Title:
Megatron Cyberton Mode
Description:
CYBERTRON Mode Megatron (Voyager, 2008/2010)
Japanese ID number: TA-06
Accessories: Missile
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
A larger, bulkier, more detailed, and more gimmick-laden iteration of the same character design used in the deluxe-scaled versus pack toy. Note that while both modes of both toys look very similar, they have different transformation mechanisms and are not a simple upscaling/downscaling of each other. Where the deluxe version is straight silver, this version has a pearl-gray paint scheme. The figure features an automorph gimmick in the chest, which closes like a clamshell in transforming to robot mode. A second automorph gimmick is built into the energon blades on the cannon, swinging them into place to form a polearm. Red translucent plastic is heavily used throughout the figure, including in the light piping for the head and the missile for the spring-loaded cannon. Even his fingers are made of energon, it seems.This toy apparently had a safety modification done late on in the design process (late enough that it doesn’t show up on the instructions), possibly as a result of drop test failure. The strut that holds his fusion cannon has been reinforced, and as a result, his cannon cannot be mounted flush against his arm. It is also noted that his cannon easily pops off.As with the smaller figure above, it’s not possible to have the fusion cannon mounted in a way that’s accurate to the show or the later leader class toy.The TakaraTomy version, much like the Deluxe Class figure released in the same country, coats much of his gray plastics in metallic silver.
Japanese ID number: TA-06
Accessories: Missile
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro)
A larger, bulkier, more detailed, and more gimmick-laden iteration of the same character design used in the deluxe-scaled versus pack toy. Note that while both modes of both toys look very similar, they have different transformation mechanisms and are not a simple upscaling/downscaling of each other. Where the deluxe version is straight silver, this version has a pearl-gray paint scheme. The figure features an automorph gimmick in the chest, which closes like a clamshell in transforming to robot mode. A second automorph gimmick is built into the energon blades on the cannon, swinging them into place to form a polearm. Red translucent plastic is heavily used throughout the figure, including in the light piping for the head and the missile for the spring-loaded cannon. Even his fingers are made of energon, it seems.This toy apparently had a safety modification done late on in the design process (late enough that it doesn’t show up on the instructions), possibly as a result of drop test failure. The strut that holds his fusion cannon has been reinforced, and as a result, his cannon cannot be mounted flush against his arm. It is also noted that his cannon easily pops off.As with the smaller figure above, it’s not possible to have the fusion cannon mounted in a way that’s accurate to the show or the later leader class toy.The TakaraTomy version, much like the Deluxe Class figure released in the same country, coats much of his gray plastics in metallic silver.
Theme:
Animated
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Country:
United States
Series:
Animated
Date Added:
2023-06-04 19:01:12
Date Added:
2023-06-04 19:01:12
