Transformers Legacy toyline

Haywire

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Given Big Convoy’s bulk, Hasbro could well go back to the “smaller leader with extra junk” angle we saw with Coronation Starscream or many of the WfC Leaders. As the “One Robot Army”, I don’t think it’d be a stretch to see Hasbro throw in a bunch of weapons.

Magnus Primal? Maximus Prime/Primal? Loxodonus Prime? Mammus Prime/Primal?

If they gave him a ton of extra weapons, they could do a portmanteau of 'Mammoth' and 'Armory'... Mammory Maximus!
 

PrimalxConvoy

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If they gave him a ton of extra weapons, they could do a portmanteau of 'Mammoth' and 'Armory'... Mammory Maximus!

Sounds too much like this...
 

PrimalxConvoy

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I just got Legacy Armada Megatron, as he's a new release in Japan.

WHAT...A...PIECE...OF...SH*T.

The designer responsible for this should lose their job. How can they manage to make the shoulders WORSE than the Combiner Wars or even the original version? I've seen an upgrade kit for it but it's only available via paypal. Why couldn't Hasblo have included this or just added flap at the back of the shoulder, just like the one at the front?

I'm SO annoyed about this sh*tty figure that I might send it back. I certainly won't be getting any repaints of this.

This is possibly the worst Legacy figure to date, IMO.
 
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CoffeeHorse

Exhausted, but still standing.
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The shoulder design really is an issue. No figure to date benefits from that design. Some designer just personally likes it and is shoving it where it doesn't belong.

I don't think it ruins Legacy Armada Megatron, but it is dumb and annoying.
 

LordGigaIce

Another babka?
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I just got Legacy Armada Megatron, as he's a new release in Japan.

WHAT...A...PIECE...OF...SH*T.

The designer responsible for this should lose their job. How can they manage to make the shoulders WORSE than the Combiner Wars or even the original version? I've seen an upgrade kit for it but it's only available via paypal. Why couldn't Hasblo have included this or just added flap at the back of the shoulder, just like the one at the front?

I'm SO annoyed about this sh*tty figure that I might send it back. I certainly won't be getting any repaints of this.

This is possibly the worst Legacy figure to date, IMO.
This too shall pass.
 

Gizmoboy

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The shoulder design really is an issue. No figure to date benefits from that design. Some designer just personally likes it and is shoving it where it doesn't belong.

I don't think it ruins Legacy Armada Megatron, but it is dumb and annoying.
This. I still think he's a cool figure with an annoying shoulder design, but I don't regret getting him.
 

Salt-Man Z

that is not dead which can eternal lie
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All I know re: all this BW2 Galvatron talk is: (1) He's still one of my favorite toys ever, and (2) mine has acquired a small handful of busted ratchets, broken clips, etc. over the years, so I would like a new, modern take on him, pretty please.
 
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LordGigaIce

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Citizen
Some designer just personally likes it and is shoving it where it doesn't belong.
So according to the Wiki it doesn't appear there was much designer crossover between the Laser Prime mould and the Armada Megatron mould in Legacy. Now take that with a grain of salt because it's the Wiki and their info could be incomplete. Still, it doesn't appear as if they share a principal designer who forced the same shoulder design in.

It might just be one way they do shoulders in general, and they haven't caught on that it's unpopular.
 

LordGigaIce

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Imagine getting that mad over a literal children's toy like goddamn seriously please go outside. It's literally not that bad.
Related to this... I was a kid when Armada came out, I had the original Armada Megatron, and still have him.

When I got Legacy Armada Megs I had some serious flashback moments. Sure, he doesn't have all of the original's gimmicks but the thing is so lovingly sculpted after the original that I found myself trying to activate them via muscle memory. I've had the original for so long that and this thing was so accurate to it that it tricked my monkey brain into thinking it was the same thing multiple times when I first handled it!

That- and being able to do things with this classic design like bend his knees(!)- just brought out a sense of childhood joy in me. Yeah the shoulders aren't what I would have done but it's such a small gripe compared to everything awesome that toy does that I can't fathom...

... what's that? Doesn't have his knife hand?

0/10
Worst toy ever
Burn Hasbro and TakaraTomy to the ground and shame the survivors in the town square!
 

Shadewing

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Related to this... I was a kid when Armada came out, I had the original Armada Megatron, and still have him.

When I got Legacy Armada Megs I had some serious flashback moments. Sure, he doesn't have all of the original's gimmicks but the thing is so lovingly sculpted after the original that I found myself trying to activate them via muscle memory. I've had the original for so long that and this thing was so accurate to it that it tricked my monkey brain into thinking it was the same thing multiple times when I first handled it!

That- and being able to do things with this classic design like bend his knees(!)- just brought out a sense of childhood joy in me. Yeah the shoulders aren't what I would have done but it's such a small gripe compared to everything awesome that toy does that I can't fathom...

... what's that? Doesn't have his knife hand?

0/10
Worst toy ever
Burn Hasbro and TakaraTomy to the ground and shame the survivors in the town square!

Yeah the lack of Knife, even as an accessory, is honestly my biggest complaint/annoyance with the mold.
 

wonko the sane?

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While I agree, if only for nostalgia's sake, that they didn't even include the combat knife as like a peg accessory is a huge shame and a massive oversight.

But he's a literal ******* TANK. If he has to resort to a KNIFE!!! he's not only failed as a soldier, he's failed as ******* artillery.
 

Princess Viola

Dumbass Asexual
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The worst thing I would say about Legacy Armada Megatron is part of his tank barrel being a separate piece that gets knocked off too easily.

No I'm not saying that because I lost that piece so now my damn Megatron is circumcized until I find it. I know where it came off as I was moving the toy, I just haven't gotten around to looking for it yet.
 

Sabrblade

Continuity Nutcase
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I literally just bought the Legacy Megatron shoulder upgrade kit last week at TFCon Orlando. SamMakesToys was there and he was selling the kits for a measly ten bucks.

Also, Aaron Archer held a panel that weekend at which he talked about the design for the original Armada Megatron. He mentioned that, among the design inspirations for Armada Megatron were G2 green tank Megatron, Transtech Megatron, and Beast Machines Mega class Tankor. He also revealed that Armada Megatron's shiv is meant to be a poorly-done homage to Takara G1 Megatron's big sword, and that the Megatron/Tidal Wave combination was largely done on the Takara side.
 

LordGigaIce

Another babka?
Citizen
The things I love about the knife hand...

It just shows how dedicated Megatron is to combat. Even when all of his cannons are out of amo, even if you take out Tidal Wave, he's got a knife to attack you with.

Also the ONE time it was used in the show was just perfect. He uses it to cut himself free from Optimus' grasp because he knows they can't defeat Unicron unless he dies, and he knows Prime won't let that happen. So out of nowhere... hand knife and he makes the noble sacrifice.

Those two things make the hand knife a vital part of that design for me.
 

unluckiness

Somehow still sane
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I find it awkward about the toy is that they designed a way to hide the face that’s only visible when the tank is flipped over when his shoulders and thighs are in full view.

his facial expression’s weird too.
 
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