Megatron's popular War Within form is finally made into a toy! The thing is... in tank mode, at least, it doesn't really look like War Within Megatron at all. The front treads look pretty similar, and the colors are the same, but that's really about it. In fact, it's obvious from even a casual glance that this is a very, very poor alt mode-- it's waaay to obvious that it's just his robot mode laying down with a few other minor changes. Geez, where do I start? Okay, first off, the front treads don't sit at all flush with the rear treads, which are faaar too back to really be functional if this vehicle was real. It's far too obvious that the whole rear half of the tank is just his robot legs. In fact, there's a peg that's supposed to hold the two legs together as one piece on this mode, to at least make the leg-ness of them a tad less obvious, but even that doesn't work-- the peg doesn't hold together at all, so there's definitely a visible gap in between the two halves of the rear portion of the tank mode. There also isn't really any main turret whatsoever-- the red-and-black gun on the top can rotate around, but it doesn't really sit on a turret. The main gun on the front, which should actually be on a turret, instead just sits static on the front, always facing forwards and slightly downwards. And when the main gun's slanting downwards and it's already that low, Megatron better hope his enemies are ants or he's cooked. Really, the front treads are the only thing good about the mold in this mode. The colors are great, though-- black, red, and silver are certainly G1 Megatron's colors, and they all fit together very nicely on this toy, not to mention they're great for a tank as well. Megatron also has plenty of mechanical mold detailing and a fair amount of paint detailing, too, but he could use some more paint of the front portion of the tank mode.
    Megatron's robot mode looks much, much better, though it better after that pitiful tank mode. His proportions are pretty nice, with only two exceptions-- his head is a bit on the small side (though it's an excellent sculpt), and the lower arms are too small compared to the beefy upper arms. Those small quibbles aside, though, it's a great robot mode. The asymmetrical chest design looks especially cool, and I like how the main gun in tank mode becomes his famous arm-gun here-- however, the peg that holds the gun to his arm is rather loose, so the gun falls off far too easily. His large over-the-shoulder gun is also boss, and he can hold it in his hand as well if you so desire. The rest of his main tank gun "turret" becomes a shield that he can hold in his other arm, though he can't really hold it like a shield due to the peg placement. Megatron has pretty good articulation-- he can move at the shoulders, elbows, wrists, head, waist, hips (at three points), and knees. Unfortunately, in an very annoying QA oversight, his joint pegs that rotate his lower legs slightly below the hips are VERY rigid, and snap off if you don't hold both parts of the upper leg very carefully when moving it. Also, the tabs that hold his shoulders to his main body are a bit loose, though this isn't as big of a problem as the aforementioned joint pegs. Megatron's diecast parts, if you're wondering, are his main body and lower legs.
    War Within Megatron is a big dissapointment for such a fan-favorite character, with an extremely poor tank mode that looks very little like it did in the comics and a robot mode that looks great, but has some annoying QA problems. One of the least-recommended of the 6" Titaniums-- poor Megs, he just can't get a good toy in this line...

Review by Beastbot

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