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Takara microman figures6/11/2023 Die-cast feet and thighs make him quite bottom-heavy and stable. Once in robot mode, his unusual angular face sits atop a chromed and stickered chest, and other robot details are enhanced by stickers visible on the inner parts of his arms and legs. Megatron stands quite tall among his peers, rivaled only by Soundwave in 1984. Photos of early prototypes show an additional hinge that folds the protruding lower receiver up against his abdomen, but unfortunately this feature was omitted in the final production design. His barrel can actually be situated pointing up his back by carefully fitting the tab underneath the die-cast metal swing arm used to mount his robot arm. Contrary to his typical depiction, Megatron’s barrel protrudes straight forward alongside his trigger assembly and lower receiver, making his entire waist jut forward almost an inch in front of his chest and abdomen. Megatron’s transformation is somewhat unusual, using long swing arms to move parts of the gun far from their origin, and forming an asymmetrical robot. All the “spy” accessories are cast in black with user-applied stickers to add some visual detail. Megatron is cast mostly in a swirling silver or black plastic, but the entire slide area is finished in vacuum-metalized “chrome”. The final gun accessory is a combined silencer/flash hider which can be slid over the normal gun barrel. A large black bracket on the right side of the slide allows the scope, itself a detailed replica from the TV show, to be attached. The removable stock came in three rectangular pieces that could attach to the lower rear part of the handgrip. Megatron features a moving trigger that generates a slight click at the end of its pull (where it would have tripped the firing mechanism), and has a strong spring for a realistic and smooth feel. It features a great deal of molded detail, such as an accurate representation of the various safety and magazine eject levers, the lanyard loop on the grip, and even a realistic “WALTHER” banner and the P38 stamping on his receiver. Megatron’s alternate mode is a fairly realistic Walther P38 pistol, albeit approximately 75% the size of the real gun. Megatron was invented by Takashi Matsuda and the US Patent, titled Toy gun convertible into robotic-humanoid form (aka Transformers G1 Megatron) was filed on J(U.S. buyers was a chrome sword that could be tabbed into his hands. This version also included small plastic bullets that could be inserted in the hole on top of the upper receiver, and fired by a spring mechanism using the trigger. This toy included a number of extra accessories, such as a detachable shoulder stock, scope, silencer, and flash hider. He was originally released as MC13 Gun Robo P38 U.N.C.L.E., an upgraded variant on the MC12 Gun Robo P38. Megatron, like many early Transformers toys, originated in the Takara Microman: Microchange line. Movie - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) (119).However, if you can live with this, the set is good - the figures especially so - and if you're a Transformers fan you'll probably ''get'' this immediately. I know that's not what these Micromen were about but to me that level of interchangeability was what made them so much fun. The Mecha-Turtle's legs, for example, should have been 5mm pegged-pieces that could also be used to create stabilisers on the bottle or attached to Mr Grey's power-suit to add new limbs or thrusters. I'd have much preferred to see the toys use more clip-together, pop-in/pop-out pieces. I'm not a big fan of transforming toys like that - I always worry that the joints are going to snap and I think they stifle creativity. Where the older play sets would have emphasised construction and combining, this set is more about flipping piece out and single-purpose transformations. Much as I like this toy, I can understand why collectors weren't hooked by these new ''Micromen.'' This feels much more like a Transformer or Go-Bot than it does the Microman/Micronaut toys of the past. Now I have to address a little bit of a negative and explain why this set doesn't score as well as you might expect it to.
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