(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 the original Prime "Robots in Disguise" commander Megatron. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Prime "Robots in Disguise" commander Megatron figure here.)

    This redeco of Megatron is meant to imitate his appearance in the Predacons Rising movie that ended the Prime TV series, in which he was basically possessed by Unicron and took on more of Unicron's more "rocky-earthy" elements, and well as becoming ridiculously powerful. Thus, much of Megatron this time around is now brown instead of gray, but thankfully, it's not just a blah brown-- it's a rather swirly, bronze-ish shade of the plastic, which looks quite good. (Not as good as bronze paint would've looked, but still good.) Black is his other main color, which is basically just a neutral color for the others to bounce off of. The yellow, gunmetal gray, and silver paint apps-- particularly the yellow stripes on the chest-- are what help this redeco stand out a bit more, and it all adds some really nice contrast to what is otherwise a fairly dark color scheme. The purple transparent plastic from the original version of this mold is kept the same for Unicron Megatron. It generally doesn't "fit" with the color scheme overall-- it just doesn't look quite right against the bronze-brown-- but the whole reason for Unicron Megatron's existence is kind of due to Dark Energon, so having some part of him being that Dark Energon-y shade of purple makes sense. (Megatron's eyes are also purple instead of their usual red, indicating Unicron's control.)
    Unicron Megatron has no mold changes, and that to me is the biggest issue with this toy. His appearance in the show was certainly based around his original Prime design, but there were fairly substantial differences, particularly in how "rocky" he looked, his vehicle cockpit, and his head design. Making this just a recolor of Megatron is rather disappointing, budget restrictions or no.
    Unicron Megatron has a fairly good color scheme (and certainly one that is unique for Megatron), having darker, more earthy tones in general and some nice paint apps, the yellow in particular. However, the lack of any remolding and this mold's absolutely awful vehicle mode make this a recolor not worth getting unless you desperately want a "normal" toy of his Unicron upgrade and not a Construct-Bot. This is especially true given that Unicron Megatron was not released in the U.S., and thus is more difficult and expensive to get than most Beast Hunters toys.

Review by Beastbot

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