Quote Originally Posted by sideswipes brother
Tiby, did you HAVE to get that thumb scanner and bars on window just because of Megatron?? Man, thats dedication
Just to expand on what Tiby's said - it's a legal requirement for those of us in NSW to have secured storage for Megatron. I personally use a humble mortice lock that I picked up from Bunnings for $20. Much cheaper and it fulfills the legal requirement (though obviously not as secure as a fingerprint scan lock).

Quote Originally Posted by sideswipes brother
for what ive been told is a not up to par toy.
I think that Masterpiece Megatron is an excellent toy. Guns are a sleek alt mode like jets, and like many sleek alt modes they're very challenging to engineer as Transformers because it's a lot trickier to conceal all the robot parts in alt mode. This is compounded when you want the robot mode to be bulky which is what Masterpiece Megatron aims to do.

If you look at the original G1 Megatron toy he transforms into a very _lanky_ robot. Marvel/Sunbow drew him to be bulkier in the comics and cartoon to obviously make him look more imposing and menacing, especially when going toe to toe with Optimus Prime. But of course, artists and animators can ignore the laws of physics, whereas toy engineers cannot. So I think Masterpiece Megatron is really well made considering that it's going from a fairly sleek realistic Walther P-38 transforming into a fairly bulky looking robot.

Click here to view a side-by-side comparison between Masterpiece and G1 Megatron in robot mode. You can see that MP Megatron's robot mode is far 'beefier' whereas G1 Megatron looks like he's bulemic - yet they both transform into the same alt mode (aside from size difference and absence of silencer and stock on MP).

Optimus Prime isn't the same challenge because he's transforming from a bulky truck into a bulky robot. The Decepticon Jets are similarly challenging because they transform from very sleek F-15s into relatively bulky robots. Compared to the MP jets I think that MP Megatron is a better achievement. My main criticism of the MP Megatron toy are the tabs which are fragile and can break easily. Otherwise I think it's a very impressively designed toy.

Click here to read dirge's MP Megatron review.