Title:
Megatron Wal-Mart
Description:
Megatron (2021)Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, the original 1996 Ultra Class Megatron was reissued under the Vintage Beast Wars lineup. Megatron features all the same accessories and functionality as the original toy but differs slightly in deco, having a more saturated purple shade, and the silver paint on his robot head has been swapped to a gloss black. The claw arm spring is also a bit too strong, so the trigger tends to skip across the gear teeth instead of actually triggering the claw properly. The gear skip can mostly be fixed by tightening the three screws in the forearm, which aren’t screwed in entirely when fresh out of the box.The second set of Hasbro stock photography, which is the one used on the cross-sell, has a silver-painted helmet, akin to the original toy.Much like Vintage G1, Megatron is packaged in a box styled after the original Beast Wars toy packaging, package art and all. Also similar to Vintage G1, the time disparity since the original release has the toy reasonably set at over double the price of the toy’s 1996 release, $52.99 USD versus $20, and is exclusive to Walmart in the United States and Canada. Due to accommodating multiple languages, the bio card is also rather drastically changed, including using a silhouette of 2007 Transformers Optimus Prime’s head for the intelligence. The cross-sell for Cheetor and Rattrap label them both inaccurately as Mega Class figures, instead of Deluxe Class and Basic Class, respectively (though both are priced the same).
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, the original 1996 Ultra Class Megatron was reissued under the Vintage Beast Wars lineup. Megatron features all the same accessories and functionality as the original toy but differs slightly in deco, having a more saturated purple shade, and the silver paint on his robot head has been swapped to a gloss black. The claw arm spring is also a bit too strong, so the trigger tends to skip across the gear teeth instead of actually triggering the claw properly. The gear skip can mostly be fixed by tightening the three screws in the forearm, which aren’t screwed in entirely when fresh out of the box.The second set of Hasbro stock photography, which is the one used on the cross-sell, has a silver-painted helmet, akin to the original toy.Much like Vintage G1, Megatron is packaged in a box styled after the original Beast Wars toy packaging, package art and all. Also similar to Vintage G1, the time disparity since the original release has the toy reasonably set at over double the price of the toy’s 1996 release, $52.99 USD versus $20, and is exclusive to Walmart in the United States and Canada. Due to accommodating multiple languages, the bio card is also rather drastically changed, including using a silhouette of 2007 Transformers Optimus Prime’s head for the intelligence. The cross-sell for Cheetor and Rattrap label them both inaccurately as Mega Class figures, instead of Deluxe Class and Basic Class, respectively (though both are priced the same).
Theme:
Beast Wars Vintage
Manufacturer:
Kenner
Year:
2021
Series:
Beast Wars
Date Added:
2021-10-10 10:34:31
Date Added:
2021-10-10 10:34:31
