JP GEN Selects Super Megatron

[DELTAprime]

And finally, the last figure from this very old tease has been revealed (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/26378). Generations Select Super Megatron.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-selects-super-megatron-fully-revealed/44683/

[Dimi194]

People seem to be hating on it, but i reckon it actually looks super cool?!

[1AZRAEL1]

Looks cool, but I don't know much about him.

[griffin]

Looks cool, but I don't know much about him.

It's a very obscure character for us westerners, and I think even to Japanese fans (like Euro Gen1 was to us), as it only showed up in couple of short chapters in 1991 in the TV Magazine manga/comic that Viz Media are currently reprinting in English this year (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/TV_Magazine) (which is perfect timing for this toy and that reprint to come out at the same time).
Super Megatron was the rival of Star Convoy - Takara gave us a Star Convoy toy (as part of their Return Of Convoy line of Micromasters (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformers:_Return_o f_Convoy_(toyline))), but not a Super Megatron toy, even though the character designs suggested that it might have been designed with the possibility of being made into a toy.

This Generations Selects toy of Super Megatron does a pretty good "squint and it looks good" homage to a character that never had a toy before in any form (not even a figurine I think)... and TakaraTomy have certainly done a lot of original work to create this toy (like the Seacons) by only recycling a small part of an existing toy (parts of the legs of TM Galvatron). As such, being a one-off toy that has a majority of new parts, it is very expensive, at 6,600yen, which is almost double the price of a regular Voyager (depending on the wildly fluctuating exchange rate, it will end up being AU$90-100).... in September.
It is a TakaraTomyMall exclusive (https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810139768/) like the Generations Selects Star Convoy toy last year, which will mean it will be available through non-Japanese Asian sources, Hasbro Pulse (for those in America), and possibly here at EB Games (if they are still in business over the next few months).

The character design image on the Siebertron website (this one (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:SuperAndUltraMegatron.jpg)) shows Super Megatron on the left in both modes (which is what this toy is based on), and Ultra Megatron on the right in both modes... which I guess leaves the door open to another remould in the future to create Ultra Megatron from this new Super Megatron toy.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

The comic has Super Megatron with another mode tanks modes using the 4 barrels, so wouldn't surprise me if the toy can transform between super/mega modes.

[GoktimusPrime]

The comic has Super Megatron with another mode tanks modes using the 4 barrels, so wouldn't surprise me if the toy can transform between super/mega modes.
That's Ultra Megatron, the next upgrade after Super Megatron.

This was a time when Takara had all but stopped producing Decepticon toys* (as they felt that "heroic" characters would sell better), so they were just making random crap up for the Decepticons. They were recycled characters that were designed to look not too fantastic because they didn't want to take the limelight away from the Autobots, who were the products that were being marketed. This is why in the Transformers Zone OVA the Decepticons (Devastator, Menasor, Predaking, Abominus etc.) were all obscured with those ridiculous costumes. They didn't want to introduce new characters that would make kids want to go out and buy them, but at the same time they didn't want to make the old Decepticons too recognisable so as not to distract the audience from the Autobots.

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*beyond Metro Titan, Metrobomb and the Decepticon Race Track Patrol (that's right, a G1-accurate CHUG Barricade would make sense in both Anglophone and Japanese markets! Do eet!)

[SMHFConvoy]

Let's hope EB is around in September because I'd like to pre-order it.

[shockNwave]

Considering that the legs and arms on this Megatron are a repaint of the arms and legs from TR Galvatron, I'll consider that a big plus. Furthermore, there's something Gundam-like about this guy (another plus). And finally the fact he's the enemy of Star Convoy (once again another plus).

[DELTAprime]

OMP's price is around $145 before shipping. I might see if any of the HK dealers do any better before placing my order. The economy is really screwing with the price of this guy.

[griffin]

The character design image on the Siebertron website (this one (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:SuperAndUltraMegatron.jpg)) shows Super Megatron on the left in both modes (which is what this toy is based on), and Ultra Megatron on the right in both modes... which I guess leaves the door open to another remould in the future to create Ultra Megatron from this new Super Megatron toy.

Looks like the Super Megatron toy has been designed to become Ultra Megatron, with a different chest, face and a tank mode (kinda).

These are the two modes of Super Megatron...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/040801.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/040802.jpg

And these are the Ultra Megatron modes (both robot pics have different faces to the Super Megatron robot photo)...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/040803.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/040804.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/040805.jpg

[hYpNoS]

Well it's easy to work out the face change, its using the galvatron mold so I suspect its just a simple head switch inside a tight looking helmet, question is is it a proper titan master or just a 2 faced block?

Curious as to how the chest can change, its very minor but it does infact change between modes, flip panels?

[SMHFConvoy]

Well it's easy to work out the face change, its using the galvatron mold so I suspect its just a simple head switch inside a tight looking helmet, question is is it a proper titan master or just a 2 faced block?

Curious as to how the chest can change, its very minor but it does infact change between modes, flip panels?

Three faces.

[griffin]

TakaraTomy have tweeted out two promotional images for Super Megatron (https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/1250038846592442368?s=21), with the recently released Star Convoy, showing that they size up well together (even though Star Convoy is a Leader sized toy and Super Megatron is a Voyager sized toy, Megatron has so much added to the toy that it is almost Leader size... making it more worth the Leader sized pricing).

The first image is of Ultra Megatron (has the red patch on the chest) next to Star Convoy.
The second image is of Super Megatron (has grey on both sides of the chest) next to the inner bot of Star Convoy.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/041501.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2020/041502.jpg

[Tranceblade]

The scale is definitely correct. Battlestars details Star Convoy as 45m tall, while Super Megatron is 35m tall.

[Krayt]

Can be ordered through Zing/EB. Just started a thread in Oz News.

[SMHFConvoy]

Pre-ordered.

[griffin]

Still a few weeks away, someone has a Super Megatron in-hand and put it on youtube. Screencaps can be seen here (https://news.tfw2005.com/2020/08/30/takara-tomy-generations-selects-super-megatron-in-hand-images-418376).

[TaZZerath]

Eeeeeee can't wait!

Also, PrimevsPrime has a (very enthusiastic) review up on his youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scCxNBvEHpw)

[SMHFConvoy]

Eeeeeee can't wait!

Also, PrimevsPrime has a (very enthusiastic) review up on his youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scCxNBvEHpw)

I can't watch his reviews for that very reason, also he gets almost everything months in advance.

[TaZZerath]

I can't watch his reviews for that very reason, also he gets almost everything months in advance.

I think he's part of Tenet....

He does get quite excited but also does show when he is disappointed at certain releases too with quality control or other design issues.

The only thing that does stand out for me is the figures very hollow looking pieces but that seems to be the norm now for cost cutting and isn't reducing my own anticipation.

[SMHFConvoy]

I think he's part of Tenet....

He does get quite excited but also does show when he is disappointed at certain releases too with quality control or other design issues.

The only thing that does stand out for me is the figures very hollow looking pieces but that seems to be the norm now for cost cutting and isn't reducing my own anticipation.

It also cuts down assembly time.

[reillyd]

I?m really looking forward to this release and loving the bad-ass new look for Megs. I didn?t ever read the original manga though, so can someone explain the forehead tattoo? Did Megatron get drunk and his friends tattooed him while unconscious?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I?m really looking forward to this release and loving the bad-ass new look for Megs. I didn?t ever read the original manga though, so can someone explain the forehead tattoo? Did Megatron get drunk and his friends tattooed him while unconscious?

It's a common Japanese prank to draw stuff on your passed out friend's face with a permanent marker.

[reillyd]

It's a common Japanese prank to draw stuff on your passed out friend's face with a permanent marker.

I?ve done it myself to friends, and didn?t even know its a foreign tradition! At least with a sharpie marker pen its not permanent.

I don?t have one, but I?ve always wanted to Henna tattoo (its non permanent but they won?t know that, and lasts for weeks) something on a drunk friend. Anyone else has the urge?

Okay, I?m a bad friend.

[ChlorHex]

The only thing that does stand out for me is the figures very hollow looking pieces but that seems to be the norm now for cost cutting and isn't reducing my own anticipation.

The hollowness drives me nuts and so does the lack of hand articulation - I'm too used to 3rd party robots.
Megs does look like a fun figure though.

[Lint]

The hollowness drives me nuts and so does the lack of hand articulation - I'm too used to 3rd party robots.
Megs does look like a fun figure though.

He's built off the chassis of one of the worst Voyagers in recent memory. He'll be a great poseable statue, but I think that's the extent of the fun delivered.