The Hyper mode is a splitting the wings in a Star Wars X-Wing style effect. Hmmmm.
TF: Rotate the wings upside down, bend the engines down behind the jet to form the legs and slide the landing gear to reveal the feet. Arms drop down from sides of the body and the head folds back atop the chest
Robot: well if you can't see G1 Galvatron here's you're blind. The two big green cannons fold over the shoulders - for more of a Galvatron effect these should have been orange. The tank can now be locked onto wrist as the robot's missile launcher. It also serves as a hilt for Megatron's sword which is housed inside the neck of the jet down his back. Sadly the Sword doesn't have it's own 5mm peg handle - something that would greatly improve the toy. He's got an articulated neck, shoulders - fore and back as well as to the sides, elbows, hips - as shoulders and knees.
Verdict: looks nice, especially as robot. But after Shockblast last week this isn't really doing too much for me.
Released in the US this leader class toy never got anywhere near the UK.
When Megatron was released in Japan as Galvatron (Superlink toy number SD-07) he wasn't the version released as leader class in the US! The toy had been shrunk down to Ultra class - at Y2980 he was the same price as Scorponok, Shock Wave (Tidal Wave), Sprung (Bulkhead) and Landmine. Everything on the larger toy was there, just smaller (with the exception of the Minicon hardpoints which remained the same size of course !)
Superlink Galvatron was *then* later released in as Megatron a 2 pack exclusive to Toys R Us with Optimus Prime (deluxe).
For my money this is the better version of the Megatron molds. It's soooo much better. Hasbro Energon Megatron made you think he was too big and bulky and somehow lacking in features for his size - the more compact Takara mold is a lot better, feels a nicer toy, feels better value for money. If a toy can be smaller without loosing anything then it should have been that size all along.
I have a confession: I bought this toy because I wanted the fab lilac Cruellock tail/sword thing which is packed with it as an extra. But as I had an Energon Megs I thought this was also an ideal opportunity to try the smaller mode.
Purple chested (different lighter purple to that used on Energon Galvatron) with black and silver elsewhere he looks very G1 Galvatrony. The yellow energon looks nice - orange would have been perfect though.
Very happy with him. If you get one of the Energon/Superlink Galvatrons go for this one
This toy doesn't feel a huge deviation from the original so I'd not recommend hunting it down.