Transformers RiD(2001) Megatron AND Galvatron - GotBot True Review NUMBER 714
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- Опубліковано 17 лис 2024
- This time I look at the Transformers Robots in Disuise 2001 Megatron, as well as his mold reuse as Galvatron. In Japan, this character was known as Gigatron and the offering there lacked two locking tabs that were used on he North American version of the mold. This design was very far ahead of its time rivaling anything offered today in lines such as Siege, Earthrise or Studio Series. The coloring is perfect, or very close to it. The articulation allows for endlessly dynamic poses. There are no less than ten modes (admittedly though, some succeed more than others). Still, it isn't overly difficult to get to most of them and several are very well done. Optimus certainly had his hands full with this iteration of his arch-nemesis. Check out all the details and decide what you think about them for yourself!
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He is absolutely incredible. Some of the modes are forgettable, but the two headed dragon mode is a fav. And the robot mode is majestic while terrifying. Pure fantasy but almost feels realistic. I do wish Hasbro had managed to use the Gigatron name somewhere, that is what I refer to this character as (only own the Hasbro Megatron version myself). The only "improvement" I would want to see is inflating it to be around Commander Jetfire's size so he would match more to Omega Prime.
I agree with you. I see a Dark Nova in him.
Agreed. The scale is only thing that bothers me about this figure as Devil Gigatron was quite large in the show.
@@ChaoticDarkness1 He was around twice the height of Skybyte
@@twilight_phantom2969 Yeah and he's as big as Omega Prime.
FINALLY. FINALLY SOMEONE MAKES A MODERN REVIEW OF THIS GUY(S)
Amazing, even by today's standards.
Galvatron or Devil Gigatron... gotta love Japanese naming. Glad I got these 2 finally completed
Amazing set. I see Megatron or Gigatron and think Dark Nova though.
Awesome review and you really enhanced it by showing both colour versions.
Funny how this was the 1st Megatron/Galvatron recolour mold where the the Megatron had the purple (Classic Galvatron) colour scheme, and the Galvatron had the white (classic Megatron) scheme.
Similarly, Cybertron toy line also swapped the classic colour schemes for these characters.
I never thought about that but good call. That's a great point.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot Actually, this was the 1st North A. release of any Megatron toy that was recoloured to Galvatron. Interesting that this very 1st case began with the colour swap!
I really like the purple version of this, looks so good.
He has an additional 11th mode, the Ostrich. Made official in a comic in 2017
I know. Thought I showed it near the end actually, maube not. There is a ton to cover with this guy.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot tell me about it. I got mine yesterday and I found a webpage with 100 fan modes hahahaha
Hard to believe these figures are almost 20 years old and they still hold up so well. I have Devil Gigatron on my shelf and I just think he’s a gorgeous display piece.
Amazingly well done then or now. Totally dig the mold.
Never knew he had a griffin mode. My new fave. I always called two headed dragon hand stand mode.
Always something new with this dude.
I have the Galvatron and it's going to remain on the shelf even after others retire
He is so good. Those wings, those beautiful wings.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot it was one of the reasons why I picked him up. I have a thing for winged characters-hence my collection of Swoops-and this is the crown jewel
From where did you bought and what will be its price in rupees
Modes:
1: robot
2: one headed dragon
3: jet
4: hydrofoil
5: roadster
6: hand
7: mammoth
8: griffin
9: bat
10: two headed dragon
I know. W-why did you list what was in the video? There is also the 11th fan ostrich.
Wait what,
*10 MODES?!*
Woah..anyways nice review there , keep up the good work!
The record holder for most modes, I do believe. Some, however, are more successful than others.
The reason the HYDROPLANE mode doesn't look like it can fly is because a hydroplane is a boat. The ship on incredibles 2 was a hydroplane. The wings lift it mostly out of the water to reduce drag for crazy speeds.
Never even knew it was a thing that existed in reality. Which mode was a hydroplane cuz...some of these are iffy lol. Thanks for the info.
I always Kept my DEVIL GIGATRON on the Shelf he stands beside Deathsaurus , The two Dinozone (Dinozaurs) Dragons (Gigano and Draconus) and Dragon Megatron.
They been there that long. Loved these Guys
They don't make them like this anymore, hey?
Well I’m a huge Generations fan, but Beast Wars / RiD really got me back into transformers and shoot this guy was 20 bucks!! My god what a steal at that price back then. If I had a Delorean...
Nice review, Dennis. I'm kind of new to your channel. But I know a lot about RID Megatron/Galvatron. And, to answer one of your questions, yes, Megatron did become Galvatron in episode 32, Peril From The Past. But, if you want my advice, here it is. Next time you get either RID Megatron/Galvatron, make sure you have them check for missing instructions sheets.
LOL, I think the guy who lent them to me wanted ri torture me lol...he also lend me that accursed Armada Prime lol. This bold though, is amazing. I wish I'd known about the Ostrach earlier lol.
Excelent video I searched videos but I noticed my Gigatron is missing the blades and feet/head cover I'm so sad do you know if I can get those parts somewhere?
First, thank you. Secondly, I think you may have to resort to ebay. I have a guy I can ask but he is likely to say the same. If he says anything different, I'll let you know. If I don't say anything, he didn't tell me anything new lol.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot I will search everywhere and hope I find it or your friends gets some info THANKS
NP, hope I can help.
Okay, so no sword missiles available right now, nor foot parts BUT the foots parts have cheaper and just as effective resin cast reproparts out there. Look up skillskullrush on ebay
missiles, you're welcome www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-R-I-D-Galvatron-Missile/153640853918?hash=item23c5b5619e%3Ag%3A9qYAAOSwvSVdeopy&LH_BIN=1
I used to have the Galvatron version of this mold, sadly lost it along with most of my original TF collection, but this video reminded me about how awesome it was so I tracked a Megatron down and found a complete one for $60, hell of a deal for one of the best Transformers ever. I'm not even big on beastformers but you really can't beat this guy for playability, sure not every mode is a winner but the fact that he even HAS so many modes is amazing and lets you fiddle around with him endlessly.
Gotta agree that a modern version of RiD Megatron/Galvatron just wouldn't work, the best they could do is just rerelease the original and I don't see that happening from today's Hasbro.
60 is brilliant for this mold. Congrats
these are some of my fav transformers toys of all time. great review man
Mine too now. I can see a nice Dark Nova custom here.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot good call
He Look's like an Upgraded Version of Beast wars Megatron
Well, a version of the mold was adapted to be the dragon version of BW Megs.
I always hope someday that one of the third parties will remake(Not only coloration like Deathsaurus and Botcon's Megatron) them. They are absolutely amazing and valuable.
Agreed. I worry about the cost though.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot Might be 200++ I guess. My fav. third parties are Mastermind creation and Perfect effect, so I really want them to remake.
@@sdasdsdassadasd8380 Both good companies. MMC could do particularly well, I think.
I had Megatron... miss out on Galvatron.. great review😎
Thanks buddy. I really appreciate that.
I had a pirate version of this toy as kid where the tail was completely stiff but that didn't stop me of have a ton of fun with this toy that had all those transformations, surely one of my favourite toys of all time. I guess a kid don't have problems that some forms are a stretch, it helps that you have the toy and watch the TV show
Pirate version?
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot A fake version, I think some call them bootleg too
@@dreadknight0 Ohhh...a KO. Wait. There was a KO of this??? Wild.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot Yeah the model worked almost perfectly.
The only errors of that fake toy was that the black tail was a solid piece that you couldn't bend and that the head didn't have the mask for bat form.
But apart of that the toy worked perfectly and I could play with all the forms of the show but with a stiff trunk for elephant form and 1 head dragon
Still a worthy offering, if you ask me.
I prefer Galvatron's color scheme. Stands out far more.
I tend to agree.
So you mean the white?
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot i presonally preder the megatron colours. Looks like a giant robot dracula (i'd like to see him portrayed like that in media)
That's the color I mean.
Ican see that comparison. He was like that in RiD/Car Robots.
Recently found Galvatron in box for 80 bucks. Mold looks fantastic, even 20 years later. I kinda want more from RID now for some reason lol.
Very lucky find. RiD was amazing. Poor Unicron Trilogy was such a sad step backwards.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot also, did you know there is a recently canonized 11th "ostrich" mode?
I did. I think I saw that after this.Wild lol
I own the original Gigatron, Devil Gigatron, Megatron, Galvatron, and Deathsaurus of this toy design. Unfortunately the bat mouth for the Deathsaurus doesn’t work right for the transformation and his colors looked too much like Gigatron/Megatron. I noticed that you didn’t show the front landing gear/wheel for the jet mode that folds out of the chest. I remember in the RID series the elephant mode was called Iron Mammoth. I would love to get the Beast Wars Megatron version of this someday.
Didn't know there was a landing gear. I mean, this was on loan and I just figured the nodes out by looking at pictures. Never had any instructions. This mold was eons ahead of its time though.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot I know, even by today’s standards. And one more thing that this figure has an action gimmick when you unplug the center of the front of the crotch it makes the hand mode do a gripping effect.
Epic review GotBot!!!!!!!! :D Both Megatron and Galvatron are fantastic Transformers, especially for holding the record for having the most alt modes. :D Keep on being amazing, Double Thumbs Up. ;D
Amazing how wonderful they still are.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot It is beyond amazing how they still hold up, even compared to Siege and Earthrise Transformers. :D
grate review dennis . lol its like they couldnt decide on an alt mode for them and they said screw it lets give the all the modes
It really is but the robot is amazing. I tend to default to the 2 headed dragon and one of the plane modes
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot ya i would be the same if i owned a copy of ether of them .... i been wanting to do more videos of my collection but i hurt my neck last week and cannot clime to get them down lol just went to the doc today couldn't stand the pain any longer . i been trying to ignore it but got to much to bear today .....
@@dragonflye4561 Yeesh.Be careful and rest up. It's a tough time to be hurt now, even more than usual.
Great video. I've never seen these versions of Megatron and Galvatron before. I feel like the color schemes should be reversed, though. Megatron should be the white/gray/silver one and Galvatron should be the purple one. That's more loyal to G1 animation.
True but this is based on the 2001 RiD/Car Robots versions and for them, these are hyper accurate.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot Right. The toys are right, but the show is wrong. :)
The reason why it's weird here is because this guy was never supposed to be Megatron, but someone else who took over as the leader for the decepticons named Gigatron
True. The english audience would know Megatron as the leader. I dunno, they never gave English speakers much credit for being adaptable lol.
If you want to look at it that way, I guess. I mean, outside Japan it isn't G1 and inside Japan it is G1, somehow, but there this guy isn't Megatron. It is a weird series between both countries.
I don't own either....... BUT Now I wish I did! :)
Thanks fer Showin' n' Sharin' the knowledge , Amigo GoBo!
I wish I owned them too lol.
Love your review as always Dennis. 🤘🤘
Thank you, buddy. Your support now means more than you could possibly know.
I like this form of megatron/galvatron because they have 6 or10 modes, depending on which one you get
It was and still is anamazing mold.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot so true
Awesome review i have the Japanese version gigatron I had him since 2001
Amazing mold, whichever one you have. I am curious, how easily do you manage to pull off all ten modes with the Gigatron mold? Any color differences with him and the North American release?
His bat mode face is like he has masked his face like optimus prime
Kinda lol.
They designed it, named it Gigatron and LATER American Hasbro renamed him Megatron/Galvatron and Fire Convoy became Optimus Prime. He will always be Gigatron and Devil Gigatron.
Why did you repeat stuff I said in the video and in The Optimus review?
" To be fair sometimes he is called Gigatron..." How the fuck could he be sometimes be called Gigatron if he was named that FIRST before Hasbro renamed him? That sounds stupid. That's like saying heroes of Cybertron Gigatron but he is sometimes called Overlord! The same for Dezaras, Black Zarak, not only renaming it but also claiming the American rename is the original. That's lame
lol..really bro? Okay then. 99.9 percent of people have never ever heard of the Japanese names, lwy aline know it came first. Also, neirher if these milds was Gigayron. That mold is in fact slightly different. Stop being petty.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot I'm not being petty your just ignorant. Fuck a mold THE MAN WHO DESIGNED GIGATRON WAS JAPANESE AND HE I HAS DESIGNED SOME G1 BOTS AND HE DESIGNED TF CYBERTRON PRIMUS. IN JAPAN THEY WERE WATCHING CAR ROBOTS A YEAR BEFORE IT WAS SHOWN HERE CALLING IT RID.
he also has a secret 11th ostrich mode!
I know. I thought I showed it. What a wild, crazy, beautiful mold.
Also the 2-headed dragon is an homage to kaiju,it's based upon king ghidorah accept for the 3rd head.
I have no clue what any of that is lol.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot king ghidorah is a kaiju from the godzilla movie franchise it's a good dragon with 3 heads and wings.
This figure actually 3 heads in a matter of speaking...
But the 2-headed dragon form of this figure payed homage to king ghidorah though just minus the 3rd head...
But if you want king ghidorah look no further than the godzilla films
Wild. I've only ever watched 1 Godzilla film, gueas that explains it lol..
Wild. I've only ever watched 1 Godzilla film, gueas that explains it lol..
I just realized that RiD 2001 Megatron and Galvatron kind of resemble Destroyah from Godzilla.
Wouldn't know lol, saw one Godzilla movie as a kid. It wasn't for me. I never bothered eith any of the more modern takes.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot I’ve only ever watched Godzilla 2000 and Godzilla 2014, but I have watched reviews on some of the Godzilla movies. Both Megatron and Galvatron have prominent fins on the side of their faces and have a demonic dragon appearance like Destroyah.
Cool.
I like this 👌 toy but there is an unofficial mode called the devil gigatron ostrich mode.
But you can do more what if modes.
There is and I think it is gloriously weird lol. Still an amazing mold
I had the black & purple one as a kid. It was the only transformer I couldn't figure out how to transform, very frustrating.
So many modes. I didn't have any instructions either, just went off pictures and moving parts lol.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot I think I got rid of the box almost immediately, so I didn't even have pictures to work off, and I never liked to use the instructions. Figuring it out was part of the fun!
With, like, 11 modes, that guesswork is brutal lol but, man, this was so far beyond anything else they did at the time.
Purple is bad ass and it won't yellow unlike the white variant?
Good point
hi is there a chance you can send me a photo where you measure the tail pieces?
Sorry, I wish, they were only on loan. I can ask the owner if he can measure them though.
So, my buddy who owns these did at least measure. Tip to rip, 12cm, abour 4.75 inches.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot Thank you a lot!
(R.I.D.) Megatron/galvatron (2001) transform into the hands mode?
Yep.
& claws mode?
Claws mode?
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot yea, like megatron claw mode & galvatron claw mode?
There isn't a claw mode. There is the hand mode, if that has claws. Maybe a fan mode but I have no clue really what you're referring to. I show the 10 or 11 official modes.
sucks that i lost the weapons of my galvatron
Ohhh noooo!!
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Not an MP fan myself but yes, I agree with everything you said. May 25 was a great day for you.
Which is your favorite figure megatron or galvatron edit I don't think your gonna see this
I liked Megs mind better but Galvatron 's look and style.
Tell me all 10 modes
It's in the video. Watch it. All 11, you mean.
Tell me i subscribed if you don't i will unsubscribe
Unsub away then.
I will not please tell me all the modes I am a child
@@jitharipershad6781 tfwiki.net/wiki/File:RIDGalvatron.jpg
If you can find a way to get Devil Gigatron/Galvatron's hand mode to be held on God Fire Convoy/Omega Prime's hand, you will have the combination *Mighty Devil God Fire Convoy,* which debuted after Devil Gigatron/Galvatron gave up on his evil ambitions upon learning of the dimensional dangers during his imprisonment in Legends/Unite Warriors. If I were to localize this form, I would have called it *Alpha Omega Prime.*
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OMG! I bet you could use pegs into the ports on Prime's arm to make that happen. I wish I still had these to try but I totally believe it could be accomplished.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot
My RID Galvatron is in a toy box that's deep within a shed my mom and dad have in my backyard so I"m going to have to dig deep just to find it to tell everyone how it works out. To be honest I would rather buy a fresh Car Robots Devil Gigatron figure. XD
I could see the appeal in that. I am glad I had the chance to look at this mold but, man, only makes me want it more.
tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/f/fb/FigureKingDevilOstrich.jpg
This fan mode (? Think it was posted as a lost mode by one of the designers) is awesome . Think it’s a solid 11.
It is sure better than at least 4 official modes 😂 why that weird hand and elephant make the cut but not this bird mode?
THAT is unofficially and affe tionately known as Devil Ostrich apparently lol. But yes, you could say a solid 11 lol.
Megatron just looks better
I dunno . I like'em both.
The video is to long and don't have markers for each transformation
It shows 11 transformations and I don't do markers. UA-cam does that automatically, which is highly annoying as I suggest one watch the entire video for the full experience. The video is fine, you're wrong.
That's a Big daddy 😃🖒
Agreed.
Totally fucked up the jet mode
Takara? Yes, they did.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot No how YOU transformed it, YES you transformed it wrong
@@chillyMack No, lmao, I didn't but cool bro.
@@DennisMoultonAKAGotBot nose of the jet is suppose to be straight not dipping upward like a goose. You trying to make skylynx
According ti pucs, it is dipped. Mind you, as I said, I had ni instructions. Eitherway, dude was and is amazing.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIII NNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDD IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT
Good luck. Pricey but amazing mold.
I'm sorry but I couldn't stand you talkin so much so I just stopped watching.
Um, kind of hard to review sonething without speaking but, I dunno, cool? Go away? Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out lol? What an absolutely useless and idiotic comment lmao.