Ryan’s Home for Broken Robots

June 16, 2008 Customs No Comments

I’ve got a fun custom idea brewing in the ol’ noggin, and I want to track down a broken Voyager Megatron from the Animated line to do it with. Why a broken one? Because I only need a few parts, and don’t feel right buying and destroying an intact one (unless I’m certain it will go well).

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Cybertron Mode Megatron

June 12, 2008 Animated, Toy Reviews, Voyager No Comments

Oh my goodness. How did I let it slip for so long? Oh, right. “I’m busy today. I’ll do a review tomorrow, so it’s okay if I play SimCity or watch an old Animated episode.” Anyways, this week’s toy on my desk is Voyager Megatron from Animated.

This first Megatron toy in the Animated line turns into Megatron’s original altmode, the Cybertronic jet seen in that one scene in the pilot, to stand with Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime. He’s mostly black, with a fair dose of grey and translucent red. His fusion cannon is mounted so that it fires aft, presumably to deal with that backstabbing Starscream. It is, naturally, quite aggressive, and being a spacecraft completely free of anything remotely resembling aerodynamics. It also appears to have VTOL fans, for no other reason than they need to parallel similar constructions on his earth mode. I can’t shake a feeling that it should be flying backwards, probably because of that fusion cannon and the flow of the lines of the craft, but apparently that’s just wrong. Overall, I’d say that he’s got a nicer looking Cybertronic jet mode than his 2007 film counterpart. Read the rest…

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