After some thought, I think Miner Megs' Evo Fusion is Hasbro's best attempt at the gimmick because the combination of his two weapons _actually make an entirely different one_ which was the intended purpose of Legacy Evolution's line-wide gimmick!
So begins Meg’s obsession with burritos. Kind of like how Prime’s obsession with pizza bagels got started. They both were introduced to their respective obsession by another.
@@megazaracklordofdeath Also, cit: Knock Out" Don't worry Starscream, 2 eyed Shockwave isn't real, he can't hurt you!" Senator Shockwave slam the door "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?"
I do like how it delves into the deep lore as to Meg's origins as a member of the working class, a blue collar fella (if you will).. Living under the ruling class, of Autobots.. As well as Ratbats origins leading up to Meg's betrayal..
I really do hope this Megs mold has run it's course, this figure feels like a good note to end it on. Really would be great to get a new Megatron mold sometime in the next line, would be crazy if they were able to finally pull off some kind of gun mode on a mainline Megs but I'd be truly shocked if they did that
If Megatron has to be a tank, I want them to take another stab at the Combiner Wars design as a realistic one. I also badly want an updated version of Energon Megatron though. That was my favorite of the Unicron Trilogy designs.
I only have 1 copy of that Megatron mold, the original, so this probably interests me more than most. Doesn't hurt that IDW Megs is my all time favorite version of the character. I also love that Ratbat remold of Scourge, it works well for him.
if only Ratbat was available on his own. he is fantastic. I don't like (G1) Scourge all that much. but Ratbat wears the mold well. I also like how the side wings on his cape resemble bat wings. like its some foreshadowing as to what he will become.
I didn't really want Miner Megatron, but I've wanted Senator Ratbat ever since I saw the one they made from the old Generations Scourge mold, so they've got me.
Personally, I do like the Siege mould of Megs, and I'm always a sucker for pre-war Megs! And I'd say that this is the best iteration of this mould so far!
Pre-ordered both this 2 pack and the Shockwave/Orion pack off Amazon. Shockwave/Orion pack was supposed to arrive today, yet i recieved this 2 pack. Im a bit mixed, especially since there was about a 13 dollar difference in price, but going through the return hassle and the fact i had these two on preorder anyways, AND your review came today, i think ill just open it 😂 Keep it up Emgo, you're my go to for all transformers collector content.
1:44 I mean, it's pretty spot-on generation 1 Megatron mold, so I personally can get behind why Hasbro doesn't see the point in reinventing the wheel just yet. Besides, it's not like we haven't got some new mold for other Megatron designs like "Beast wars" transmetal 2 or "Armada".
Oh wow, this is the first time I got a figure before it showed up on Emgos channel. I thought I missed it or that these were skipped due to being redecos.
Can't help feeling the addition of a dozer blade to megs might have sold the whole construction vehicle vibe a little better. It coul even have become a Shovel or something in robot mode.
Like some of the other commenters I ordered both of these sets, I ordered mine from Amazon Canada. the humble origins 2 pack shipped out and I got a delivery notification and when I opened the box it was the rise of tyranny set instead. I called Amazon Canada customer service and the shipped out a replacement humble origins set which I should get next week and they told me to keep the tyranny set for free and they cancelled my order for this set which was supposed to ship out in August. looks like alot of buyers are going through the same situation. it's a mighty fine set.
Out of curiosity did you originally order the other two pack with Shockwave and Orion Pax but Amazon sent you this one instead? Cause that what happened to me this week. Granted I had the Tyranny two pack pre-ordered but since I have it now no need to hold onto that preorder. Not the only one who's had this happen either.
I have no personal experience with the IDW comics (and they honestly don't seem like my kind of thing) so I'm just here to see what the figures are like. Also, despite the fact that the Megatron mold has supposedly been done to death *I don't have any version of it*.
i found a way to put the pink sickle, dismantle the drill, dismantle the sickle tool then, drill is connected to the sickle handle, then drill square handle, then sickle. it will now fit in alt mode. just rotat the arms so it bends inwards now.
As far as Siege Megatrons go, at least this one isn't just another G1-style Megatron with a different variant of grays again. I still think this thing needs treads, tho.
I just ordered the legacy armada Megatron and legacy skyquake and they will be delivered hopefully the 6th of this month I also can't wait to get my hands on the legacy armada Optimus prime these legacy transformers are getting so awesome I'm so glad there remaking all the early 2000s transformers
Yeah i’m also over that Megatron mold and i only have siege one. But they keeps using it. Still I’m getting that one because Senator Ratbat is a nice idea to have a toy
I like that some 2 packs showing certain characters in the "prequel" days ha ha. I have the Orion Pax and Vector Sigma. I would like to get my hands on Elita in her 2 pack of prequel days. This 2 pack is cool to point out the slave Megs and a Senator who may have been corrupt. I agree with the overly used mold for Megatron. We don't know what Megs looked like back in the day...his Cybertronian alt mode. They should have done it completely original. It's too bad Ratbat doesn't have a different weapon but his coloration is amazing. I always go full bloosh.
I really hate the Siege Megatron mold. No forward & back ankle joint which gives him a really awkward posture and make him less stable, no wrist swivel (for a voyager class), 90 degree elbow bend, and an awkward positioning of the balljoint on the head. I mean, if it were just another not-so-significant character I'd be fine withit. BUT IT'S MEGATRON! They gave so much love to Earthrise Optimus but not to Megatron!
Yeah I was told Shockwave and Orion were supposed to be arriving today and I got this pack instead. I’m not returning it because I ordered both so hopefully it balances out but I’m not sure if I should open it yet until I know
I don't know if it's just my copy, by the joints are really weird. The upper body was SUPER tight, almost to the point I was afraid I was going to break him, and the legs and lower body were floppy to the point of he couldn't stand on his own. I fixed it easily enough, but maybe the Siege Megs mold has seen better days.
dang. Once again, this is a thing where I want it so bad (Miner Megatron especially: I love me some good caution stripes), but I need to consider both money and space to put these.... aw crap.
It's the same character according to the G1 lore I'm familiar with. Ratbat was one of the senator's, along with Shockwave, in the very corrupt ruling council before it fell, and years before the war started. After millennia of fighting diminished Cybertron's resources, Shockwave fostered the advancement of micromaster technology to produce smaller bodies to use less energy. Ratbat was a recipient of this procedure, hence the onset of his cassete mode (for the toyline anyway), and as a leader he focused on resource management rather than the more expensive task of domination. I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm incorrect, and the wiki itself can offer more information.
@@schmidington You're part correct. Ratbat was a corrupt senator, while Shockwave was a radical. The rest of the senate forced a procedure on Shockwave that mutilated his boy and removed his emotions after they realized they couldn't control him, resulting in the Shockwave we're more familiar with. As for Ratbat, when Megatron overthrew the senate, Soundwave tore out Ratbat's spark and shoved it in the cassette body as a punishment.
@@CelticMutt Thanks for the clarification. That seems very un-Soundwave like, but at least Ratbat seemed to have adjusted to servitude well enough. lol
Just received mine . . Instead of the orion pax and shockwave I actually ordered. So I canceled my rise of tyranny and bought another orion pax and shockwave.
You're just going to get another Rise of Tyranny then. Amazon swapped the product codes for the sets. All Orion/Shockwave orders are going to be Megs/Ratbat, and all Megs/Ratbat orders are going to be Orion/Shockwave.
Pretty sick of the Megs mold too, but it looks good here. I certainly don't regret getting it again - but that's it for this mold. Please. Love the shiny black on Ratbat, but I still want the Takara Generations one - that one looks beautiful, and that Scourge mold just seems more Ratbatty with the pointy wings.
After some thought, I think Miner Megs' Evo Fusion is Hasbro's best attempt at the gimmick because the combination of his two weapons _actually make an entirely different one_ which was the intended purpose of Legacy Evolution's line-wide gimmick!
DRILLBOW
i heard that they only do the line wide gimmicks in order to sell the new lines to stores
Looks like a lance or polearm, so yeah, nice attempt
My immediate thought was 'crossbow' tbh, it's neat
@@ArcheTelosPart of the awkwardness of Evo-Fusion is that they slapped the label on toys that never had the gimmick in mind during design.
So begins Meg’s obsession with burritos. Kind of like how Prime’s obsession with pizza bagels got started. They both were introduced to their respective obsession by another.
I love this continuity. 😂
And then Meg, obsessed, start his career of gladiator to get waaaaay more burritos!
Next shockwave is going to be responsible for orion pax/ optimus prime's addiction to 🍕 🥯
@@megazaracklordofdeath Indeed!
@@megazaracklordofdeath Also, cit: Knock Out" Don't worry Starscream, 2 eyed Shockwave isn't real, he can't hurt you!"
Senator Shockwave slam the door "ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?"
I do like how it delves into the deep lore as to Meg's origins as a member of the working class, a blue collar fella (if you will).. Living under the ruling class, of Autobots.. As well as Ratbats origins leading up to Meg's betrayal..
Megatron: I like ya so much, I'm gonna stuff ya into the chest of my future number 2.
Ratbat: What?
Megatron: Nothing.
My favorite part about Miner Megs is that Starscream is the one that gave him his fusion canon. Of all people 😂
Although they are just repaints, they are absolutely amazing figures. So good to see idw transformers made as toys.
They are minor retools on top of repaints
@@superomegaprimemk2 true, my bad
Might get this just for senator Ratbat to be displayed beside senator Palpatine. Need more senator figures to complete my senate.
Wave is also wafting about, and Nova Prime could be in the works.
Elita-1 is a former senator.
Needs.
Now for a Miner Impactor, Rumble, and Frenzy. Perhaps a Miner Brawn?
I really do hope this Megs mold has run it's course, this figure feels like a good note to end it on. Really would be great to get a new Megatron mold sometime in the next line, would be crazy if they were able to finally pull off some kind of gun mode on a mainline Megs but I'd be truly shocked if they did that
They can do the same thing they did with Siege Shockwave
I feel like the only way they can manage that is having him turn into some kind of giant futuristic railgun like he did in the Prime Wars series.
@@galaxycamerata I'd be fine with that
If Megatron has to be a tank, I want them to take another stab at the Combiner Wars design as a realistic one. I also badly want an updated version of Energon Megatron though. That was my favorite of the Unicron Trilogy designs.
I'd love to see a gun megs for ss86
I only have 1 copy of that Megatron mold, the original, so this probably interests me more than most. Doesn't hurt that IDW Megs is my all time favorite version of the character.
I also love that Ratbat remold of Scourge, it works well for him.
I am waiting for the legacy release of a voyager IDW Stealth bomber Megatron.
LOVE HOW THEY MADE THE HEAD LOOK LIKE A WINDOW FOR THE SPACESHIP
if only Ratbat was available on his own. he is fantastic. I don't like (G1) Scourge all that much. but Ratbat wears the mold well. I also like how the side wings on his cape resemble bat wings. like its some foreshadowing as to what he will become.
Even having read the comics, I hadn't noticed until now that they made Ratbats' head look like his face is inside a cybertronian bats' mouth.
this end scene is canon now. That is exactly how it happened and I don't want anyone telling me otherwise
Ah yes, Miner Megatron: Peace through ROCK and STONE!
Got ahead of myself. I thought I read: Peace through ROCK and ROLL!
"We're rich!"
-Megs upon discovering a well of energon
@@Enbeanie And the first thing he buys is some Grade A Oil... The good stuff.
Rock and Stone!!
@@akmalfakhruddin7285 And then he came across some strange purple energons and thus begins his strange addiction.
I didn't really want Miner Megatron, but I've wanted Senator Ratbat ever since I saw the one they made from the old Generations Scourge mold, so they've got me.
You might say that Megatron is something of a Manic Miner.
Amazing figures
Personally, I do like the Siege mould of Megs, and I'm always a sucker for pre-war Megs! And I'd say that this is the best iteration of this mould so far!
Cool of origin Megatron and ratbat
This man is commited i thought he was gonna cut the transformation but he commited. He has truly *RISEN*
The Emgo- Megs lore grows deeper
I love when you review the legacy stuff man. Can't wait for more. Also you plan to review the buzzworthy bumblebee stuff coming up?
This is my first time watching emgo in a long time, holy crap, the camera quality is immaculate!
Pre-ordered both this 2 pack and the Shockwave/Orion pack off Amazon. Shockwave/Orion pack was supposed to arrive today, yet i recieved this 2 pack. Im a bit mixed, especially since there was about a 13 dollar difference in price, but going through the return hassle and the fact i had these two on preorder anyways, AND your review came today, i think ill just open it 😂 Keep it up Emgo, you're my go to for all transformers collector content.
Now all we need is the Orion Pax Alpha Trion version!!😂🥃
I was about to close RUclips for today, then a new Emgo review dropped. YAY!
Agreed about being over that Megs mold. 5 years of redecos and retools of the same darn mold.
It would have been so cool for Ratbat to turn into idk, a bat ... maybe like that Dracula bot you reviewed.
I love Emgo316 because he has and created Meg's Buttiros and Prime's Pizza Bagels. 😂😂😂
I actually like your version of where Megatron started even better than the IDW one. Today burritos - tomorrow the world!
1:44 I mean, it's pretty spot-on generation 1 Megatron mold, so I personally can get behind why Hasbro doesn't see the point in reinventing the wheel just yet. Besides, it's not like we haven't got some new mold for other Megatron designs like "Beast wars" transmetal 2 or "Armada".
Oh wow, this is the first time I got a figure before it showed up on Emgos channel. I thought I missed it or that these were skipped due to being redecos.
Can't help feeling the addition of a dozer blade to megs might have sold the whole construction vehicle vibe a little better. It coul even have become a Shovel or something in robot mode.
I'll only really want Senator Ratbat but I'll give Ratbat that pickaxe.
Like some of the other commenters I ordered both of these sets, I ordered mine from Amazon Canada. the humble origins 2 pack shipped out and I got a delivery notification and when I opened the box it was the rise of tyranny set instead. I called Amazon Canada customer service and the shipped out a replacement humble origins set which I should get next week and they told me to keep the tyranny set for free and they cancelled my order for this set which was supposed to ship out in August. looks like alot of buyers are going through the same situation. it's a mighty fine set.
They both look good
This is where it all started. This is when Megatron began his unhealthy obsession for burritos
Out of curiosity did you originally order the other two pack with Shockwave and Orion Pax but Amazon sent you this one instead? Cause that what happened to me this week. Granted I had the Tyranny two pack pre-ordered but since I have it now no need to hold onto that preorder. Not the only one who's had this happen either.
I have no personal experience with the IDW comics (and they honestly don't seem like my kind of thing) so I'm just here to see what the figures are like.
Also, despite the fact that the Megatron mold has supposedly been done to death *I don't have any version of it*.
i found a way to put the pink sickle, dismantle the drill, dismantle the sickle tool then, drill is connected to the sickle handle, then drill square handle, then sickle. it will now fit in alt mode. just rotat the arms so it bends inwards now.
Ah yes, burritoes; that's how it all started. In addition to Whirl assaulting him in prison.
I agree we need a new Megatron mold. Shame its impossible to get a Studio Series version
the "space slipper" resembles a hover craft in my opinion
This is the true canon of Megs and his crazy love for burritos
Ironic if Shockwave is reveal like baggels more
I could imagine a fan repaint of Miner Megatron into the "Miner 49er".
As for Ratfa...err I mean Ratbat, he isn't "any" senator. He is THE senator.
Come for the review, stay for the skits.
That ending skit should be cannon!
We finally got the origin of him loving burritos.
@5:04 For a second, I thought that thing was supposed to be some kind of Cybertronian Energon crossbow or something..🤷🏼♂️
I hate the Siege Megatron mold, but this is the best-looking use of it.
As far as Siege Megatrons go, at least this one isn't just another G1-style Megatron with a different variant of grays again. I still think this thing needs treads, tho.
Miner Megatron. Mining all the Bitshanix .
I just ordered the legacy armada Megatron and legacy skyquake and they will be delivered hopefully the 6th of this month I also can't wait to get my hands on the legacy armada Optimus prime these legacy transformers are getting so awesome I'm so glad there remaking all the early 2000s transformers
Honestly I like this design for the Megatron mold more than the original
Hoping that axe means we're getting a new Straxus soon.
Yeah i’m also over that Megatron mold and i only have siege one. But they keeps using it. Still I’m getting that one because Senator Ratbat is a nice idea to have a toy
I like that some 2 packs showing certain characters in the "prequel" days ha ha. I have the Orion Pax and Vector Sigma. I would like to get my hands on Elita in her 2 pack of prequel days. This 2 pack is cool to point out the slave Megs and a Senator who may have been corrupt. I agree with the overly used mold for Megatron. We don't know what Megs looked like back in the day...his Cybertronian alt mode. They should have done it completely original. It's too bad Ratbat doesn't have a different weapon but his coloration is amazing. I always go full bloosh.
I remember that a Third Party company did a triple-changer Miner Megatron that could transform into a jet and into a drill tank.
I really hate the Siege Megatron mold. No forward & back ankle joint which gives him a really awkward posture and make him less stable, no wrist swivel (for a voyager class), 90 degree elbow bend, and an awkward positioning of the balljoint on the head.
I mean, if it were just another not-so-significant character I'd be fine withit. BUT IT'S MEGATRON! They gave so much love to Earthrise Optimus but not to Megatron!
Ordered mine on Amazon, seeing all the people getting this instead of the Shockwave pack has me a little concerned, lol
I do like this miner remold :D
Yeah I was told Shockwave and Orion were supposed to be arriving today and I got this pack instead. I’m not returning it because I ordered both so hopefully it balances out but I’m not sure if I should open it yet until I know
So the issue is that Amazon swapped the product codes. If you ordered one you're getting the other, period. If you ordered both, you're good.
@@CelticMutttheoretically that’s the case, but I never underestimate anyones ability to f something up
Yeah, if they leave it alone, it'll balance, but if enough people complain will it send me a second Meg and Rats? Ughh. It's slightly nerve racking.
I don't know if it's just my copy, by the joints are really weird. The upper body was SUPER tight, almost to the point I was afraid I was going to break him, and the legs and lower body were floppy to the point of he couldn't stand on his own. I fixed it easily enough, but maybe the Siege Megs mold has seen better days.
Definitely overdue for a new Megatron mold
I wish the packed his whip thing instead of the pickax like in the comic. Oh and the comic shows how Megs gets his fusion gun and his spike ball hand
I had these on pre-order, but canceled because i just didn't really care about having Megs again and I've already got both Scourge and Alpha
We ALL are over the seige megatron mold
dang. Once again, this is a thing where I want it so bad (Miner Megatron especially: I love me some good caution stripes), but I need to consider both money and space to put these.... aw crap.
Cant wait for nova prime who will also be an overused mold. I sweat were going back to combiner wars with how overused some of these molds are
So , would make the siege Megatron the new Alpha Bravo ? 😁😉
1 year later… we get ANOTHER version of the siege megs mold 🤦🏻♂️
Of the 2 of these I'm thinking if it wasn't for Senator Ratbat it would not be worth getting this 2 pack, Have a safe 4th of July everybody.
Shock wave is going to be responsible for optimus prime's addiction to 🍕 🥯
the lore... ratbat put megs down the dark path of burritos
Just like how Prime as Orion Pax was introduced to pizza bagels, can't remember by who though.
Ratbat reminds me of mecha Serpentor.
i never boght any of the seige megatron so this might be a pick up 2 pak
Now we need a Orion Pax and ?
Isn’t ratbat one of soundwave’s casette-cons? Is it the same character or a different one with the same name?
It's the same character according to the G1 lore I'm familiar with. Ratbat was one of the senator's, along with Shockwave, in the very corrupt ruling council before it fell, and years before the war started. After millennia of fighting diminished Cybertron's resources, Shockwave fostered the advancement of micromaster technology to produce smaller bodies to use less energy. Ratbat was a recipient of this procedure, hence the onset of his cassete mode (for the toyline anyway), and as a leader he focused on resource management rather than the more expensive task of domination.
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm incorrect, and the wiki itself can offer more information.
@@schmidington You're part correct. Ratbat was a corrupt senator, while Shockwave was a radical. The rest of the senate forced a procedure on Shockwave that mutilated his boy and removed his emotions after they realized they couldn't control him, resulting in the Shockwave we're more familiar with. As for Ratbat, when Megatron overthrew the senate, Soundwave tore out Ratbat's spark and shoved it in the cassette body as a punishment.
@@CelticMutt Thanks for the clarification. That seems very un-Soundwave like, but at least Ratbat seemed to have adjusted to servitude well enough. lol
So he’s not a rat or a bat😂 Next up Optimus will be anything but a red and blue truck.😂
Mister emgo it kinda looks like idw megs with the old design of the character
How does stronius has not broke yet
Waiting for mine.
Wait, why is he called the burrito lord?
This is Megs origin story
Just received mine . . Instead of the orion pax and shockwave I actually ordered.
So I canceled my rise of tyranny and bought another orion pax and shockwave.
You're just going to get another Rise of Tyranny then. Amazon swapped the product codes for the sets. All Orion/Shockwave orders are going to be Megs/Ratbat, and all Megs/Ratbat orders are going to be Orion/Shockwave.
Before the first burrito
Pretty sick of the Megs mold too, but it looks good here. I certainly don't regret getting it again - but that's it for this mold. Please. Love the shiny black on Ratbat, but I still want the Takara Generations one - that one looks beautiful, and that Scourge mold just seems more Ratbatty with the pointy wings.
Is that autobot ring new or am I now only just noticing it
I’ve had it for years
doretta?
emgo316 Always gotta throw the box! Do you at least throw the boxes out or display them.
boxes that get tossed get tossed out.
after watching i just want rat bat....
then next is senator shockwave and orian pax and some nemesis be warned emgo she is huuuuges
Can you give me your data clerk Orion pax
Ratbat looks like a weird boat in vehicle mode.
That's sideways
I'm waiting for an idw autobot megs
How on earth did he get these already? These don't release until next month according to Amazon.
Did he get these stolen?
Got these from Amazon as did many who already commented here. I don’t do stolen toys.
Does that mean Megs was a constructicon?
Why would it?
Underaged Megatron.
This puts a new spin on who actually turned into scourge??
Seriously why can't e get a good g1 gun meg's like stop with the tanks been done to much
Toy and gun laws. If megatron was marketed to adults like masterpiece he can be a gun or stylised it enough to look like toy guns like Classics 2006.
I know about certain restraint on what they can do but a tank but no gun lol makes no since, but could give a better version of him