Kind of a downgrade, don't you think?
Shattered Glass Megatron was my favorite toy from BotCon’s Shattered Glass year. And because BotCon simultaneously hates me while loving me with great booth real estate, here comes a toy to replace him. Curses! I don’t want to replace my Megatron! My Megatron is great! That is a dumb idea!
Galvatron with all my recentish SG Decepticon acquisitions.
But, see, a while ago Fun Publications scribe Jesse Wittenrich painted up his War Within Springer to be Galvatron, and it really really worked. It was a pretty amazing idea that you have to see to believe, because, dude, who’d believe it otherwise? A helicopter guy? Meh! But it does work. And I guess it was such a great idea they decided to off Megatron and bring him back as that Galvatron design. And now there’s a toy of it. A toy of it that came with something I really wanted, Shattered Glass Thundercracker, so it’s not like there’s any skipping it.
So here he is! Galvatron’s admittedly a very pretty toy, but his prettiness isn’t my problem, it’s the kicking of Megatron’s toy the curb that’s my problem. Evac‘s always been a good toy, no matter who he’s been redecoed into, and Galvatron’s no exception. Galvatron’s probably even the prettiest of all of them.
Spin spin spin
(It’s been noted that SG Megatron’s Rumbler tank arm cannon thing can still attach to Galvatron’s arm. There’s a 5mm peg on Galvatron’s right arm and a 5mm screw hole on the underside of Rumbler. So there’s that continuity of arm-cannons going on as well in Galvatron’s favor.)
This sort of works!
So what I think I’m gonna do, since I’m not prepared to put my Megatron away, is use SG Galvatron as… Galvatron. The “real” one. Universe Galvatron’s way too tiny and Energon Galvatron, the guy who I’d been repurposing as G1 Galvatron before, is way too big. SG Galvatron’s the right colors (sans the eyes) and he strikes the middle ground, size-wise. He’s neither a midget nor a giant.
Thus, I have not wasted my money, nor have I spurned one of my favorite toys. Everyone’s happy! Kind of!
I’m glad I’m not the only one who has these kind of irrational conversations with myself. Glad you like your “not SG” Galvy.
You could have made him the SG version of Galvattron II? That way he and Megatron can exists simultaneously.
Hmmmm. There might be a story in that!
Universe Galvatron too small? Lies.
So I guess Botcon still hasn’t learned its lesson.
I don’t think Duncan would be after Action Master Thundercracker. If he was told it was from Takara, maybe.
Something I’ve been wondering for a while… does that strip now take place in an alternate universal stream in which Generations Thundercracker was never released?
You can still keep it in the same universe since Generations Thundercracker was so near impossible to find at retail. Duncan could have very easily been denied twice.
BTW: East coast sucks for toy distribution. Amazing that a person can live a few miles from the freakin’ Hasbro corporate office and still never be able to find Wreck-Gar, Perceptor, Optimus, Bumblebee, Thundercracker, Jazz, Warpath, Wheeljack, Windcharger, Grapple and others.
I assume Duncan is the kind of guy who would complain endlessly about not getting exclusive toys at retail prices, but would then happily pay $35 for a retail deluxe at BBTS, where Thundercracker was easy to snag
Also, the only Botcon toys I wanted this year were Toxitron and Thundercracker, and I couldn’t get them at convention price. But while scouring ebay, I realized it’s more cost effective to buy TC with Galvatron than by himself, so now I’m gonna be copying Willis here and using this nicely-sized Galvatron with Cyclonus and Scourge. You served me well Energon Galvatron, but it’s time to retire your big ass, and for a more poseable toy to boot.
While Galvatron should have come with his own weapon, it’s still quite a good looking toy. The TFCC always gives their toys a nice paint job. The same goes for the GIJoeCC.
I’m kinda surprised they didn’t do Galvatron’s winch up in bright orange, though.
You know, to mimic the arm cannon. Plus, instead of blowing bots to smithereens, it SAVES them, so there’s the versimilitude there.
Was going to sell mine, but now I’m seriously reconsidering doing the same thing as you. (Except that I’ve already got Classics and that 3pack Galvatron as Galvatron I and II, mind. Not sure how to reconcile adding a third Galvatron to the mix yet)
Galvatron isn’t happy!
(But then, is he ever?)
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Why is the “good” Galvatron purple?