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The featured button this video is Transformers Generation Selects Galvatron. Or Galvatron 2 for you old school G1 Marvel fans. Now I got this Galvatron in the mail today thanks to a pre-order from Entertainment Earth. I pre-ordered this guy the day he dropped and was quite surprised to get him in the mail already. So big shout out to Entertainment Earth. Now taking a quick look at the packaging. It's your basic Generation Selects box. The ones we are so used to seeing already. Playing cardboard box with the spray painted Autobot logo there on the front and side. Transformers War for Cybertron and a sticker along the side saying which figure you have. You open the box up and there you have Galvatron in all his glorious G1 Marvel goodness. And I love the looks of this figure already. And I'm happy to say that his shoulders are in the correct position. I was already with my Napa tools to fix this guy if they weren't but they are good to go. So now without further ado let's get this Galvatron opened up out of the packaging and check him out. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now once you get Galvatron 2 all opened up and out of the packaging you'll see he does come with a sheet of instructions. That as usual are very well illustrated and easy to follow. But my God these things open up into a poster which I think is a little bit of overkill. Now you do have a decal map right there that shows where all the decals go on Galvatron. But we'll go over that more later on. And speaking of decals here's the sheet of decals that comes with the figure. They are on foil backing so they've got a nice shine to them. But I'm really not sure just by feeling them what the quality is while they're stuck on the paper. I have a horrible feeling they're going to be that Titan's Return quality. That real thin sticker. But we shall see. And then of course we have Galvatron and his accessories. Now if you didn't know Galvatron 2 is a straight up repaint of Kingdom Galvatron. Along with all the accessories. The first accessory we'll go over is Galvatron's cannon. And I love the looks of this. This is very reminiscent to the Generation 1 toy. It's molded in a completely different orange plastic. You should be able to see the sparkles there on the inside. Opposed to the Kingdom release. Which was just orange with this horrible schmutz right up there on top. Of course the housing is different. We've got an all purple housing for Galvatron 2. With the silver and black for the Kingdom release. Also he comes with his ship guns. Now Galvatron 2's are molded in all black. Opposed to Kingdom Galvatron. Who had the gray versions. And I'll be honest I like the gray versions better. Because you lose a lot of the detail in these black versions. So you got that going on. And you do have two of them. So you can combine them into the mega cannon. You also get a matrix of leadership. And this one is all painted green for some reason. To me it reminds me of the corrupted matrix from the Marvel Comics series. And to be honest I think Hasbro was a little lazy with this matrix accessory. I mean it's all green. The handles, everything, the center is green. I think that's a little lazy on Hasbro's part. First you've got Kingdom Galvatron's. That one looks a lot better. And let's see the chain. The chain is the same. So let's go ahead and get all of these accessories on Galvatron 2. And compare him more to the Kingdom release. And here we have Transformers Generation Selects. Galvatron 2 with Kingdom Galvatron. And I'm going to be honest guys. I prefer the look of Galvatron 2 to Kingdom. And I think that reasoning is it's just pure nostalgia for me. Because growing up where I did, I didn't have access to cable TV. So I didn't really follow the adventures of the purple Galvatron here. I followed Marvel Comics. Which is what the Generation Selects Galvatron is based on. So that being said, this is my Galvatron from my childhood. Now taking a closer look at these two figures. It's amazing what the different paint schemes can do with these two. I adore the dark gray face on Galvatron 2. Opposed to the shiny chrome on the Kingdom version. And notice how those red eyes just pop. Of course you've got the main color difference between the gray and the purple. I'm really not a big fan of the light purple Decepticon insignia on his chest. But it is what it is. You've got the different color schemes there for the Ab area. The red and the gray. But overall, I mean the same figure. But it's just amazing what a new paint job can do. So that's pretty much it with the comparison in robot mode. I didn't get these two transformed into their cannon modes. In cannon mode, once again, I think I have to give it to Galvatron 2. And I think why this time is the cannon barrel. I just like that really, really bright orange. It just looks so much better than the Kingdom version. Now of course the color schemes are exactly the same as in robot mode. But I just prefer Galvatron 2 a lot better. Now Galvatron 2's color scheme is also an homage to the original Generation 1 toy. And a nice cool throwback that this figure has. There is a rub sign right there that actually, if you'll pick it up, it works. How cool is that? So speaking of rub signs, which is a decal. Now let's talk about the decals that Galvatron came with. I just mentioned that this color scheme is also based on the Generation 1 toy. Well these decals are based upon the decals the Generation 1 toy came with. So we apply these to Galvatron. He's going to have more of a G1 toy look. So now without further ado, let's get these decals on Galvatron. And here we have Galvatron 2 about 90% decal up. As I feared, these decals really aren't that good. Take a look right here. It is that really thin foil. I mean some of them applied okay, but then you got issues like this where it cuts the deep. When you try to peel off the decal, you're peeling the backing as well. So I gave up on that one. Right there you can tell that one was cut bad. And to be honest, I just gave up because these are annoying decals to put on because they're so thin and they just don't line up perfectly. Now the worst offenders are up here on his head. These decals just don't go with the mold and it really looks bad. Look how wrinkly that is. Don't like that one at all. The ones on the shoulders, they're okay. Right here, the red, it still gets that wrinkly look. These decals, like I said, they're just way too thin. They are no toy hacks decals. Then you got these here on the abs. See how that one crinkled up right there. Yet some surprisingly worked really well. These here on the sides look good. The decals right here on the, I call them his holsters. They look good. You got the decal right there. And another issue is the way they're cut. They don't match up to the lines perfectly, say like toy hacks decals. And they got the decals here on the knees and down here on the ankles. There's also some decals where I put them right there around the wrist. Of course, like I said, I didn't apply them all just because I didn't want to waste any more of my time or yours. Though I do appreciate how Hasbro added these decals. So you can give Galvatron 2 more of a G1 toy look. So now comparing Galvatron 2 to the original Generation 1 toy, you can see what Hasbro was going for. So you see the decal similarities. You got the decals there for the red chest. And the little silver up here on the crest, which looks a lot better on G1 than this guy. Like I said, I appreciate what they were going for. I just wish they'd spent the money and gave us better stickers. After all, this is a Generation Selects figure. Transformers Generation Selects Galvatron, or Galvatron 2 as I've been calling him, is a great figure for us old school G1ers. I mean, he's got those great Marvel throwbacks. He's got those great G1 toy throwbacks. I couldn't be happier. I think the collar ski really works for this figure. And I love the extra added attention to detail that Hasbro gave this guy, especially with the sparkles in the barrel, just like the Generation 1 toy. I mean, that is awesome. Now the decals were good in concept, but I really think they don't work for this figure. Of course, it's up to you. You can mix and match if you want. You don't have to add them all. I for one am going to peel those right off. Now another thing I noticed, I complained earlier about the laziness of Hasbro and their collaring the matrix green. When I was researching an image for the corrupt matrix that Thunderwing holds earlier in the review, I discovered that Marvel always collared the matrix green. So my bad Hasbro, that is a perfect representation of the G1 comic matrix. Now guys, if you enjoyed the video, don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe, and don't forget to click that bell icon to get notified when I upload new reviews. Also, if you're in any position to help out the channel, I offer channel memberships here on YouTube, and I also have a Patreon page. Big shout out to all my current channel members. Your support is greatly appreciated, and it's fans like you that help this channel grow. Once again, this is Patriot Prime, signing out.