Legacy Core Megatron (Energon): EmGo's Transformers Reviews N' Stuff 

2:15 fun fact, he is megatron in the English dub of energon (then gets recolored and becomes galavatron) but in the Japanese original he is actually galvatron and the recolor is just a recolor and no name change (which the Japanese version aligning with Armada makes it so Megatron is megatron in armada then dies and gets resurrected as galvatron in energon. However, in the English version of both, megatron starts as himself, gets recolored and changed to galvatron, dies, gets resurrected in energon as megatron again, then gets recolored AGAIN, and is named galvatron AGAIN)

According to TFWiki, someone asked one of the showrunners why they didn't rename Megatron Galvatron when he very clearly was visually based on Galvatron. Apparently it was because at the time Hasbro was touchy about protecting their trademarks*, so they insisted on keeping him Megatron for marketability and copyright reasons. *That's why a lot of Transformers will specify their alignment on their packaging, because ofc they can't trademark the name "Soundwave" for a character, but "Decepticon Soundwave", that's fair game. Also why some names may be common words that are intentionally misspelled, same deal

Hasbro can release this as the SG Megatron with changing the head and colors.

Yeah hes an upgrade of Armada Megatron. In the original Japanese dub he is just called Galvatron, since Armada Galvatron was just called Super Megatron or something. In English, since they used Galvatron already they just decided to use a more recognised name.

I got the original energon leader megs when i was a kid in Christmas, i won't be able to die in peace until i get this figure I don't care the posts on the neon green cannons are short, those were permanently mounted on the shoulders of the original figure so IF i get one I'd never take them off there unless i want to change their position

Megs energon looks good

I actually have the original Leader Class Energon Megatron somewhere in storage. I'm thinking about getting the updated Energon Megatron. Hopefully there will be more Legacy Energon figures like Scorponok or Landmine.

I want an updated Energon Megatron, but I want him at leader class. I know Hasbro's using this core-Megs to test the waters for Energon. They don't know how well Energon characters will sell, so they view a core class as being a low-risk experiment. It's the same situation with that rumored core class Beast Machines Cheetor that's supposed to come out in March-April.

He was a brutal version of Megatron, headbutted scorpsnok's face in

you are my hero, thank you for your service i use to watch you when i was six and im 16 now. best toy review channel, ryans toy review ain't got nothing on you

All I remember about Energon Megs is that he spent most of the series laughing hysterically.

So the irony is that when he did the Unicron Trilogies obligatory upgrade to Galvatron, the colour scheme is G1 Galvatron. I think the Titans Return Galvatron Figure's star fighter mode was a reference to this mold

I got this guy a couple weeks ago. It might just be my copy, but aside from the stumpy gun posts (those things fall out if you look at them funny) mine doesn't tab together very well in alt mode. His legs like to pop out of place while just holding it. He's got a great robot mode, though. Even though I own all three American versions of the original figure, I just now noticed that the front of the alt mode looks like the Axalon from Beast Wars.

first video here in quite a while and it's a figure I'm already planning to buy

I just got mine in the mail today from BBTS! I liked the looks of him so I figured why not? I always have room for another cool core class!

Yes this is an upgraded Megatron. In Armada he was called Galvatron and despite that for the next series he went back to being Megatron. This is his initial look after revived as he was fused inside Unicron and his goal throughout the show was to gain control of him since he was dormant. He would later get a purple color scheme and once again assume the name Galvatron after submersing himself in super energon.

This is why I watch your videos because it helps know what figures to buy.

It reminds me of the Mcdonald's Energon Megatron I had when I was kid. And I had no idea what was a Transformers back then and just realized it was one when I was way older.

Superlink Galvatron is my favourite version of the character, no more tough but caring commander of the decepticons, Galvatron was fun as villain, did a bit mind breaking with his troops and seemed pretty much insane. Sure he had moments when his old presonality shined but it was like 4-5 moments in whole show. Now time for commander class, huge wings, proper mini tank, blast effects, his sword from first episodes and maybe energon star.

We need more Legacy Energon remold

ok we got armada megs we have energon megs we are just missing cybertron megatron and yes energon megs is just armada megatron but upgraded

that bloosh would just destroy your ankles 😂

As much as people like to dump on energon, you cant deny it had some of the best designs for the characters, especially Megs. To this day this is still one of m favourite looks for him.

This is so cool for just a legacy transformer, Hasbro's been getting back into making great figures. Great review as always :)

Feels like this is what Shattered Glass Megatron was going for in his alt mode

Behold Megagoose. Lord of the Decepihonks. He claims all the bread from the Autoducks. Watch Saturday, The Fowlformers: Enerbread.

Likes how you added a slide of energon Megatron nice to see evolving and what was the extra music... Sound that was added nice

I would love to see this guy get retooled to be Shattered Glass Megatron or Galvatron

I love the excellent introductions with the funny robot.

I hope we get more versions of this character. I really like the is design.

You're not the only one to have never watched Energon, it is notorious among fans. I think Megatron was the best part of Energon, that and Starscreams ghost, though he certainly looked better when he upgraded into Galvatron. You are right that he is just Armada Megs only different. I remember his rebirth scene all to well. He spends most of the early episodes fused to the walls inside Unicron, until someone does something that makes him super pissed and he awakens in his new form. So need an updated full size version of this form.

Since a third party did energon Optimus, im sure there will be a Energon Megatron soon

Great video. I was so glad to find one of these at my local Target. This was a great core class representation. I did want the extra joint that was molded in to the wing so I went t ahead and added it in a new design as well as making the wings slightly longer. I made the two shoulder weapons a bit bigger as well. All my upgrades are bloosh comparable as well. 😂

In Japanese energon megs is called galvatron. Is it explains the design looking like G1 galvatron

He is terrifying, precious he is I think. 🤣

Transformers Energon Megatron is an upgraded version of Armada Megatron. I did not see the entire Transformers Energon series.

Angry goose = untitled goose game = tallgoose flashbacks

I just found the original inbox at a antique store

As far as scale goes, I saw a pretty cool picture someone took with him in Haslab Unicron's hand. That's one figure he scales excellently with!

Got him shortly after Christmas, and while he's not perfect, I always liked the Energon Megs design. For a little desktop version of him, I like him quite a bit.

Love this lil guy!

i got the original for my birthday when i was a kid sadly it got lost, so i bought a another one still sealed in package until i got it XD

I feel like Tom from Tom and Jerry when Tom was holding that tiny firecracker with that tiny Megatron, small but hugely dangerous.

His robot mode has a sure resemblance to G1 Galvatron.

He's preciously terrifying.

Fun as a core class, rather Star Warsy looking in shuttle mode. I had the original Energon toy for tyhis guy and yeah, it was basically the same thing except for the cockpit not being hollow on the bottom/back and the kneecaps being separate to fold more directly onto the lower legs to look like engine exhausts. Very lame at the bigger price point, Core Class was absolutely the right choice for this guy.

tl;dr he's Megatron not Galavatron (comes later) because trademark. He's also Armada Megs rebuilt after he gets eaten by Unicron and they disappear for a decade. What's funny is if they make a leader class of Energon Galvatron, then it'd be accurate to the show since Galvatron goes giant towards the end. For all Energon's faults, it does have some wild concepts and genocide.

I finally got the core class energon Megatron today at my local target today I got two of them I'm finally happy that I got it this is a good figure

I just realized, he became galvatron in armada right? So he went from megatron to galvatron, then back to megatron, and then to galvatron again? What

In his alt mode, he looks like Bomber X. So I got the music of this show in my head …

I hope they put leader class energon universe megatron

The Resurrected Megatron.

He's more Bloosh now than man, twisted and evil.

I need more shelves for my collection. I swear EMGO after watching your videos I may have gone a little stupid collecting. Thankfully my wife is not divorcing me.... But just so you know I blame YOU 😅 for making me either revert to my childhood or it's a midlife thing hahaha. The body count is 178 in an almost 9 month timespan.

The one thing that bothered me about the original Energon Megatron/Galvatron mold was that the ratcheting on his hips meant either he could stand with absolutely straight legs like a G1 brick or, if you went out exactly one click out on the ratchets, his legs would be spread awkwardly wide. I would rather have just had a stiffer joint without ratcheting than a ratcheted joint that can't settle at an aesthetically pleasing angle.

The irony my ears heard once you said you never watched Energon, shame I say ssshhhhaaaaaaamme!!! Awesome video though

he also resembles as g1 galvatron due to the head, legs and chest details

I wonder if we'll ever get this guy in the Leader Class one day?

I mean hopefully they will make a bigger model of him because at some point were getting a studio series bumblebee movie voyager leader? I dont remember i believe it was voyager class rhough but we are getting an upscaled version of the bumblebee studio series core class shockwave

At first, look, it looks like Galvatron had fused with a goose

If Emgo wants a rundown on Energon Megatron's character A weaker version (character-wise) of Armada Megatron

His spaceship mode looks like a Klingon Warbird! Just saw this at Target the other day, but didn't pick up because I'm G1 to the core!

cool

please make it happen, hasbro

Where's the meat? Megatron ate it he's got to have his energon you know.

Emergon Mega should have been deluxe or leader class, core class doesn't do him justice

I'm hoping for a core class armada Megatron

hey emgo, would you be open to the idea of doing a "just transform it" series on older figs? ranging from the original rid and unicron trilogy toys to the older movie toys

Galvatron⇒Megatron

plus when are getting the dna kit for studios series rotb prime its been a long time

i need details on how arcee beat young optimus

yes quintessons found his body covered in rocks gave him a sword and some energon and reactivated him

Hasbro still has quality issues. This figure could've been great if it hadn't been for the right leg falling off when you bend it.

Need bigger version Now. I was a strong proponent of this being the Tank Sword with a robot mode and a real full size figure coming next year. But he is a cute lil' tyrant. Havent finished Energon either. Dub is just plain nonsensical.

0:10 can’t he be both?

When you said "I didn't watch Energon" I felt a tinge of jealousy

Legacy energon hotshot?????????

I…am…back!

I like him. I'm not a fan of the show itself because the animation is so wonky. Like, iirc the humans are animated in like 2D, as if they're hand drawn, but then the Transformers themselves are in 3D, and for some reason their mouths are 2D. Like, the Transformers don't look like they belong in that universe. I also don't like the way they move. And this *might* be a hot take(or cold if many people have said it), but I think Beast Wars looks better than both Energon and Cybertron, which is sad cause it's nearly a decade older. But at least EVERYTHING in BW looks like it's animated in one particular dimension(3D), and the character movements are objectively better. I still like this design though. And hopefully, if they make a figure of Energon Optimus, core or otherwise, they fix those proportions, cause Energon Optimus has some truly WONKY proportions. Like, he looks like a cube with thin sticks as limbs lol.

he is kinda cute

Honestly, Hasbro should’ve made more Energon figures despite how bad the show was

Hasbro always working on characters no one knows, then complaining that their sales are not as good as expected... Yes he looks like Galvatron, yet wtf with that alt mode and colors... Fail

@emgo316 you don't need to worry about missing out on tf energon it was a awful show sloppy animation poor plot lines beast wars a tv show 8 years prior to that had better animation I watched most of the first season and tapped out after that. I almost gave up on transformers until animated came out and made up for the unicron trology

Good for you or else that Kicker character would get into your nerves. Man, he's just too darn annoying.

Is that a crack running down the right forearm? The one I got, one of his forearms will not stay on the ball joint. Keeps falling off whenever I move it. Kind of sucks. Also, you didn’t miss anything when it comes to Energon. It was kind of awful.

In general, while I did grow up calling Energon Megatron “Megatron”, I refuse to call him such at this point; I would call this “Galvatron”, and the recolored Megatron in Armada “Megatron”. Why I would call this Galvatron, and not Megatron: 1. Right off the bat, he is called such in the Japanese version, and I can see why. 2. He looks a heck of a lot like G1 Galvatron. 3. In Armada, the lavender coloring was more of a supercharged version, as opposed to flat-out rebirth or reformatting. So yeah, to me, Armada “Galvatron” is still Megatron, and Energon “Megatron” is Galvatron, like in the Japanese dubs.

good thing you did not watch energon it really bad

I know one thing about Energon, the dub is pretty bad

Meh, I love the original, this seems like a McDonald's version....

Don't watch the show. It's awful. If you see the next in the "Unicron Trilogy" See if you can get the subtitled Galaxy Force. It's much better. IMHO it's not connected to Armada/Energon. Armada Megatron became Armada Galvatron who later went back to Megatron in Energon and Galaxy Force and got upgraded each time. I'm going to wait for Energon Galvatron since the colors are better.