Galvatron [Cyberworld/Armored Cyber Changers]

If you've been reading my posts revolving around the new Transformers Cyberworld toys, you've probably picked up that I really enjoy the creative designs. With that in mind, today's bot has the creative design thing out the wazoo. Galvatron arrives in the Cyberworld with one awesome look by transforming from robot into a mechanical dragon. He's also a Armored Cyber Changer, which is a step up from the standard Cyber Changers in that they come with a large accessories that works with both modes.

Galvatron's Armored Up bit is a gun/flamethrower that forms into a rocket pack for the dragon. Now that I think about it, these Armored upgrades are essentially the same idea as Mech Tech weapons from Dark of the Moon. I don't remember if I've made the comparisons to Action Masters before, but I really feel it with Galvatron. Thanks to the uniformity the Cyber Changers have, they're very similar to Action Masters in a lot of ways... except they Transform. The robot modes resemble them to me. Galvatron could have really been any other character. Part of me wonders if he originally was intended to be another bot. There is a resemblance to Skyscorchers in robot mode, just with the dragon head in place of a cockpit.

It's a cool beastly mechanical look. Add in his visor and handlebar mustache and he's basically an air brushed bit of art on a 80's metal band shirt. Pretty far out, I heard he worships the devil. The dragons tail and the Armored pack are weapons that can be held or pegged into the ports on his arms. It's not clear if the tail is meant to be a gun or a melee weapon, but after years of Beast Wars toys, I'm used to tails being used as non-de script weapons. The Armored pack can be either a gun, or with the flip of a switch a flame thrower. The flames can be rotated for appearances. It's a huge weapon that's a little heavy on his joints. Get ready for him to aim at the ground a lot.

Transformation is a lot like Bull Megatron. Like I said in that post, I'm pretty sure there's some shared engineering across similar shaped bots. It's not exactly the same, but a lot of it's very much the same. Dragon mode is really neat, his little mouth opens! Mechanical beast modes aren't new, and there's a certain old school charm about his design. Dragon mode feels like a combination of an old Tomy design, weird video game boss, and once again... inner robot Pretender alt mode. A very cool touch is the jet style wings. Toy's like G1 Sky Lynx or Twinferno from Robots in Disguise (2015) have the same idea and it's something I've always found cool. The tail plugs into his rear between the legs and that big Armored pack plugs in on top becoming a giant rocker booster. This toy is super far out and I love it. Cyberworld is turning out to be a lot of fun.