More Images of Kingdom Leader Galvatron Including Alt Mode and Matrix Chain

I admit, I never much cared for Galvatron as a 'character' in the series. He was portrayed as a whiney-voiced incompetent who couldn't accomplish much by reason of insanity. And he sounded like Dyno-mutt.

But I had the G1 Galvatron figure way back when. It always bugged me that the toy bore only passing resemblance to the animation model (like almost ALL the movie line figures of that time). I was disappointed in the end with Titans Return Galvatron as well, mostly because of that horrible flip-up face mask.

But this one? It seems of interest. Though it looks like there's no way for them to make the support struts in the cannon mode as thin and spindly as they were in the cartoon.

As much as I prefer Megatron to Galvatron this new Galvatron is pretty and I look forward to having him. This figure does make me feel like the scene in TFTM when he first shows up and disintegrates Starscream though and Rumble asks "What'd he say his name was?" and everybody starts cheering Galvatron. I like that it does invoke this feeling for me so it is definitely a day 1 purchase or even a pre-order as soon as I can manage it.

DeathReviews wrote:I admit, I never much cared for Galvatron as a 'character' in the series. He was portrayed as a whiney-voiced incompetent who couldn't accomplish much by reason of insanity.

The G1 comics portrayed him much more effectively, and his colors were better as well IMO. So if the Selects version is really true, that's the 1 I'll be getting.

I gues you could say I technically had my first wave 2 sighting today, but nothing new. One Target store had 3 Arcee's, another had 2. I guess we know who the shelf warmer of this wave will be . Oh well, I hadn't been in a Target in so long, seems like some of the BB stuff is starting to move, hopefully they don't restock it. Filling out there SS and Generations pegs for once would be nice. Also I'm fully decided. I know I have a good deal on Amazon, but if I do happen to see them in person first, I'm just going to get them and cancel my amazon pre-order.

Also darn those new MOTU figures for giving me major nostalgia feels.

Can't wait to have this guy...
Yeah, a few things could've been better imo;
bulky chest almost seems unnecessary-- doesn't look like that affects the canon mode.
sculpt issues-- shoulders may be a bit low, and I still don't like the "ab" section being so square... It should've been taller and narrower, or after watching the movie a couple nights ago, shorter (but still a rectangle, not a square).
battle damage paint apps-- totally unnecessary, and doesn't add anything, seems to do the opposite.
color-- maybe just my preference, but he should've been Blue-Violet, not Violet. But in a couple of these more recent shots, it's maybe better than I initially thought.

For me the long list of positives far outweigh any of these items that for me are relatively small nit-picks...
Just my opinion, but if people are completely unhappy with this version, then they wouldn't have been happy with any version that wasn't based specifically on a single incarnation such as a comic book appearance, or in other words, their own ideal (which at the same time would mean limited mass-appeal).
TR was roughly what, 5 years ago? And yeah, some are happy with that Galvatron... But a lot will agree that he was at least somewhat compromised by that gimmick...
Seems to me that another G1 version of this guy (or any recent G1 character) that is solely based on G1 appearance won't happen for a long while after this. Which makes sense.
I have no doubt it could be another 3-4 years minimum... And I wouldn't doubt for a second if that future release is tied to some gimmick that's much more intrusive than battle damage paint apps.

My thought/advice for anyone on the fence... Go for it. May seem a bit much considering the Leader Class price, but consider the aftermarket price once he's difficult/impossible to get from a regular retail/online offer.

Kingdom Galvatron.... Bought on Sight

The battle damage still SUCKS! But, Galvatron always was and always will be my favorite 'Con so this is a definite pick up as well as the rumored Selects repaint. Hopefully, Open and Play or another third party will clean him up and do a Masterpiece-sized version as they did with the Titans Return figure.

Hellscream9999 wrote:I honestly think that the idea to use the thighs as the torso bulk was revolutionary, I can't recommend this figure enough

Agreed, plus it also gives us Centauraptor mode, my favorite new bit of stupidity.

To those of you who acquired Dinobot already, do you like him? Is he show-accurate deco-wise? I'm asking because I stopped at Wal-Mart tonight and there were 8 Dinobots on the shelf, but I took Inferno, because I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is. But he looked pretty good through the box so I'm not sure.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

Rodimus Prime wrote:To those of you who acquired Dinobot already, do you like him? Is he show-accurate deco-wise? I'm asking because I stopped at Wal-Mart tonight and there were 8 Dinobots on the shelf, but I took Inferno, because I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is. But he looked pretty good through the box so I'm not sure.

dinobot rocks, I find him show accurate enough, I think prime vs prime compared the colors with mp and it just came down to a couple small things like his thigh joints. his deco is pretty top tier

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:To those of you who acquired Dinobot already, do you like him? Is he show-accurate deco-wise? I'm asking because I stopped at Wal-Mart tonight and there were 8 Dinobots on the shelf, but I took Inferno, because I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is. But he looked pretty good through the box so I'm not sure.

dinobot rocks, I find him show accurate enough, I think prime vs prime compared the colors with mp and it just came down to a couple small things like his thigh joints. his deco is pretty top tier

Alright, I might have to pick him up next time then. Like I said, his robot mode looked pretty good through the box, especially his face.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:To those of you who acquired Dinobot already, do you like him? Is he show-accurate deco-wise? I'm asking because I stopped at Wal-Mart tonight and there were 8 Dinobots on the shelf, but I took Inferno, because I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is. But he looked pretty good through the box so I'm not sure.

dinobot rocks, I find him show accurate enough, I think prime vs prime compared the colors with mp and it just came down to a couple small things like his thigh joints. his deco is pretty top tier

Alright, I might have to pick him up next time then. Like I said, his robot mode looked pretty good through the box, especially his face.

His face sculpt is perfection

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

There's a redeco of Dinobot as BW Grimlock coming up, in a 2-pack IIRC. I can't keep track of anything anymore

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

There's a redeco of Dinobot as BW Grimlock coming up, in a 2-pack IIRC. I can't keep track of anything anymore

Not in the Netflix line, at least. That's either a Selects or some other exclusive.

Sabrblade wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

There's a redeco of Dinobot as BW Grimlock coming up, in a 2-pack IIRC. I can't keep track of anything anymore

Not in the Netflix line, at least. That's either a Selects or some other exclusive.

I said Netflix but I was really curious about getting another version of Dinobot in any line. But if Hasbro hadn't even mentioned it I guess were not getting one.

o.supreme wrote:I gues you could say I technically had my first wave 2 sighting today, but nothing new. One Target store had 3 Arcee's, another had 2. I guess we know who the shelf warmer of this wave will be . Oh well, I hadn't been in a Target in so long, seems like some of the BB stuff is starting to move, hopefully they don't restock it. Filling out there SS and Generations pegs for once would be nice. Also I'm fully decided. I know I have a good deal on Amazon, but if I do happen to see them in person first, I'm just going to get them and cancel my amazon pre-order.

Also darn those new MOTU figures for giving me major nostalgia feels.

You'd think, with how poorly Arcee was received in Earthrise, they wouldn't want to release her again so soon. Wheeljack is another odd choice. There are tons of him clogging shelves at Walmarts, though they probably didn't know that would happen when the Kingdom waves were set up.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

There's a redeco of Dinobot as BW Grimlock coming up, in a 2-pack IIRC. I can't keep track of anything anymore

Not in the Netflix line, at least. That's either a Selects or some other exclusive.

I said Netflix but I was really curious about getting another version of Dinobot in any line. But if Hasbro hadn't even mentioned it I guess were not getting one.

So far Grimlock (in a 2-pack with Earth mode Sideswipe as an Amazon exclusive) is the only repaint that's been mentioned.

Is there even plans for a fourth Netflix line? 3 seasons, 3 waves, it feels pretty complete now.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I thought there might be a Netflix version of Dinobot coming which might be more accurate, like Cheetor is.

There isn't.

It's been officially nixed by Hasbro?

There wasn't one to begin with. Netflix Wave 3's Voyagers are Optimus Primal and the Sparkless Seeker.

There's a redeco of Dinobot as BW Grimlock coming up, in a 2-pack IIRC. I can't keep track of anything anymore

Not in the Netflix line, at least. That's either a Selects or some other exclusive.

I said Netflix but I was really curious about getting another version of Dinobot in any line. But if Hasbro hadn't even mentioned it I guess were not getting one.

So far Grimlock (in a 2-pack with Earth mode Sideswipe as an Amazon exclusive) is the only repaint that's been mentioned.

Is there even plans for a fourth Netflix line? 3 seasons, 3 waves, it feels pretty complete now.

Emerje

There's no apparent plans for a fourth wave. If anything we'll get another Netflix series for Post-WFC because they're cheap to make (and we got the also-cheap Prime Wars series before WFC).

There was no Netflix Dinobot, that was something people kept wishing for and created in their minds as a guarantee. That said, we only know half the Selects of this year (going by when orders go up, not when they release); we're not even halfway through 2021 and the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire. There's definitely more that aren't leaked but are likely in a different department than the leakers.

Re: The new Galvatron pics... Whatever.

What we actually need is a pic of him and Rodimus Prime standing straight up, and side by side (also a better height comparison of Rodimus Prime). That is what will determine whether they're worthwhile, or whether one or even both is/are a worthless waste of money, development time, and plastic that needs to be scrapped and redone. Galvatron could turn out too big, but at least in his case there's the Titans Return figure. If Rodimus (who has no such fallback) turns out too small, which that comparison with the undersize WFC Optimus (who everybody is too dazzled by the looks of IMO) has me worried might be the case the case... I'm going to be pissed.

Nuclearxpotato wrote:the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire.

Don't forget about Road Rage.

Lore Keeper wrote:You'd think, with how poorly Arcee was received in Earthrise, they wouldn't want to release her again so soon.

That's just the impression you have based on what you heard in our small geek echo-chamber. Like for Optimus Prime, Hasbro looked at the sale charts and found it wise to re-release them both.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire.

Don't forget about Road Rage.

Ope, got me there.
I lumped them into the same grey area as Thrust and Runabout were in Earthrise. I believe T-Wrecks and Road Rage are both supposed to be Target exclusives, with T-Wrecks being a Redcard.

For future Selects, I'm REALLY pining for a Nightprowler from Cheetor.

I opened and transformed Airrazor.
She's really good and I love the fact that I can pose her either in flight or resting as a falcon.

I actually really liked the titans return Galvatron.... but I've never been so eager to toss a toy in the bin in my life. Seriously, I need this Galvatron. C'mon Hasbro, go ahead and drop the official images already, its already been spoiled so you might as well.

Immortal Starscream wrote:I actually really liked the titans return Galvatron.... but I've never been so eager to toss a toy in the bin in my life. Seriously, I need this Galvatron. C'mon Hasbro, go ahead and drop the official images already, its already been spoiled so you might as well.

Same here.

There's something about the head that I don't love.
Honestly, the Titans return figure was so close to being great. It was just ruined by the stupid gimmick of the pop up facemask headmaster, and the insistence that all Voyagers at the time be some kind of triple changer.
This does look better. A light up cannon would be awesome, but I'm afraid we're years beyond that ever happening again.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Re: The new Galvatron pics... Whatever.

What we actually need is a pic of him and Rodimus Prime standing straight up, and side by side (also a better height comparison of Rodimus Prime). That is what will determine whether they're worthwhile, or whether one or even both is/are a worthless waste of money, development time, and plastic that needs to be scrapped and redone. Galvatron could turn out too big, but at least in his case there's the Titans Return figure. If Rodimus (who has no such fallback) turns out too small, which that comparison with the undersize WFC Optimus (who everybody is too dazzled by the looks of IMO) has me worried might be the case the case... I'm going to be pissed.

I'm going to tell you right now so that you're not disappointed.
Rodimus is a voyager class figure being sold at the commander class price point. Yes, he has his little pop up base that will never be used, but they're pulling the ol' "throw some extra crap in the box so we can up the price point" crap on us.

So no matter how he scales, he'll be a rip off. We're being sold a $30-$40 toy for $90 to $100.

In a way, it's our fault. We bought into the small deluxe Hot Rot being sold at the voyager class price. And as good as the figure is, it still has some flaws, but they packed in a Matrix that can't be put in his chest and a pizza cutter, so now you're paying $10 extra.

The Galvatron will be a voyager class figure sold at the leader class price point, using the justification that he comes with two space ship guns or whatever.

Dude, it is no longer about size classes. It’s price points. The engineering, transformation, and parts count on Rodimus will be way higher than a normal voyager. Same with the SS Hot Rod. No deluxe has that level of transformation. At least not in the last 10 years. Also, Rodimus has barely any hollow bits. If you still don’t think it’s worth it, that’s fine, but Hasbro isn’t “ripping us off.”

Sowndwave76 wrote:I have no doubt it could be another 3-4 years minimum... And I wouldn't doubt for a second if that future release is tied to some gimmick that's much more intrusive than battle damage paint apps.

It's not that big of a deal to wait four more years for a good Galvatron figure, I've lost count of the years waiting for MP Galvatron XD

If this one isn't to my liking when better pictures are out then I'll probably hunt down the toy color reissue during the wait for a must have Galvatron. I can't see me liking the selects version if the Kingdom one looks to be off in a lot of areas but who knows.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Dude, it is no longer about size classes. It’s price points. The engineering, transformation, and parts count on Rodimus will be way higher than a normal voyager. Same with the SS Hot Rod. No deluxe has that level of transformation. At least not in the last 10 years. Also, Rodimus has barely any hollow bits. If you still don’t think it’s worth it, that’s fine, but Hasbro isn’t “ripping us off.”

So they thought to give a figure with a signature Cannon on his arm, Two weird "rifles". That bare a passing resemblance to both, his starship and that gun the G1 Megatron toy had. Yet, in spite of all this nostalgia milking and the fact that he really never used anything beyond his cannon in the Movie/show. He doesn't come with the rifle the original figure did

Nuclearxpotato wrote: I'm REALLY pining for a Nightprowler from Cheetor.

Personally hoping for him from either Cheetor or Tigatron in the MP line. A redeco of Tigatron would look really nice and compliment the Shadow Panther that exists alongside Cheetor.

blackeyedprime wrote:I've lost count of the years waiting for MP Galvatron XD

Too true

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:You'd think, with how poorly Arcee was received in Earthrise, they wouldn't want to release her again so soon.

That's just the impression you have based on what you heard in our small geek echo-chamber. Like for Optimus Prime, Hasbro looked at the sale charts and found it wise to re-release them both.

Not to mention Arcee in Earthrise seemed to be pretty hard to find. I ordered her online and I never saw her in store. Although now I wish I had waited because I love the Box Art on Kingdom.

There's way too much salt in this thread, is this the new Unicron thread? I loved the Prime Wars trilogy, but I'm a sucker for play features and ease of transformation, where most collectors want pretty robots that look like the cartoon. Now here we are with Kingdom and SS86, with the most screen-accurate likenesses that Generations has ever seen, and there's still plenty to complain about. Maybe I'm just an easy mark, every figure they release I'm like, I love it, best toy ever, gimme.

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire.

Don't forget about Road Rage.

Ope, got me there.
I lumped them into the same grey area as Thrust and Runabout were in Earthrise. I believe T-Wrecks and Road Rage are both supposed to be Target exclusives, with T-Wrecks being a Redcard.

The truth is we don't know. Road rage might be selects or simply target exclusive, like T Wrecks is.

But the year already has plenty of selects regardless.

G2 Ramjet
Deep Cover
Transmutate
Toy colour Galvatron
Artfire

Maybe we'll get one more, don't know, but I wouldn't expect a whole lot more.

Our first glimpse of Galvatron's rail gun:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:So they thought to give a figure with a signature Cannon on his arm, Two weird "rifles". That bare a passing resemblance to both, his starship and that gun the G1 Megatron toy had. Yet, in spite of all this nostalgia milking and the fact that he really never used anything beyond his cannon in the Movie/show. He doesn't come with the rifle the original figure did

I know, right?

Maybe for the fabled grey Selects release. Bonus points if it has a gun based on his G1 gun mode featured in just one comic.

A small image popped up online. There is no specific source found for it yet but we wanted to share it with you. In the image we see many unreleased figures in the background including 2 T-Wrecks toys and Galvatron. Galvatron can be seen with the two Revenge looking guns connected together making it a rail gun. Behind him is T-Wrecks in robot mode but it is cut off. We do have a much better look at T-Wrecks in alt mode. This is a redeco of Kingdom BW Megatron and he should have a different headsculpt, resembling the G1 toy, since that headsculpt was mistakenly added to a Kingdom Megatron toy.

Gauntlet101010 wrote: Bonus points if it has a gun based on his G1 gun mode featured in just one comic.

Given Huffer has that connection to Prime's trailer that he only used in a single episode. I wouldn't be surprised if the extremely obscure nods like that keep turning up.

william-james88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire.

Don't forget about Road Rage.

Ope, got me there.
I lumped them into the same grey area as Thrust and Runabout were in Earthrise. I believe T-Wrecks and Road Rage are both supposed to be Target exclusives, with T-Wrecks being a Redcard.

The truth is we don't know. Road rage might be selects or simply target exclusive, like T Wrecks is.

But the year already has plenty of selects regardless.

G2 Ramjet
Deep Cover
Transmutate
Toy colour Galvatron (first ever gen selects leader)
Artfire

Maybe we'll get one more, don't know, but I wouldn't expect a whole lot more.

I'd pay 10$ more if Select Artfire come with his two Targetmasters.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd pay 10$ more if Select Artfire come with his two Targetmasters.

Two? Artfire only has one: Nightstick (Fracas in English).

william-james88 wrote:Toy colour Galvatron (first ever gen selects leader)

Galactic Man Shackwave would like to have a word with you...

AcademyofDrX wrote:There's way too much salt in this thread, is this the new Unicron thread? I loved the Prime Wars trilogy, but I'm a sucker for play features and ease of transformation, where most collectors want pretty robots that look like the cartoon. Now here we are with Kingdom and SS86, with the most screen-accurate likenesses that Generations has ever seen, and there's still plenty to complain about. Maybe I'm just an easy mark, every figure they release I'm like, I love it, best toy ever, gimme.

Haha if you're an easy mark I guess I am too, because I'm loving what's being released rn. And if the prices are higher for higher quality toys then so be it. I wasn't a big fan of the prime wars trilogy, though of course I love my optimal Optimus and Broadside. As far as all the complaints go, I get annoyed at times too but perhaps constant complaints are what raised the standard for toys to be as good as they are today haha if you want to look at it that way. Anyways, I guess keep in mind that with any situation, negativity tends to be noticed a lot more than positivity. And those that are content tend to have less to say than those that are not.
I think of it like when someone complains about a SO to their friends or family, or complains about friends or family to a SO. What tends to happen is the negative impression sticks with the person receiving the complaints because they never hear about or witness any of the positives, and they tend to dislike that person or people because all they have to go off of are the complaints. Same thing with transformers toys

AcademyofDrX wrote:There's way too much salt in this thread, is this the new Unicron thread? I loved the Prime Wars trilogy, but I'm a sucker for play features and ease of transformation, where most collectors want pretty robots that look like the cartoon. Now here we are with Kingdom and SS86, with the most screen-accurate likenesses that Generations has ever seen, and there's still plenty to complain about. Maybe I'm just an easy mark, every figure they release I'm like, I love it, best toy ever, gimme.

It's not that there's plenty to complain about. It's just people love to find things to complain about.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd pay 10$ more if Select Artfire come with his two Targetmasters.

Two? Artfire only has one: Nightstick (Fracas in English).

I'm hoping for another Ricochet/Stepper release, repainted from the Studio Series '86 Jazz mold, to go with the new Artfire. The PotP mold is not cutting it anymore.

william-james88 wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:the last two unrevealed Selects are Toy Galvatron and Artfire.

Don't forget about Road Rage.

Ope, got me there.
I lumped them into the same grey area as Thrust and Runabout were in Earthrise. I believe T-Wrecks and Road Rage are both supposed to be Target exclusives, with T-Wrecks being a Redcard.

The truth is we don't know. Road rage might be selects or simply target exclusive, like T Wrecks is.

But the year already has plenty of selects regardless.

G2 Ramjet
Deep Cover
Transmutate
Toy colour Galvatron (first ever gen selects leader)
Artfire

Maybe we'll get one more, don't know, but I wouldn't expect a whole lot more.

Galaxy Man Shockwave disagrees with "first ever gen selects leader"

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd pay 10$ more if Select Artfire come with his two Targetmasters.

Two? Artfire only has one: Nightstick (Fracas in English).

Based on the only one I have, the United version.



But I see the G2 and MP only have one.
Regardless, Select Artfire better come with at least his main targetmaster even if it sell for 10$ more as a consequence.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I'd pay 10$ more if Select Artfire come with his two Targetmasters.

Two? Artfire only has one: Nightstick (Fracas in English).

Based on the only one I have, the United version.

That second one was for Hot Rod. Sparks is Firebolt by another name.