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I mean, the leader of the Decepticons, and I think if you count in all five films, he may have had 20 minutes of screen time. But I love the design of this guy. The Road Warrior is one of my favorite action films of all time. So you get Megatron looking like a Road Warrior style truck. I'm sold. Now, I've got the Voyager figure from a few years back and always kind of wanted a better version of him. And I've been eyeballing this guy on Amazon for quite some time and I got a gift card for Christmas. I put him in my cart, but never really pulled the trigger. And a couple days ago, I saw that he was at the Amazon warehouse for a cheaper price, 30 bucks, and I jumped on it. Now, the only stipulation with the Amazon warehouse is it says that the figure may have some issues. This one was listed as minor cosmetic damage on the figure and damage to the box. And yeah, the box, the front is all scuffed up. It's got a big ding right here and it's tore on top. Now, I went ahead and opened this Megatron figure up and I saw no cosmetic imperfection at all. I mean, the instructions are in there, the figures are in there, the weapons, everything's complete. He was actually sealed to the plastic with those little ties. The only thing I can think of, you'll see more in the review, is this Megatron has that damaged head. And I'm wondering if maybe they thought that was the cosmetic imperfection. But I'm not going to complain. I'm an out-of-box collector, so this is right up my alley. I saved 20 bucks and like I said, I love the Road Warrior style Megatron. I wish they'd do like a Road Warrior style spinoff series. I mean, hear me out. We've got Transformers Siege, Transformers Earthrise, how about next up we do Transformers Apocalypse and all the bots are in Road Warrior vehicles. I can keep dreaming. Well, enough of me rambling on and on. Let's go ahead and get this figure cracked open and put in front of the camera. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now, once you get Megatron all opened and out of the packaging, you'll see that he comes with a sheet of instructions. Now, these are a little bit different than the Siege instructions because these are hard to understand. I am not a big fan of these instructions at all. I mean, it took me a while to figure out how to transform Megatron into his truck mode here. He also comes with this little dude right here, and this is Igor or Igor. And this is a figure that absolutely nobody wanted, yet Hasbro says, here he is. So this was just a very, very minor character. I mean, I don't even think he was named in the movie. He just hopped around with his tongue hanging out with a cane. He's pretty much just a head with arms and legs. Now, the arms are on a ball joint. They can move up and down. There's no real articulation other than in the shoulders. This one can go out. And yeah, you can kind of give you a booga booga look. The legs, they can move, but they're fused together. Now what he's supposed to do, he's got these little holes on the bottom of his feet. He's supposed to peg into Megatron right here on top. But for the life of me, I have tried and tried. I cannot get him to peg on either leg, either foot, or either peg. So either the hole is a little too small or the peg is too thick. But nonetheless, I'm really not going to utilize this guy for anything. Now taking a look at Megatron in truck mode, he is so badass. I love this Road Warrior Mad Max style post-apocalyptic vehicle. This thing just looks so cool, so detailed. I mean, the front of the vehicle has got these big spikes. Now these are rubber, so they're not going to hurt anybody. Lots of nice details. I can't really focus in, let me see. But the hood ornament is supposed to be the Mac Bulldog with the Decepticon head. More spikes up here on top. I like the rusty paint job. Nice detailing along the cab. Great detailing there on the smokestacks. I just wish they were more round. They kind of flattened out on the inside. Details there on top. Windows look really nice, fogged in. Love the wheels. The wheels are, I mean, that looks like military vehicle wheels. I love it. There's a lot of detail in those rims and tires. Moving along, you can see this is like a tanker truck. He's got chains molded in. This here, this is fabric. So I dig this. It's like a tarp. That's held down with these rubber chains or a soft plastic. But lots of nice details on this vehicle. You can see the hatches, the gears, the dials. This thing, I just love the details on this vehicle. On the back, this really impressed me. He's got a freaking cow skull on the back of the vehicle. I wish that was painted. I may paint that myself, but I thought that was so cool. Never saw that in the film. That makes me wonder if a Decepticon scans a vehicle and it has an organic piece on it. Is that organic? Or did he kill the cow and decorate it himself? So many questions, but it's Bayverse. There's a lot of questions. So yeah, I really, really love this vehicle. Now it doesn't really sit flat. If you push it along, you notice how there's no wheels turning. That's because underneath, he's got this section of robot and I have tried and tried. I cannot to get that to fold up all the way flat. I even YouTubeed things and maybe mine's faulty. I don't know, but it won't roll unless I hold it flat and push it along, but the wheels are very loose. So if that piece wasn't there, I'm sure this will go across the counter no problem. Now the tarp is held by these rubberized chains. As I said, they hook on the bottom. We'll go ahead and unhook those. They connect in four different spots. They actually clip on really good. Don't have much of a thumbnail to get under there, but if you get one side off, the other comes off real easy. That's very rubbery plastic there and of course this is fabric. Now you can see more of the details. You got those molded in chains. Little bit of collar difference. You got silver, dark gray, tan, the rust collar. Definitely could have used more paint applications here on the back, but the tarp covers all that. So it's really no big deal. Now flipping under the vehicle, he's very, very hollow. He's got weapon storage. There is his shotgun. Let me take that out. That actually pegs in. There's a little peg right there that you hook the shotgun in. Where's the hole right there? So that's where you keep the shotgun. Now that's pretty much it for Megatron in vehicle mode. Let's go ahead and get him transformed into robot mode. Now that by far was one of the worst transformations I have ever done. But now we have Megatron in robot mode and this robot mode looks fantastic. Just look at that head sculpt. Look at those molded details. That is awesome. Great paint applications. I love the eyes, the teeth. He even has the battle damage here on the right side of his head that was shown in the movie. This is kind of a soft plastic too. You're not going to damage yourself on all the little pointy bits. Great paint applications. Look at the rust collar. The silver, the military green. I love that. The tires are hit away nicely. He looks really, really good. Now we see all the gears and stuff. The inner workings of Megatron. His right arm. If you look at the fist. This fist is a lot different than this one. He always has that one gimpy arm. Now this fist can move. I guess it's not a fist. This claw hand can move up and down. That's about it. He's got the gimpy hand can move up and down and can actually split. That is why that is, but it splits. Now as far as other articulation is concerned the arms can go up and they can do a complete 360. He also has a double elbow bend. The legs are on a ratchet. Or not the hips. The hips can go up, down, all around. Knees are on a ratchet and he has two knees more or less. He's got knee number one. Nice clicky ratchet. And down here is like a secondary knee. So when I pose my Megatron I actually do this one bend this knee about two clicks and this one about one. So it gives him that hunched movie look. So we got that going on. Now down here he has an ankle tilt but it really doesn't affect his stance because look how big that foot is. Only the front, the toe actually tilts. But if you put him in a position you can move these accordingly and it will at least give the illusion that he has an ankle tilt. In this mode Megatron can wear his cloak. This was the tarp from vehicle mode. Not sure what type of fabric that is but it's still pretty cool that he has fabric. Easiest way to put this on is we're going to start with the head first. Go ahead and get his chin through and then this hole back here his left shoulder will go through that. So now you have his cloak look. He also has the change. You can put the chains on. I usually prefer to put those on before the cloak. Let's see. We do. I remember how this goes. I think he's got the double chain. That's I don't know. Let's try this way. That has a little bit more tension so that must be the way it goes. Now that we finally have Megatron's chains and cloak attached it's time to give him his shotgun. I really like the looks of this shotgun. At least on the left side. On the right it's unpainted. It looks unfinished. It's hollow. It looks like garbage on the left side. But you can give it to him. It only goes in his right hand. There's a little kind of slot right there and that pegs in and he can hold the gun. He actually holds the gun really good. So there we have Megatron all armed and ready for battle. And as I said before, I love this robot mode. With the chains and the cloak it really gives him so much attitude. He looks awesome. He looks like he just stepped out of the screen. This is a fantastic looking toy. Transformation can be a little bit of a bitch but it is what it is. So there you go guys. Studio Series 34 Dark of the Moon Megatron. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is Transformers Studio Series 34 Dark of the Moon Megatron with Generation 1 Megatron 2011's Dark of the Moon Voyager Megatron and Transformers 35th Anniversary Classic Animation Megatron. The Transformers Studio Series 34 Dark of the Moon Megatron is a fantastic looking figure. I absolutely love the paint applications and the molded details on robot mode. Man, he looks just like he did on the silver screen. In the addition of the fabric cloak, man that's just icing on the cake. A couple of complaints with the figure though. Vehicle mode is a little hollow but I'll give that a pass due to the fact it's hollow because of the transformation and hiding the robot parts. Vehicle mode could have used a little bit more paint applications. It's a really cool skull that's on the back. Another complaint is the shotgun. Shotgun looks great right here on this side. It looks like garbage on this side and what sucks when you're posing Megatron, you're posing like this holding the shotgun where you're going to really see the unpainted hollow side. Now we really didn't need to have this figure. Hasbro's going the Star Wars route. They're going to take a character that was in the background that nobody really knew about and they're going to give you a figure. I might just melt this guy down pour his plastic in the hollow of the shotgun and fix that issue. So there you go guys. Transformers Studio Series 34 Dark of the Moon. Megatron. So, does the Studio Series 34 Dark of the Moon Megatron belong in your collection? Well, if you're a Bayverse fan or more importantly a Megatron fan absolutely. This is a fantastic figure. I absolutely love his robot mode. He's got great paint applications and he just looks the part. He looks like he stepped right off of the screen. Vehicle mode, man, vehicle mode has been a dream of mine for years. A post-apocalyptic looking transformer. Granted, the vehicle mode is a little hollow and could use a few paint applications but it's still really cool. Plus, he's got a really cool cloak. I mean, it's fabric. When is the last time you bought a Transformers figure and he came with fabric? Now, a funny thing about the cloak if you watch the movie or just YouTube Megatron scenes from Dark of the Moon, every time that he transforms, he'll stand up, he puts the cloak over his head, walks a couple feet and then just throws it to the ground. So, every time he goes somewhere he has to go find a cloak like, where the hell did I put my cloak? So, I thought that was funny or maybe that's this guy's job right here. This is Megatron's cloak fetcher. So anyway, yeah, you see this guy on the shelf, pick him up. You're not going to be disappointed. And guys, I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. 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