Studio Series 109 Concept Art Megatron: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 272

[@SarcyBoi41]

For anyone wondering, Thew is correct that there was a deleted scene of Megatron in Hoover Dam. When they were first planning out the movie they planned to put Megatron in the Cybertron scene (which was going to be in the middle of the movie when that Optimus message played), and that's what this Megatron was designed for. But someone reminded them Megatron was supposed to be frozen so he was cut from that scene and the Hoover Dam scene was added. When The Last Knight deservedly flopped, Bumblebee was reworked into a reboot to get away from the stink (so it IS a separate universe no matter what Lorenzo says). The Popsicletron scene was cut, most of the Cybertron scene was moved to the beginning and Bumblebee's landing on Earth was filmed to replace the original intro, which showed him having been there since before WWII as in The Last Knight. Unfortunately it was too late to add Megatron to the Cybertron scene just for the sake of doing so.

[@windsweeper8002]

I remember hearing about Megatron's absence being due to the fact he was frozen on Earth. As for the reboot thing, Unicron is proof that it's a reboot.

[@Da_ComputerMonster]

And Transformers One will be it's own thing, separate from the New, Rebooted Movieverse! (Don't believe Lorenzo's lies. Just don't, it's healthier.)

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

On the one hand, Bumblebee doesn't really work because of all the continuity errors it would introduce. On the other hand, so have a ton of other official things, including and especially the UK Marvel comics that were written as filler in between receiving the US comics. The way I see it, you can take it either way. The people working on the movies say they're still considering it the same continuity but they don't sweat small details. _That's pretty obvious._ I prefer to consider it a soft reboot, where the events of the other movies (except TLK) happen broadly the same way but with the timeline of events shifted around.

[@qxillanote9952]

But Megatron wasn’t supposed to be frozen anymore

[@SarcyBoi41]

@@qxillanote9952 not sure what you're on about. Bumblebee was set in the 80s, and Bayverse Megatron was frozen from about the First Century CE to 2007. So if Bumblebee were in the Bayverse (it isn't, but was originally supposed to be) then Megatron is definitely still frozen.

[@lekanraposte6732]

This thing can be fan-transformed into a tons of things. A Battletech style mecha, a dragon, a ball-o-scrap...

[@harpybeagle4931]

Literally anything can be fanmoded if u bullshit hard enough The question is does it actually lock together and not explode, cause otherwise all the fanmodes are just Bold Forms Gladius w extra steps

[@octobotimus]

I mean you can technically fan mode any figure into a vague something.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

I heard that Car Robots Gigatron was designed with six modes but got officially fan-transformed into four more!

[@lemjor10]

I can’t never remember how to transform this one and came up with an Elephant mode.

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

How? I thought the legendary Iron Mammoth was RID 2001 Galvatron's thing...

[@robertdelgadocapetillo8684]

Haha RID Megs. No seriously, how did you transform him into the elephant mode????

[@hostiledodo1150]

OMG I GOT THE SHOUT OUT! HI THEW! Lol but seriously I love the content, dude, and I'm happy to help support my favorite Transformers KZbinr!

[@Buff_Helpy]

FUN FACT: Thews right, the hoover dam scene did exist but was scrapped when bumblebee was changed into a reboot. ALSO, theres a reason megatrons back looks so similar to optimus, its that most of the cybertron scene characters were made from the assets of bee, optimus, blitzwing, and shattter, this is because the cybertron scene was so last minute after they mqde bee movie a reboot they had to reuse assets to make newer models to get the scene done in time for opening.

[@THEW0LFB0Y]

I love how this toy is a direct reference to Animated Marauder Megatron. I love it

[@alphaaufa1890]

Its sad that the concept art that this toy is supposedly based off of is much better than the toy itself. if you look at the altmode designs they look much better than what we got. So idk the point of this toy.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Kind of? He doesn't have the second cannon and Marauder Megatron was already meant to be a reference to the movies and Super Megatron. But someone managed to fumble Marauder's vehicle mode out of Concept Art Megs so it's probably at least partly intentional.

[@EL-uj1pl]

Marauder Megatron's alt modes looked like something.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@alphaaufa1890 Probably because they couldn't quite get it to work as well as they wanted while keeping it on budget AND having so much flexibility and articulation.

[@spiderbots]

@@OtakuUnitedStudioit’s completely intentional. One of the designers confirmed the alt modes were inspired by Marauder Megatron on instagram (tho obv the toy alt modes came out much worse than the heavily marauder Megatron alt modes in the concept art)

[@sean.a.s7234]

I think the best thing to come out of this Megatron was people finding ways to make a treasure trove of fan modes out of him. Like the gun mode, the tried-and-true gerwalk mode, a jetpack for optimus, even a couple beast forms (i've seen a flamingo and a bear mode, there's definitely more though hah)

[@worstfriend9456]

Atleast 21 good ones

[@russellharrell2747]

That’s what Megatron should be, a guy who can turn into anything but really just wants to be a robot.

[@HighEffortUsername]

I saw a pretty well-proportioned Metal Gear Rex

[@Da_ComputerMonster]

@@russellharrell2747 I always thought that concept would work better for Soundwave; He could probably pull it off

[@JunkJester6131]

On TwiX myself alone, I counted at least 13 modes, baseline bot, tank and jet included.

[@EviltheNub]

The alt modes did grow on me after a while. Especially the jet mode surprisingly enough. It gives me dystopian future oppressive government vibes, like a flying ED-209

[@beatrixwickson8477]

Yeah, it's trash but I kinda love the jet mode. The cockpit does a lot of the heavy lifting. The tank is the most fan mode looking official mode I've ever seen though lol

[@RiCeption]

Fun fact. This Megatron is the only one to have a Waluigi Moustache.

[@treebotreviews]

You’re outta line but you right.

[@SleepingGroke]

I knew I wasn't the only one who sees the stache. And I honestly love the idea of Megatron having the classic villain mustache.

[@Chord_]

Easily the best feature of the toy.

[@SigmAnalog]

Oh, good--I'm not the only one who saw it. Thought I was goin' crazy for a minute.

[@declan_o_hell_nah]

You know how a lot of 80s thrash metal bands went through their awkward groove metal period in the mid-90s? That’s kinda the equivalent of what the Studio Series line is going through right now

[@ryanewald9740]

Even the designers reference thew. We really did just pick thew to be our king out of nowhere. But thew has all the qualities of good king: 1. He's British 2. Awesome shirt 3. ..... That's it.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

He owns a sword, the ancestral symbol of authority

[@ThePrimeinator]

"His knees are good"... ... Wish I could relate...

[@IronGraham]

I liked the tank it reminds me of Metal Slug

[@Technodreamer]

Yeah, I'm really fond of the tank mode! The turret rotates and elevates. It reminds me of something the robots would pull out in Helldivers.

[@Nebula427]

It looks like Metal Slug to me too. Glad it's not just me.

[@vamprosmortimer5133]

"No kids, we have Bastion from Overwatch at home..."

[@LunarAntic]

Momentary Megatron

[@wokemoralist]

I've legit never seen the alt modes for this megatron and I agree with you that they're fine at most. I wonder if the tank mode could've stood out more if there wasn't a jet mode? But i've never really liked megs having a jet mode anyway

[@hgc7000]

The fan alt-mode "Wacky Space Blaster" is my preferred Megs alt mode for this one. That space tank and jet are, well not great. Even my kiddo was super disappointed in the alt-modes. But, it is a sweet-assed robot.

[@petermckinney6799]

Hopefully the SS86 Megatron will satisfy Thew's need for quality tyrant toyage.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Assuming we ever get one, giving that Hasbro is reluctant to make another "realistic" gun Transformer.

[@petermckinney6799]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio good point. Could it be that Megs will turn into something else and also have an unofficial gun mode?

[@henry605]

@@petermckinney6799hopefully like a base mode?

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@petermckinney6799 I certainly hope so. Maybe something like an alien jet and the wings can fold down to become the grips?

[@PinkyJay-bv2le]

You've always had the best way to describe the figures.

[@aurance]

The disappointment "well..." at 5:39 is palpable :D Yeah the alt modes are LOLs.

[@optimascrime5235]

Somewhat monthly Megatron is back!!!!

[@3dpprofessor]

If that tank cannon pivoted at a more reasonable place, that squat tank would really have Metal Slug vibes.

[@Technodreamer]

The tank cannon looks fantastic to me, as long as you don't rotate it more than like 90 degrees out. More of a self-propelled artillery unit vibe. And I love how the cannon elevates on its own, rather than needing to til the whole damn turret!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

You can fiddle with it and get a more Metal Slug-y tank

[@rossmonasweebro]

@5:05 Finally a "Same" on a positive note! ❤

[@SideswipePrime606]

I just got Studio Series movie 1 Megatron earlier this week, and I agree that he's a lot of fun. Since while he is s space-whatever, it is mostly movie accurate and still looks like a jet. That and his transformation is very satisfying. I LOVE the way the wings unfurl from his legs.

[@DJ4x]

I laughed at the Ebenezer Goode reference, wasn't expecting that at all.

[@NightNight202]

The robot mode is fantastic, and the alt modes are fine. Is it worth it? Hell yes! The few gripes I have are outweighed by how awesome the robot mode is.

[@Three_Tiny_Robots]

Thanks for the honest review, Thew. If i see this guy on sale I'll think about picking it up but i dont think it justifes the $97.00 Australia price tag 😬

[@ryancarrell3186]

Damn, even Thew notices the lack of Studio Series Devcon... perhaps his mystical charms will get me that figure made.

[@plantspie2.060]

I think flipping out the jet cockpit in tank mode somewhat improves that mode as it isn't just the chest at the front.

[@orcciezaj]

That deleted scene you remember hearing about is in fact real Thew. In fact, when Megatron's figure was first revealed, Hasbro actually showed off that Paramount sent them the model of the frozen Megs to work the figure out from. They market Megs based on comments from Travis Knight where he *wanted* Megs to be in the Cybertron scene when BB was recut into its much looser association with the prior films, but was told to leave continuity as vague as possible.

[@TobyDeshane]

I greatly appreciate brutal honesty in the face of getting a shout out. 🍻

[@Arro3]

"...from the big screen to the Twitch stream!" Made me laugh, good one. The whole intro was quite good

[@Chaos-Zakai64]

Considering that Bumblebee was originally a prequel to the Bay films and was later changed into a reboot, that frozen Megatron scene may have been in the movie only to get cut after the change from prequel to reboot.

[@sherlockscott4037]

The cgi model designers used as the source material even got icicles hanging off his body

[@Vathek_the_Red]

I was not expecting the Shamen reference at the very end. I had to rewind just to confirm I wasn't hearing things. Great review as always.

[@Jeradactile]

Right there with you. I love the robot mode so much though. And the tank is passable, but like Soundwave, he will be in robot mode on the shelf. I hope the eventual SS 86 Megatron can get the love he deserves.

[@ReallyTwistedHumor]

Look, as long as we get a Studio Series Concept Art Transit eventually then I'm okay with it.

[@CUniverse]

10:08 and now an obscure 90 s electronica song is in my head after 30 years. DAMN YOU, THEW

[@TTHBLOX_]

I managed to find this guy locally. And im so happy we are doing comcept art!

[@lampy5490]

Thew, don't stop reviewing toys you don't like: You're still entertaining as all heck, we the fandom appreciate your work, and the crappy toys make the good toys shine brighter.

[@deang5386]

I put his toyhax stickers on last week. Looks soo much better. Also added some extra silver on some of his panels on the back of his legs.

[@Roxfox]

Good to see I'm not the only one thinking he definitely turns into a Metal Slug. Which becomes a very weird shift in art style from one mode to the other... Edit: Whoa, slow burn Shamen jumpscare

[@MrDoctorVK]

On drawing concept paper: Megatron's alt modes, tank and jet look cool. Translated to plastic transforming toy: Ball get dropped few times.

[@PurpleMayonnaise57]

The knees are good.

[@HailHydra27]

that last gag unlocked something i hadn't thought of in years

[@RingoLoadagain]

You nailed it. I had some fun with the robot mode, but after I transformed it, I returned it.

[@Jman92854]

"Why should they make a figure of a character who barely got any screen time?" - Arguments against figures for characters like Devcon I don't know, why would they bother making figures of characters who don't canonically exist in their movies? If they can make concept art figures, just give us the characters who DID appear in the movie. Same goes with making figures for characters from Japanese only Transformers shows, and characters from comics 40 years ago that only people who grew up with it has read, and even more G1 characters. And I don't care if people hate the Twins, we need figures of them too, because if you watch ROTF, there they are, and Hasbro made figures of them for TWO movies. Like em or not, they exist, and it's hilarious that people hated them so much they took them out of the movie they were going to be killed off in. This Megatron is great of course, it's a fantastic "What if", but sadly when Megatron eventually gets to be in a reboot universe movie, you know that he's going to be redesigned to not look like this at all, and that's yet another figure we'll have to buy.

[@_V.Va_]

*_Y E S._*

[@mickholohan4266]

Love the FFVII song being played during the cena segment

[@mechamax7919]

adding new quote to Thew collection: "Anyway, the Toy."

[@reaperofburgers]

That robot mode is gorgeous, the tank mode looks like a rejected Metal Slug design, the plane looks like a gross mangled Laserbeak.

[@_jiratena7113]

a reference to the shamen was the last thing i expected

[@Jcc2224]

This is a prime example of a great figure that's not a good transformer. When I got this guy I absolutely fell in love with the robot, but it all fell apart when I tried transforming it... what a waste. The fact that made it a Leader to justify "added engineering" for two lame vehicles modes made it feel less and less worth it.

[@PhelesDragon]

Thew, don’t ever think that you’re not providing a worthwhile service. In this tumultuous “dumbest and getting worser” timeline we’re all stuck in, having a moment to break and watch weird dudes word about toys is seemingly the most sensical and rational things a person can do.

[@straker454]

It feels like Hasbro designers just needed to pick an alt-mode because trying to stuff a triple-changer design into a figure that was designed from art that didn't have an alt-mode at all, really means that neither alt-mode was good.

[@Alexprime-ve1od]

The funmade altmodes four this guy are so much more fun than the original transformation

[@Mman1312]

Was hoping he'd mention the hidden gun mode 😅

[@marceldebruijn5888]

Loved the Ebenezer Good reference! Thnx

[@AllIsFiller]

would love hasbro to reissue or "remaster" figures. Just want a chance to get dropkick and shatter again.

[@RandyBandana]

To me THAT robot mode with a more G1 face would be 🤯 or at least a more classic face.. but yeah the vehicle modes blow 🙄

[@The_Big_Jay]

Oo! My favorite Alt mode: "Nothing in particular."

[@brandoncsirbaugh]

I have this and I absolutely love it. Totally worth it and I'm so happy that I found it.

[@ZachDy-xg9it]

Dennis Moulton did say in his "Top 10 Best Studio Series Figures" video that Concept Art Megatron was essentially a more affordable version of _Generations Selects_ Super Megatron...

[@plumdowner1941]

Paramount knew having a Megatron that looked this good in a movie would have blown too many people's socks off.

[@heli88]

This guy seems to be a spiritual successor to the RID Megatron that turned into a hand and ten other things. Don't like the altmodes? Make up your own! But I'm too lazy for that and I want my altmodes to actually look like something, so I'll probably wind up passing. It's fun to see all the cool stuff other people have come up with, though.

[@Carcerothim]

Love supporting you dude! As soon as I saw how poseable the robot mode was I knew the alt mode would suffer but the fact they forced it into a triple changer? I admire the ambition but sometimes less is more right?

[@RealThatDesignerGuy]

The tank mode totally reminds me of the SV-001 from Metal Slug. Just with a longer barrel.

[@ChristopherFrameOfficial]

There's a guy in the place who's got a bittersweet face. And he goes by the name of...

[@contentbot2.9]

I was already planning on sitting this figure out, but now I’ve got to get one if the knees are really THAT good!

[@nerdstrodamus]

Thank you! Shout it from the rooftops, IT'S A TRANSFORMER! I've seen so many people praising this figure saying everyone needed to get it but the alt modes are awful and that turned me off. We already don't get many transformers with interesting gimmicks, don't take away alt modes from us as well... I'm really glad you're honest with your reviews and do what you do, keep it up sir!

[@stevebazin127]

I felt the same way about the Shockwave figure from the same line. The alt mode is just Shockwave lying down. Love the bot mode, but there's not a lot to fiddle around with.

[@SlytherinReviews]

I won't have guessed a Monthly Megatron episode from ours truly

[@Spedatr0n]

Yessir. A point that could’ve been made was that he has a few extra fan modes, like a hand and an elephant!

[@StevenDolce]

I would kill for a Studio Series 1986 Megatron.

[@ChouRaiyuki]

Part of me wonders if this would have been better service being a reverse Evasion Mode Optimus; having that bot mode turn into one or more Bayverse Megatron altmodes somehow. It is a shame because I'm slightly still tempted to get it just because Megatron but I can def see the disappointment and the tank turret rotation repeats one of the flaws of T30 Blitzwing (which granted I'm like one of the few people who still feels that mold was pretty good). With all that said though if nothing else I actually think the tank mode gives off Metal Slug vibes for some reason which leads me to also wonder what would have happened if they'd gone all into that.

[@TheGhost-rp3ko]

0:30 What's wrong with Devcon?

[@diecastnorbz]

Thew!!! He’s got a 4th mode!! 🤩🤩🤩 That, I’d love to see you do a video on! I’m kinda curious about how you’d feel about the hidden mode. 🤗

[@GrouchyOutlaw]

i really like this bot very beefy and sharp lookin

[@HostWithTheMost]

"DO AS I COMMAND! BASK IN MY GLORY! ...Wait, I'm supposed to transform into a tank and jet? ...Ugh, fine."

[@drewwilliams9332]

I absolutely had this guy on pre-order untill I saw the alt modes. I feel like this is less a transforming robot and made just a super poseable figure you came make into shapes alt modes.

[@russellharrell2747]

Ending on such a downer. Guess I’ll start drinking now.

[@talljoke]

I love his robot mode and find his tank mode hilarious. So I might get one if I see it on sale.

[@shockwave7513]

I got this guy not too long ago, and I thought the exact same thing; the robot mode is absolutely beautiful! But those alternate modes just look like cobbled together fan modes that someone made up; "Fold him up 'this way,' and he kinda looks like a tank, fold him 'this other way' and he kinda looks like a jet or spaceship." I think the "concept" was just the robot mode, and like most of the other big-name Decepticons in the movie, he was never meant to actually transform. So they just cobbled something together. At least he kinda looks like two things, versus Soundwave, who doesn't look like anything.

[@Technodreamer]

Brawn was exactly the same, and much like this Megatron, he's one of my favorite toys of the past few years.

[@TK4541]

I wish that a future Megs design would be a tank destroyer or mobile artillary so that he could have a bigger fusion cannon.

[@TheCyberman1966]

I think the problem with the concept art series is that they are based off something that’s unfinished so they don’t have much reference material to work off so have to not only work to a price point per character and have to work off unfinished character art to bullshit there way through it so of course the robot mode looks good as that was probably designed first was the most refined where as the alt modes they probably hadn’t decided on which to use so the toy got lumbered with both

[@Eucep]

The plane mode has strong Gradius vibes, so I kinda like it? And the tank has slight Metal Slug feeling to it.

[@symbiote1982pk]

£53?!? how? what? where has that money gone? there's no way on earth this thing cost anything aproaching that to produce, the investors must need new ivory backscratchers or something.

[@joemamarama335]

Ive come up with a few really good alt modes that do this megs justice, thus making him the best megatron ever imo

[@versebuchanan512]

The tank alt-mode looks like a significantly less-good Metal Slug.

[@Duckofthedragon]

Monthly -ish garfunkel

[@mfsusanoo7238]

Yeah i remember that frozen megatron cancelled scene

[@thegloriouswizard5270]

Man. The robot mode is so Sick (except for the face), and the vehicle modes are just........ Just. The flight one is better, but still. I appreciate the video Mr Thew☆

[@NiallByrne]

Is it weird that this Megatron is kind of a Cybertronian triple changing version of Blitzwing while actual Blitzwing is a Starscream redeco.

[@Bobsheaux]

At least the fanmade gun mode works.

[@jonahcorona1178]

4:02 nah brilliant knees are why I need a figure of a robot that poses 😂

[@brianng8350]

Cybertron vehicle modes are always not as good earth vehicles, but I think the tank and jet modes are okay. And the robot mode is great, especially the paint for Hasbro figure.

[@ursor234]

strange, the grey middle part of the cannon just reminded me of galvatron's alt mode...

[@shinzero0271]

The one thing I'd say about the Bumblebee Movie Concept Megatron is that you can instantly tell he's supposed to be Megatron. Putting this Megatron next to Bayverse Megatron would make someone who hasn't seen the Bay films (or Animated/Prime) think that Bayverse Megatron's alt mode was a giant angry crab. Plus the Bumblebee movie bots look great in their bot modes. Though I'll always want some BB movie repaints of the Blitzwing mold to represent Seekers since I'm not a fan of tetrajets. If I had ever found a Blitzwing or car-mode Dropkick, I'd have definitely made a dedicated display because they look good even when they have goofy alt modes.

[@Night5225]

I like Super Megatron’s jet mode.

[@Cwronaga216]

You should try out the third party version of this by megatank which is a very similar live action inspired version of G1 Megatron but it has a proper tank mode

[@orderlysummit]

Definitely not opposed to this being the Megan for whatever eventually follows up RotB