“What did he say his name was?”
“GALVATRON!”
It’s entirely possible you just read those lines in the voices of Rumble, and Galvatron respectively. A key character in the Transformers mythos introduced in Transformers the Movie, Galvatron is a popular character who has never had the amount of attention as his predecessor as Decepticon leader, Megatron. For years, fans have waited for the day Galvatron might receive a “definitive” version.
In 2021, 35 years from the debut of the original animated Transformers Movie, we are getting what seems to be the definitive version of Galvatron.
Ladies and Gentlemen, after a string of leaks, we give you: Transformers Kingdom Galvatron!
Revealed by @HalleyHanna on Twitter, this Galvatron looks to be a near-perfect representation of the mad Decepticon tyrant we all know and love. Unusually, Galvatron sports some battle damage paint apps on his design, in spite of these being largely phased out in more recent Kingdom and Earthrise releases. Galvatron’s armaments include his classic particle cannon on his arm, and two versions of his starship, the Revenge – which may be perfectly scaled for Haslab’s Unicron.
Overall, this is a very promising first look at what is sure to be the perfect Galvatron to complement the Cyclonus and Scourge currently out in the wild. Check out the pictures attached to this post.
CyberDragon10K
At this point I'm curious enough to wait for in-hand images/reports of the Legacy re-release.
I only ever saw the Kingdom iteration once and it was a wrong shoulders one. If Legacy corrects that across the board and omits the battle damage paint apps, it's win-win as far as I'm concerned.
chrisr291
Sorry to hear that; however, if you use the 91%, it dissolves those paint applications with very minimal effort. If you have a Galvatron, I'll volunteer to help you out! PM me.
Here are some photos of my Galvatron and I used 91% Isopropanol! Anything less and you’ll be scrubbing a lot harder.
Word of caution, do not get the liquid on his knees because that’s painted and the liquid will dissolve it.
MegaGnaw
I'm sorry to hear about your arthritis. If you van get someone else to do it, they can (or so I've heard on YouTube) rub the damage off with alcohol.
fanbase0000
i have really bad hands due to arthritis. So I don’t modified or customized my toys. But pictures on Reddit with legacy Galvatron repack box and toy shows same figure as kingdom Galvatron but with no battle damage. I already got kingdom Galvatron and don’t like battle damage.
MegaGnaw
I just don't get their thinking. I have siege Megatron and Galvatron borderline towers over him. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was, to see how much taller the was than Optimus (whom I just sent for). There's not supposed to be such a noticeable difference in their height.
Gonna be a sore point.
Inikalord
The cannons are cross-compatible with each other. Can't speak for the cockpit.
aurance
Isopropanol works
fanbase0000
i have really bad hands due to arthritis. So I don’t modified or customized my toys. But pictures on Reddit with legacy Galvatron repack box and toy shows same figure as kingdom Galvatron but without any battle damage.
f-primusunicron
dumb question, has anyone with the tr and kingdom galvatrons tried to transplant the spaceship cockpit to the kingdom one? or at least give him the tr cannon? both?
Gamerlingual
What did you use?
chrisr291
It's super easy to rub off the battle damage, I fixed mine in less than five minutes!
fanbase0000
Rumors are that the Legacy Galvatron repack won't have the battle damage. Is this true? If so that is BS.
dj_convoy II
I took the stupid battle damage (or whatever its supposed to be) paint off of mine with some rubbing alcohol and a q-tip. I'm not buying the mold again.
Murasame
But perfected is he with The Madness' head
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BlankMan
Just installed the upgrade kit from ebay. Gotta admit it definitely makes a big difference.
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Gamerlingual
Looks to be that way
Fafnir72
Fixed shoulders?
Shepard Prime
And even after all of that, Siege Megatron will *still* hold the record for unnecessary redecoes.
AnonymousDwell
Nah, the premium deco will have even more battle damage, but with higher quality paint apps that look more like rust and with a dark wash, but with the purple being slightly faded and paler and less screen accurate. Then they'll eventually re-release him in a plainer, damage-less version, in more screen accurate colors, but in Studio Series and with zero other changes to his mold. Then they'll release a Selects or TT Mall exclusive version with slight remolds to make him even more screen accurate despite that being the whole point of Studio Series.
Onyxstrike
Did. Did you guys seriously forget about the brand unification that Takara's been doing for the past half-decade or so? Why were you hoping they'd get rid of the scuffing when they haven't for Astrotrain, Hoist, or Earthrise Megatron?