last night I got the Energon Megatron for $15 *Yeah me! *. But as I was looking at it I was thinking about all the posts about how people thought he made a better Galvatron and came to the conclusion that I think they were right. So I am left to wonder which toy would I have perfered for the G1 Galvatron, the Orignial G1 toy or the E. Megatron?

I think I would like to have the E. Megatron cause I think it matched the movie character SOOOO much better. Mut my friend said the movie would not have been good if Galvatron had transformered into a plane instead of the awsome canon. I personally think it would have made more sense since Cyclonus and Scourge where planes anyways why not Galvatron as well?

Oh well My opinion. What do you all think?




*My appoligies if this topic has been discused I don't remember seeing it.*

I Thought your title was talking about the live action movie. I rather the movie stay as is. if E Galvy was in the movie then Starscream wouldn't have been nuked with one blast. That was the coolest death in the movie.

first of all : W W, E Meg for $15!!! man this is totally incredible! here are NOT exist E Meg's in toy isles...in ALL country!!! I buy my here for $75 and this was the only one in all the country! hell...

and for your question, I love G1 Galvatron and think that the canon / gun have obviously more in common with the pistol of Megatron. I don't know, I like very much G1 galv.

In the movie and cartoon, G1 Galvatron is the cooler looking character IMO.

I too say G1 galvy was good as he was and had more to do with megs gun mode also If all of unicrons creations turned into some sort of space vehichles then why would galvy be so much more powerful than the sweeps and cyclonus? thats just my two cents.

IM just thinking that I think I would have like to have had E. Megs as the G1 transformer instead of the one we got. Just my thoughts.

Yeah, the original G1 toy was uber-crappy, in a certain sense, but so were the rest of the toys from that era. Alot of the new Energon G1 homages are far superior to thier G1 counterparts, but still, G1 was what it was. Looking back, yeah, it would have been nice to get the Energon type toys back then, but that's like looking at the 2005 Mustang and saying "THAT'S what they should have looked like in the Eighties!" As with most items of nostalgia, we remember them as being cooler than they actually are, especially by comparison to what they have developed into over the last 20 years. Apples and oranges, to use a cliche. I like Energon Megatron/Galvatron, but as an Energon figure. G1 Galvy has that "G1 Quirk" appeal, that can't really be replaced. The funkiness of those old molds is what endears them to me, if they were "fixed", it just wouldn't be the same.

Okay, I'm stepping off my soapbox now.

I agree with prime_one that he needed to be different from his troops to set them apart. E Galvys ship mode is cool and, all but an Alt mode that's only purpose is destruction (G1 Galvatron) says something.

E. Megs/Galvy no question.

Energon Megatron is the better toy, but I like Movie Galvatron as is. The plasma/whatsit cannon was a perfect upgrade from G1's fusion blast cannon.

i like the idea of the decepticon commander being able to turn into a big cannon that can take out a planet in one shot. E. Megs aint bad either though. maybey give Galvy his sword and were in business!

G1 Galvatron all the way. who needs to transform to a plane when he could just transform into a cannon and blow you to dust particles. i know the decepticons were mostly war machines but planes and jets can get boring. besides, there were enough planes on the decepticon roster, why add another. a cannon is definitely a symbol of war (even in the purple and orange color) and what else symbolizes that besides a tank? G1 galvatron, even though his articulation is kinda iffy and colors dont match movie or series is definitlety one of my favorites in the line. i ended up repainting him and he looks so much better.

by the way

has anyone kitbashed an E megatron/E galvatron mold into looking like the original galvatron cannon? i was thinking about picking it up and removing the wings and trying to see if it cuold be done. I like the look in robot mode but not too crazy about megs/galvs being a plane.

I remember always thinking that if Galvatron had looked like his box art in the show, he would have been totally awesome. (For that matter, it would have been nice if the toy looked like the box art...) I never liked the blurple Galvatron look -- it was too discontiguous from Megatron.

That being said, I loved my Galvy. Sure, he was a bit too large and a bit too blocky, but he was still a great G1 figure. (Hey, he could move his legs at the waist and the knee, and it wasn't b/c he needed to do that in his transformation! For G1, that's pretty astounding.) He had a really unique look that I dug a lot. He and Cyclonus and Scourge were some of my favorite TFs ever. Man I wish I still had them...

To Me, E Megs captures more of the show Galvy than the toy Galvy. But even so, he's too "square." One aspect of toon Galvy that I liked is how he looked like a bodybuilder in a robot suit. E Megs is too stiff-looking IMO, especially the arms. Sure, a flying Galvy makes a nice "what if", but then you wouldn't have had those cool shots of Galvatron inside Cyclonus' cockpit.

i assume Decepticon Smurf was refering to the toys alone. i only own the e megatron but have looked at an incomplete g1 galvatron at a flea market. i didn't buy the g1 because it was in bad condition and missing parts. e megatron is a superior toy.

i have been contemplating turning my megs into g1 galvatron by remolding him. it may work but the problem is finding motivation

yeah pretty much I was only refering to the toys not that he would transformer into a jet or not...

I'm just saying I would have perfered the E. Megatron toy to the G1 Galvatron toy when it came to the release of the G1 Galvatron toy back in 1986. That was my only point.