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So the more minicons you collected, the more powerful you became. So in the Armada line, there was three packs, four packs of minicons that you could get and you could attach them all over the figures. So it was a very unique and very playable toy line. I just wasn't a big fan of the figures. I think a lot of them, especially the Autobots, looked like play school toys. I mean, hotshots specifically. I mean, he was horrible. He looked just like a freaking rescue bot. Now, the cartoon series, I couldn't get into that at all, even though it had my favorite voice actor playing Megatron again, the outstanding David Kay. But it was just, I don't know, the cartoon was just weird. So I never got into it. It's on 2BTV right now. So I may give it another chance because for what I hear, the last seasons get pretty good. So anyway, enough of me rambling on about the figure and the figures history. Let's take a look at the toy itself and welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. Now, before we take a look at Megatron, first, let's take a look at his minicon partner, Leader One. No, not that Leader One. This Leader One. Leader One turns into some sort of artillery truck. Very tiny little figures. You've got lots of nice molded details all over. Painted windows. Nice bulky tires. A very simple little figure. Now, the whole idea with minicons is they interact with the larger figures via this little hole right here on the figure itself. Now, within these holes, there is another little peg. And how that works, I'll go over momentarily when we take a look at the bigger figure. Now, the Transform Leader One, very simple. You just simply fold the back out, take the laser guns, bring them up, and there's Robot Mode. Super simple transformation. His arms are kind of molded in right there. They're like smokestacks or something. They have a perma-bend elbow. Not much articulation. The arms can do a complete 360, and the legs can move back and forth. He does have a knee bend if you move the laser cannons out of the way. So very little posibility with this guy. Minimal paint apps. Kind of a very plain-looking face. At least they painted his visor. Now, a Minicon, such as Leader One, is about the same size as a Siege Battle Master. So that's pretty much it for Leader One. Let's go ahead and transform him back into vehicle mode because we are going to use that here in a bit with Megatron. Megatron himself is a really cool, big, beefy, bulky tank. Now this type of tank, from what I understand, is called an H tank. For obvious reasons, it looks like an H. This thing is massive. It's heavy. It's loaded full of electronics. It's got wheels underneath so it can roll pretty good. It's got a barrel that can go up and down on nice-clicking ratchets and the turret can spin. And as you can see in here, there is electronics. Now the turret can also fire. It's a pressure-activated missile. You just simply pull back and it launches the missile right off my desk. And it's a pretty cool feature. When you pull back on the barrel, you get that awesome firing sound. Megatron's tank mode is also laden with Minicon gimmicks. And as I stated earlier, the Transformer Armada line was all about the playability with the Minicon figures. As you can see, these ports or these pegs all over the figure are used to interact with Minicons. You just simply take a Minicon and attach it to the figure. And there you go. And the story is Minicons are able to power up the larger Transformers. Now as I showed earlier, the Minicon hole that each little figure has with the little extra peg on the inside is used to activate gimmicks on these larger figures. Now the pegs, such as this one here and this one here, they're hollow. So these pegs are just used for storage. You just attach your Minicon here or there and nothing really happens. But you have pegs up here on top. If you see there's an actual button in the center. There's a button in the center of this one and a button in the center there. And how that works is when you slot the Minicon over the peg, the little peg on the inside, pegs, holes, pegs, holes, presses down on the button, which unlocks a feature. Now by plugging them on top of the tank, you turn the hatch and you get a machine gun sound. And you can see the light right there. So there's that gimmick. Quit shooting me. Right here where this purple lever is, place the Minicon on the lever, activate to switch. And when you pull the lever back, let's see here, it swings forward this rocket launcher. So check it out. And you can actually slide all the way and lock that in place. Now the rockets actually fire. They're spring loaded. There's little buttons right there. Let's see if I can give them to work. There you go. But what's supposed to happen when you press down, there's a button right here. So when you press down, it's actually supposed to make this sound. This doesn't... I mean, it doesn't do what it's supposed to do, but you get the idea. Other Minicon ports and gimmicks on this tank is if you flip this switch right here, it pops these out. So you have one, two, three more little Minicon ports. So you can attach one there. I've got this character here, put him on. And I've got this jet guy that, well, he doesn't fit, but you get the idea. So you've got extra pegs there on the side. You pull this out and open up. And it's some kind of Minicon jail. But unfortunately, I don't have a Minicon. It actually fits inside where you can close it up and capture him. So that one, well, you get the idea on how that works. Now flipping the tank around, you've got this little gimmick here. You can attach a Minicon on top, flip over and attach another Minicon on the other side. So that one just mainly used to attach more Minicons. Take those off right here. This is a... I'm not sure what to call this, but you pull this out, flip this down. You have a ramp and a capture claw. So I guess how that works is a Minicon would not realize this is Megatron. Roll up, capture claw comes out and captures him. So yeah, you've got that going on. Lots and lots of gimmicks in Megatron's tank mode. A really, really cool looking tank that I forgot one gimmick. Let me put these back. You have to put these back in a certain order. One, two, three. Here at the front of the tank, he has captured pinchers. So the Minicons hanging out. Boom. He gets him and can drag him back to the Scepticon headquarters. So there you go. That is pretty much all of Armada Megatron in tank mode. Now let's get him into robot mode. Transformation to robot mode is fairly simple. Start with the rear of the tank. You're going to flip these pieces up. Those will form the robot toes. Flip these back. Those will form the robot heels. And then just simply bring these down. Those of course form the robot legs. You're going to now twist at the waist. If you get that turret out of the way. Twist at the waist. And now you're going to stand the figure up. Now from here you're going to rotate the turret down to the side and then bend the barrel forward. So you've got that going on. Open up the side of the treads. And within you see the robot arms. Just simply fold those down. If you can get a grip on them. This arm. There we go. Is a pain. Fold that down. Other side. Same way. This was a little bit easier to get out there. Shut that up. Now there's a little lever right here. Bring that down. Revealing Megatron's face. And there you have Megatron in robot mode. Megatron in robot mode looks a lot different than what we're accustomed to with our Megatron figures. I mean he's got these huge tank treaded shoulders. He's got antlers. I mean he's definitely different looking. Now let's take a look at this face sculpt. I have dozens of Megatrons in my collection. In my opinion this is one of the worst Megatron face sculpts. I just do not like that one at all. Now he's got really nice molded details. He's got Decepticon logos molded in on both shoulders. And a little Decepticon logo molded in right there. What looks like diamond plating there. Molded details on the chest. The abs. I mean he's molded really really well. And I love the coloring on the guy. Just don't like that face sculpt. Now as far as articulation is concerned. The arms could do a complete 360. But they're going to hit that turret back there. He also has an elbow bend. And the arms can go up and down. There is a waist rotation. And the legs can go side to side. And that's pretty much it for the articulation of Megatron. Now he has quite a few Minicon ports. All over the figure. Up here on the shoulders. Down here on the forearms. And here now there's right here is a Minicon gimmick. You can take a Minicon here. Attach to the side. And this activates a switch blade. So yeah. Megatron cuts you man. Now you really don't need a Minicon for this one. There's no locking mechanism. You can simply just slide that forward and back. Now another cool feature this Megatron has. If you bring the arms up. You can actually extend the body. Take the turret and spin around to the front. And lock the body back in place. You have this version of Megatron. You face the cannon forward. We'll unlock these missiles. And this is what's called Mega Blast Megatron. Now what's supposed to happen is there's this little crank right here. I'm supposed to be able to turn that and this whole mechanism spins. And you hear Megatron say Decepticons attack. Now for some reason I can't spin this to make it work. But if I spin the turret the crank turns. So I don't know what has happened with the internal mechanisms for my Megatron figure. Now I like to display my arm out of Megatron by taking leader one and folding him out. To look like this, leaving those guns out. And attaching him to Megatron's forearm. That gives him a little bit of a G1 look with a cannon attached to his arm. You can also take the other Minicons. Attach one to his shoulder. And this one here to the other forearm. Extending that blade. So yeah, with these Minicons you can hang them all over this toy. And just like Jeffrey Epstein, they don't hang themselves. And now for some quick size comparisons. Here is Transformers Armada Ultra Class Megatron. With Generation 1 Megatron. War for Cybertron Siege Generation Selects Combat Hero Megatron. And Combiner Wars Armada Megatron. Transformers Armada Megatron is a fun figure to mess around with. He's got tons of playability thanks to all those Minicon gimmicks. I just wish I had more Minicons to actually utilize them with him. He's a very unique looking Megatron. And once you can get past that, he's not a bad figure to have. But I still don't like that face sculpt. So there you go guys, Transformers Armada Ultra Class Megatron. So, does the Transformers Armada Megatron belong in your collection? Well, if you're an Armada fan, most definitely. You have to have the leader. If you're a Megatron fan, I don't know. He's unique looking. He's different, but he just doesn't scream Megatron like some of the other figures in my collection. So, your mileage may vary with this guy. Not to mention if you're trying to hunt one down, you have to, one, make sure his electronics work. Make sure he comes with all of his missiles. I've seen many of these where the antlers are broke off. So yeah, you really got to know what you're looking for. So, this one, this one's all on you. And guys, I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. Don't forget to like and don't forget to subscribe. I've got a lot more bots back there on that back wall that I want to put in front of this camera. Guys, I appreciate each and every one of you. This is Patriot Prime, signing out.