Animated Megatron Rematch: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 254

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  • @elpizo1789
    @elpizo1789 Рік тому +119

    The fact that no version of this toy has the "Decepticons, Transform and Rise Up!" voice line will always be one of the greatest missed opportunities in this franchise.

    • @Jetblast01
      @Jetblast01 Рік тому +5

      Or no other Megatron in Transformers since...

  • @mechaplatypus82
    @mechaplatypus82 Рік тому +167

    It's okay Thew. Not everyone can appreciate the class and sophistication that is Coheed and Cambria. I still love you.

  • @ThatToyGuy
    @ThatToyGuy Рік тому +29

    Yep, now I need one.

    • @geo-fry6372
      @geo-fry6372 Рік тому

      definitely agree with you on that point

    •  Рік тому +3

      Go for the glorious Japanese-speaking, metallic painted Takara one.

    • @feqol
      @feqol 4 місяці тому

      Man i WISH i can find one. Theres someone who sell it on my local FB grp but turns out hes just a joy seller​@

  • @shadowscribe
    @shadowscribe Рік тому +69

    Animated was a special time in the gimmick game. Every larger lad had something unique going on. They hadn't done that since late g1 where every 2-3 of them had a special designation and were built around one weird thing they did.

  • @CUniverse
    @CUniverse Рік тому +16

    Corey Burton performance of Animated Megs is one of my top Megatron performances, his voice of what I hear reading the IDWverse comics

  • @directorscarlett1932
    @directorscarlett1932 Рік тому +146

    I feel like a helicopter is a better altmode for Megatron than a tank.
    Tanks just don't give off that sense of intelligence or cunning. But a helicopter is this looming threat that hangs above your head. But a tank is all smash boom bang. It has no class or elegance.
    A big, looming death helicopter is the perfect altmode for Megatron.

    • @KRJayster
      @KRJayster Рік тому +36

      I kind of feel like both are good for him. A tank is basically designed to move a huge cannon from one place to another, so you get that tie in with the fusion cannon, while also contrasting how Optimus is (usually) a truck that is mainly used for infrastructure and civilian applications: one is a weapon, the other a reluctant warrior. And yeah, a looming attack helicopter strafing back and forth works better for Megatron than a jet mode, I think. Hovering like some vast predatory bird… wait that might have been used already.

    • @hanyoukimura
      @hanyoukimura Рік тому +10

      Depends on the tank. Watching the umpteenth T-72 popping it's top from a dude with a shoulder mounted boom stick makes for a poor showing for the tank, but have you ever seen an M1 Abrams go from flat out to full stop? Genuinely frightening how quickly it can do that, and then go full reverse almost as fast as it can forward. Modern Tanks like the M1A2 SEPv3 and Leopard 2A6 can acquire, track, and prioritize multiple targets at once and be able to maintain target lock and fire while on the move.
      Both tanks and helicopters are good alt modes, certainly better than a handgun that relies on a lackey to use.

    • @Sixela963
      @Sixela963 Рік тому +6

      Honestly, playing the megatron chapter of Fall of Cybertron convinced me of how well a tank fits Megatron. It's one of the few chapters where it fully makes sense to transform mid combat: your guns are good, but your tank cannon straight up obliterates anything in your path. But because of the slightly worse agility and slow fire rate, I found myself sometimes quickly transforming just to blast a guy or two then change back.
      Megatron is a powertripping egomaniac. He is cunning, but his intelligence is served mainly by his sheer authority, presence and brute strength, best conveyed in the tank IMO.
      As a counterpoint, I think the animated copter of megatron was also an excellent fit. He is incredibly strong (his end of season reveal gave me shivers) but much more cunning and calculating than in many other versions.

    • @misterbadguy7325
      @misterbadguy7325 Рік тому +6

      @@Sixela963 Yeah, Animated Megatron was a guy who sipped refined oil from a drum crushed into the shape of a goblet. A heavy-duty chopper, the king of the air, suited him perfectly.

    • @nameforcomments4092
      @nameforcomments4092 Рік тому +4

      How does everyone feel about stealth bomber Megatron?

  • @ChikinPluker
    @ChikinPluker Рік тому +92

    I was waiting to see how the intro would evolve again and it did not disappoint

  • @samurexatlas7373
    @samurexatlas7373 Рік тому +28

    Ah, Animated.
    My entry point, and a damn good one at that.
    It keeps G1 in mind while reimagining all the characters into unique styles.
    Megatron can't be a gun, what about a Helicopter?
    Shockwave? Tank, AND INFILTRATOR!
    Soundwave is a bit dependent with a cassette player, so how about a massive truck with Subwoofers!
    Oh animated, a true joy and a damn shame it was cut before the full conclusion.
    I do hope it could be like Star Wars The Clone Wars and eventually get that final season, because you know people would cheer for that.

  • @ShinGallon
    @ShinGallon Рік тому +11

    Mine resides proudly in my glass display case next to MP-36 and FT Sovereign, and I'm so glad I still have mine. Still my favorite non-comic incarnation of Megatron. I want Megs to be something different more often, I'm so, so tired of "silver and black tank" and "helicoptor" makes a nice change from the typical Decepticon fighter-jet alt mode.
    And hey, at least he's from a time when Leader class meant something other than "Voyager class with a trailer" (or Commander Class meaning "Leader class with a trailer").

  • @themichaelnero
    @themichaelnero Рік тому +10

    Corey Burton's cultured yet menacing delivery as Megs? YAAAAAS.

  • @lotionmcwet6287
    @lotionmcwet6287 Рік тому +36

    Could you imagine a Legacy Evolution Animated Megatron?! I'd roll over and empty my wallet in an instant.
    Great video as always, Thew Adams!

  • @j-sant-animations8105
    @j-sant-animations8105 Рік тому +12

    I’ve always seen helicopters as the more terrifying aircraft to escape from. I mean planes shoot from a distance, they can spy from so high up they’re practically invisible, or shoot a Vulcan so fast you’ll die before hearing it. But to stand toe to toe with a giant hovering metal beast with front row seats to your death as it stalks you no matter the elevation is a horror of its own. And with someone like Megatron, he’ll want you to crap your pants as you stare down the barrel of the comically oversized gun glued under it

    • @j-sant-animations8105
      @j-sant-animations8105 Рік тому +2

      @Gabe Mark well there’s something a lot more intimidating from a helicopter than can see just meters away trying to kill you than a quick fly by instant kill, sounds like a Megatron kind of thing.

  • @tomjames9681
    @tomjames9681 Рік тому +5

    - Where is the Allspark?
    -Crush the Autobots!!!
    -Argghahahaha…

  • @RidiKill
    @RidiKill Рік тому +4

    Always struck me as pretty funny that one of this toy's three voicelines was him cackling when he literally never laughed once in 42 episodes. Unless you count the episode where he was part of Soundwave's virtual reality world, which you shouldn't.

  • @MellowGaming
    @MellowGaming Рік тому +68

    Definitely no harem in the odd do-over review. Years have passed, you've changed, your style has changed. Makes sense that your view of some bots might change. Even with the few shortcomings this figure has it's still one that I reckon is worth having a go on for most collectors. Got that big toy chunk feel to it.

    • @gaebril131
      @gaebril131 Рік тому +8

      No harem if you only have one every so often

  • @delaneymcdonell5774
    @delaneymcdonell5774 Рік тому +13

    Honestly my Favorite Megatron Design I love this thing so much

  • @LoranCehack
    @LoranCehack Рік тому +8

    I miss the glory days of Animated. I'd love to see this Megatron get the Legacy treatment like Prowl.

  • @heli88
    @heli88 Рік тому +12

    I did and do love Animated so much that I can't really be objective about this guy. I'll grant that he might not be the best Megatron, but he'll always have a place in my heart.

  • @vustvaleo8068
    @vustvaleo8068 Рік тому +12

    still the best cartoon Megatron by today's standards because dude is scary.

  • @JoshFrisch
    @JoshFrisch Рік тому +15

    Absolutely loving all the throwback bits in this one. Fan-friggin-tastic!

  • @JLaffey
    @JLaffey Рік тому +6

    04:53 is definitely a line I didn't expect

  • @Dinamosaur
    @Dinamosaur Рік тому +5

    I feel like this figure's transformation would be a 10/10 if the cockpit became the arms and the feet turned into tail-fins.

  • @noobishanimations1809
    @noobishanimations1809 Рік тому +2

    Ngl the animated toy lines are one of my favorite and seeing thew review megatron just brightened my day! Thank you

  • @krazyguy1234
    @krazyguy1234 Рік тому +5

    I died way too hard on that Monthly Megatron bit at the beginning 😂

  • @fishpop
    @fishpop Рік тому +1

    That omission of the Monthly from Monthly Megatron made me cackle.

  • @lowellmartens6135
    @lowellmartens6135 Рік тому +2

    Ah, some Thew to brighten my day.

  • @ultramanz4006
    @ultramanz4006 Рік тому +2

    I just got a replacement animated voyager megatron! The timing is exquisite!

  • @KRJayster
    @KRJayster Рік тому +1

    "Decepticons, transform and RISE UP!"

  • @scottywan82
    @scottywan82 Рік тому +1

    Honestly, I love you revisiting some of these reviews! It's nice to see more of the figures and how your feelings on them may have changed over time.

  • @_V.Va_
    @_V.Va_ Рік тому

    I actually like it when Creators give a second opinion on older videos.

  • @ciroargus
    @ciroargus Рік тому +1

    "bounced off me like coheed and cambria". that's an interesting statement, but it said a lot.

  • @extraram896
    @extraram896 Рік тому +1

    While definitely not the first show I ever watched, TFA was the first Transformers cartoon that got me genuinely invested. Regardless of what a lot of G1 purists thought of the style of the time, Derrick James Wyatt's interpretation of the characters has always stuck with me as an artist with how he's given those already beloved characters so much more personality.
    A shame the show was left unresolved, but the impact it had on me and others is never going away; and it's clear that can be said for what that show inspired for the rest of Transformers.
    Besides Megatron's Osprey altmode being revisited in Earthspark, Animated was what cemented Ratchet as being an older war-veteran turned grouchy medic with feelings of remorse for his actions, reinventing Bulkhead from a Master Roshi-type character from the Unicron trilogy into a character type that was much better fitting for the name & also playing around with other fun concepts that've bled into the mainline series from time to time.

  • @ArmoredMexican
    @ArmoredMexican 4 місяці тому

    I remember my aunt bought me one as a kid and I was so disappointed at first as I was only into Bayverse at the time, but quickly loved the sound and light up features, as well as the rotor spin action. Had lots of fun.

  • @coffeeinhandproductions3238

    Short comings aside still glad to have this one up on the shelf where the bot mode really shines alongside his other Animated Decepticon contemporaries. Never thought once to use the Headmaster gimmick on him as it looks right ridiculous.

  • @willthecollector3213
    @willthecollector3213 7 місяців тому

    This was one of my 1st legitimate Megatrons and he stood tall as my primary one for years until he went on my animated shelf. Still love him.

  • @Paxtin
    @Paxtin Рік тому

    Fun fact: some helicopters are referred to as Gun-ships(As well as most large aircraft designed for land assault.)...I like to think that was thematically intentional.
    I remember raging on this figure back when it came out for being a Leader class figure with a simplistic transformation, but over time I've grown to appreciate it more and more for what it is. One certainly can't deny it holds a presence on the toy shelf that even the best of modern Leader class figures can't match.

  • @jameslee7307
    @jameslee7307 Рік тому +1

    Ahhhh, from a time when $40-50 meant LEADER CLASS, not a Deluxe Class in a bigger box 😥

  • @Dogasupreme
    @Dogasupreme Рік тому

    7:20 A quote, from One Master Kazuhira Miller; "It's an Enemy Gunship..!"

  • @Plagues138
    @Plagues138 Рік тому

    "it bounced of me, like coheed and Cambria" ahahahhaha. Can relate...

  • @XPproductions365
    @XPproductions365 10 місяців тому

    I don’t own this figure myself but I do have an interesting memory related to it. During one of the first few visits to my favorite collector store I remember a woman (probably in her early-mid twenties) buying this. (It’s safe to assume she grew up watching TFA) because she was very happy to find it.
    (I always enjoy seeing someone achieve a major collecting goal of theirs).

  • @crimsonkaiju7085
    @crimsonkaiju7085 Рік тому

    As someone who just got into Animated last year, the toys are still a completely new and fascinating world to me. I was definitely not expecting the landing gear on the fusion cannon though, it's silly and I absolutely love it!

  • @RodimusMinor1987
    @RodimusMinor1987 Рік тому

    A top class toy that still holds up today,
    Also when you said 2008 I was like TFA was 15 years ago 😱 man I'm old 😢

  • @richardcalavera1018
    @richardcalavera1018 Рік тому

    I can't unsee his mouth mechanism like a Lemmy/Animated Motormaster mustache

  • @josiaharaki7310
    @josiaharaki7310 Рік тому +1

    Got really lucky and found this guy at a thrift store for $6 (missing accessories of course) and I was shocked that despite his odd shape, his posing is more or less the same as a modern figure, with the caveat of the ratchets on the legs

  • @Roctev
    @Roctev Рік тому

    Another episode of 'At some point Megatron', which actually fits the music by the way, gotta love these.
    Great work as always Thew.

  • @michaellombardi1620
    @michaellombardi1620 Рік тому +1

    Aw yeah; Thew talking about Animated! That takes me back! My fave modern interpertation of Transformers with my fave reviewer! What more could one ask for?

  • @wavewingman5993
    @wavewingman5993 7 місяців тому

    The wordplay you're looking for at 7:19 is "Osprensibly"

  • @rellko3900
    @rellko3900 Рік тому +1

    *cheery drumbeat*
    “-mEGATRON!”

  • @nightlypiano4116
    @nightlypiano4116 Рік тому +2

    I crave a Legacy toy of this, GIVE US OUR HELI MEGS

  • @Freddyfan1428
    @Freddyfan1428 Рік тому

    I always figured the boosters on the back of the copter mode were for sudden turns and spins rather than the missing tail rotor.
    But you're right, , Lord Thew, that lighting is utterly BAS-ASS!!!

  • @kevinr6879
    @kevinr6879 Рік тому

    Well well well. If it isn’t a blast from the past. This was one of the first Transformers I watched you review. It’s been a wild wide and I’m glad I’ve been here since then. Keep on keeping on Thew.

  • @gabecake2055
    @gabecake2055 Рік тому +1

    I actually have this Megatron. Its the shadow blade version which is a black and purple recolor, but a panel on him is broken and he's missing like all of his accessories. At least his voice lines still work though

  • @angusmcnay5449
    @angusmcnay5449 Рік тому +1

    Definitely isolating 4:53

  • @lampy5490
    @lampy5490 Рік тому

    Now that Thew's pointed it out, the way Mr Tron stands kind of makes him look like he needs a wee.

  • @13slot28
    @13slot28 Рік тому +3

    I vote to change Monthly Megatron to..... Occasional Megatron 😂 😂

  • @jakoblopez1417
    @jakoblopez1417 Рік тому

    Always appreciate how Thew color coordinates the nails

  • @snitchbug
    @snitchbug Рік тому +1

    hope we get an updated version of this guy in legacy

  • @ericdodson3630
    @ericdodson3630 Рік тому

    I sing the Monthly Megatron theme to myself whenever i see a Megatron figure or a new Video from Thew.

  • @spookyryder6482
    @spookyryder6482 Рік тому

    I remember getting this but having to take it back because it was humid where i lived and the canopy paint was beginning to come off.

  • @DefrostedNeanderthal
    @DefrostedNeanderthal Рік тому +1

    4:54 clipping that

  • @isaacclarke195
    @isaacclarke195 Рік тому

    1:28
    …Wasn’t expecting to relate to that.

  • @RollerChoster
    @RollerChoster 3 місяці тому

    I got Animated Megatron for my friend's birthday coming up in July! Animated is my friend's favorite transformers series but never owned any of the figures. This is also going to be his first Megatron figure

  • @il0v3PepsiPepsiPepsi
    @il0v3PepsiPepsiPepsi Рік тому +1

    This Megatron alt mode looks kool like a Futuristic Combat Helicoptor but Earthspark Megatron alt mode looks like a Tilt Rotor for World War 3 but they both have different Characteristics.
    Animan Megatron is like Bayverse Optimus while the Earthspark Megatron is G1 Optimus (because it is)

  • @DeamonChocobo
    @DeamonChocobo Рік тому

    All honesty, Animated had one of my favorite Megatron Alt Modes.

  • @curiouspeanut
    @curiouspeanut Рік тому

    We do love a little bit of Animated

  • @samuelstatezny701
    @samuelstatezny701 Рік тому +1

    The first Transformers show I was really into when I was younger and likely one of my biggest inspirations for getting into Voice Over work! Corey Burton's work as the big bucket head doesn't get nearly enough credit!

  • @sidbeckett5655
    @sidbeckett5655 Рік тому

    A Great look at an old favourite. It's weird, I've had him for 15 years and never really noticed any of the flaws (outside of the weird rickets knees), but you're spot on with your criticisms. The size comparison with the Ultra Class was really shocking too, they were something special, I'm glad I kept them.

  • @JangusMacintosh
    @JangusMacintosh Рік тому

    I really hope we get an updated generations version of this Megatron either in legacy or another line down the road

  • @justben1770
    @justben1770 Рік тому

    Wasn't expecting the Coheed and Cambria diss

  • @Razorgeist
    @Razorgeist Рік тому

    I for one love this figure. Oh and I had the same though about the pieces on the side of his head. It makes him look like an English judge.

  • @woundedzilla1517
    @woundedzilla1517 Рік тому

    I have this guy he was a personal favorite. For the 2 weeks he didn’t have a broken arm, and it’s the kind of broken where the toy is still functional and the arm stays on but it so loose he can’t actually do ANYTHING and I don’t want to waste the money to get a new one so I just deal with it.

  • @ALiteralLamp
    @ALiteralLamp Рік тому

    A Tiltrotor will always be my favourite Megatron alt mode, I think it makes a lot of sense given the deception air superiority thing. Also they’re rad

  • @lilithofthevoid4922
    @lilithofthevoid4922 Рік тому +1

    Been loving your nails lately, Thew

  • @iron1349
    @iron1349 Рік тому

    the "no gun" thing seems to only apply to Autobots and just a handful of Decepticons. of the 5 we start with
    Megatron has his cannon
    Starscream: arm guns
    Lugnut: missile pods and machine guns
    Blitzwing: Tank cannons

    • @Hydrogue
      @Hydrogue Рік тому

      No one holds a firearm, but Decepticons are allowed built-in guns.

  • @Prim-Hull_Primehu6
    @Prim-Hull_Primehu6 Рік тому +1

    Sorry, when you said 50 quid, I had to stop and write this. I got mine at on sale from a service station for £19.99 and got the leader bulkhead for free. My best bargain yet.

  • @fennekin1750
    @fennekin1750 Рік тому

    I REALLY hope there will be a Legacy TFA Voyager or Leader class Megatron, cuz I love this version of Megs! He'll also probably go well with the Rumored/Leaked Prime & Bee!
    Also, that intro! "Monthly Megatron! .........Megatron!", that was Hilarious, lol!

  • @sleepybearuwu
    @sleepybearuwu Рік тому +2

    Pretty curious whether or not this will get a legacy figure

  • @GoEatATowel
    @GoEatATowel Рік тому +1

    I'd love to see this version of Megatron and, frankly, the rest of the Animated universe get the same kind of high-quality above and beyond treatment that Third Party companies have been giving the Bay movie characters.

  • @LunarAntic
    @LunarAntic Рік тому +1

    *THEW.*
    *JUST CALL IT MOMENTARY MEGATRON!!!*

  • @marciomiralda8862
    @marciomiralda8862 Рік тому

    Thew:This is a toy at war with itself
    Me: so its a war with in

  • @TheICombaticon
    @TheICombaticon Рік тому

    Past me actually thought the Argos stuff in the old review was kinf of interesting. It was the mixture of "exposure to thing i didn't know about before" factor combined with what an extremely oddly casual and personal detail it was that attracted me to classic TATR in the first place (I mean WHAT OTHER toy reviewer would go on those kinds of tangents back then or even today?)

  • @IonStudios96
    @IonStudios96 Рік тому

    I'm loving this upload schedule

  • @samanthaB98
    @samanthaB98 Рік тому

    i am begging the gods above to give us a remake of this guy like we got for prowl

  • @pancakepower1006
    @pancakepower1006 Рік тому

    My favorite childhood toy

  • @cactus_judy3929
    @cactus_judy3929 Рік тому

    so many of the animated toys have that same leg issue. I'm thinking of soundwave/soundblaster, but there are others.

  • @thedarkoracle4807
    @thedarkoracle4807 Рік тому +2

    I was literally just thinking of you doing this. How?

  • @Firetrigger2110
    @Firetrigger2110 Рік тому

    ...you take that back about Coheed and Cambria.

  • @DrSex-sl5ji
    @DrSex-sl5ji Рік тому

    I would love if we got a legacy version of this megatron

  • @Phathom0
    @Phathom0 Рік тому

    I have both the Japanese (Found at a thrift store no less) and US version. This Megatron is so fun. He reminds me of Switchblade from M.A.S.K.

  • @spawnytheistic
    @spawnytheistic Рік тому

    I’m an early 2000s kid so when I got into transformers it was animated and the movies. Weird place to start considering they just made me think megatron was a guy who was dead or just a head. Then I watched energon and I loved megs ever since. My personal favorite megatron.

  • @Cdr2002
    @Cdr2002 Рік тому

    Was not expecting a Black Eyed Peas reference

  • @shite_fatalis633
    @shite_fatalis633 Рік тому +2

    Who else is of the opinion that Animated Megatron had the best alt mode Megatron ever had

  • @jgvillan01
    @jgvillan01 Рік тому

    And I was just playing with the DOTT Re-Mastered Game. LOL!

  • @Beedo_Sookcool
    @Beedo_Sookcool Рік тому

    Great review! Thank you! Yeah, engineering drawbacks aside, I really like this version of Megatron, both the figure and how he's portrayed in the cartoon.

  • @crimsondynamo615
    @crimsondynamo615 Рік тому +1

    -MONTHLY- MEGATRON!

  • @treebotreviews
    @treebotreviews Рік тому

    Cons have guns, bots have stuff= animated combat play pattern.

  • @DelrueMadden
    @DelrueMadden Рік тому +1

    I wouldn't mind you doing more reviews for toys you've already done vids for. The lower the production value the greater the chance that Thew will drop an r-slur.

  • @wolkaiserdrake9946
    @wolkaiserdrake9946 Рік тому

    my only question regarding this guy is, why does he have 2 sets of front landing gear? there one on the gun, and then a fold out strut in the canopy, and that one can only be used if you don't have the gun, but then you don't have anything to cover the face with

  • @threeerasers4873
    @threeerasers4873 Рік тому

    I got it last year for a really good price and I have no regrets. Also it is also my first Megatron figure ever

  • @nerdsoftheherd69
    @nerdsoftheherd69 Рік тому

    I was waiting for this one I love this series because I collect Megatrons