Well then, last time we checked in on Cyberverse, like a month ago,
it was really starting to come together!
Season 3 was kickin' off, we had original characters showin' up, they did a toy of Rack'n'Ruin,
and it's over.
That was FAST, right?
Like, I know I'm not the quickest at this, but I never thought my third Cyberverse video
would end up being a requiem!
Just three short seasons before it felt the scythe's remorseless swing
and that seems to be the pattern now - you get three seasons to try and shift some product
and then the Soft Reboot God spawns in with all the cheats on
and bodies your whole show into a grave.
But so it goes, I suppose.
What do you say to an after-battle soiree with Cyberverse Ultimate-class Megatron!
So this angry slab was Megatron's ...first Cyberverse toy?
It's certainly his biggest one! Like, it's actually one of the mega-est Megamegses out there
...and it knows it.
"Ultimate class" indeed! What does that even mean?
I feel like I say that a lot, but it also feels like they change up the size classes more than I change my shirt.
But anyway, on-screen, Cyberverse Megatron was a malign mid-level mish-mash
of all the character traits that have been folded into the old Deceptiboss over the years -
he was a gladiator with a grand vision of a united Cybertron that might have worked out all right
if he hadn't been such a thug about it;
a one-time friend of Optimus Prime, didn't like Starscream,
"give me the Allspark!" Y'know. Megatron.
The helmet guy.
And as such, this look is by no means a particularly riveting one -
just sorta grey, standard evergreen median Megatron man
but there is something nice about how visually tidy it is!
No clutter, no kibble, just an all-business brute built for big dumb chunky fun,
huge and square and grey and furious,
like a Thwomp.
I mean check out the torso! It's literally just a wall with like two lines on it
and his trademark Darth Vader belly buttons in understated kid-friendly soft focus
with robot underpants.
Head's a hefty hateface in a hardass helmet, serving sour power vinegar lips like a smoky-eyed psycho.
Arms are just a pair of barely-articulated brachial breeze blocks with smashy fists and colossal cube shoulders
and the right one's dominated by the beefiest Fusion Cannon
...possibly ever?
It's as meaty as the Masterpiece one for God's sake, and twice as badass!
Might've been fun if it wasn't welded on there, but whatevs. It's his. Hands off!
Legs are built like a pair of concrete apartment blocks!
I honestly get a serious baseformer vibe from this thing.
Like, how could something THIS chunky possibly turn into anything
apart from a giant robot castle?
But there's some telltale tracks back here giving the game away
and I really dig the little ankle-mounted missile pods there, just hangin' out, no big deal.
The legs do create something of an articulation imbalance though
'cos like, the whole lower half is loco
with like an ab crunch and two-way hips, nice enough knees and toes and heel spurs,
but up top there's no head motion goin' on apart from this bonkers bonce bounce
and no elbows!
I mean, it's not a deal-breaker, but it's not a great look when you're gettin' out-danced by figures from 1993.
And that's honestly about all there is to tell about the robot mode!
It's just a big, basic body blow of a thing.
There's a bluntness to it, y'know? There's an honesty!
It didn't come here for a conversation.
It's here to kick your ass!
[SHOUTY GRINDCORE]
Transformation's easy and fun and gets it done!
You just fold it up.
And look at this friggin' fatbag!
It truly is the boxiest brick of pure tank since actual G2!
Just armour and tracks and a gun.
Doesn't really match his on-screen alt mode, but who cares?
It's an absolute fortress of a thing! Like a boulder that hates you.
So check it out! It's gently sprinkled with bonus tank mode details,
like these little baby cannons on top and awkwardly drilled-through power pockets.
I love that he can poke his head out up the back there for the Cyberverse semi-transformed style!
Like, I'm not sure if it's intentional, but it's GOTTA be intentional.
Lower layer's got chonk for days and treads 'til you're dead
with tiny pokey-outy rolly wheels
but do it doot-de-doo?
It do doot-de-doo!
Phwoar, that's one BASSY doot-de-doo.
But obviously the entire thing's built around the gravity of a cannon so massive it'd make Midgar blush.
Look at this deadly doom shooter blastin' forth out of the tank meat!
No turret swivel on the go, sadly, but you kinda have to love how well-integrated it is!
Like, they just painted this one bit silver and perfect. It's part of him.
And you CANNOT be ready for the
which sounds like a standard projectile-shooty dealie
but is in fact a non-firing built-in blast effect
fixin' to flatten some fools with this pop-out crucifix!
I love how the side flaps manage to seamlessly sneak around the tank bulk
and it full stretch it actually looks sorta chilling,
like a limb with the skin peeled back, all exposed nerves and quivering naked muscle.
"Quivering naked muscle", that's what they call me!
I mean, it's not my favourite gimmick ever, but like, there's no missiles to lose,
the button's got some resistance to it, and it makes a nice loud smack!
[LOUD SMACKING]
Phwoar.
So there ya go! There's really nothing complicated about this thing.
It's just large and lairy, and it's impossible not to appreciate the sheer BLAM of it!
I admire its purity.
And like I always say, Megatron just makes sense as a tank!
Of course he would be this! It's just pure uncomplicated violence.
No fancy crap, no mass shifting - this is where the mass shifted to!
It's both maximum tank and maximum chunk.
It's a
And that's about it for Ultimate Megatron, but is that it for Cyberverse?
Who knows? Maybe it'll get Beast Hunter'd!
Maybe they'll do a one-off special TV movie event thing. That might be nice!
It might even get Beast Machines'd!
They might give it a whole-ass follow-up series!
But for now, it would seem it's been Animated'd.
Oh, Cyberverse, we barely knew yerse.
Later, baby!
Look at that! Two months, two Megatrons. Let's see if we can keep this up!
Massive thanks to Garry Webber, aka Lothar Hex for supplying the Megatron and the patronage!
That definitely wasn't a random one, was it? Thank you!
OK, see ya later.
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