Megatron
(Deluxe, Cybertron)
(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron here.)
Megatron's temporary
form for the Jungle Planet was originally planned to be released in the
Cybertron line in the first place-- hence, the Cyber Key gimmick and the
Jungle Planet technorganicky detailing. However, once the Beast Wars 10th
Anniversary line was planned, this mold was also first released in that
subline in different colors accurate to the Beast Wars TV show, given that
the mold is an obvious homage to the first Beast
Wars Megatron toy. Here, the toy sees its original intended release
in the main Cybertron line.
Anyways, this Jungle
Planet form of Megatron is in a really spiffy, original color scheme, let
me tell ya. The two different shades of green used for most of the T-rex
mode parts are very nice shades and play well off of each other, and are
different enough that it doesn't seem like there's "too much green" on
the figure. The accent colors of brown and bronze are great contrasting
colors, especially against the light green, and really give the toy more
"color variety" in robot mode to differentiate it from the beast mode more.
Some people have a problem with the light purple used, and although I agree
that it could stand to be a shade or two darker, I still think it adds
a nice variety to the color scheme so that it's not all "rain forest" colors,
and it's used sparingly enough where it doesn't make the toy look too garish.
This version of Megatron is especially impressive when it comes to the
number of paint apps on it-- it's almost covered in the stuff, and all
of them look great and contrast very nicely with their surrounding colors.
The combination of brown scales and a greenish-gold fade on the back of
the T-rex mode is one of the most well-put-together color patterns I've
seen on a toy from this line, as well. The dull metallic light green paint
used on the robot chest also looks very nice and gives some more detailing
to that spot, which was ignored too much on 10th Anniversary Megatron,
I think. Heck, this version of Megatron DEFINITELY has more paint apps
than his 10th Anniversary version does, it's no contest.
No mold changes have
been made to Jungle Planet Megatron.
The deluxe "Jungle Planet"
version of Cybertron Megatron has an extremely well thought-out color scheme,
and all of the colors play off of each other beautifully. Given that he
has more paint applications than the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary version
of this mold, and a better color scheme, AND it's $5 cheaper, unless you're
a huge fan of Beast Wars Megatron and simply HAVE to have him in show-accurate
colors, I'd definitely recommend this toy over its previous release.
Review by Beastbot