Tuesday 28 June 2011

GALVATRON

GALVATRON

He is from 1986. Galvatron is Megatron reformatted. After Megatrons final showdown with Optimus Prime in the Battle of Autobot city in the G1 movie. he was badly damaged by Optimus. he could have been repaired but on Astro Train on the way back to Cybertron he was basically thrown out the shuttle by Starscream along with Skywarp, Thundercracker and the Insecticons. They were left floating in space and Unicron found them. Unicron said he would reformat Megatron with a new body and new troops to command if he agreed to destroy Ultra Magnus and the Matrix of leadership.
H was turned into Galvatron or Unicron would have destroyed him. Galvatron went to Cybertron and killed Starscream, the one thing that Megatron dreamed of doing. he turned to Space cannon mode and blasted him. He became the new leader of the Decepticons.
He had many run ins with the Autobots. he got the Matrix and he tried to use it to control Unicron. It backfired as Unicron turned into a robot and tried to crush Cybertron. Unicron caught Galvatron and ate him. The Autobots got inside Unicron and hotrod fought Galvatron Unicron.Hotrod stole the matrix and became Rodimus prime throwing Galvatron through Unicrons shell and out into space. Galvatron crashed on the planet Throw which was a volcanic planet and pool sof plasma. Galvatron landed in a plasma pool. When Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps went to rescue him but his logic circuits were fried and he went insane. He was attacking everyone but there was nothing they could do( Five faces of Darkness) Megatron was evil but Galvatron was evil with lots of power.
he went on to hatch insane plans and if no one agreed he would shoot them. They had to do something with him. Cyclonus took him to this planet which was a nut house. When none of the treatment really he blew up the planet. A small part of him became sane but he became more like the old Megatron. In series four Rebirth. he found out about the plasma energy chamber he went to Cybertron and conquered it. He took the whole planet to earth because he wanted to put the energy into the sun and blow earth and Cybertron up. he was fed up with everyone. he was stopped.
he flew off on Scorpinoc escaping.
In the Ticara headmaster cartoon. Japan continued the story from Sunbro. They continued the story but discounted the "Rebirth" as they have an alternate story. he was still an evil leader. he was betrayed by Scorpinoc and was crushed between two icebergs when he fell.

I n the comics he is a massive character. he is not insane in there but like Megatron. he had crazy story lines, Time jumping, fighting Megatron, Fights a clone of Megatron then teams up with one. Crazy!
In the Armada comics. In these he could Dimension shift from the G1 Universe to the Armada Universe. he fought with Armada Megatron. Megatron was starting to loose the fight. The Air defence min icon team decided that G1 Galvatron was the biggest threat so the team combined into Starsaber which flew into Megatrons hand where it became the Dark Sabre. He was cut in two.



FUNCTION: City Commander

MOTTO: " My power is everything; defeat is absurd

TECH SPEC: " Galvatron is a cold hearted robotic villain, Determined to lead the Decepticons. Possesses enough strength to pulverise an Autobot into scrap metal. unconquerable. arrogant and compassionless. plots against his allies, thus weakening his position. In robot mode, He carries a laser that emits chemically produced direct current electricity. "

SPEC: Strength 10, Intelligence 9, Speed 9, Endurance 10. rank 9, Courage 9 firepower 9 Skill 10
Laser pistol
Space cannon mode side view
space cannon mode front view

Robot mode


Space Cannon Mode- Galvatron is a giant space cannon which shoots stuff and you can blow stuff up. He is giant compared to most G1 toys. He is grey but in the cartoon he was purple all over. he has the comic colours with a hint of purple and red. He has chrome around his cannon barrel. he has wheels so he can roll. he can makes noises. A laser sound, High pitched laser and a duck like sound which I think is fading. His cannon barrel lights up. The barrel rotates and is translucent plastic.
In the comic he was a one shot kill.
 
He is a triple changer.
 
Laser pistol mode- from comic. This mode is actually quite big. If you pull the trigger it makes a laser noise different from the other ones. he makes four noises in all.
 
Robot Mode- He has a lovely robot mode. His head is like a cylinder with a crown. In the cartoon he just has prongs but not obviously a crown. he has tiny fore arms and fists compared to his upper arms. The beam cannon clips onto his arm. He does not have great articulation. he does have a waist swivel. Like most G1 toys he is a brick but a nice brick.
he can activate the lights and sounds in these mode on his waist area. It is a stupid place to put the button. His eyes light up. he has a gun which he holds in his hand. He never had this in the cartoon. His battery compartment is inside his stomach.
 
I don't really have any complaints about this figure. A great toy and I highly recommend him. If you don't like this colour then there is a Japanese re issue which is purple and talks in Japanese.







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