New company Prime 1 Studio is working under approval of Takara Tomy to produce a massive new cold-cast statue of Megatron for their new Museum Master Line series based on his appearance in the second live action Transformers movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. They've really outdone themselves by creating an imposing 80cm (31.5 inch) monstrosity that stands a towering 67cm (26.4 inches) off of his display base. Size isn't the only thing he has going for him. His eyes have red LEDs in them that allows them glow menacingly. His right arm is removable and can be replaced by his arm's fusion canon mode. The canon itself has interchangeable long and short barrels. The detail work is phenomenal thanks largely to its mostly polystone with resin composition.
Looks great and comes with some nice bonuses, right? Yeah, that'll only set you back ¥180,000 or about US$1,868 and that is not a typo.
I seriously have to question the sanity of whoever came up with this. Sure it looks nice, but why does this need to be made at all? Who asked for this? From what I remember a lot of fans at the time panned the ROTF Megatron design, largely because of his strange looking arms and huge feet. Seemed the original movie design and his third movie design were much more popular. But why at this point even do this statue at all? Fans have moved on and everyone knows the second movie was a half-hearted rush job, people aren't exactly clamoring for high-end Revenge of the Fallen merchandise. If you want to go for something high end that will sell go for G1 Megatron, those will move. But I also have to wonder why Megatron at all? Why not Optimus Prime, that way you can make one statue and basically cover all three movies?
It's a confusing statue and chances are it's way out of your price range, but if you're interested pre-orders are open now and he's expected to arrive in June. Due to its high ticket price there probably wont be a lot of stores willing to take a chance on it. Also be sure to check the gallery for 20 pictures of this serious statue.
[ Pre-order at HobbyLink Japan | AmiAmi ]
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