Transformers Generation 1 Megatron

Megatron Motto: "Peace through tyranny!" "Everything is fodder"

Transformer Line: Takara Series (Japanese Reissue)

Megatron is the founder of the Decepticon uprising, and their most well-known and feared leader. As a young, charismatic leader forged in battle and the heritage of war, he began to believe in a grand purpose for his race—it is the Transformers' glorious destiny to rule an empire which will span the universe. The opposite of his mortal enemy Optimus Prime, he feels great contempt for other Transformers who, he feels, betray their proud heritage by demanding peace and cooperation with weaker life forms. It is the destiny of the Decepticons to bring order to the universe through conquest, though in the millions of years since coining this purpose it remains to be seen how much of his mission statement is altruistic... and how much of it is mere words built to fuel warriors to further his desire for personal power.

Megatron is portrayed as a Walther P38 handgun in the cartoon (Megatron possesses the capability to shrink in size when he transforms into gun mode). Every time you see Megatron as a gun in the cartoon you see him with attachments on him and a scope on top. The toy mode is pretty accurate to the cartoon when all the attachments are put on. The toy even comes with little plastic bullets that will fire from the gun when you pull the trigger. Due to new US safety laws a toy like this cannot really be reproduced without adding certain safety features or other features to make sure people know this isn't a real gun. I assume this is the reason the G1 Megatron was never released as a Hasbro reissue. Tranformation is quite easy for Megatron and you can do multiple setups with his attachments to make different weapons. As you will see though, the robot mode really does not look all that great compared to his cartoon appearance.

Given that Megatron is the ruler of the Decepticons one might think that the robot mode might have deserved a better look. I assume with Megatron being a handgun made it difficult to get a better robot mode in keeping with a proper size for the toy. Overall though I love this toy. I wish the robot mode was much better, but in gun mode it is highly detailed for this kind of toy.