Megatron (G1)/toys

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Many toys have been made of Generation 1 Megatron. So many, they have to get their own page!

Generation 1

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  • Megatron (Decepticon Leader, 1984/1985)
    • Japanese ID number: 16
    • Accessories (Hasbro release): Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon"
    • Accessories (Takara release): Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets
Released in the first year of the Transformers toyline, the original Megatron toy began life as the Microman figure "Gun Robo - P38", which transforms into an accurate replica of a Walther P-38 pistol. This Microman figure was available in two forms: a standard version in two color schemes (one grey, one black), and the "Gun Robo - P38 U.N.C.L.E.", outfitted with three distinctive accessories—a scope, a silencer and a stock—that replicate the appearance of the unique, specialized Walther pistol seen in the popular 1960s spy television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. [1] It was the "U.N.C.L.E." version, with all of its special accessories, that was released by Hasbro as Megatron. When the figure is in robot mode, the sight doubles as his signature arm-mounted fusion cannon, but can also be combined with the other attachments to form either a "Particle Beam Cannon" weapons emplacement that Megatron can man, or a "Telescopic Laser Cannon" that connects to the figure as an over-shoulder weapons array. The pieces can also form a turret that a Microman figure can sit on and operate (that's what the tiny handles on Megatron's fusion cannon are for), but this feature was naturally left out of the Transformers version's instructions. Megatron also came with a chromed silver "high-density infrared laser cannon" that plugs into his either of his hands.
The original Microman release of the toy that would be Megatron featured a spring-loaded firing mechanism that allowed the toy to shoot (dangerously small) plastic bullets one at a time from its barrel. A similar launching mechanism was also built into the stock piece, which could launch the bullets when the accessories were configured into their weapons emplacement mode, or attach to Megatron's hip when in robot mode and launch the bullets through his barrel. As with all missile-firing gimmicks, this feature was removed from the Hasbro release of the toy, though the ports into which the bullets were inserted are still present.
Megatron has had several variations, reissues and redecos released down through the years; this article strives to list each distinct edition of the toy under its own respective series. The earliest variation of the toy came in 1985, when (like all toys originally available in 1984) a factory-applied rubsign was added to Megatron's right arm while another version had the rub sign on his left hip guard. Then, the following year, when he was no longer a part of the toy assortment sold at retail, Megatron was made available as a mail-away item in the "Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction" flier packed in with boxed Transformers toys. He cost $21.50 and five robot points.
Perhaps the most significant variant of Megatron released in these early years was the version of the figure released by Takara in Japan (pictured below). Instead of using the Microman "U.N.C.L.E." figure as Hasbro had, Takara released the standard version of the Gun Robo P-38 Microman figure, in its grey color scheme, which featured flat grey plastic on the chest and arms (where Hasbro's toy was chromed), and blue plastic on the inner arms and legs (where Hasbro's was red). Most notably, like that standard Microman figure, Takara's Megatron did not come with the stock, silencer and scope accessories (lacking even the attachment point for his cannon on his right arm), but instead came with a silver-chromed sword and retained his original bullet-firing mechanism. Takara's package art for the figure was an entirely different illustration from the Hasbro version, showing this toy's accessories, but it still erroneously showed the figure with red plastic on its limbs. This coloration was later repurposed by e-Hobby for a new character named Megaplex.


  • Convoy VS Megatron (Multi-pack, 1985)
    • Japanese ID number: VSX
    • Accessories: Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets
In Japan, Megatron was also made available in a special two-pack with Optimus Prime. Both toys were identical to their individual releases. In Megatron's case, that means unchromed gray plastic, blue instead of red, and a functional firing mechanism and sword, instead of the scope, silencer and stock. This box also used an altered version of the individual release's box-art, turning his head sideways to face Prime, as opposed to the original's camera-facing head position.


  • Good Bye Megatron (Multi-pack, 1986)
    • Accessories: Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets, targeting sight/fusion cannon
Megatron was released again as part of a special "Good Bye" set to commemorate his passing (of sorts) in The Transformers: The Movie, packaged with Starscream (who also was now no more). Although it still lacked the chrome seen on the Hasbro version of the toy, this edition of the figure replaced the blue plastic seen on previous Takara releases with Hasbro's show-accurate red, and included the fusion cannon accessory for the first time with a Takara release, complete with the mounting point now added to Megatron's right arm. Though still lacking the silencer and stock, the toy retained its Japanese-exclusive sword accessory and its bullet-firing mechanism, with one modification: The bullets, formerly blue, were now red.
Despite the change to the toy's colors, the box art on this set, the same art used for the Hasbro releases, was recolored to match the blue of the previous releases. Whoops.


Main article: Galvatron (G1)/toys


  • Neutro-Fusion Tank with Megatron (Action Master, 1990)
    • Accessories: Neutro-Fusion Tank, 4 missiles, "twin laser cannon"
Uh-oh! Visual interest!
Megatron returned as an Action Master in 1990, and as with most Action Master figures, he could not transform. His sculpt was based heavily upon the character's animation model design. Megatron is compatible with all other Action Master accessories and vehicles.
He came packaged with the Neutro-Fusion Tank, a large tank vehicle whose hull could transform into a base/gun emplacement, with the turret forming a flight pod. Four "corrosive smoke shell" accessories mounted on both sides of the tank. There are seats for two Action Master figures on the front on either side of the barrel, another seat inside the turret, and four pegs on the back of the tank for standing additional Action Master figures.
The tank's turret can detach and become a "jet throne," which features flip-out wings, and the body of the tank transforms into a missile-launcher battle station. The battle station has two seats on either side behind the missile launchers (non-firing) and a stowing bay in the center for an additional figure.
In a fairly notable omission, Action Master Megatron did not come with the character's iconic fusion cannon accessory. In 1992, however, a Japanese fan sculpted his own cannon accessory, which could plug into the figure's arm using the shoulder screw-hole (seen in the image at right). In a surprising move, Takara gave this cannon their approval and allowed it to be officially sold with their copyright stamp at a Japanese convention [which one?] for only one day, at the price of 2000 yen.


  • Megatron (reissue, 2001)
    • Japanese ID number: 16-S
    • Accessories: Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets
This reissue of the original Megatron figure combines the best aspects of the Hasbro and Takara versions into the most "complete" version of Megatron available at that point. The set features the chromed chest and arms and red plastic of the Hasbro release, and includes the silencer, stock and sight/cannon, while also coming with Takara's sword and functional bullet-firing mechanism.
This reissue was redecoed to make the simultaneously available exclusive "Megatron Black Version" (see below).


  • Megatron Black Version (2001/2009)
    • Japanese ID number: 16-S
    • Accessories: Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets
Where the original Takara Megatron toy made use of one of the two color schemes of the original Microman Gun Robo P38 toy, this redeco of the 2000 reissue Megatron is an homage to the second, black color scheme for the Microman toy. Available exclusively through e-Hobby and pre-orders at BotCon Japan 2000, "Megatron Black Version" features dark gunmetal chrome, black plastic instead of grey, and distinctive brown gun handle-grips, fists and "inner helmet". The chrome replaces the flat black plastic of the original Microman toy, which also had blue plastic on its legs and arms that is here supplanted by Megatron's now-traditional red. The toy was limited to 1000 pieces.
E-Hobby later reissued Megatron Black Version in February, 2009. This release includes a mini-comic explaining the story behind the redeco.


Generation 2

G2 Megatron is always ready for tank combat in one of Earth's many green and purple jungles.
  • Megatron (Decepticon, 1992)
    • Accessories: Rifle, 6 missiles, sight
Owing to the inability of Hasbro to re-release the original Megatron because that toy was a pistol, Generation 2 Megatron was released in 1992 as a large green M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. His main gimmick was a 'lock and load' cannon that can load most of his projectile ammunition, and then fire them one at a time. This was accompanied by electronic sounds (including engine, laser and cannon sound effects) and a voice chip.
In robot mode, Megatron is by the standards of the time, a very large robot, towering over all Generation 2 incarnations of Optimus Prime. His legs were immobile, but he had upper shoulder rotation and elbow joints. His left arm, when raised, activates a laser sound. Pressing down on his head activates his battlecry "Megatron Attack!". His main cannon still functions in this mode.
This mold was slightly redecoed (with new stickers) as Megastorm.


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By this point, the purple had almost completely taken over his body.
  • Megatron (Hero, 1995)
    • Japanese ID number: TRF-2
    • Accessories: Rifle, 2 air-launch missiles
Megatron was released again the following year as Hero Megatron: a smaller, but similarly styled tank based off the M1 Abrams. This Megatron was purple and came with a bellows that fired an air-propelled missile. Both missiles could be kept on Megatron thanks to clips on his turret, which become his robot mode arms... conveniently kinda simulating the "classic" Megatron arm cannon to boot.
Hero Megatron was designed with articulation in mind, so he was loaded with multiple swivel and universal joints, giving him far greater movement compared to his original Generation 2 toy. However, it's really just friction that keeps his joints tight and his parts together in vehicle mode (no pegs or clips) so after a bit of time and play, he turns pretty floppy.
This toy was released in Europe, albeit with a "MEGATRON RULES"-free blank chest sticker, as Archforce. It was also redecoed into Robots in Disguise Bludgeon (which has since been repurposed to become "Shattered Glass" Bludgeon), and retooled to become Reverse Convoy.


He'd be a better shot if he could only see over his hood-chest.
  • Megatron (Go-Bot, 1995)
    • Accessories: Rifle
Part of the second assortment of Go-Bots, this version of Megatron is a mild redeco of the Autobot Blowout, transforming into a 1:64-scale Porsche 959 sports car with through-axle construction. This not only makes him roll exceptionally fast in car mode, but also makes him largely compatible with playsets from the "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" toy-car lines. Megatron and Blowout share the same blue and black inner robot colors, but Megatron uses opaque silver plastic with a shiny metallic silver paint overcoat, as opposed to Blowout's smoky-clear plastic. (All of the toys from the first wave that had transparent plastics were released in this wave with opaques instead; Blowout and Firecracker became new versions of Megatron and Optimus Prime respectively, while Gearhead and Motormouth stayed themselves.)
In Japan, his hood was tampographed with a stylized "T" with the Transformers logo set within the top bar, the same deco that appears on Go-Bots Soundwave and the Japanese release of Go-Bots Optimus Prime.
This mold was also used to make Go-Bots Frenzy and Robots in Disguise Hot Shot.


I AM POWERED BY UNOBTAINIUM!
  • Megatron (Combat Hero, unreleased)
    • Accessories: rifle, 2 air-launch missiles
This kinda-sorta "arctic"-camo version of the Hero Megatron toy was solicited to numerous retailers, and is one of a great many Generation 2 toys to never see the light of day. Precious few samples of this toy exist.
At BotCon 1996, a donated Combat Hero Megatron was one of the items in the charity auction, along with several other canceled Generation 2 toys.
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.


Cancelled?! This is all YOUR fault, Starscream!
  • Megatron (Decepticon, unreleased)
    • Accessories: 12 missiles, 2 missiles launchers
A planned-but-canceled redeco of Generation 2 Dreadwing, Megatron would have transformed into a "flying wing" Advanced Tactical Bomber (when combined with his smaller "partner" Starscream) with an under-slung six-missile gatling cannon. Each wing can store three more missiles, which can "carpet-bomb" targets below by pressing the pressure-launch buttons above each. He can also transform into a treaded "tank" mode, activated by removing Starscream from the jet mode and activating a spring-loaded autotransform mechanism in his wings.
This toy's deco was used to make Beast Wars II's BB and Starscream out of the same mold-set. This mold was also used to make Robots in Disguise Dreadwind and Robot Masters Gigant Bomb.
According to the Toy Fair 1995 Transformers presentation, the toy's missiles were intended to glow in the dark. This feature was not carried over to the Beast Wars II BB/Starscream set.
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.


Beast Wars

Go Gators!
  • Optimus Primal VS Megatron (Basic 2-pack, 1996)
    • Japanese ID number: VS-6
    • Accessories: Gun/tail
Early on the life of the Beast Wars toyline, before the debut of the Beast Wars cartoon cartoon (which definitively established Beast Wars Megatron as a separate, distinct character), packaging bios and the mini-comic sold with this first Beast Wars Megatron figure indicated that he was the same Megatron from Generation 1 and 2. As such, all the Megatron toys released in this early era of the Beast Wars line are listed here for completeness, representing a micro-continuity in which Generation 1 Megatron took on these forms.
The initial version of Beast Wars Megatron transforms into a green alligator. The toy shares a mold with Iguanus, sporting different beast and robot mode heads and lacking the lizard's frill (though the screw hole for the frill bracket remains); as the two toys were released at the same time, it is unknown if one is a retool of the other, or if the mold was designed for both simultaneously. Megatron transforms via a spring-loaded one-step process, and his removable beast-mode tail hides a non-firing blaster cannon that becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode.
This mold was redecoed into the purple Megaligator (see below), and a different redeco was proposed for the unproduced Albitron. The Iguanus version of the mold was redecoed into Crazybolt.


Don't call him Barney.
  • Megatron (Ultra, 1996)
    • Japanese ID number: D-1
    • Accessories: Two missiles, water squirter
This version of Megatron transforms into a purple organic Tyrannosaurus rex, and is loaded with multiple play features. His dinosaur head, which becomes his right hand in robot mode, features a water-squirting gimmick activated by opening the dinosaur's mouth, while his tail folds into a working plunger-operate pincer that forms his left arm. The outer shells of his dinosaur thighs conceal spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles, and like all larger Beast Wars figures of the era, he features a mutant head, formed from two bat-like wing adornments that fold around his robot head.
This mold was also used to make the Beast Machines Dinobot T-Wrecks.


  • Megaligator (Basic, 1997)
    • Japanese ID number: D-6
    • Accessories: Gun/tail
In Japan, the alligator Megatron toy was also sold individually, as well as in a two-pack with Optimus. Both Japanese releases of the figure are identical to the Hasbro version.


Because a solid grey alligator would just be silly.
  • Amazon Showdown (Basic 2-pack, 1997)
    • Japanese ID number: VS-S1
    • Accessories: Gun/tail
This figure is a purple redeco of Megatron's alligator form, and was sold with a red and blue redeco of the bat version of Optimus Primal This may or may not be intended to be either Generation 1 Megatron or Beast Wars Megatron—we don't really know. The set also came with a CD-ROM featuring tech specs and video clips of the Beast Wars cartoon cast and images to color.


Machine Wars

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And that's why Thundercracker turned green.
  • Megatron (Basic, 1997)
    • Accessories: 2-part rifle
Sharing a mold with his concurrently-released ally Megaplex (which had been a canceled mold developed for Generation 2), Machine Wars Megatron transforms from a Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transformation. The two halves of his rifle store in the back of his robot-mode legs.
Oddly, the Machine Wars stock photos (and even the boxart) portray Megatron as the gray F-22 jet and Megaplex as the blue one, the opposite of the actual toys. This means that either the package designers made the mistake, or the toys were packaged on the wrong cards. The latter is more likely, since gray is more associated with Megatron than blue. Like most other toys in the line, the boxart was recycled from an earlier figure, in this case from the Predator Falcon.
This mold was also used to make Beast Wars II Thrust, Robots in Disguise Wind Sheer, and Robot Masters Air Hunter.


Choro-Q Robo

  • Megatron TV Version (2001)
    • Japanese ID Number: Q/03
Choro-Q Robo Megatron is a small, cutesified transforming figure of the Decepticon leader. He is the only Choro-Q Robo Transformers figure that does not come with a weapon accessory, but after all, he does turn into a gun. In a bizarre and hilarious touch, Megatron has wheels on his base and barrel, so that he can share the common feature of the Choro-Q Robo figures: a pull-back motor!
  • Megatron Black Version (2001)
    • Japanese ID Number: Q/04
This version of Choro-Q Robo Megatron is a redeco of the first, decked out in a metallic color scheme based on the "Black Version" of the reissue of the Generation 1 figure released earlier that year.


Transformers Collection

  • Megatron (2003)
    • Japanese ID number: 6
    • Accessories: Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets, energon mace
The original Generation 1 Megatron figure was again reissued in 2003 as part of Takara's Transformers Collection series. This release was identical to the previous 2000 reissue, in that it featured the colors of the Hasbro release of the toy, and all the accessories of both the Hasbro and Takara versions, but this time, it also included a new energon mace weapon which plugs over Megatron's hand, as used by the Decepticon leader in the Generation 1 cartoon episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2". Much like the "New Year Special" version of Optimus Prime released the previous year, Megatron also came with a sheet of Decepticon insignia stickers of different sizes, and a Decepticon mouse pad.


Sometimes I just... want to be held.
  • Starscream (Transformers Collection, 2002)
    • Japanese ID number: 9
A diminutive version of Megatron in his Walther P-38 mode was included as a new accessory with the Transformers Collection release of Starscream. Needless to say, he doesn't transform, but can be held by Starscream in both modes. Megatron's handle disconnects to reveal a peg, which can then be inserted into either of Starscream's fists, which were specifically resculpted for this purpose. Each fist also features a tab on its underside, into which Megatron's handle can be inserted, completing the effect. Megatron can also attach to Starscream's jet mode; the right-hand side of Megatron's handle features a square peg which is designed to fit snugly in gaps in Stasrcream's pectorals, as in the Generation 1 episode, "S.O.S. Dinobots". Unfortunately, this peg has, for no fathomable reason, been cast in the same sky blue color as Starscream's hands, unnecessarily making it as obtrusive as humanly possible.

Smallest Transforming Transformers

Not 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime's gun.
  • Megatron (2004)
    • Japanese ID number: GTF 07
    • Accessories: Fusion cannon/scope
Smallest Transforming Transformers Megatron was released in the second wave of the diminutive Takara toyline, including only his fusion cannon. Easily the most complex of the Smallest Transforming figures, Megatron is a just-barely-simplified version of his original Generation 1 toy, possessing the same transformation scheme and retaining most of his articulation.
Just as Smallest Transforming Optimus Prime's trailer was released as a separate figure in the line, so too were a set of silencer and stock attachments originally intended to be released for Megatron in the line's third wave. Unfortunately, this wave, and most of the other original figures it was set to contain, was cancelled, and so Megatron was left under-armed.


  • Convoy vs Megatron (multipack, 2004)
    • Japanese ID Number: VSX
    • Accessories: Fusion cannon/scope
Available exclusively through Dengeki Hobby magazine, this Smallest Transforming Transformers two-pack contains both Optimus Prime and Megatron, in homage to the original 1984 "VSX" giftset containing the original versions of the two leaders. While Optimus is unaltered from his original release, Megatron takes the homage a little further, removing the swirled pattern from the original figure's chest and replacing the red plastic with blue to emulate the original Takara version of the full-size Generation 1 figure.

Robot Masters

My Convoy counterpart is nearby. Real nearby.
  • Reverse Convoy (Deluxe, 2004)
    • Japanese ID number: RM-24
    • Accessories: "Reverse Blaster", missile
A retool of the Generation 2 "Hero Megatron" toy, Rebirth Megatron transforms into a heavily modified blue and tan M1 Abrams tank. In addition to a new "Reverse Convoy" head that flips out of the same compartment as the head on the original version of the mold, the toy features a brand new "Mega Blaster" cannon assembly that houses most of the toy's new features. The Mega Blaster fires a spring-loaded blue missile, and the rear of the cannon can be removed and transformed into the hand-held "Reverse Blaster" weapon, featuring twin barrels and a rack of six (non-removable) missiles. Once the Reverse Blaster is removed, the toy's "Rebirth Megatron" head can be rotated out from the back of the cannon to take the place of Reverse Convoy's head between the figure's shoulders.
The original version of this mold was use to make Archforce and Robots in Disguise Bludgeon (which has been repurposed to also be "Shattered Glass" Bludgeon). The toy still retains the opening panels on its forearms, despite no longer featuring the large missiles they are designed to store.


20th Anniversary/Masterpiece

Bang bang! He shot me down! Bang bang! I hit the ground...
  • Optimus Prime (2003/2004)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-1
20th Anniversary Optimus Prime included an accessory of Megatron in his classic Walther P-38 altmode. Although non-transforming, it is quite detailed and includes the individually removable silencer / barrel extension, scope, and (hinged) stock. Although notionally scaled to be wielded by Prime, Megatron is really rather small, so a diagonal sliding joint is added to his handle, allowing it to be lengthened and narrowed enough so that Prime can actually hold it. The stock extension connecting clamp is prone to breakage, much to the chagrin of owners who keep theirs sealed and untouched.
Needless to say, the later-released Masterpiece Starscream (and his redecoes) can also hold this version of Megatron, and each include a small round clip that plugs in under their nosecones, allowing them to wield Megatron while in jet mode, as Starscream did in "S.O.S. Dinobots".
As the Masterpiece Optimus Prime mould has been has re-released multiple times, so too has Megatron. He was made available again without changes as an accessory for Takara's MP-4, "Convoy Perfect Edition" and MP-1L, "Convoy Last Production", and Hasbro's "DVD Editon", but has also been redecoed several times: these distinct new versions of Megatron are listed below.


  • Convoy (Lucky Draw Figure, 2004)
    • ID number: MP-1
Offered as part of a Lucky Draw campaign in August 2004, this extremely rare version of Masterpiece Prime is almost entirely vacuum-metalized gold, lacking any other painted detail or stickers. The same is true of the Megatron accessory, who is all chromed golden save for the butt of his handle and his stock, which are metallic golden plastic.


  • Ultra Magnus (2004)
    • ID number: MP-2
When Masterpiece Optimus Prime was recolored to become Ultra Magnus, Megatron received a new coat of paint as well: the black and brown color scheme of his Microchange progenitor, which had previously been used on the eHobby exclusive "Megatron Black Version".


You will pay dearly for this. Literally and metaphorically...
  • Megatron (2007)
    • ID number: MP-5
    • Accessories: Fusion cannon, energon mace, energy dagger, laser pistol, Kremzeek figure
Scaled to the same height as 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime, Masterpiece Megatron is an incredibly complex figure—potentially one of the most complicated Transformers toys to date—designed to depict a fairly show-accurate Megatron capable of transforming into a realistic (if oversized) Walther P-38. In achieving this seemingly impossible goal, Megatron winds up with the least articulation of the Masterpiece line, as well as a notably low percentage of die-cast metal.
Like Prime before him, Megatron comes with several of his iconic accessories from the Generation 1 cartoon: his energon mace from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2", the energy dagger and laser pistol used in his duel against Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, and a tiny translucent Kremzeek figure. His fusion cannon also contains a powerful red LED activated when the round detailing on the side of his cannon is pressed.
Due to concern surrounding updated realistic toy gun laws, some online importers modified Masterpiece Megatron in order to safely get the toy through United States customs. This customarily involved inserting plugs into the tip of the toy's barrel, from rounded red ones affixed by adhesive to flat-tipped yellow ones that could be easily removed. Ultimately, there were no reports of problems with the toy making its way into America, but Australia was another matter. Considered a replica gun and therefore a "restricted import" by Australian Customs, both mass shipments and individual packages of the toy were seized, requiring buyers in some areas to obtain a special permit to own him.
Given the relatively thin clips throughout the toy to hold it tightly together in gun mode, Megatron's plastic components are particularly prone to breakage, especially on the clips on the upper black grip plates and some of the silver sections near the trigger. Many owners of this figure have also reported rust and tarnish problems on what few metal pieces he has; if your Megatron is a sufferer, check out this guide for solutions.


  • Convoy Black Ver. (2010)
    • ID number: MP-1B
The version of Megatron included with this black redeco of Prime—representing a mass-produced Eldedroid—was much the same as the original accessory, but with dark metallic silver paint.


  • Convoy Sleep Mode (2010)
    • ID number: MP-4S
Just as this release of Optimus Prime was recolored in the faded black and grey hues of he took on with his death in The Transformers: The Movie, so too did his Megatron accessory get a movie-themed makeover: this Megatron is cast entirely in translucent purple plastics, evoking the scene of his transformation into Galvatron from the film, in which he is first reduced to a transparent purple wireframe model.


Titanium Series

THE BOX OF DOOM.
  • Megatron (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
    • Accessories: Stand with nameplate
Part of the very first wave of six-inch Titanium Series toys, Megatron was inspired by Dreamwave Productions' first G.I. Joe crossover, set in an alternate-reality World War II. Since the gun mode Megatron sported in that story was nonviable as a toy, this toy features a newly-designed tank alternate mode of made-up model. The backstory of the Megatron from the crossover, including references to Cobra, was retained on the package, make it the first U.S. figure ever produced as part of a G.I. Joe / Transformers crossover.
Although the figure looks somewhat impressive, it notably has the tendency to fall apart during transformation and was relatively difficult to pose in robot mode without it falling over, something that was entirely par for the course when it came to Titanium figures.


THE... NAP OF DOOM?
  • War Within Megatron (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
    • Accessories: Arm cannon, shield, stand with nameplate
A new Titanium Series Megatron based on his War Within design was initially shown at BotCon 2006, and was released in spring of 2007. Like the original comic book design, his robot mode has a removable arm cannon and shield. In contrast to his previous Titanium toy, this Megatron has a more posable robot mode, but a fairly unimpressive alternate mode with a transformation that consists of little more than lying the toy on its back and attaching the gun/shield. There is a small clip on the back of the toy which designer Don Figueroa said was to hold his sword, seen in the comic book, but that accessory was ultimately not produced.


  • War Within Optimus Prime vs. War Within Megatron (two-pack, 2007)
    • Accessories: Arm cannon, shield
This Toys"R"Us exclusive Titanium two-pack includes the previously-released War Within Megatron and Optimus Prime figures along with a copy of The War Within #5 with an exclusive variant cover. Despite being mentioned in the joint instructions leaflet for the set, the display bases which came with the individual releases of the figures are not included.
As the mass retail release of the last waves of the Titanium "Cybertron Heroes" figures was delayed for several months, this two-pack release Megatron was initially more widely available than the individually-sold one. The pack itself was available in two variations: One version has the Optimus Prime figure more or less identical to its individual release, whereas the other one drops the additional black paint weathering, making him much cleaner-looking.

Classics (2006)

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Paint me black and give me to a kid, ASAP.
  • Megatron (Voyager, 2006)
After years of tanks and jets, Classics Megatron finally found a way to take Megatron back to his root as a transforming gun, complete with a working crosshairs in his scope and a spring-loaded clicking trigger. Described on-package as a "fusion blaster", Megatron's gun mode is apparently based on a Nerf N-Strike Maverick blaster, and decked out in a safety-regulation-friendly color scheme consisting of lots of green and purple (in an apparent homage to his old Generation 2 colors), plus bright orange on both the tip of the barrel and the scope. Years later, it would be discovered that, for currently uknown reasons, the bright color of this orange plastic would fade over time, even if not directly exposed to sunlight.
Early official Hasbro photographs, including those appearing on the toy's packaging, show the gun mode's trigger and other small parts as being orange, those parts were gray in later stock photography and the final release. They also depict Megatron with noticeably different "eyebrow" paint operations that matched those of the original Megatron toy, consisting of two small black triangles on his gray plastic forehead. The finished toy inverts this, painting most of his forehead black and leaving the triangles unpainted grey.
In a glaring example of poor quality control, the back of the packaging reads "working scope becomes anti-proton pulse canon!"
Classics Megatron was redecoed in Japan as part of the Henkei! Henkei! Transformers line by TakaraTomy.


The only Transformer capable of Moonwalking, seriously.
  • Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle (Deluxe versus set, 2006)
    • Accessories: Rifle
"Ultimate Battle" Megatron evokes his Generation 2 form as a green tank. Like his pack-in partner, who has a spinning "power punch" action, Megatron features a similar "spinning dervish action" gimmick, his right arm ending not in a fist but a bladed polearm which whirls around with the press of a button at his shoulder. He comes with a small rifle with a rather pointless flip-out extension. Megatron is misassembled in-package, with his feet swapped and attached backwards. Although not immediately noticeable due to the fact that promotional and box-art photography also show this misassembly, any attempt to transform Megatron into tank mode immediately demonstrates the mistake, which is easily corrected by unscrewing his lower legs, reversing the foot pieces, and attaching each to the opposite leg (as has been done in the picture at right).
In the United States, Megatron was only available in a special two-pack with a similarly unique Classics Optimus Prime toy, and the specially-produced "The Ultimate Battle" DVD (which is, inappropriately enough, entirely about the Unicron Trilogy). The two-pack (including the DVD) was also available as a Walmart exclusive "Bonus Value" version with two randomly selected members of the Cybertron Giant Planet Mini-Con Team, in the combinations Overcast/Longarm, Overcast/Deepdive and Deepdive/Longarm. International markets, including European countries, saw the two-pack in a considerably smaller, differently-shaped box that was lacking the DVD case (in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, the DVD just came in a paper sleeve; in other European countries, it was instead made available separately). In addition, the two figures were also sold on individual cardbacks in some countries (see below). For the United States market, the two-pack was rebranded and re-released in the Universe line in 2007, and again in 2011 for the 2010 Transformers line.
Not initially released in Japan, this sculpt only got a TakaraTomy release six years later when it was redecoed into Thunder Megatron for TakaraTomy's United toyline.


  • Megatron (Deluxe, 2007)
    • Accessories: Rifle
The "Ultimate Battle" version of Megatron was also sold on his own in several countries, Mexico, Singapore, and some European countries including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Hungary. He is identical to the two-pack version, down to his misassembled feet.


Universe (2003)

  • Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle (multi-pack, 2007/2008)
    • Accessories: Rifle
The "Ultimate Battle" two-pack, sans DVD, was rebranded for inclusion in the Universe toy line, and one was one of the last releases to come out of the line, several years after it had ceased regularly releasing figures. The set appeared in liquidation outlets like Big Lots! and Dollar General stores in Fall 2007, then later in KB Toys in Summer 2008. The figures remain identical to their previous releases, with Megatron's feet still coming assembled backwards.


Sports Label

Some idiots thought I was going to be life-sized! Fools! Foooools!!!
  • Megatron featuring Nike Free 7.0 (2007)
    • ID number: 02
    • Accessories: Gun
Sports Label Megatron is a retool of Sports Label Optimus Prime, one of the strangest examples of licensed Transformers products in that he transforms into a shoe. Something of a shellformer, this baffling incarnation of Megatron is primarily black and silver in his alternate mode as a realistic-looking (if notably undersized) Nike Free 7.0 sneaker, complete with gratuitously long real fabric shoelaces (characterized as "electrical discharge cables" in his bio). In robot mode, he sports some additional red paint applications and a somewhat uniquely-shaped yet instantly recognizable Generation 1-inspired head. Also in this mode, Megatron's feet are sculpted in the likeness of his own sneaker mode, making it seem like he's wearing himself!
His gun splits into two halves and stores inside his kibble in shoe mode; in an undocumented features, it has two handle pegs on opposite sides, so that it can be held either at its far end or halfway along its length. The gun halves can also be plugged together in two different ways.
This mold might have been planned for a redeco into Sports Label Starscream, but that's a bit vague.


Encore

  • Megatron (2007)
    • ID number: 02
    • Accessories: Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets
The original Generation 1 Megatron figure was reissued yet again in 2007 as part of TakaraTomy's new line of "Encore" reissues. Like previous reissues, this Megatron features the Hasbro colors and the accessories from both Hasbro and Takara editions of the figure, with the distinguishing new feature of a tan shade to both his gray plastic and his chrome.


Henkei! Henkei!

"Megatron's palette must be swapped... no matter the cost."
  • Megatron (Voyager, 2008)
    • Japanese ID Number: D-01
Henkei! Henkei! Transformers Megatron is a redeco of the Classics version. Not bound by the safety regulations that necessitated Classics Megatron's more colorful appearance, Henkei Megatron features a significantly different color scheme of black, silver and red designed to make him resemble his original Generation 1 appearance, including translucent red plastic to replicate his classic cartoon "Decepticon red" eyes. All Henkei toys feature (somewhat randomly-applied) vacuum-metalized chrome parts; in Megatron's case, his chest plate and kneecaps are chromed silver.


Universe (2008)

His shoulders hurt too, buddy!
  • Megatron (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)
A Legends Class version of Megatron inspired by his Generation 2 tank design, although featuring a more realistic shade of green.
Sadly, because of his transformation, when transformed into tank mode his turret doesn't turn around.


  • Megatron (Deluxe Class: Special Edition, 2008)
    • ID number: SE-02
    • Accessories: Rifle
This "Special Edition" of Megatron is a redeco of the "Ultimate Battle" Megatron from Classics, this time featuring a Generation 1-inspired deco of grays, red and black. This new deco takes advantage of the toy's mould break-up to add a fifth plastic colour (where the original only had four), dividing the parts which were dark grey on the original version between light grey, red and black plastic. Also marking this figure as a particularly "special" edition is the fact that it's the only release of the figure to assemble his feet the correct way around.
Like all the figures in the small Special Edition line, Megatron was designed for Australasian markets and features a bookbox style packaging with black-and-white boxart, retailing at about 150% of the price for a normal deluxe outside of the United States. He was not available at retail in North America, but was for sale on Hasbrotoyshop.com, like the other Special Edition toys.
Oddly enough, this Megatron and the three other Universe Special Edition toys were included in Taiwanese special value packs each containing a Revenge of the Fallen DVD.

Alternity

Behold, my Inertia Manipulating Device under my Skirt Armor!!!
  • Megatron Blade Silver (2009)
    • Japanese ID number: A-02
    • Accessories: 2 "tesseractal swords"
The Alternity Megatron toy transforms into a 1:32 scale model of a Nissan 370Z and features die-cast metal parts and rubber tires. The figure wields two "tesseractal swords" which can be pegged at its hips, or stored under the car in vehicle mode. Each forearm features a flip-out "gravital blade."
In the hyper-dimensional world of the oft-confusing Alternity fiction, each figure from this line represents a distinct version of a character from a separate universal stream, but which precise Megatron the "Blade Silver" toy embodies has not been disclosed. Upon its initial release, this toy was also available in blue (see below), and later redecoed in a black variant as well.


  • Megatron Premium Le Mans Blue (2009)
    • Japanese ID number: A-02
    • Accessories: 2 "tesseractal swords"
"Premium Le Mans Blue" Megatron is a blue redeco of the "Blade Silver" version, representing the Megatron of universal stream Primax 903.0 Beta. The figure was available simultaneously with Megatron Blade Silver, sharing the same packaging and pack-in materials, save for the color of the illustration on the front of the box, and a sticker that identified the figure within.


  • Megatron Diamond Black (2009)
    • Japanese ID number: A-02
    • Accessories: 2 "tesseractal swords"
Another redeco of Alternity Megatron, this time transforming into a black car with robot parts in red and gold, and specifically representing the Megatron of universal stream Primax 1286:3 Kappa. It was released several months after the first two Megatrons and featured a new package illustration.


United

  • Megatron Cybertron Mode (Deluxe, 12-25-2010)
    • ID number: UN-04
    • Accessories: Cannon/missile launcher, energy-blast missile
Part of the first wave of United product, "Cybertron Mode" Megatron is a redeco of the War for Cybertron Megatron toy, transforming into a Cybertronian self-propelled gun. The treads of his vehicle can be positioned in either a vertical configuration like a traditional tank or in a horizontal, hovertank configuration. Megatron's spring-loaded cannon can attach to either arm.
Megatron is cast in a deep dark metallic gray plastic rather than the light gray plastic of the Hasbro version. He also features a blood red metallic paint instead of the more traditional red used on the Hasbro version. Other notable differences include the Decepticon symbol upon his chest as well as lacking paint on the sliding mechanism within his fusion cannon.
This mold was also used to make Darkside Megatron.


  • Megatron (Voyager, 2010)
    • ID number: UN-09
The second United Megatron (but still part of the first assortment) is a redeco of the Classics/Henkei! version, transforming into a handgun based on the Nerf N-Strike Maverick blaster. Its scope/arm cannon houses a working crosshairs and its trigger includes clicking action.
This release of Megatron features an extensive silver paint job, as well as metallic crimson for details. This figure's deco is based on the G1 cartoon model, removing any extraneous painted details from the previous releases. The face and eyebrow crest are painted white, giving it an appearance very similar to the initial solicitations of Classics (2006) Megatron.


  • Thunder Megatron (Deluxe, January 2012)
    • ID number: UN-25
"Thunder" Megatron is the first Japanese release of the "Ultimate Battle" Megatron mold from Classics, in a new color scheme paying homage to his Generation 2 "Hero" deco.
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.


Transformers (2010)

Safety first!
  • Megatron (Legends, 2011)
This toy is based on Megatron's Generation 1 cartoon appearance (with a little inspiration from IDW's All Hail Megatron design around the abdomen), transforming into a variation on Megatron's original gun mode (referred to as a "blaster" on Hasbro's website). In a fit of complete awesomeness, the figure is sculpted with notches in its handle that specifically allow the Masterpiece Starscream mold to grip it.
Despite his tiny size, Hasbro had to cast the gun barrel of orange plastic for safety reasons. Official Hasbro stock photos and early samples from China had the orange plastic painted over in gray; however, the final toy comes with the end of the barrel unpainted and has been officially released that way worldwide.


  • The Ultimate Battle (multi-pack, 2011)
    • Accessories: Rifle
Another rebranded re-release of the Classics "Ultimate Battle" set, again lacking the DVD and featuring misassembled feet on Megatron. This particular release of the set was available as a "shared exclusive" between Dollar General stores and online retailer Big Bad Toystore. This set was also available at Canadian Tire stores in Canada.


G.I. Joe and the Transformers

  • Starscream Sky Striker (XP-21F) (San Diego Comic Con exclusive, 2011)
Produced exclusively for San Diego Comic-Con 2011, this redeco of the G.I. Joe Sky Striker jet plane into Starscream colors comes with a 3.75" Cobra Commander pilot figure, among whose accessories is a non-transforming gun-mode Megatron.

Chronicle

  • Megatron (EZ Collection, 2011)
A redeco of the 2010 Transformers Legends Class Megatron was released in Japan as part of the Chronicle EZ Collection line. Due to Japan's different gun laws, he does not feature any orange on the barrel; besides this, the only difference between this and Hasbro's figure is the lack of a rubsign, replaced with a Decepticon symbol tampograph. This toy was only available blindpacked.


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  • G1 Megatron & Movie Megatron (multi-pack, 2011)
    • ID number: CH02
    • Accessories: Fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon", sword, 20 bullets
This reissue of the original Generation 1 Megatron toy comes in two-pack with a redeco of the voyager Dark of the Moon Megatron figure. This version of Megatron is made to the specifications of the 1986 "Goodbye Megatron" release, featuring red plastic (as opposed to the original Takara blue) but lacking any silver chrome, including his fusion cannon but not his stock and silencer, armed with his laser cannon and sword, and retaining his bullet-firing mechanism. Like most Megatron reissues, the toy features a slight variation in plastic colors from previous releases, this time giving him a darker warmer gray than normal. In a new twist, this version of Megatron features tampographed symbols on his chest and back.

Notes

Skywarp really DID need close supervision.
  • It seems that no-one could get Megatron's package art right in Japan. His standard release used edited box art from the standard Microchange P-38 toy's black deco, recolored to Megatron's US toy color scheme with shiny 'chrome' and red on his legs and arms instead of the Japanese toy's flat gray and blue. The VS-X art replaced the red with blue, but kept the 'chrome'. The art on the 'Goodbye Megatron' set used edited US box art (which in turn was the Microchange P-38 UNCLE art with an added sigil) that replaced the red with blue, yet this toy used red plastic.
  • In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between Skywarp (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.
  • In a slightly more sane attempt, another triple changer was proposed which would switch between Megatron, a very awkward Galvatron, and a Walther P-38 handgun with a futuristic silencer and laser sight.
  • G2 Megatron's lock-and-load shoulder cannon was remolded slightly and reused as the main cannon on the I.R.O.N Panther Tank in the very short-lived 1995 G.I. Joe line Sgt. Savage & The Screaming Eagles.
  • Early concepts for Alternity Megatron showed him with the trademark fusion cannon rather than his twin swords, as well as a pronounced Decepticon insignia on the chest.


Footnotes

  1. ↑ https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/spy-fi-archives/item08.html
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