Hello there hailmegatron.net viewers. As you have been reading on Twitter, hailmegatron.net is going to undergo a drastic change. That means losing all my visitor counts, losing ALL my previous posts, and leaving behind a great blogging site. Why, you ask?

I want to make things easier on you.

Sometimes I get music in the middle of the afternoon and, most of the time, I’m not home. So I don’t get to post it until that night and then it’s been retweeted and retweeted and it loses its buzz. So, with where I am going, you will get the tracks as soon as I get them.

That’s a plus.

hailmegatron.net will STILL be an active domain… but for Tumblr. It makes blogging easier for me and easier for you to access content. I will link to this site if you want all the dope music. And yes, I know I am giving up EVERYTHING but I want a fresh start. No…

I need a fresh start.

A lot of my pageviews are from old Drake mixtapes I posted and nude pics of Cassie and such. Besides, with Tumblr I can post reviews in a cinch. And do quotes and stuff… makethe blog a little more interesting and creative. Because here at hailmegatron.net…. we like to make things creative.

So you’ll still see the same dope music as you’ve always seen. You’ll still see me saying “dope” in every post and in every way imaginable. You’ll still see me posting to Twitter (also, I can get the posts to go straight to twitter… faster viewing for the masses).

If all I cared about was me I wouldn’t change a thing. But I care about all you good viewers. So, until the next time… this is Megatron saying goodbye to WordPress and hello to Tumblr.

Here is the NEW place for hailmegatron.net: HAILMEGATRON

So, again, this site will still be up. I’m just starting fresh. Pleased to meet you. My name is Megatron.

The future.

Saw this on Ngee Khiong’s blog. I own an Alternity Convoy and still considering getting the Diamond Black ver of Alternity Megatron but after seeing this Alternity version of Bumblebee, I’m keen towards getting him too! I like the old school head design and I’m also fond of the Suzuki Swift design. Click on the image above for the rest of the review.

The Alternity line is smaller than the Binaltech most people might have been used to. The scale of the Alternity line is closer to the Deluxe Class Transformers that’s more commonly sold in toy stores here in the Philippines. The big differences would be the detail and the metal inner frame that makes this toy sturdier than your regular Deluxe Class toys.

In the review, there’s an image of Alternity Bumblebee standing beside what appears to be  a Deluxe Class G1 Bumblebee, and there appears to be a significant height and size difference. It even stands as tall as Alternity Prime/Convoy.

Alternity Bumblebee comes with two handguns and sports a lot of articulation. The feet just look really weird at some angles though and the skinny legs make his chest look more like a beer belly.

Nevertheless, I might consider getting this one. I didn’t pre-order this or the Diamond Black ver. Alternity Megatron but I might still be able to pull one off the shelves if some spare cash turns up.

By the way, Takara also released a Cliffjumper version of this toy and it’s basically in Pearl Red finish with a Cliffjumper head plonked onto its shoulders.

Escucha Acapella

Imaginad que Donna Summer tuviera 20 años, versionara el Slow de Kylie y se pusiera hasta arriba de pastillas. El resultado es esta canción destinada a ser la banda sonora de todas nuestras borracheras veraniegas. Y eso que David Guetta no debe tener tiempo para contar los dólares que ha ganado produciendo dos de las canciones del año (I gotta feeling y When love takes over), pero él sigue trabajando mientras necesite drogas el dance siga viviendo esta segunda edad de oro dejando el r&b relegado a vehículo de lucimiento de chonis sin talento.

No es que Kelis sea el adalid del buen gusto y la sofisticación, pero en este tipo de canciones el intérprete es lo de menos, porque las remezclas serán lo que nos salga por las orejas durante el verano y todos sabemos que en ellas solo se oye un ritmo machacón sin sentido como si de un concierto de Madonna se tratase.

Kelis también parece muy dispuesta a trabajar, a pesar de estar sableándole 44 000 dólares mensuales a Nas por el hijo que tuvieron juntos. El juez obvió el incidente que Kelis sufrió en las Bahamas cuando fue detenida erroneamnte por ejercer la prostitución. Ya ves tú qué cosas tienen los policías. A pesar de no ser nadie en la industria, la muchacha merece pasar  la historia por aquella GRANDIOSA frase (“my milkshake is better than yours”) que repetía hasta la saciedad en su único mayor hit, Milkshake.

Y de repeticiones sin fin también va Acapella, una canción cuasi-bakalao con una base de lo más rallante y que hace una compleja e innovadora alegoría entre música y amor. Pero vamos, la letra es lo de menos, porque cuando este bucle electrónico arrase será gracias al sonido “ponme otra copa, que voy bien” que tanta falta hace en las discotecas de todo el mundo. Todos merecemos una segunda oportunidad, hasta alguien tan molesto a la vista como Kelis.

Y a mí ponme otra copa, que voy bien.

I’ve always wanted to do a group shot of all my Optimus Primes. I didn’t really have anything to do today, other than watch football, so in between halftimes and timeouts I dug out all my Primes from their various hiding spots and assembled them together for a group photo. During the process, even I became amazed at how many Optimus figures I have, and I don’t even have them all. This just goes to show what a popular character the Autobot Leader really is.

From left to right:
Bottom row: Alternator, 2007 Movie (First Strike Voyager class)
Middle row: Cybertron (Deluxe class), Titanium (War Within 1st version), Hybrid (THS-02), G1 (25th Anniversary Reissue), Classic (Voyager class), TFA (Voyager class)
Top row: ROTF (Leader class), Masterpiece (MP-04), 2007 Movie (Leader class)

Below are some of my un-opened figures of Optimus:

Clockwise from top left:
Classic Optimus Prime and Megatron Ultimate Battle 2-Pack (Deluxe class), Robot Masters (RM-01), Alternity (red), Alternity (silver), G1 (2002 TRU Reissue), Encore (01), G1 (25th Anniversary Reissue)

Here is a pic of the Movie Primes in their alt modes:

From left to right:
2007 Movie (First Strike Voyager class), ROTF (Leader class), 2007 Movie (Leader class)

Dune Runner snuck in there, watching from afar, wishing he could hang with the Primes

And in the words of Optimus Prime, Transform and Roll Out!

The wait is over. The first episode of Decepticast is now LIVE and for your listening pleasure. Featuring tracks from Starrz, Sage Bravo, Skeptic, Ca$hflow, and many more. I want to thank all the artists for giving me dope music to play and for everyone to listen. If you have any comments about Decepticast, hit the c-section.

Otherwise… check it out after the break.

**** NOTE **** The Carlie Bravo track on the show somehow ported over terribly. The track is all slow and everything and I apologize. Included, after the jump, is the downloadable track. I didn’t catch it cuz when it played I thought thats how it sounded but its not. So after the jump is Decepticast x Carlie Bravo. Apologies to everyone.

Oh, and Ca$hflow is only doing it for 30 days, not 90. It was 4 AM… I apologize.

- Megatron

DOWNLOAD: Decepticast: Volume One
DOWNLOAD: Carlie Bravo feat. Khaos Da Rapper – Best Party Ever

Senaste tillskottet i hyllan

Transformers 2 – Bumblebee Edition

Fick paket idag från cdon med både special versionerna av Transformers 2, denna & Steelbook versionen. Ena kommer dock att gå på retur men ville se dem först innan jag bestämde mig. Har ju första filmen i en snygg svart plåtbox, men 2an nu matchade inte riktigt istället fick det bli mera leksaker i hyllan.

Denna utgåva är ca 36cm hög, tyvärr endast 2cm djup, hehe.

Förpackningen har dessutom ett hologram som man aktiverar via en webcam som man kan se via den här adressen. www.optimusexperience.com

För er som är sugna finns utgåvan fortfarande att köpa här

Transformers 2: 10/10

MediaSverige: GP 1/5, SvD 5/6, Aftonbladet 2/5, Expressen 4/5, Hallands Nyheter 1/5, HD, SydSvenskan 2/5

Megatron perches on the rooftop of one of Mission City’s downtown skyscrapers, his rage giving him even greater strength than normal.In the grip of his clawed hands, Autobot Jazz struggles, slicing at the Decepticon leader’s invulnerable armor with his secondary weapons.

Though the Autobot warrior fights valiantly, he is also hundreds of feet away from any source of help, well out of the range of his comrades’ weapons. The results of a one-on-one confrontation with Megatron are all too inevitable. Even as he battles to stay alive, Autobot Jazz knows there is only one way this can end.

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Leader incontesté & incontestable (!?) des Decepticons a connu maints revers (mort & “régénération” à maintes reprises sous le pseudonyme de Galvaltron) et à peu près autant d’interprétations de son apparence. De la plus impressionnant & flatteuse à la plus hors de propos, mais après tout il s’agit seulement d’un avis personnel. Au cours des diverses générations, Megatron prit donc successivement l’apparence  d’une arme de poing: humaine puis extra-terrestre… il s’en suivit au cours de années et des séries des représentations de chars d’assaut, jet & même dragon (voire plus étrange encore: une tête volante géante dant Beast Wars), le tout accompagné de modes de transformation improbables & de plus en plus nombreux (jusqu’à dix modes: Galvatron “Megatron Repaint” version japonaise dans la série RID). Parmi ces dernières apparitions mémorables se trouve son modèle Alternity au look alternatif de samouraï… et ses interprétations live… beaucoups moins réussies à mon goût: son aspect vil & odieu est très bien retranscrit mais ses diverses transformations et représentations (autant dans le premier que le second film) en tant que figurines beaucoups moins, quelle que soit la taille… mais mon avis est loin d’être aussi tranché sur la question: la preuve, hier j’ai pu me procurer la version Voyager Class de ce cher Megatron dans sa livrée ROTF. A mes yeux il s’agit de la plus réussie des représentations extraites du film car cette figurine possède la finesse d’aspect & le semblant de transformation “Triple Changer”  qui manquent à la version Leader Class. Un excellent choix à mon humble avis

When Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen came out in theators in the summer of 2009, it was widely criticized for having a plot that one could not follow or that didn’t make sense.  Now that the movie is out on BluRay (or DVD), people have been able to watch it again.

So… are there plot holes?  Or can they be explained?

SPOILER WARNING (if you haven’t watched the movie)

1.  How come there were two pieces of the All Spark?  I thought at the end of Transformers 1, Optimus Prime only pulled one shard from Megatron’s chest.  In Revenge of the Fallen, the All Spark shard is the one protected in the military hide-out that Ravage (jaguar decepticon) and his Reed-Man bot steals.  The other All Spark piece, referred to as the sliver, was found by Sam at home.  It was a piece that was stuck to his wool hoodie from the first movie.

2.  Why didn’t Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) use the All Spark sliver that he gave to Mikaela (Megan Fox) to revive Optimus Prime?  In the first movie, we see that the All Spark was able to give Frenzy (the little guy who transformed into a CD player) his body back and give life to electronic machines/devices (cell phone, xbox, etc).  Similarly in Revenge of the Fallen, we see the sliver gave life to small kitchen appliances like the cappaccino maker, phone, blender, etc.  We never see the All Spark give life to a large machine.  We know it didn’t bring back Bumblebee’s legs at the end of the first movie.  We know the shard didn’t bring back Jazz to life.  From these observations, the All Spark sliver or the All Spark shard do NOT have the ability to bring back a large transformer to life who was dead.

Yes, the sliver is used on Jetfire, but he was NOT dead.  He was in some type of “stasis nap”.  He mentions how without Energon, the transformers deterioate.  He likely went in this “stasis nap” to preserve himself.  The sliver re-awakened him.

2.  How come Megatron was “revived” by an All Spark shard when it was the All Spark that “killed” him in the first movie?  I’m confused.  The full All Spark is too much power to be absorbed by a Transformer.  Sam overloaded Megatron at the end of Transformers 1 by putting it into Megatron’s chest.  It did knock Megatron out.  However, whether he was dead or not is speculation.  Our feeling is that Megatron was in some type of stasis-lock.  “The Doctor”, a.k.a. Scapel (the little microscope decepticon), is obviously an expert on how Transformers work and the history of the symbols of the ancient Transformers.  His knowledge of the All Spark was probably also superior to others.  Put these facts together, and it’s no surprise he knew how to get Megatron out of the stasis-lock using parts (and possibly the “spark”) from another constructicon and the All Spark shard.

3.  When the decepticons descended in the ocean, the Navy said there were 5 decepticons.  At the bottom one of them was killed for parts (for Megatron’s revival), but when they ascended, the Navy said there were 6 decepticons.  Isn’t 5 minus 1 plus 1 = 5?  Most people forget that “The Doctor” came out of Ravage’s mouth at the bottom of the ocean.  Therefore he was not detected when Ravage and the constructicons descended to the ocean.  We can assume that he did show up on radar on the way back up.  This accounts for 6.

4.  How did the Helicopter guy (Blackout from Transformers 1) get revived?  It’s not Blackout.  He’s a little more white-ish and his name is Grindor.  Yes, it could have been explained better.  The proof lies in the toy made of the guy.  Apparently it’s a clone of Blackout or decepticon of the same size who chose the same alt. mode as Blackout.  (More on clones later on in this article…)

5.  Why didn’t the Fallen show up earlier?  First of all, he was old like Jetfire.  You’ll notice that on the Nemesis (the crashed ship on Mars), the Fallen is attached to some stuff.  He likely was resting trying to keep himself “healthy” due to the lack of Energon.  Secondly, he was waiting for Optimus Prime to be killed since only a Prime could match up against him.

6.  How come after the construction vehicles (constructicons) form Devastator, we see some of those same constructicons fighting individually in robot mode?  How are they in two places at once?  Also, how did Bonecrusher (from Transformers 1) get alive again and show up in the desert fighting?  In Transformers lore, there were clones.  In the original 80’s cartoon, there were clones of the decepticon jets Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker and there were insecticon clones.  There were autobots with similar alt. modes too (Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, Sideswipe and Red Alert, Trailbreaker and Hoist, etc…).  So, in Revenge of the Fallen, the multiple constructions must be because of clones.  Same goes for the bot that looks just like Bonecrusher (alt. mode = military “buffalo”).  More evidence of clones is how the Excavator decepticon (Demolisher) in the beginning of the movie (who was killed) is similar to the Excavator who starts Devastator’s transformation at the end of the movie (this Excavator is called “Scavenger” on the toy packaging).

7.  Why are there decepticons that look kinda like Megatron near the end of the movie fighting against the US Military?  These decepticons came from the Nemesis and had no need for an Earth alt. mode since their primary objective was to stop Sam from reaching Optimus Prime with the matrix and to steal the Matrix to use it for the machine (in the pyramid) that destroys the sun for Energon.  You’ll recall that Megatron (in his arrogance) never had an Earth alt. mode either.  Remember how in Transformers 1, Optimus, Jazz, and Ironhide look very similar until they scan Earth vehicles for their alt. mode.  This proves that Transformers can look very similar in their “protoform” state before scanning an Earth vehicle.  Furthermore, these decepticon no-name drones/clones are the “cannon fodder” that no movie viewer cares gets killed.

8.  When Sam is trying to get the Matrix to Optimus’ body, why didn’t he just take Bumblebee in Camaro mode?  He did… well, at first that was the plan.  But then Starscream attacked them.  Sam made a plan for Bumblebee to go off by himself as a decoy and the Twins to go off as other decoys.  Meanwhile he and Mikaela went by foot — something the decepticons wouldn’t expect.  He later had Bumblebee take his parents to safety, probably because he cared so much about them being safe.  Probably more so than his own life, one could argue.

9.  Why are there Transformers that talk “ghetto talk”?  (The autobot twins)  They are basically autobot kids.  Meaning, they’re young like kids are.  You know how kids/youth will talk in ways adults won’t.  Same goes here with the autobot twins, Skids and Mudflap.  Remember, in Transformers 1, Optimus Prime said the autobots learned Earth’s languages through the World Wide Web.  Skids and Mudflap, being young, must have liked this “ghetto talk”.

10.  Why are all three autobot female bikes called “Arcee”?  The writers of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen orginally intended for the three “Arcee bikes” to combine together.  You can see concept art on the 2nd Bonus DVD or BluRay disk.  This plan was apparently a late scratch.  Toys were made of (currently) two of the three bikes.  The blue one was called Chromia (after a blue female G1 character) and the red one was called Arcee.  The purple one is rumored to be called either Elita One or Flare-up.

11.  The Matrix?  A decepticon that transforms into a girl?  Why are they ripping ideas from other movies?  The Matrix was actually an essential part to the 80’s original cartoon.  In the 1986 cartoon Transformers Movie, the Matrix of Leadership was passed on from Optimus Prime and eventually inherited by Rodimus Prime, a new leader.  So… Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen did NOT steal from “The Matrix” (the movie).  As far as the transformer whose alt. mode was the college girl (played by Isabel Lucas), that also is based on old Transformers lore.  In the late 80’s, when Transformers cartoons stopped in America, Japan continued making Transformers Cartoons.  In “Transformers: Super-God Masterforce” (1988), there were Transformers called Pretenders.  These Pretenders “transformed” into a human-look-a-like mode.  The Alice character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was inspired from this.

12.  Why couldn’t Bumblebee talk in Revenge of the Fallen?  Wasn’t his voice working at the end of Transformers 1?  Good question.  Haven’t figured that out yet…

Some would argue that so many questions or the fact that some people have to watch the movie twice to figure it all out means it’s not a good movie.  Did those same critics say the same thing about Mission Impossible (with Tom Cruise) or The Lord of the Rings?  Many people had to watch those movies more than once or ask questions to others (like people who had read the Lord of the Rings books), but yet many enjoyed those movies.  You be the judge with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen…

Here it is… finally. I mean, this isn’t the real thing but just a preview. Now you all get to hear the voice behind the Decepticon obsession haha. Anyways, in this preview I talk about things to come in Decepticast. And if you frequent HM.net, you’ll know the track playing in the background. Anyways, you can listen to the preview of Decepticast after the jump. Spread the word!

- iMegatron

DOWNLOAD: Decepticast Preview (11/06/09)

The other day I happened upon an image of movie Optimus Prime, and seeing him with lips just don’t do it for me. That G1 mouthpiece is just too iconic, and seeing movie Prime yap his trap is just silly.

This got me to thinking, what do Transformers need mouths for anyway? Like all machines, they have infinite ways to communicate that humans can only dream of. If they feel the need to “talk”, or if audio transmission is only to communicate with humans, they can easily do it through other standard audio channels. They don’t need to eat. Ingest Energon maybe, but I’m sure they have other means to do so. A mouth for a Transformer simply serves no purpose, but it seems like most TFs have them.

But some clearly do not. So I got to thinking, what are my top favorite TFs that have no mouths? This includes TFs that either use a mouthpiece or is missing a mouth altogether. Below I humbly present my top 10 favorite Transformers that let their actions do their talking for them, instead of their pie holes.

10. Sixshot
Sixshot is unique in the TF universe for being the first TF with 6 modes (I think the only other one is Quickswitch). Truly a one-robot army, he came way too late in the US G1 cartoons to fully make an impact. In the Japanese continuation, however, he has a much bigger role. Sixshot lets all his transformations do the talking for him. It should be noted that his wolf mode does have a mouth, but that’s probably just there to bite all his enemies to shreds. I think my cousin had this toy when we were kids. I believe he was re-issued this decade in Japan, I should hunt one down. Better yet, I like to see a Classic update of this character. To accommodate 6 modes, he’s gotta be Voyager class or bigger. With the toy technology they have today, he would be so awesome. Oh man I’m getting excited just thinking about it.

9. Getaway
I have always loved the Powermasters. The idea that a Nebulan partner transforms into the engine, which then unlocks the Transforming mechanism of the TF, is… well… pretty stupid actually. If I was a TF, and I needed a partner to unlock what I could’ve done any time I pleased, I might as well shoot myself. However, the toys themselves were cool. Getaway made this list mainly because I had his toy as a kid (and I still do, complete, intact, and in good shape with tight joints), and I’m always partial to TFs that I own. But more importantly, the G1 Powermaster figures all had pretty good molds, with cool designs and robust construction. Getaway in my opinion was the best of the Autobot car Powermasters. His alt mode is supposedly a Mazda RX-7, and the robot mode looks nicely balanced. His profile is also unique for being the masterful escape artist, something not shared by any other TF to my knowledge. In the Movie line of toys, he appeared as Breakaway (repaint of Cybertron Excellion), a Walmart exclusive. Getaway did not appear at all in the US G1 cartoons. However, he appeared many times in the US Marvel Comics continuity, and has a significant role in Vol 3 of the War Within series (which is unfortunately unfinished).

8. Bombshell
I have always too loved the Insecticons. Transforming into insects is just too freakin’ cool. I also went into why Bombshell is special for me in a previous post. Bombshell is the only Insecticon without a mouth. Though all Insecticons feed like crazy so I guess they put the mouths in their bug modes to good use. Bombshell has the special ability to mind control his targets with cerebral shells. All 3 Insecticons (and maybe even the deluxe guys from G1) would be good to re-do in the Classic line. There shouldn’t be any licensing issues whatsoever, and with insects the toy designers should be able to get very creative.

7. Scrapper
The Constructicons are one of my favorite sub-groups of all time in the TF universe. They were the first Combiner group introduced, and Devastator gave the Autobots all they can handle. Not only powerful, the Constructicons are also master builders and engineers. It’s hard to say who is the most famous Constructicon, but Scrapper definitely deserves consideration. As the Constructicon leader, he’s always supervising the Decepticon’s latest construction project, whether it be a new weapon, space cruiser, command outpost, or whatever. He seems to take an evil delight in all his creative pursuits, and I love the way he orders the team to unite when the Autobots are about to kick their butt.

6. Wheeljack
The resident “mad scientist” of the Autobots, Wheeljack is always working on something when he’s not too busy helping Ratchet repairing their wounded comrades. Wheeljack is famous for being the first TF we see on screen in the G1 cartoons and for creating the Dinobots. He does not have a mouth at all. When he speaks, the two pieces to the sides of his head lights up, indicating he has communicated. This is actually how I anticipate TFs to talk. Rumor has it that Wheeljack is getting an update in the next wave of Classic figures, something I highly anticipate.

5. Bruticus
Of all the Combiner teams, the Combaticons are my favorite. I remember back in grade school, my classmates and I would argue over which is the best Combiner team. Many voted for the Stunticons, some liked the Aerialbots. They were both good choices, but my vote goes to the Combaticons. Let me explain why. For the Stunticons and Aerialbots, the figures that form the limbs are not at all diverse. All the Aerialbot jets transform the same way, and so does the Stunticon cars (though to a lesser degree). Once you bought one, it’s like you bought them all. The Construction toys were old and outdated by the time the newer Combiners rolled around. And the Protectobots, well, they were a bunch of wussies in the cartoon so I don’t think anyone liked them. Not counting the later seasons, this only leaves the Combaticons. They were powerful in the cartoon, many times beating the other combiner teams. And as for the toy, each limb component were truly unique from each other, in both transformation and alt mode. And they all transform into combat vehicles! I don’t think it’s any surprise that Hasbro re-released this figure set 6 times after G1! That in itself should prove this is the most popular combiner set. My first Combaticon was Blastoff, and I slowly collected the rest as time went. Finding Vortex back then was a real challenge, I think he’s the rarest one out of the five. I still have my G1 set, all complete, the pride and joy of my G1 collection (though Onslaught is getting quite loose). I think all the Decepticon combined forms has the same personality (strong and dumb), but Bruticus comes from my favorite team so I had to put him on here. And when I was compiling this list, it dawned on me that all the Combaticons except for Swindle have mouthpieces, but for the sake of variety I just let Bruticus represent all of them.

4. Shockwave
If I was re-born as a Transformer, this is how I want to look like, because no one would know what I was thinking or feeling. Nevermind not having a mouth, Shockwave is completely devoid of all facial features, except for his iconic cyclops eye. When he talks, the eye starts flashing in sync with his words. So is he talking through his eye? Does the round object on his face function as both eye and mouth? We may never know, but that quality of being extremely efficient matches well with Shockwave’s personality. In the G1 cartoons he is simply the guy waiting on Cybertron (for 4 million years!), but in the comics he is given a much bigger role, often taking command of the Decepticons and conducting unorthodox experiments, such as Triple Changing and Combining technology.

3. Grimlock
“Me Grimlock not kisser, me Grimlock no need mouth!” The bad-ass that is Grimlock represents some of the very best that the Autobots have to offer. Grimlock is one of the Autobot’s most powerful warriors regardless of which TF continuity you follow, but in the US Marvel Comics continuity (and extended in the comic prequel War Within), we see that he is also a very capable leader, even taking on role as Autobot Leader form time to time when Optimus is missing or deactivated. In the cartoons, and especially in the G1 movie, he is often portrayed as the comedy relief despite being very powerful. However, no one forgets that he was the first TF character to have a T-Rex as an alt mode, and that in itself is just too damn cool. Grimlock seems to enjoy his Dino mode a lot more so than his robot mode (in the cartoon anyway), perhaps because as a T-Rex, he’s got a much bigger mouth to chomp his enemies into itty bitty pieces.

2. Soundwave
Ask any true TF fan to name his top 5 favorite Decepticons, and Soundwave is bound to be on that list. The Decepticon communications officer earned his place in TF legend not by being the most powerful warrior, but through his exploits in stealth and cunning, his monotone way of speaking, his non-personality, and last but not least, his numerous henchmen that he can eject as cassettes from his tape deck. As far as G1 toys go, Soundwave is perhaps the most accurate to the G1 cartoon. Let’s face it, the cartoons made most characters look much better than their toy representations (I’m looking at you, Ratchet and Ironhide). Soundwave is the lone exception. If you looked at him in the cartoons and imagine in your mind how his toy would look, well, that’ how it looks. His G1 mold still holds up well today. In fact it’s so good that I don’t think a Masterpiece version can really improve on it, other than making him bigger and perhaps a little more detail.

1. Optimus Prime
Like I would put anyone other than Optimus Prime in the top spot. Optimus Prime is perhaps the most iconic Transfomer of all time. His dedication to the freedom and welfare of all living beings is unrivaled. Optimus has got it all, being both a powerful warrior and capable commander. He (along with Megatron) has appeared in every Transformer continuity and spin-off. The earlier renditions of Optimus all has him appear with the mouthpiece, but later versions of the character tend to give him the lips with the mouthpiece serving as some kind of lower face shield when he’s in battle (such as Beast Wars, the Michael Bay movies, and the Animated Series). I don’t know what is the reason for this evolution, but the G1 purist in me will probably never get used to seeing Prime with moving lips. And I think not seeing the lips gives a character more authority in appearance. This is the design I prefer for Prime. There are many Optimus figures where you can pose him with the mouth shield on or off. Guess how I pose mine?

Honorable Mentions: Warpath, Powerglide, Hoist, Seaspray, Cosmos

Until next time… Transform and Roll Out!

With the decepticon Megatron and a bit of luck, Bob Weiner will soon be ruler of this planet.

This fan art is made to help sell the trade paper back comic book Rebootus Maximus and to support the artist in his quest to grow a beard for as long as the comic book is sold (see Beardus Maximus on PC Weenies).

That is all.

• Chromia vs Megatron

• Autobot Ratchet vs Barricade

Voici quelques photos de plus de ce magnifique modèle Transformers Alternity, descendants des inoubliables Binaltech: même soin du détail & de la finition, le tout à une échelle inférieure (1/32ème) proche des classique “Deluxe Class”. Megatron dans cette livrée “Diamond Black Edition” est très aboutit, la peinture noire et rouge soulignant son aspect de samouraï “robotique” très classe…  ^^

Alternity Megatron “Diamond Black Edition”

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Voici la première photo prise de mon “219″ Transformers: Alternity Megatron “Diamond Black Edition”. Mon premier modèle de la gamme Transformers Alternity. Un très belle figurine que je vais déballé incessamment sous peu… ^^

Transformers Legends Series Decepticon lot today.  Consisting of :

• Starscream – transforms into F-22 Raptor mode
• Blackout – transforms into Sikorsky Pave Low mode
  
• Megatron – transforms into Jet mode
  

• Burger King Megatron with collector’s card.