Title:
Megatron 3rd Robot Mode Leader
Description:
Gigatron (March 2000) / Megatron (Ultra Class, 2001)
Takara ID number: D-001
Accessories: 2 missiles, 2 missile launchers.
The only new-mold bad guy from the Car Robots line, Megatron (or "Gigatron”, as he was called in Japan) has six different configurations: robot, jet, bat, two-headed dragon, giant hand, and roadster. His hand mode has a spring-loaded "gripping” gimmick, and lining up some pegs with a few holes on the hands of Omega Prime, Megatron’s hand mode can connect to the combiner. This was demonstrated in the final volume of the Legends manga with the Galvatron redeco, but comes at the price of weighing the combiner down. He comes with a pair of pressure-launch missile launchers that can double as swords, or be combined to form a single naginata-like weapon.Gigatron was later retooled into "Devil Gigatron”, and it was this slightly modified version of the mold that Hasbro released in their Robots in Disguise line (see "Galvatron”, below, for specific details). The blades of his missiles were also rounded off a bit more to comply with safety standards.The Hasbro version of this mold was also used to make Timelines Deathsaurus and BotCon 2016 Beast Wars Megatron.Oddly enough, in Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, Simon Furman boasts that Hasbro’s Megatron had ten modes and was a completely different toy from Gigatron. While Megatron could convert into all 10 alternate modes, the instructions only mentioned the original 6. Also, the Hasbro version is not a completely different toy from the Takara version so much as it is a slightly retooled version.Sonokong also released Gigatron in Korean markets with no differences other than the packaging.
Takara ID number: D-001
Accessories: 2 missiles, 2 missile launchers.
The only new-mold bad guy from the Car Robots line, Megatron (or "Gigatron”, as he was called in Japan) has six different configurations: robot, jet, bat, two-headed dragon, giant hand, and roadster. His hand mode has a spring-loaded "gripping” gimmick, and lining up some pegs with a few holes on the hands of Omega Prime, Megatron’s hand mode can connect to the combiner. This was demonstrated in the final volume of the Legends manga with the Galvatron redeco, but comes at the price of weighing the combiner down. He comes with a pair of pressure-launch missile launchers that can double as swords, or be combined to form a single naginata-like weapon.Gigatron was later retooled into "Devil Gigatron”, and it was this slightly modified version of the mold that Hasbro released in their Robots in Disguise line (see "Galvatron”, below, for specific details). The blades of his missiles were also rounded off a bit more to comply with safety standards.The Hasbro version of this mold was also used to make Timelines Deathsaurus and BotCon 2016 Beast Wars Megatron.Oddly enough, in Transformers: The Ultimate Guide, Simon Furman boasts that Hasbro’s Megatron had ten modes and was a completely different toy from Gigatron. While Megatron could convert into all 10 alternate modes, the instructions only mentioned the original 6. Also, the Hasbro version is not a completely different toy from the Takara version so much as it is a slightly retooled version.Sonokong also released Gigatron in Korean markets with no differences other than the packaging.
Theme:
Robots In Disguise RID
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2001
Country:
United States
Series:
Robots In Disguise RID
Date Added:
2022-05-21 12:00:52
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2022-05-21 12:00:52
