ASM: 2001: a toy fair odyssey
 TOY FAIR 2001
Overview
Editorial

ROBOTS IN DISGUISE
Display Info
Basic Figures
Deluxe Figures
Mega Figures
Ultra Figures
Super Figures
Promotional Materials
Brief Q&A

RESCUE ROY
Rescue Roy

HASBRO
Jurassic Park III
Star Wars/Batman
G.I. Joe/Planet of the Apes

LEGO
Bionicle
Dinosaurs
Jurassic Park III/Mindstorms
Star Wars

BANDAI
Digimon/Final Fantasy
Gundam

TOYCOM
Space Ghost

A SkyJammer Enterprises Publication


TOY FAIR 2001:
HASBRO: Robots In Disguise
Story and Pictures by Daniel Lipkowitz

[Remember - every picture links to a larger size!]

Robots in Disguise Logo

MEGATRON (Ultra)

Megatron (formerly Gigatron) is described on his box as transforming from "Robot to Gargoyle." Presumably, this will be changed before production to indicate the toy's much-touted six-to-ten transformation modes (the extra four modes were added to the instructions with Gigatron's white repaint and minor remold, Devil Gigatron, but both versions can transform into all of the modes, although the Devil Elephant configuration is less stable for the original). We are still not certain whether this is meant to be the original Megatron or the Beast Wars/Beast Machines Megatron, since he is fighting Optimus Prime in the rewritten storyline but leads a group of Predacons.

Robots in Disguise Megatron - 1

Robots in Disguise Megatron - 2

Megatron

Robots in Disguise Megatron in Box - 1

Robots in Disguise Megatron in Box - 2

Megatron in box


Altered States Magazine would especially like to thank the kind folks at Hasbro, LEGO, Bandai, Toycom, and the Toy Fair workers for their help.

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Daniel Lipkowitz, Contributing Editor: asm_lipkowitz@skyjammer.com.
Douglass Kern, Contributing Editor: asm_kern@skyjammer.com.
Philip N. Zeman, Editor-in-Chief: asm_zeman@skyjammer.com

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