Next up in our series of galleries looking at the all-new IDW Comics series of Transformers Generations Deluxes is the lone Decepticon in the assortment, Megatron! This Megatron is based on the stealth bomber design the Decepticon leader sported from the “Return of the Decepticons” arc through to the conclusion of Chaos – a design which from its debut in the comics, fans have clamored for a toy of. Hasbro has heard the requests and has given fans what they asked for!
The IDW Generations Megatron is a very nicely designed figure. Cast mainly in black plastic, there is some glitter incorporated to give it a bit of sparkle and keep the toy from being too flat black. The black is broken up by two different tones of purple, and a few red highlights, used sparingly. It is a simple and entirely traditional Decepticon deco, and it works. Scale wise, Megatron is a modern Deluxe size, so a little smaller than his peers from a few years ago, but ignoring relative scale on the shelf – because after all, Transformers toy scale has always been subjective – and you have a toy whose design exudes menace. Megatron is tall and slender, yet broad shouldered. Like Trailbreaker, there is a lack of vehicle parts hanging off the robot mode, everything is ingeniously hidden, with the wingtips detaching and forming the railgun. Poseability is excellent, and Megatron can assume some of his truly iconic poses with ease. Overall, this is one of the best designed Deluxes to come out of Hasbro in the Generations line so far, and even if the size does bother you, I’d still recommend taking a look at this toy – it is very, very good and lots of fun to fiddle with.
Open the link below to check out our gallery and see for yourself:
bradforj
This looks like the butt-baby of Megatron and Skywarp.
Optimus1138
I'll be very tempted to get it if I can get a good price on it. Looks like a fantastic mold, and quite a fun figure to fiddle around with at my desk.
Sol Fury
It's perspective, I was being a bit creative with positioning and angles to recreate their showdown in the IDW comics. Here's a side on view of the same scene:
Megs is approaching twice the height.
Omegax80
In the image facing off with Legends Class Prime, Megatron appears just to be a little bit taller. Not by much. Maybe the depth of the image throws it off.
worldsgreatest
Honestly, he's at least two-three times bigger than any Commander or Scout. He's not that small.
Omegax80
Wish there was no picture comparing to the WFC version. Had I not seen that, I would have been set on the IDW Megatron, but wow, TINY compared to WFC. He does look more like a Cyberverse commander than a deluxe.
It looked nice though. Will get the G2 Dreadwing version instead.
Atomatron
just looked at the dreadwing head and damn that would work… nice generic enough trooper to me anyway….
hope i can find at ross eventually to build
rgeezzy
hmm, this guy is just ok to me. Think that Pax and Trailbreaker are a cut above him…
doomtron
A shapeways seeker head would sell alot
9.8m/s^2
It's an anime-style railgun. In the comics, Megs has it when he's in this body.
deliciouspeter
Great gallery.
I wasn't sure I'd like it but it's black so I bought it. Yep, it's small, but what I love is that everything tabs together nicely in both modes. No fiddly panels or having to arrange internal junk to get everything to line up.
The gun is really beautiful and a surprising amount of moving parts for such a small part.
I give it seven thumbs up.
bossman328
I picked him up. I like him alot. very cool transformation. I'm a lil bias…I'm a megatron fan
gothsaurus
The comparison photo I wanted to see is against the G2 black megatron stealth jet! 😀 That's where this guy and his blue counterpart are going in my collection. Neo-G2 baby.
Atomatron
someone make a trooper head so i can army build!
autobot prowl
If he gets Ko'd to voyager size or ultra I will bite. With Hasbro upsizing Legends though I could see a slim possibility of them doing this but doubtful. I will pick up dreadwing though
JetBrawn
fusion cannon still doesn't look like a cannon from any angle, except possibly from the side.
Sol Fury
That's one of the Renderform weapon sets, there was a Heroic Armament set and this one which both came out around the same time.
Not really, he can look Classics Starscream in the eye. Not many Scouts I know of stand that tall.
WarConvoy
He is almost the size of a scout! With the price of a Deluxe.