xMXUx wrote:For all those wondering about Leader Megatrons canon, the picture of the Takara version shows that it can indeed be atached the other way around
Ok, firstly it's great to see the cannon is reversible, as I thought it would be. Secondly, Takara clearly know how to take a better promo shot, he looks a lot better like that. Also, looks shinier too.
The downside (for me, anyway) is that he's completely out of scale to what I'd like. Measuring him up to MP Prime makes me think that he's going to look way to big to stand with my Classics Prime. Megatron should be bigger than Prime, IMO, but not that much bigger. He might not look so bad against TW Orion, but I don't have him so I can't comment.
Sure, I'd pose him with my MP Prime, but it's just not going to work for me. As much as I've always hated Megatron as a gun (even as a little kid I thought it was a terrible alt mode), I would rather Megatron be a gun if he was going to represent the MP line. MP is basically an homage to G1, and a tank Megs next to a classic looking, G1 inspired Convoy Prime just doesn't sit right with me. Not to mention that this Leader Megs is going to look cheaper. He's not going to be as high quality as the MP line and would therefore suit being displayed with other CHUG figures, rather than MP. Also, he's slightly smaller being that he's a Leader class, so scale is a little off again.
I applaud HasTak for their effort. Visually he's a great representation of Megatron, but I just think he's too tall for CHUG and won't fit the MP aesthetic. Should've been a Voyager, but who knows, maybe he'll look okay when paired up with CW Prime.