Megatron (Kre-O)
| The name or term "Megatron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Megatron (disambiguation). |
- Megatron is a Decepticon from the Kre-O continuity.
Megatron has a reputation for being a bad guy. Mostly it is because he is a diabolically evil commander. If people knew the softer side of him, they might change their minds. But, then again, the softer side of him includes his love of crushing Autobots... so maybe not.
Megatron has a swing on the front porch of his building where he likes to read the Kreon Kode. He prefers seafood restaurants that give you a mallet to crush crabs. The thought of being lost in a box of random Kre-O bricks scares him.
He also loves grilled cheese.
Fiction
Kre-O cartoon
Megatron fought Optimus Prime and lost to a blast from Prime's blaster. He quickly rebuilt himself and tagged Starscream in. Last Bot Standing Megatron was also a judge at a dance competition, where he gave Bumblebee a bad score of -10, yet gave Starscream's terrible performance a ridiculously high score of 1048279 by taping his score cards together. Bot Stars
Megatron took part in a road race and ended up jockeying for position with Bumblebee. Unfortunately, an attempt by Starscream to take the Autobot out with a boulder backfired, and it was Megatron who ended up in pieces instead. The Big Race During the holiday season, Megatron started unwrapping his gifts, which were mostly guns. Finally, he noticed a large present and ripped open the wrapping to find that it was a Bumblebee Kre-O set. After Megatron assembled it into a car, it promptly transformed into Bumblebee and punched him. A Gift For Megatron
Outraged at his constant defeats, Megatron went on a training binge with some help from Starscream and the other Decepticon Kreons. He was about to head up to the top of the Kre-O Museum's steps in triumph, but ended up being run over and effortlessly defeated by Bumblebee, with Ratchet adding further injury by accidentally running him over while he was rebuilding himself. Megatron's Revenge
Megatron had Spinister, Scorponok and Galvatron steal some energon for him from the Autobot City Bank. He later used it to power up a weapon. Quest for Energon, Part 1 While his men were using the weapon to make a grilled cheese sandwich for him, their work site was invaded by Wheeljack and Cliffjumper. Megatron advanced on them, only to find they were a diversion—Optimus and Bumblebee took control of the weapon and used it on Megatron and his men before wrapping them up in a net. Quest for Energon, Part 2
Titan Magazines Kre-O comics
Megatron conquered a planet, and refused to share with Starscream. When the cowardly Starscream said they should run, Megatron laughed right up until he was stomped on by Optimus Prime. Kre-O Transformers
Kre-O online comic
After seeing the Autobots leave in the Ark in search of energy blocks, Megatron became infuriated at this apparent attempt to hoard the energy blocks to themselves. With his Decepticons, Megatron set out on the Nemesis, which caught up with the Ark and allowed the Decepticons to board the Autobot ship. However, this caused the ship to crash onto Earth sending the Transformers into a four million year-long sleep. When they woke, Megatron strangled Starscream for not setting the alarm. Kreon Story
Setting out to conquer the world, Megatron demanded all of the Earth's blocks and transformed a tank into Mega-Megatron to help him in his fiendish plot. However, the Autobots arrived and made a jail for Mega-Megatron out of the blocks Megatron collected. Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!
After being soundly defeated in a battle with Optimus, Megatron limped back to Decepticon Base, but his lookout, Vortex, refused to let anybody in till Megatron actually returned to the base, including Megatron himself. Desperate, Megatron called Optimus to bring his Autobots to attack the base and chase away Vortex. The attack successful, Megatron welcomed the Autobots to a gathering inside the base, an action which Megatron regretted. A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell
Toys
Kre-O
- Megatron (2011)
- Set number: 30688
- Pieces: 310
- Kreons: Megatron, Shockwave, Specialist, Police officer
- Accessories: Megatron arm-cannon
- The large Megatron kit can be rebuilt from a robot into what resembles a Mack truck loosely based upon his Movie counterpart's appearance in the third live-action film. In truck mode, up to two Kreons can ride in the front of the cab, or be locked up in a cramped prison cell at the back of the cab. The truck also features a functioning trailer hitch. In robot mode, Megatron features hands with articulated claw fingers (built on top of a pair of regular fists), a shoulder-mounted pressure-launched missile launcher, as well as a small, rotating, back-mounted prison "box" of sorts.
- The Kreon Megatron that comes with the set has a helmet based around his the live-action movie Megatron, but from the neck down he is very, very much modeled after the original Generation 1 Megatron, complete with arm-mounted cannon. The set also comes with Kreons of Shockwave, and a human Specialist and Police Officer. The additional Kreon-wieldable items include a scoped rifle, a pistol, a suitcase, a walkie-talkie, a sub-machine gun, and a pair of handcuffs.
- Like many other Kre-O sets, the stock photography and package art feature robot construction that differs from the final product, as Megatron's upper arms have several of the extraneous parts, mainly his truck cab doors, added to the construction. Whether this is due to a change in the design or the photographers creative liberty with the figure is left to be seen. The sticker sheet also features an unused sticker depicting a bolted metal panel with an amusing message ("OPTIMUS PRIME WAS HERE!
") scrawled on it, although its shape and coloration suggest that it's meant to go on the back wall of the prison cell.
- Battle for Energon (2012)
- Set number: 98812
- Pieces: 379
- Kreons: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Security Officer, Tank Driver
- Accessories: Blade
- This set's Megatrons are based more on the Prime incarnation... mostly. The larger Megatron is a smaller, simpler build than the first big kit, and makes use of ball-and-socket parts for increased articulation. It can be rebuilt into a tank (rather reminiscent of Revenge of the Fallen Megatron), The Megatron Kreon's tampographs are based directly on the Prime cartoon model, and his right hand has been replaced by a clear-purple curved blade. He also has a clear-purple extra "energon" torso piece.
- This set also comes with a Optimus Prime truck/robot build, a miniature bank playset with opening/breakaway vault to hold the set's "ultimate Dark Energon weapon" piece (though it also contains stickers that can make the bank into a museum), and Kreons of Prime-styled Megatron, a human Security Officer and evil human Tank Driver.
- Megatron (Custom Kreon, 2013)
- Set number: A6088
- Pieces: 36
- Accessories: Rack, Megatron arm-cannon, bazooka, Cobra Commander pistol, wing-pack, claw attachment, double-bladed staff
- Part of the first assortment of "Custom Kreons", this version of Megatron comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his many many extra pieces. His tampographs are much more heavily-detailed than the original Kreon, based on the original Megatron toy. His "normal" helmet and arm cannon are chromed, plus he comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso and legs. He also has a pair of extra arms and a wing-pack (originally from the Kre-O Battleship aliens), plus a buildable bazooka, a small pistol (originally Cobra Commander's from the Kre-O G.I. Joe series), a claw-attachment for his wrists, and a double-headed staff weapon.
- Kreon Class of 1984 (Kreon figure set, 2014)
- This version of Megatron, voted "Best Frenemies (With Starscream)" by the Kreon Class of 1984, has much more toy-based tampographs than his prior version.
- He was only available in a pack of 30 Kreons dubbed "Class of 1984". This set was made for sale at San Diego Comic-Con 2014. Remaining stock will be sold at Hasbro Toy Shop online.
