in Disguise 2015 Warrior Class Starscream stands as the centerpiece of my main shelf with Optimus Prime and Megatron looking on and upward from the wings as he becomes the ruler of Cybertron.

The subversive notion that after all is said and done, Starscream comes out ontop despite it all just kind of appeals to me.