Thursday 6 October 2011

ARMADA - MEGATRON

ARMADA MEGATRON 2002

Megatron in Armada is like he is in every series, a tyrant, ruthless and evil. He wants the minicons as weapons to destroy the Autobots and conquer the Universe.
When the first Minicon Highwire was activated on earth both the Autobots and the Decepticons raced to earth to answer the signal. Megatron was the first to arrive from the warp gate. Megatron went to persuade Highwire to join the Decepticons. Most were enslaved to do there bidding. Highwire had made friends with some human kids and knew who Megatron was so did not want to follow him.
Optimus arrived on his warp gate so this stopped Megatron. Demolisher and Starscream arrived also and Hotshot and red Alert for the Autobots so there was a stand off. The Decepticons retreated.
Megatron and the others took to their vehicle forms. Megatron becoming a tank. After another failed attempt to Highwire he found his own minicon on the moon called Leader 1. The Decepticon base is on the moon. leader 1 was his old Minicon from the war so he was pleased to find him but he was annoyed that Cyclonus did not detect him when he was just outside the base.
The other Decepticons apart from Starscream are very loyal to megatron. The would follow him to hell and back. megatron got hold of the Star Saber which is made up of the tree air defence minicons. He also got the Skyboom shield. I think this is made up of the Race team minicons. These are very powerful minicon weapons. the third being the Retrium Blaster which is the space team minicons. he eventually got all three and made the legendary Hydra cannon. they nearly destroyed earth but Optimus used his own body to save it and was disintegrated in the process.
When Opitmus dies Megatron falls into a deep depression. He wants to kill Optimus but he misses the challenge of killing him. He eventually came back as the minicons resurrected him and Megatron admitted it was good to have him back so he could kill him again.
The mincons reformatted Megatron into Galvatron when he was badly damaged by Nemesis Prime.


FUNCTION; Decepticon Leader

MOTTO; ?

THE STORY;
While Cybertron flourished as a dual race society, home to both Cybertronians and Minicons, another faction plotted and schemed in secret, a faction of malcontents bent on conquest and tyranny. The peaceful nature of Cybertronian society felt like shackles to Megatron, and others like him who craved conflict and conquest above all else. But ironically the very liberties he despised allowed Megatron the freedom he needed to stockpile weaponry and upgrade his own offencive capability, recruiting others who shared his dreams of universal domination.

SPEC; Intelligence 10, Endurance 10, Speed 10, Skill 10, Strength 10, Courage 10, Rank 10, Fireblast 10.


Megatron robot mode


Megatron in power link mode


Close up of power link mode and leader 1


All fire mode close up


Minicon jail cell


Minicon trap




Megatron with dagger


tank mode


Tank weapons mode

LEADER 1 MINICON

He first appeared in transformers Armada cartoon episode 2?

MOTTO; "Sometimes the least likely can be the most dangerous"

BIO; Truth be told there's part of Leader one that relishes his new role as bad guy. Though enslaved and faced with the daunting task of power linking  with Megatron himself. leader one more than rises to the occasion. Its as if some dark hidden aspect of his personality has been let loose.

SPEC; Intelligence 10, Endurance 10, Speed 10, Skill 10, Strength 10, Courage 10, Rank 10, Fireblast 10.


leader 1 robot mode


Assault vehicle


Leader 1 gun mode


Megatron is quite a big figure. The front of the tank has spring loaded claws to crush things. In robot mode they become horns. There are a lot of weapons in his tank mode but not sure of the function of some. Panels open up but don't know what for? It is a shame that a minicon will not fit into the jail cell. The trap has jaws on it. He has electronic lights and sounds. When you turn the turret he shouts "Decepticons attack!" in a squeaky voice which can get annoying. He makes firing noises like battle noises.  A panel with the Decepticon insignia  lights up. if you fire the main gun on the turret by pushing it back and it will fire with firing noise and the same panel lights up. If you connect leader 1 to a switch and pull back a set of rocket launchers will flip up and make firing noise. Once again the same panel with light up.

He is easy to transform. He can also combine with Tidalwave

Leader 1 is one of the smaller minicons and he has good detail on him especially his face. He has three modes one of which is one of Megatrons guns.
 
I highly recommend him although he does not have a great deal of articulation and he can be a bit gimmicky



















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