Transformers: Beast Wars Megatron (Transmetal 2)

looking into transmetal 2 megatron from beast wars

[@WiSMs]

The latch that moves the the dragon head is on backwards/factory misassembled on all copies. You can unscrew it, rotate it around, screw it back in for the correct assembly. This allows you lock the neck and keep it from going limp in the transport mode. Google more if you want.

[@mr.shmelly7504]

Wow never heard about that but that's some good info I'll definitely look into that.

[@Linchpin_TF]

I found my big red dragon 2001 in a shop here in germany and yes this mold is really impressive.

[@Matanumi]

Man these beast wars aged sooo well.... minus GPS and chrome painted armor

[@megatronacepticon]

The ball on his chest is a cockpit for a minifigure that was supposed to represent Megatron's spark, but it was dropped from the final release because Hasbro were worried that kids would confuse the robot for a piloted machine instead of a sentient creature. The Japanese release of Cryotek comes with the minifigure.

[@mr.shmelly7504]

Oh wow that's some good info, always thought it looked like a cockpit, now I can also imagine many kids losing the mini figure for it.

[@powerwolf-vw8st]

Heat from a hairdrier will likely be enough to make the wings more maleable and allow you to move it back to it's original shape. Really heat of any type can used tho, Boiling water.. heat from an actual heat gun.. ( although in all cases be careful and try to use the bare minimum neccessary) Move gently back into position and then shock the part back into position permanently by suddenly cooling it down somehow.. Maybe best to practice on a similar toy first for confidence seeing as this one is quite pricey these days. Theres plenty of toy repair videos on youtube using heat that will probally translate quite well for your purposes.

[@ehlek3402]

Cool dragon head

[@makocrab9682]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@DonCamua]

the plastic before are far better than the plastics now

[@TopHatPodcastOriginal]

cool

[@filiprafol2325]

Can you show the box? Is this the same size as Jinbao DF-07?

[@mr.shmelly7504]

I didnt save the box as a kid so I cant show it. And the jinbao one is smaller than this I believe.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

He's in beast machines

[@mr.shmelly7504]

Yes he is, but If I remember he was damaged or something and didn't transform into the dragon much or rarely in the show.

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

@@mr.shmelly7504 when he gets mad 💢 he transform into the dragon

[@mr.shmelly7504]

It has been a long time since I saw the show lol

[@ehlek3402]

I like this transformer, but it's very expensive.

[@mr.shmelly7504]

Maybe Hasbro/ Takara may visit transmetals later in the future and you could get a version of it then since they have brought back beast wars in the current Kingdom line.

[@ehlek3402]

@@mr.shmelly7504 yes

[@ehlek3402]

@@mr.shmelly7504 Of the kingdom, the coolest is the dinobot

[@mr.shmelly7504]

@@ehlek3402 yeah dinobot is a good looking figure, still need to try and find one.

[@nellielfan4940]

Having a hard time figuring out how too transform him into dragon form

[@cman422]

Me too. I was able to figure it out once I realized the head can be moved where his back is and the rest will start to show itself

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

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