Review - ROTF Legends Megatron EZ Collection repaint

[Kyle]

Review - ROTF Legends Megatron EZ Collection repaint
Series - TakaraTomy Transformers Revenge EZ Collection Vol. 2
Size - Legends
New/remould/redeco - redeco
Wave - EZ Collection Vol. 2
Released here - No
Approximate Retail Price - N/A
Approximate Size -
Allegiance - Decepticons
Alt-mode - Cybertronian Tank
Main Features/Gimmicks - None
Main Colours - Dark Metallic Grey
Main Accessories - None
My Difficulty rating (out of 5) - 1
Stability - Very good in tank mode, ok in robot mode
Poseability/articulation - Average for Legends size
Playability - Simple transformation and average playability for a Legends figure.
My Thoughts - Robot mode is darker and "more realistic/metallic" than the original figure, quite nice in person. But at this scale I think I like the shinier clean look and silver of the original figure more (just personal preference). The arms (which turn into turret in tank mode) are dark grey plastics which don't blend in well with the rest of the figure's colour as nice as the lighter grey (and almost silver like) arms on the original figure. This dull looking dark grey also doesn't look good as the turret in tank mode. A decent metallic repaint, but I really wish the turret/arms are painted more like the rest of the figure. I have to say I also prefer the original figure's tank mode. Overall not a bad repaint, but if the turret/arms are painted then I think I will like this repaint much more.
Overall Recommendation Rating (out of 10) - 7 (Buy it)

[5FDP]

Wow... with all those paint apps on the figure and the turret virtually has none, that does look bad. Why not complete the job???

[Vector Prime]

I selected 'buy it only if it's cheap' - already have the Hasbro version and although the Takara one looks great (except they forgot to paint the turret?) - it's not a great figure to start with IMHO.

Dunno if it's an isolated case, but my one has a problem standing up and keeping his balance...