Megatron (BW)/toys

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A smile that launched a thousand schemes.

The Megatron from Beast Wars has many toys, yeeess.

Toys

Beast Wars

It appears to be a harmless Earth creature!
  • Optimus Primal VS Megatron! (Basic Class 2-pack, 1996)
    • Takara ID number: VS-6
    • Accessories: Gun/tail
The initial version of Beast Wars Megatron transforms into a green alligator. The toy is a retool of Iguanus with new alligator and robot heads, and no frill. The screw hole for the frill bracket remains. Both toys were released at roughly the same time.
This toy came in a two-pack with the bat-mode Optimus Primal. In Hasbro markets, this duo came with a Beast Wars mini-comic. The Japanese release of the two-pack, dubbed "Amazon Showdown: Convobat VS Megalligator" (アマゾンの対決, Amazon no taiketsu), lacks the comic, but does come with individual character bio cards.
Whether this toy can be considered the Beast Wars Megatron character as seen in the primary fiction is a matter of debate. Released before the beginning of the animated series, which established Megatron as a separate entity from Generation 1 Megatron, the accompanying profiles and mini-comic imply the Beast Wars to be a direct progression of the Autobot/Decepticon war.
This mold was additionally used to make the purple-recolored Megaligator (indicated to be Generation 1 Megatron), and the Iguanus version was used for Crazybolt. It was also proposed for Albitron, but never saw production.


Don't call him Barney.
  • Megatron (Ultra Class, 1996)
    • Takara ID number: D-1
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
This Megatron transforms into a purple, green, and yellow organic Tyrannosaurus rex. He has very limited articulation in beast mode, located mostly in his legs and the shoulders of his beast mode arms. In addition, he has a water squirter in his dinosaur mouth, which is activated when pulling back on the upper part of his head, opening his jaw, which in turn pulls back on the pump inside his tongue. His thigh-shells can also extend out from the body to fire spring-loaded, anchor-shaped projectiles.
In robot mode, he features two bat-like wing adornments on either side of his head that wrap around to become his mutant head. In addition to his water squirter (now located as his right) and his hip-mounted launchers, his left arm (made up of the dinosaur tail) contains a spring-loaded pincer gimmick that is activated by pushing and pulling on a black lever on his elbow. The water bladder for the squirting gimmick is contained inside a removable throat/tongue section, allowing for the user to fill it with water. The plug located on the top, covering the hole used to fill the bladder, and the pump inside the tongue are both highly susceptible to deteriorating due to the rubbery plastic used; crumbling to dust with age.
The Takara release features no changes from the Hasbro version. This mold was also used to make the Beast Machines Dinobot T-Wrecks.


Megatron, master of manspreading.
  • Strongest Beast Showdown: Convoy VS Megatron (VS pack, 1997)
    • ID number: VS-1
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
In Japan, Ultra Megatron was available both individually and in a very large "Strongest Beast Showdown" (最強ビーストの対決, saikyō bīsuto no taiketsu) two-pack with Ultra "Convoy".
Both toys are identical to their individual releases.


  • Megaligator (1997)
    • ID number: D-6
    • Accessories: Gun/tail
In Japan, the Basic Class gator Megatron toy was also sold as an individual toy, as well as in a VS pack with Optimus.
The individual release is identical to the two-pack version, which is in turn identical to the Hasbro version.


A small, non-transforming micro-figure of Megatron in his alligator body came with the MicroVerse Arachnid playset.


  • Megatron (199?)
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
A gold chrome redeco of Ultra Class Tyrannosaurus Megatron. It was a Japanese exclusive Lucky Draw figure, and at least ten were made.


Ducky not included. Bummer. (Hasbro version pictured)
I'm the one that doesn't crumble in your hands. (Takara version pictured)
  • Megatron (Mega Class Transmetal, 1998)
    • Takara ID number: D-40
    • Accessories: Tail/whip
The third Beast Wars Megatron toy transforms from a mechanical Tyrannosaurus to an organic robot mode. As with all Transmetal toys, he has a 'third' vehicle mode; roller skates fold out of his feet and his turbines flip open. These modifications can also be deployed in robot mode. In robot mode, his tail becomes a flexible, segmented cutlass weapon. He can either hold it or it can be stored at his side on the connector piece it was attached to when in beast mode.
The Hasbro release of this figure was in gold, dark brown, and silver. The Hasbro release is known for being remarkably fragile — the deep brown plastic used for Megatron's waist and torso is prone to eventual breakage due to stress fractures. This has often been mistaken for a form of Gold Plastic Syndrome, but is really more of a design flaw coupled with weak plastics. The Takara version, which used a different plastic, does not have this problem. The Hasbro version had three different variants all based on the shade used for the transmetal parts, some were pink, some purple and others a darker blue purple.
The Japanese version, "Metals Megatron", is slightly different. The Japanese version uses black instead of the brown of the Hasbro version, a light gray for the beast mode hands, tail, and skates instead of the metallic silver of the Hasbro release, and the copper has a darker, more reddish tint as well.
This mold was retooled to make Armada Predacon.


  • Fateful Showdown: Metals Convoy VS Metals Megatron (VS pack, 1999)
    • ID number: VS-40
    • Accessories: Tail/whip
In Japan, Metals Megatron was available both individually and in a "Fateful Showdown" (宿命の対決 shukumei no taiketsu) two-pack with Metals Convoy. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.


  • Silver Megatron (Mega Class Transmetal, 199?)
    • ID number: D-40
    • Accessories: Tail/whip
A silver version of Metals Megatron was made available as a Lucky Draw figure. Five were produced for individual sale, while more were made available in a variant of the above VS pack with Gold Convoy.[1]



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Don't call him Puff, either.
  • Megatron (Ultra Class Transmetal 2, 1999)
    • Takara ID number: D-47
    • Accessories: Three missiles
The final version of Beast Wars Megatron transforms into a mostly mechanical dragon, with articulation in his legs, little dragon arms and his flexible, rubber neck with vacuum metallized overlapping plates attached on top. The neck is flexible and controlled via a small lever located at its base. This lever is installed backwards due to factory error—it can be used to lock the dragon neck in place, but must first be unscrewed and reattached correctly. The projectiles stored in his wings can be fired from a spring-loaded launcher inside his dragon's mouth. The tail is also flexible, and becomes a helmet for Megatron's already-helmeted head in robot mode.
In robot mode, Megatron resembles a winged demon, appropriate given his characterization. His chest is dominated by a small cockpit with a control chair inside (see #Notes). Megatron's dragon neck and head replaces his left arm, with an additional missile launcher above his helmet. His spark crystal, colored purple, is located on his dragon mode's right pectoral.
Transmetal 2 Megatron has a half-hearted "transportation" mode, which involves deploying wheels from his heels, then folding his legs up parallel with his body, so that he can roll around on the ground. This is one purpose for the the aforementioned neck-locking mechanism, so the dragon can look straight ahead as it rolls. The original commercial for the toy mistransforms this mode, making it look like Megatron scoots around on his knees.
The Takara "Metals Dragon Megatron" version features no differences to the Hasbro release. This mold was also used to make Robots in Disguise Cryotek.

Beast Machines

He's a flasher! Mangle!
  • Megatron (Mega Class, 2000)
Part of the second wave of Beast Machines Mega Class toys, the first Beast Machines incarnation of Megatron was based on his Transmetal 2 dragon form, but with cues from his Beast Machines design added, specifically the gilded control helmet and the wrapping cape. A compartment on his chest can be lifted to reveal a spark chamber with a Vehicon spark crystal, similar to other Beast Machines toys. Other than a robot and dragon mode, a third mode, one that wraps and closes the dragon wings around the robot, mimics the shrouded appearance seen on the television show.


  • Beast Changer (Deluxe Class, 2001)
    • Accessories: Wings (left & right)
The Beast Changer (so called due to Hasbro's inability to secure the Trademark on "Savage Noble") transforms from wolf-creature to dragon-creature (the packaging announces a conversion from "savage beast to noble wolf," a reference to the name Hasbro wasn't able to trademark). A spring-loaded tab on the dragon's head opens his jaws. The toy's spark crystal has its own unique symbol, a merger of the Beast Machines Maximal and Vehicon logos. Its spark-action gimmick is a wind-up spinning claw attack.


  • Megatron (Ultra Class, 2001)
Around December of 2000, the online retailer BigBadToyStore put up a list of upcoming Transformers product from Hasbro.[2] Although the main point of interest was a Transtech assortment listing, it revealed several tail-end and unreleased Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark toys, including an Ultra Class Megatron. And that is literally all we know about it. The end.
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.
Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.

Proceed on your way to oblivion.
This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Robotmasters

"Utahraptor, maybe in an alternate timeline I'm being less of a jerk right now, but that's just rampant speculation, okay?"
  • Beast Megatron (2004)
    • ID number: RM-02
    • Accessories: Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile
Robotmasters Beast Megatron is a simplified version of the 1996 Ultra Beast Wars Megatron. Much smaller, having a very similar transformation and a sculpt resembling the television series CGI model, but a paint scheme similar to the original toy. The tail/claw weapon was now removeable, revealing a robot fist which the tail/claw weapon could clamp around. He also came with a small laser rifle.


  • Beast Megatron Limited Black Version (2005)
    • ID number: RM-02
    • Accessories: Claw/tail, missile launcher, missile, Sacred-Cut Sword "Gazan" blade
Available only via mail-order through Hyper Hobby magazine, the "Limited Black Version" of Beast Megatron is just that: a straight black repaint of the Beast Megatron toy. He comes with all his original accessories, appropriately redecoed, as well as a gold-chromed version of the "Sacred-Cut Sword 'Gazan'" Solitarium weapon that came with Air Hunter.


Beast Wars Returns

This release is the almost the same as the Hasbro Beast Machines Mega Class toy; one sprue of red plastic is darker, and the dragon's wing claws are reversed.


  • Noble Savage (April 14, 2005)
    • ID number: BR-11
    • Accessories: Wings (left & right)
A toy version of Savage/Noble and a redeco of Deluxe Class Beast Changer, he transforms from a wolf-creature to a dragon creature, with no robot mode. The difference lies in that select red plastic parts were changed to a blue color.


You will have to pay a lot for this, yessss...
  • Megahead Megatron (April 14, 2005)
    • ID number: BR-12
    • Accessories: Missile
This is a Japanese-exclusive redeco of Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class Megabolt Megatron and transforms into a head-shaped spider tank, based on the Grand Mal design. A gear-wheel mechanism moves the legs up and down as the tank mode is pushed along. Pressing the spark crystal on the tank's top opens its jaw and fires a spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, this swings the entire cannon assembly up over the robot's head, along with a "battle mask".
If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket to the Fortress Maximus main body. Though this is likely unintended, it is pointed out here as an extra play feature.
This mold was also used to make Megabolt.


Timelines

My face defies all photographic lighting!
  • Darksyde Megatron (BotCon 2006 Convention Souvenir two-pack)
    • Accessories: Large missile, projectile, spring-loaded shield/multi-tool arm, claw attachment, hammer attachment, Golden Disk key
Representing Megatron before his crash on Earth, Timelines Megatron is a retool and redeco of the Cybertron Ultra Class Cybertron Defense Red Alert toy, and transforms into a large, purple military vehicle similar to a cross between a Russian R-400 Oka mobile ballistic missile launcher and a BTR-90 armoured personnel carrier. The missile can be slid off from its holder, and the left side of his vehicle mode has a flip-up non-firing double-blaster, which can also be "used" in robot mode. Inserting the Golden Disk key (that's marked with the Predacon symbol) into the rear of the missile pops it in half and exposes the inner spring-loaded projectile-launching "laser cannon".
Megatron comes with a shield that can be mounted on either arm, and when a Key is inserted into the top, a cannon barrel/multi-tool arm flips out that can be equipped with several tools stored in his shins (a spring-loaded hammer-head or a gripping claw). He has two (nonfunctional) Mini-Con Powerlinx hardpoints in vehicle mode, and two different hardpoints in robot mode. The electronics that were previously present in this mold were removed for this release, and all samples of this toy have the space for the robot-mode head manually (and sometimes messily) carved open wider at the top in order to allow the new head to move freely between modes.
Megatron was an at-show souvenir for BotCon 2006, coming in a two-pack with Waspinator.
This mold was also used to make Universe Countdown.


Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

"Grape-faces don't give up, they conquer!"
  • Megatron (Beast Wars 10th Anniversary, 2006)
    • Accessories: Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key, "Predacon ship" figurine
For the 10th Anniversary of Beast Wars, Hasbro created an all-new Deluxe-size tooling based mostly upon his original 1996 Tyrannosaurus form, but with technorganic detailing. When a Cyber Key is inserted into his ass tail, it opens up to reveal a missile launcher.
He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of IDW Publishing's The Gathering #1, a small figurine of the Darksyde (named on the packaging as "Predacon ship"), and a Jungle Planet style Cyber Key without a Cyber Key Code stamped on it. On its packaging, "Predacon" is misspelled as "Preadcon", but a sticker was placed over it with the proper spelling.[3] The sculpts for both leader toys were intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to Aaron Archer's statements at BotCon 2005).
This mold was redecoed into Cybertron Megatron, BotCon 2010 Cindersaur, and United Beast Megatron.


  • Optimus Primal vs. Megatron (Multipack, 2006)
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
The same figures as the Beast Wars Reborn two-pack released in the United States as a Toys"R"Us exclusive and packaged with "Possession". (Oddly, the box art is a re-use from that of the previous 10th Anniversary new-mold deluxe, an entirely different body design.)


Beast Wars Reborn

Is it me, or does his tail-weapon-thing have teeth?
  • Convoy vs Megatron (2006)
    • ID number: BWR-01
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
For the 10th Anniversary of Beast Wars, Takara retooled the original 1996 Ultra-sized Megatron toy, giving him a new head sculpt and a new paint scheme based upon the appearance of the CGI model used in the Beast Wars television series.
This figure came packaged with a version of the 1996 Ultra-sized Optimus Primal which was also retooled and redecoed in the same manner.


Beast Wars Telemocha Series

"While you'll be busy looking for your precious golden bananas and flea-bitten friends, I'll be preparing my lizard flavored surprise, yeeeesssss."
  • Megatron (Deluxe, 2007)
    • ID number: TM-02
    • Accessories: Claw/tail
A redeco of Robotmasters Megatron, with extensive paint details based upon the larger Ultra class Beast Wars Reborn reissue. He came packed with a DVD of the Japanese dub version of "Equal Measures".


Running out of caption ideas for same boring things rehashed over and over!
  • DX Megatron (Ultra, 2007)
    • ID number: TM-SP
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
An extensive show-accurate redeco of the original Ultra-class Megatron mold, even more so than the Reborn toy—without the recently remolded show-accurate head. He came with a DVD containing the Japanese dub version of the two-part episode "The Trigger".


United

And don't you dare call him Grimlock.
  • Beast Megatron (February 25, 2012)
    • ID number: UN-31
    • Accessories: Gun/tail, missile, Jungle Planet Key
Part of the sixth wave of United toys, "Beast Megatron" is a dark purple redeco of the Deluxe Class Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron toy, and is the first release of the mold in Japan.
Like the 5th and 6th wave figures, Beast Megatron's package feature a sticker that said "limited quantity (数量限定)", indicating that this figure is released in limited numbers after its first and only shipment.


Generations

Combiner Wars

This nonsense body.
  • Megatron (BotCon 2016 souvenir)
    • Accessories: 2 missiles, 2 launchers
Released as a souvenir figure for BotCon 2016, Combiner Wars Megatron is a redeco/retool of the 2001 Robots in Disguise Ultra Class Megatron/Galvatron mold, which was based on an unused concept by 3H Productions. It features a new head and paint scheme based on Transmetal 2 Megatron from the original Beast Wars cartoon. The snout piece which folds out from under the robot mode head for the original release's bat mode was removed in order to provide clearance for the new head, effectively reducing by one the number of modes to which this release is capable of converting. Despite this, the bat mode is still represented in the (microscopically tiny) instructions. His hand mode, and presumably those of the mold's other uses, can coincidentally hold the same year's Rubber Ducky souvenir.
The robot mode chest sports a Dinobot spark crystal instead of a Predacon one, possibly because the Dinobot spark crystal is the only version of that tooling which remains. Additionally, the factory neglected to paint the dragon mode's eyes—while accidental, this is fitting since the last time Megatron had a red dragon body, as "Beast Changer" (see above), he was also eyeless in dragon mode. Fun Publications provided eye stickers and a spark crystal-sized Predacon symbol sticker on that year's Magnaboss sticker sheet.
This mold was also used to make Timelines Deathsaurus.


War for Cybertron: Kingdom

The alpha and omega; the beginning and the end; the one who knocks...
  • Megatron (Beast) (Leader Class, 2020)
    • Hasbro ID number: WFC-K10
    • TakaraTomy ID number: KD-04
    • TakaraTomy release date: April 24, 2021
Part of the first wave of War for Cybertron: Kingdom Leader Class toys, "Megatron (Beast)" is a 7.5-inch-tall toy that transforms from a robot mode based on Megatron's original appearance into a "realistic" Tyrannosaurus rex seemingly inspired by the Jurassic Park school of design. Though Megatron does not come with any fire blast effects, blast effects from other toys can be attached inside his dinosaur mode mouth. While he features a left hand underneath the tail weapon in robot mode, the tail weapon cannot be detached from his forearm.
Most of the beast mode shell is cast in a rubbery PVC plastic material, likely to enhance the texture of the dinosaur mode as well as assist the part-clashing transformation. The beast mode itself is well articulated, especially with thigh pieces on a slider to ensure vertical hip-movement, as well as spring-loaded pieces around his neck to prevent the sculpt from breaking up too much while posing.
Stock photos of his robot mode are mistransformed: the bottom of his tail is not flipped out, while the back kibble and thigh armor are not rotated correctly (though the latter does allow for improved hip movement). The TakaraTomy stock photos also show the figure with different colors, similarly to what happened with the Earthrise Allicon: all the robot mode purple bits are cast in a deep burgundy plastic, while the robot face is red. Newer pics were shown a few days later, showing the correct color scheme. Official Hasbro stock photography also depicts the red face.
Megatron comes with a random Golden Disk card that "reveals a possible destiny of a key character", with each character having three possible destiny variants.
In January 2021, a variant of the figure was discovered featuring a different face sculpt with the same grimace as the original toy.[4]

Legends

As far as dual Megatrons go, I think we all prefer the dragon.
  • G2 Megatron (2018-02-24)
    • ID number: LG63
    • Accessories: Fusion cannon, rifle, Headmaster, Noble Partner Drone
Legends G2 Megatron is a redeco of Titans Return Voyager Class Megatron in Generation 2 Megatron's "Hero" colors. It transforms from robot to tank to plane reminiscent of his Machine Wars counterpart and back. Megatron comes with a Headmaster module that becomes his head. He also comes with Noble, who is redecoed from Fangry's drone accessory.
Like all Voyager Class Titans Return molds, he has a pair of pop-up parts to fill in the area around his head; in this case, a pair of missile racks. This version of the mold retains the retooling that includes a pivoting assembly for better range of movement. Due to the nature of his transformation, it is possible to transform Megatron into tank mode without removing his head.
His fusion cannon can plug into the short barrel of the tank turret or the rifle/Headmaster vehicle weapon. In an undocumented additional feature, the rifle can be inserted into the front end of the fusion cannon. The fusion cannon can be mounted on his forearm or held by any figure with 5mm hands. It also has a peg hole that an accessory such as his rifle can plug into, with extra square peg holes specifically to hold the rifle in place.
In fiction, this toy represents a transtector body initially owned by Beast Wars Megatron before coming into Generation 1 Megatron's possession.


Masterpiece

I'll just take your money for you, yesss...
  • Megatron (Beast Wars) (March 30, 2019)
    • ID number: MP-43
    • Accessories: Laser effect part, smiling face, grimacing face, rifle, toothbrush, dinosaur tail/weapon, 2 dinosaur thighs/hip armor pieces, 2 shoulderpads, dinosaur belly/backplate, base adapter (beast mode) base adapter (robot mode), base adapter (robot back)
Depicting his original pre-Transmetal organic body, Masterpiece Megatron transforms from a show accurate robot to a show accurate Tyrannosaurus rex, with the latter in particular being far more detailed and show-accurate than any previous toy of the character in beast mode. He comes with extra faceplates: alongside his regular, serious face, he can also have a tooth-clenched grimacing face or a smiling face. His T. rex head features articulated eyes with show-accurate yellow irises and pupils that can be hidden by rolling them into his skull to give him fully red "inactive" eyes as his robot mode hand/arm cannon, reminiscent of the original toy. He also comes with a laser effect part that plugs into the T. rex mouth, a hunting rifle (as seen in "Call of the Wild"), and a toothbrush to recreate the scene in "Before the Storm" where he is seen brushing his T. rex head/right hand's teeth. To further recreate the scene, all his dinosaur mode kibble can be stripped off to complete Megatron's not-fighting look. Finally, he comes with stand adapter pieces to assist with multiple action poses, compatible with the stand that comes with Masterpiece Dinobot: it can be configured for Megatron's robot and dinosaur modes, and can also recreate the scene in "Call of the Wild" where Optimus Primal lifts him overhead each using a unique adapter. Both of Megatron's modes feature insane poseability, and the figure is kept stable via die-cast parts in the feet; despite this, the hip swivel joint in robot mode is quite loose and it's quite easy to knock him around. Additionally, he is the largest Beast Wars Masterpiece figure.
Megatron comes with a voice gimmick with newly recorded lines by Shigeru Chiba, activated by pressing the T. rex forehead. He features three sets of sound clips: one for beast mode, one for robot mode, and one consisting of laser blast sounds, which can be cycled through by holding down the T. rex forehead button. Some of the clips feature guest appearances by NAVI-ko, Blackarachnia, and even a snippet of "War War! Stop It".[5]
With a MSRP of 35,000 yen (approximately 315 USD), this figure had the highest initial price of any mass retail Hasbro or Takara Transformers toy (as opposed to convention exclusives, contest prizes, statues, etc.) until MP-44 Convoy. Originally scheduled for release on January 26, 2019, Megatron was delayed to March 30. The toy was exported to Asian and English-speaking markets by Hasbro, with an additional slipcover over the box and a small battery installation/safety sheet in English.
For a toy this expensive, that transforms largely by stacking piles of folded-up beast bits on top of each other, owners should take significant care in watching out for stress marks in the plastic, especially the crotch section. The Japanese instructions take the unusual step of warning buyers of the best ways to handle the shoulder and waist movements to avoid breakage. Furthermore, said beast bits aren't guaranteed to hold tight together in beast mode, and must be aligned perfectly to avoid gaps; some of this can be remedied by removing Megatron's right shoulder pad, which would otherwise be completely hidden in beast mode and frees up more space for the skin panels to lock together. There have also been reports of loose waist joints.
In Hasbro Asia markets, Megatron would have come with a collector coin mounted in a card modeled after his distinctive chest design. The coin appears to have been canceled, presumably due to the fact that, like Shadow Panther, both the coin and the fold-out interior of the card it's mounted on depict the Maximal sigil rather than the Predacon one.[6] The existence of this coin was discovered when some of them found their way onto the secondary market.
Need a Rubber Ducky to scale with it? Go for Quackles.

Vintage Beast Wars

  • Megatron (2021)
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Beast Wars, the original 1996 Ultra Class Megatron was reissued under the Vintage Beast Wars lineup. Megatron features all the same accessories and functionality as the original toy but differs slightly in deco, having a more vibrant and saturated purple shade to the beast mode shells, and a lack of silver paint on his robot head.
Much like Vintage G1, Megatron is packaged in a box styled after the original Beast Wars toy packaging, package art and all. Also similar to Vintage G1, the time disparity since the original release has the toy reasonably set at double the price of the toy's 1996 release and is exclusive to Walmart in the United States.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Merchandise

Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game

Bright colors are for the weak.
  • Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)
Megatron was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.


Kabaya

  • Megatron (candy toy kit, 1997)
A tiny plastic Megatron figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 2 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Cheetor, Rattrap, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

Metal Monument

  • Metal Monument Megatron (TAKARA, 1999)
As the name suggests, the product is a die-cast statue of Megatron. The head is convertible/removable in order to change the normal one with the battle mask/mutant head. The box art and the design of the product are both done by Hirofumi Ichikawa.

McDonald's

Looks good enough to drink.
  • Megatron (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2000)
    • McNumber: 3
Transforms from cloaked robot mode to a very weak dragon mode. Much of the toy is made of translucent plastic, and he uses light piping to light up the spark crystal on his dragon mode's tummy. He doesn't do it very well, though—you sorta have to hold him up sideways to the light and hope it's working.


Red Rooster

  • Megatron (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2001)
The McDonald's Happy Meal Megatron was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain. Like the other three toys, it came in four color schemes. He was also retooled to remove the light piping on the original. Strangely enough, the toy was labeled as "Nightscream" on the plastic baggy it came in.


Titanium Series

I have two heads: My robot mode one, and my dino, who looks really hungry.
  • Beast Wars Megatron (3" Robot Master, 2006)
    • Accessories: Stand
For the Titanium Series, the initial 3" Megatron toy was based off his 1996 Ultra version. He's kind of squat.
The toy features five points of articulation, including shoulders and head articulation. His dino-arm even features a 'wrist' and an articulated jaw. Despite his waist being a connection point it does not swivel.
Megatron features an enormous amount of paint for such a small toy, including cute little red eyes, and paint washes on most of his dinosaur features.


3D Battle-Card Game

"I dare you not to make fun of me."
  • Predacon Megatron (2007)
A 52-point "rare" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Megatron "transforms" into a purple approximation of a T. rex. He uses the same parts layout as Grimlock and Cruellock, although his robot mode is assembled differently. Megatron is nominally the leader of the Decepticons in the set.


Robot Heroes

Such a cute megalomaniac.
  • Rattrap vs. Megatron (2008)
Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron comes packaged with Rattrap. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.


He has the Golden Disk, he has the power to change the future, and the only obstacle in the way of his path to unimaginable glory... is being two inches tall.
  • Silverbolt vs. Megatron (2008)
Part of the "Beast Wars Series," Megatron (based on his Transmetal form) comes packaged with Silverbolt. Megatron holds the Golden Disk in a special tail attachment seen in the episode "Code of Hero". He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.


Jollibee

Don't you get it? You see the hat!? I am Mrs. Nesbitt!
  • Megatron (Jollibee Kids Meal, 2009)
    • Accessories: Con Pencil Point Vise, wing unit
Inexplicably released nine years later as part of a Jollibee promotion, Megatron is a greatly simplified version of his Beast Machines Mega toy. He includes a stand sculpted with the franchise logo which has room to hold a pencil.


Tiny Titans

  • Beast Wars Megatron (Tiny Titans, 2015)
    • Series: 3
    • Number: 8/12
Part of the third assortment of Tiny Titans blindpacks, this version of Megatron is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.
He includes a collectible card that renders him in the 2015 Robots in Disguise styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

Notes

Transmetal 2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!
Everyone wished this happened. And it has!
  • Early in Beast Wars development, Hasbro conceived sea turtle toys of Megatron (using a mold concept similar to Snapper) to go with "Optimus Prime" as a manta. While the turtle Megatron toy never happened, a parallel dragonfly toy of Megatron ultimately became the McDonald's toy Beetle. Had IDW's Beast Wars Sourcebook not solidified Beetle as a separate individual, the toy could possibly have gone on this page.
  • Primal's gorilla mode paired against Megatron's Tyrannosaurus rex mode was inspired by the showdown in King Kong.
  • The concept art for the original Ultra class figure is largely the same, except the left arm houses an open three clawed hand. This idea would be revisited for 10th Anniversary Megatron.
  • Hasbro originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX, Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno."
  • Originally, Transmetal 2 Megatron, along with Optimal Optimus and Tigerhawk, was to have a small driver-like figure sitting on control chair located in the cockpit on his body. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. Hasbro later realized that kids could confuse these spark representations as pilots controlling the robots, so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remain. The spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of Cryotek.
  • A retool of 2001 Robots in Disguise Megatron as a post-Beast Machines Megatron was proposed by 3H for OTFCC 2005, but this idea went unused when 3H forfeited the license to Fun Publications. It would have had a Rubber Ducky accessory. Fun Publications revived the concept (sans duck) as a pre-Beast Wars Megatron for BotCon 2016.
  • Per Hasbro's modern practice of "pretooling" heads for possible figures, Generations: Fall of Cybertron Voyager Class Grimlock was designed with an alternate head as Transmetal Megatron. A prototype sporting the alternate head sculpt surfaced in early 2013.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Tweet by @kongoriki
  2. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20001206140100/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/news.asp
  3. ↑ Sticker covering a typo on Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Megatron's packaging with correct "Predacon" spelling.
  4. ↑ "Kingdom Megatron head variant?" at TFW2005
  5. ↑ Video showcasing the hidden voice clips.
  6. ↑ TFW2005.com - The Masterpiece Cards & Coins Thread
  7. ↑ "Generations Beast Wars Megatron - Fall of Cybertron Grimlock Remold" at TFW2005
  8. ↑ "Generations 30th Anniversary Beast Wars Megatron New Images" at TFW2005
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