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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2016 19:01:00 GMT
There's a recent post in Titan Mastery thread by some Mother Hubber, I forget who, who said that the upcoming TM Galvatron is looking good, or nice, or- anyway it was 'pro-TM Galvatron'... anyway this Hubber made particular note that the colour of him was good. Now, call me a bluff old traditionalist, but Galvatron was not, in the majesty of G1, PURPLE. He was predominantly grey. The main offending part of his purpleness to me is the body. Should be grey. Grey. GREY! It got me thinking that, over the years, there have been other toys that have been named Galvatron that look like Galvatron but have been purpled, with purpleness in the body rife (and a 3P one 'n'all). Energon, the crappy little Classicy one...
GALVATRON SHOULD BE GREY!
Surely?
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Post by Toph on Jul 4, 2016 19:19:44 GMT
Agreed.
Though to be fair, with Energon we got both proper colors (in Megatron) and wrong colors (in galvatron repaint)
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2016 19:26:17 GMT
We did indeed. And the grey one really looks the part (Thanks Triple B!).
But still, it was the PURPLE one that was called Galvatron!
GALVATRON IS NOT PURPLE!!!
Where did this purplarity come from anyway?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 4, 2016 19:34:58 GMT
The movie. Colour bodges are usually the cartoon's fault. He had a grey body in Target 2006.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 4, 2016 20:05:15 GMT
GREY!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2016 20:10:43 GMT
GREY!
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Post by legios on Jul 4, 2016 21:06:27 GMT
We did indeed. And the grey one really looks the part (Thanks Triple B!). But still, it was the PURPLE one that was called Galvatron! GALVATRON IS NOT PURPLE!!! The Superlink version was correct - Galvatron was grey, and the purple version was General Galvatron. Karl |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2016 21:20:57 GMT
We did indeed. And the grey one really looks the part (Thanks Triple B!). But still, it was the PURPLE one that was called Galvatron! GALVATRON IS NOT PURPLE!!! The Superlink version was correct - Galvatron was grey, and the purple version was General Galvatron. Karl Are you sure, Old Boy? I thought the purplist one was Galvatron and the grey one was Megatron? |
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Post by legios on Jul 4, 2016 21:26:00 GMT
Pretty sure that was in Energon. As far as I recollect he didn't reverse the name change from the back-end of Micron Legend in Superlink. Whereas he did in Energon.
Karl
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2016 21:33:18 GMT
Pretty sure that was in Energon. As far as I recollect he didn't reverse the name change from the back-end of Micron Legend in Superlink. Whereas he did in Energon. Karl I'm just not sure anymore! PHIIIILLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by Toph on Jul 4, 2016 22:21:51 GMT
Yeah, in Micron Legend he was Megatron, and became Galvatron in Superlink.
In Armada, Energon, and Cybertron, he would go to Megatron anytime he got a new body, then change to galvatron anytime he slapped some new paint on his ass.
And thus Megatron begat Galvatron who begat Megatron who begat Galvatron who begat Megatron and it t'was an endless cycle of ridiculousness so sayith Primus.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 4, 2016 22:26:21 GMT
Right, if memory serves me right from eBay searching there's 3 versions of the toy. Well there's actually 4 but one of them is just the bigger version of the same toy.
The grey one is Megatron and the purple one is Galvatron but the Japanese did have one in the Megatron colour called Galvatron. I think under the toy code SD02 so that may be the Super Link version.
Oh and it's me who said he loves the look of TR Galvatron. And I'd do it all over again.
I just really like the deco on it. Not as much as I love MP Ghost Starscream but I like it all the same. I'm not a big stickler for 'this character needs to only be these colours', well i am sometimes but only when it suits me, if a toy looks good that's usually enough. Having said that.......and I don't mean to set anyone off here cos I get the feeling im pretty much on my own on this one......the character of Galvatron has always been purple with an orange barrel going back to the 86 movie.
The G1 toy looked nothing like the character but was a great toy and I have one on display. I'm still looking forward to finally getting a toy that's purple with an orange barrel.
*drops microphone and walks off stage*
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Post by Toph on Jul 4, 2016 22:59:29 GMT
There were two energon molds. One for Energon, and one for Superlink. Both came in both colors.
Energon was Super/Leader Class, while the Superlink was scaled down to somewhere around Ultra Class.
The Superlink got a limited western release as a TRU exclusive (that I never found, fuck TRU exclusives), as Megatron in a twopack with the Superlink Deluxe Optimus mold.
The Superlink also got a minor retool into SG Megatron (modeled on Marvel G1 Megatron with the black helmet), for Botcon.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 4, 2016 23:45:58 GMT
There were two energon molds. One for Energon, and one for Superlink. Both came in both colors. Energon was Super/Leader Class, while the Superlink was scaled down to somewhere around Ultra Class. The Superlink got a limited western release as a TRU exclusive (that I never found, fuck TRU exclusives), as Megatron in a twopack with the Superlink Deluxe Optimus mold. The Superlink also got a minor retool into SG Megatron (modeled on Marvel G1 Megatron with the black helmet), for Botcon. Ive got both versions of the grey one, I'm sure both are named Megatron as well, but I didn't realise the Superlink (was it called Powerlink over here?) was only in the 2 pack. There's plenty of them on ebay as well so never thought they were an exclusive. So over here both versions of the grey one were called Megatron but in Japan it was called Galvatron and the purple one was called Galvatron in both regions? Have i understood that right? |
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Post by Toph on Jul 5, 2016 0:17:54 GMT
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Post by browny87 on Jul 5, 2016 9:10:50 GMT
don't show bazza that hell have to go buy them all now  |
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Post by Llama God on Jul 5, 2016 10:26:52 GMT
Purple!
Eh, I'm with you on the grey front, being more accurate, but alas, I have to agree with Bazza - I just like him more in purple. I guess I just have a thing for big, purple weapons...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 5, 2016 12:15:07 GMT
I can't stand the confusion in my miiiiiind!
-Ralph
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Post by The Huff on Jul 5, 2016 12:24:58 GMT
I usually go with toy and comic accuracy over cartoon but in this case I don't mind either way.
I remember watching the Movie in the cinema my first thought when Unicron created Galvatron was "stupid cartoon have got the colours wrong!" but as (in this rare instance) the actual characters came before the toys, then I can go grey or purple.
In fact, I think of grey Galvatron as the one that travelled back in time (TFUK) and the purple one as the alternative one that didn't (Rythems Of Darkness and the cartoon).
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 5, 2016 12:25:54 GMT
Megatron is grey. Galvatron is an upgrade of Megatron hence... shiny silver.
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Post by The Huff on Jul 5, 2016 14:34:31 GMT
Megatron is grey. Galvatron is an upgrade of Negation hence... shiny silver. But toy Megatron is shinier than toy Galvatron. |
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 5, 2016 14:46:45 GMT
don't show bazza that hell have to go buy them all now Haha.  I have both western versions of Megatron already. The Galvatron is as rare as rocking horse poop so I don't hold much hope of finding it at a reasonable price, I did miss out on one that went for about £20 back when I first bougut both the Megatrons because I lost phone reception as the auction was ending on ebay. I won't bother with the Japanese versions but I will admit to having looked for the SG Megatron already since I found out it existed. |
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Post by Kingoji on Jul 5, 2016 15:55:37 GMT
This is not a song its a sandwich.
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Post by browny87 on Jul 5, 2016 18:15:08 GMT
don't show bazza that hell have to go buy them all now Haha. I have both western versions of Megatron already. The Galvatron is as rare as rocking horse poop so I don't hold much hope of finding it at a reasonable price, I did miss out on one that went for about £20 back when I first bougut both the Megatrons because I lost phone reception as the auction was ending on ebay. I won't bother with the Japanese versions but I will admit to having looked for the SG Megatron already since I found out it existed. hehe! u at TFNation mate? |
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 5, 2016 19:37:28 GMT
Haha. I have both western versions of Megatron already. The Galvatron is as rare as rocking horse poop so I don't hold much hope of finding it at a reasonable price, I did miss out on one that went for about £20 back when I first bougut both the Megatrons because I lost phone reception as the auction was ending on ebay. I won't bother with the Japanese versions but I will admit to having looked for the SG Megatron already since I found out it existed. hehe! u at TFNation mate? I won't be, unfortunately. I was looking to go to my first TF convention this year but I've got that much on in the next few months that time and money (and probably Mrs B's patience) are too tight. I'll be stuck Glasgow Comic Con in September. Not very glamourous but it'll need to do for this year. |
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Post by dyrl on Jul 5, 2016 19:40:13 GMT
Galvatron from Target 2006 is the definitive Galvatron but crazy cartoon Galvatron is cool too. Technically it would make sense for Galvatron to be grey if he is a reconstructed Megatron . Ironically grey Galvatron is (going by Lady Bird and the Tech specs) not Megatron but just city commamder or military leader or something and so could be purple but isn't while cartoon Galvatron is Megatron but is purple.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 5, 2016 19:47:33 GMT
I can't stand the confusion in my miiiiiind! -Ralph ooh, I just finished watching that yesterday. Carry on. |
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Post by Benn on Jul 5, 2016 22:19:56 GMT
I actually couldn't remember Galvatron being purple in the cartoon/movie until I just looked at the wiki. So... yeh. Grey.
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Post by Toph on Jul 5, 2016 22:29:56 GMT
I actually couldn't remember Galvatron being purple in the cartoon/movie until I just looked at the wiki. So... yeh. Grey. This too, is me. Purple just looks so alien to me. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 6, 2016 15:31:48 GMT
hehe! u at TFNation mate? I won't be, unfortunately. I was looking to go to my first TF convention this year but I've got that much on in the next few months that time and money (and probably Mrs B's patience) are too tight. I'll be stuck Glasgow Comic Con in September. Not very glamourous but it'll need to do for this year. I am confused. Glasgow Comic Con was last weekend. -Ralph |
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