Most notably, like that standard Microman figure, Takara's Megatron did not come with the stock, silencer and scope accessories (lacking even the attachment point for his cannon on his right arm), but instead came with a silver-chromed sword and retained his original bullet-firing mechanism. Instead of using the Microman "U.N.C.L.E." figure as Hasbro had, Takara released the standard version of the Gun Robo P-38 Microman figure, in its grey color scheme, which featured flat grey plastic on the chest and arms (where Hasbro's toy was chromed), and blue plastic on the inner arms and legs (where Hasbro's was red).
Perhaps the most significant variant of Megatron released in these early years was the version of the figure released by Takara in Japan (pictured below). Transformer" with the Autobot symbol in the middle.
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To coincide with the 1986 animated movie release, he was also offered in 'The Autobots Have A Special Mission For.' mail-away pamphlet and came with a special "Movie Edition Certificate" and a round sticker that read " Movie.
Then, the following year, when he was no longer a part of the toy assortment sold at retail, Megatron was made available as a mail-away item in the " Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction" flier packed in with boxed Transformers toys. The earliest variation of the toy came in 1985, when (like all toys originally available in 1984) a factory-applied rubsign was added to Megatron's right arm while another version had the rub sign on his left hip guard. Megatron has had several variations, reissues and redecos released down through the years this article strives to list each distinct edition of the toy under its own respective series. As with all missile-firing gimmicks, this feature was removed from the Hasbro release of the toy, though the ports into which the bullets were inserted are still present. A similar launching mechanism was also built into the stock piece, which could launch the bullets when the accessories were configured into their weapons emplacement mode, or attach to Megatron's hip when in robot mode and launch the bullets through his barrel. The original Microman release of the toy that would be Megatron featured a spring-loaded firing mechanism that allowed the toy to shoot ( dangerously small) plastic bullets one at a time from its barrel. Megatron also came with a chromed silver "high-density infrared laser cannon" that plugs into either of his hands. The pieces can also form a turret that a Microman figure can sit on and operate (that's what the tiny handles on Megatron's fusion cannon are for), but this feature was naturally left out of the Transformers version's instructions. When the figure is in robot mode, the sight doubles as his signature arm-mounted fusion cannon, but can also be combined with the other attachments to form either a " Particle Beam Cannon" weapons emplacement that Megatron can man, or a "Telescopic Laser Cannon" that connects to the figure as an over-shoulder weapons array. It was the "U.N.C.L.E." version, with all of its special accessories, that was released by Hasbro as Megatron.
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This Microman figure was available in two forms: a standard version in two color schemes (one grey, one black), and the "Gun Robo - P38 U.N.C.L.E.", outfitted with three distinctive accessories-a scope, a silencer and a stock-that replicate the appearance of the unique, specialized Walther pistol seen in the popular 1960s spy television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Released in the first year of the Transformers toyline, the original Megatron toy began life as the Microman figure "Gun Robo - P38", which transforms into an accurate replica of a Walther P-38 pistol. Known designers: Hideaki Yoke (TakaraTomy).Accessories (Takara release): Sword, "high-density infrared laser cannon", 20 bullets.Accessories (Hasbro release): Silencer, stock, telescopic sight/fusion cannon, "high-density infrared laser cannon".
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