Thanks to 2005 Board member Tungg for sharing images of a new Transformers Kingdom Megatron head variant.
This new head shows grinning teeth instead of the closed lips of the original head making it more expressive. Could this be a homage of the original Beast Wars Megatron toy? Or maybe the head of an incoming repaint? Time will tell. Time to look for this head variant during your hunting time.
Update: Megatron’s upper torso image with the new head thanks to 2005 Board member Tungg
Click on the bar to see the mirrored image on this mews post and then sound off on the 2005 Board!
Autobot City Comics 2008
Yeah it would be a cool piece to have but not at that price lol
Tungg
Yeah. I figure it’ll just be a flop but at least I get a laugh right?
ive never used eBay and I’m really not comfortable using it now.
If it sells it sells if someone backs out and doesn’t pay I guess it neat to see if people actually wanted it
Autobot City Comics 2008
And that’s if they pay it tho
Tungg
Yeah,I honestly didn’t think people wanted it
Autobot City Comics 2008
So is that yours on eBay?
Tungg
Sorry I’ve never used eBay I should go change to used then? Added it in description that it’s like new and never transformed just opened for pics
G1 Cassette Hunter
Only question now is if it gets fought with ebay over not being in the defined condition since it was opened for pics & thus is not in new condition. If it was my money, every little detail gets checked before clicking. Especially a seller with no feedback making it very suspicious…
marvel b
*Checks*
Over $800?!
Tungg
Kingdom Megatron *Variant* New Face Sculpt *ERROR* | eBay
It’s there if anyone was interested
axl6533
I don't think I ever found a variant transformer before. But I'm going to keep my eyes open for this one
dCon
Yeah that all sounds right. I can follow all that since I'm probably in your age group & have been loving them since 1985 (it didn't air in my state til January 1985 but I got issue #1 in December 1984 I do believe according to the date on book, 'still'). But definitely as I remember exclusives, they at least have a TRU sticker on them for example, or different packaging, like you mentioned. I do remember that Megatron version from on the boards! Never saw it though, guess that makes sense since I have no TRU. They are only just now talking about getting a Target here lol!
But also I did mention I don't remember seeing Transformers like that but I wasn't sure.
dCon
Cool yeah one thing I can say is it's pretty trucking awesome.
Nevermore
Package variants aren't store specific, though. And we had them before.
Also, historically, any time Hasbro officially announced a variant, that variant never came to be (see: Alternators Smokescreen with #7 driver number, see: Alternators yellow Tracks, see: Combiner Wars Onslaught color variant). All the variants we've seen over the years were never officially acknowledged. But none of them were "store specific".
However, there is a distinction between "variants" and "redecos" or "retools" that might seem semantic for a layperson, but is actually pretty significant:
See, for example, back during Robots in Disguise (the 2015-onwards toyline), Toys"R"Us had what appears to be a "variant" of the Warrior Class Megatronus figure with a different head than the general retail version.
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However, as you can see, the packaging is different (the TRU version was part of the "Clash of the Transformers" subline imprint that had a slightly different packaging design), and so were the Hasbro product code and assortment numbers (general retail Megatronus was B4687 and part of the Warrior Class assortment B0070, TRU Megatronus was B4636 and part of the "Clash of the Transformers" Warrior Class assortment B3644) and the UPC barcodes (general retail Megatronus was 630509363551, TRU Megatronus was 630509358458).
Also, general retail Megatronus shipped in, well, a regular general retail Warrior Class shipping case along with other general retail Warrior Class figures, while TRU Megatronus shipped in a "Clash of the Transformers" Warrior Class shipping case.
So while from a layman's perspective, one is merely a "variant" of the other with a different head, they've actually been treated as completely separate products in terms of distribution, regardless of how similar the two versions may look.
Also, Hasbro officially acknowledged the existence of both versions (though not at the same time, since they were announced independently of each other).
And that's how it has always been with these types of "looks like a variant, but is actually a separate product in terms of distribution" for Transformers.
So unless this so far one-of-a-kind Kingdom Megatron with a different head has a different Hasbro product code number and barcode than the regular version, it's highly unlikely to be deliberately "store-specific", because how the hell would that even work in terms of distribution?
Tungg
It’s normal box,I did post the lot number from the box tho just in case
Rotek666
The need to add the mutant heads to the beasts. Accessory, so people who don't like it can leave it off.
dCon
They didn't mention anything about the packaging so we wouldn't know that. Or at least I didn't know that. And someone asked if there was any other differences and I never saw a reply. Plus I remember many variants you can only get at stores. Can't think of any Transformers off the top of my head, but definitely action figures. Gamestop was one of them. And I also said "and/or" meant for a different release altogether. Obviously meant for the mold though
Miescatter
Thx
Miescatter
Hope it is not a target exclusive.
Smitty.1981
T-Wrecks need that bat-wing helmet as his head.