The Fallen/toys
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By going from obscure comic book dude to the arch-villain of a blockbuster movie, The Fallen wound up with more than a few toys.
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Toys
Titanium Series
- Fallen/War Within Fallen (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
- Accessories: Display stand, left & right cannons
- Instead of being based on his comic appearance, the Fallen toy is loosely based on Don Figueroa's design for pre-Earth Megatron as seen in Infiltration and Stormbringer, though obviously with The Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. Sadly his tank form doesn't hold together well, nor does he have actual hands; just blocks with holes in them. His side-mounted cannons can peg into his forearms in robot mode, or be held in his fists.
- He features flames sculpted into the tread sections behind his head in an attempt to emulate the constant flames spewing from his iconic appearance in the War Within comic. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy, and this same symbol is used for his included display stand. The Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.
- The Fallen received two packaging variants, alternately sporting the name "Fallen" (sans definite article) or the trademarked name "War Within Fallen"; similarly, the nameplate on his display stand featured either "The Fallen" or "War Within Fallen".
Revenge of the Fallen
Legends Class toys
- The Fallen (Legends Class, 2009)
- Known designers: Alex Androski (deco artist)
- Part of the third wave of the Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class toys, The Fallen transforms from robot mode to a "Cybertronian Destroyer". For whatever peculiar reason, his legs are sculpted backwards, with the front (kneecaps and all) being on the back and vice versa. This is not a factory assembly error, however, as swapping the legs makes him impossible to transform, so it can only be chalked up to miscommunication somewhere along the line. As with all wave three Legends figures, the photo on the back of the figure's packaging shows a mistransformed robot mode, where the vehicle nosecone is not folded up against his back. For some reason, he has a swiveling waist. Also, due to his head flipping backwards on his alternate mode, it's pretty impossible to balance it on a flat surface.
- The instructions for transforming the alternate mode's feet are pretty vague: the 4th step tells you to flip the feet until his front "toes" face against the arms, while the prototype photos and the 6th step tells you to let his rear ankle pieces rest against the arms instead.
- Soundwave / EZ Collection The Fallen (2009)
- Available exclusively at the Lawson convenience store in Japan, this version of Legends class The Fallen is the same as the Hasbro release, despite earlier pictures showing different paint operations. The Deluxe Class Preview Soundwave it comes with is unchanged from the regular release.
Voyager Class toys
- The Fallen (Voyager Class, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: RD-10
- Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
- Part of wave two of Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class figures, The Fallen transforms from a robot into a "Cybertronian Destroyer" mode. The robot mode features several "slide-out energy absorption panels" on his head and arms which can either be deployed or hidden. In addition to that Mech Alive feature, his feet are spring-actioned so that when the toy is not standing on a surface (in other words, in jet mode), the toes ball up together. Setting the robot back down on a flat surface will splay the toes open again.
- There are rubbery connectors that attach his arms to his torso that increase accuracy to his visual portrayal in the live-action film, but this restricts his arm movement severely.
- There are at least two features to the toy not addressed in his instructions: first, the panels over the robot's forearms, which can be moved forward to cover the hands in vehicle mode; secondly, curved spikes which are normally in line with the upper legs can be rotated to point forward.
- Gathering at Nemesis (Toys"R"Us-exclusive box set, 2009)
- This version of The Fallen comes with a silver Voyager Class Megatron from the first movie toyline. Soundwave was redecoed predominantly in blue as an homage to the original Soundwave. The 3-pack Fallen has no color differences compared to the original single-boxed release, however, early samples of this 3-pack from China featured a voyager Fallen with 1 unique difference: the tip of the nose of his "Cybertronian Destroyer" mode was colored in the same grey plastic as his grey landing gear. It is not known if this sample's minor variation ever made it out to mass markets.
- The Fallen (Voyager Class, 2009)
- Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)
- A Target-exclusive redeco of The Fallen in black and orange (with translucent red) was released just before Thanksgiving weekend 2009 along with two other Target-exclusive Transformers sets. The fire-like deco likely homages The Fallen's beginnings as a creature perpetually aflame. He was packaged in a clear hexagonal package in robot mode, and his original Voyager Class packaging bio was used again, unaltered.
- The Fallen Blazing Edition (2010 Tokyo Winter Wonder Festival exclusive)
- This version is very close to the Target-exclusive redeco, but with translucent plastic instead of opaque.
Robot Replicas
- The Fallen (Robot Replica, 2009)
- This nonconvertible figurine of The Fallen boasts several points of articulation, a faithful replication of the robot mode, and little else. Like the Voyager Class toy, the forearms can be attached to the struts leading from his torso (here via a tiny balljoint), severely restricting his arm poseability, but increasing accuracy to his film design.
- Because he doesn't have an alt-mode in the film, this technically makes him an almost-perfect replica of his CGI appearance.
Transformers (2010)
- The Victory of The Fallen (Multi-pack, 2010)
- Known designers: Andrew Scribner (deco artist)
- Transformers: Hunt for the Decepticons The Fallen is an orange and black redeco of his Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class toy. This deco is inspired by his earlier Target exclusive Voyager Class figure.
- It was only available as part of a Kmart-exclusive five-pack that includes redecoes of Legends Class Megatron, Optimus Prime, Jetfire, and Starscream.
- The set included a "Most-Wanted Decepticons" collectible card that featured The Fallen. It provided a code to enter into the "Hunt for the Decepticons" website to reveal the end of the story set up on the back of the package. Surprise, it's just the live-action film's ending, with no victory for The Fallen whatsoever. There is no truth in advertising!
- The Fallen (Voyager Class, 2010)
- Accessories: Staff, mask
- Released in the third wave of Trasformers Voyagers, this iteration of The Fallen is a blue and teal redeco and retool of Voyager Class Revenge of the Fallen The Fallen, with new (and more movie-accurate) hands and head. The new face is removable, revealing a skull beneath, allowing for "give me your face" reenactment possibilities. The new head also has a much greater range of motion compared to the original. Due to the head retooling, he no longer features the deployable "energy absorption panels" behind his head as seen in previous Voyager Fallen figures.
- He is also the first toy of The Fallen to come with the "Command Staff" he wielded in the film, which necessitated the hand remolds. The staff folds in half and pegs underneath the toy in vehicle mode.
Generations (Japan)
- The Fallen (
2015)- Accessories: Presumably twin-barreled cannon
- The Fallen's appearance in the "Train Wars" mini-manga ties in with mock-up created for a poll in Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1, one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. A redeco of Generations Deluxe Class Onslaught, it would have featured the Ruination head in Combiner mode, which would have been making its Japanese market debut. Ultimately, The Fallen only claimed 5% of the votes,[1] with Goshooter as the winner.
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Robots in Disguise (2015)
Virtually every Robots in Disguise (2015) toy in this list has a scannable insignia sticker on it. For Hasbro releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the Robots in Disguise mobile game, and can only be scanned once per day. TakaraTomy releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys don't have this feature.
- Optimus Prime VS Megatronus (Legion 2-pack, 2015)
- Accessories: Fusion Cannon
- Packaged with Optimus Prime, this Megatronus is a Legion-sized mold which can transform from a tank to robot and back. His Fusion Cannon can be mounted on his vehicle mode, his robot mode arms, and can be wielded like a rifle via 3mm hand ports.
- His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his robot-mode right shoulder. Stock photos of the figure did not feature the badge.
- The "Clash of the Transformers" 2-packs are only available as Toys"R"Us exclusives. So far he's the only Legion Class figure not to get an individual release.
- Megatronus (Deluxe, 2015)
- Accessories: Spear
- The Deluxe-sized Megatronus is the fourth figure in the Clash of the Transformers line. He comes with a spear, which can be attached to his alt mode tank cannon. He is missing the purple highlights he has in the show, as well as in the (strangely more accurate) Legion-Class version from the same line. While the turret of his tank mode can turn on his waist pivot, the missile racks on his treads and the chest plate bumping into each other limits the range to about 90 degrees. It also cannot angle up or down very far due to how the arms attach to the torso. He also features a scan-badge on his chest, accessible when in-package.
- Unlike all other Clash of the Transformers figures (which were available as Toys"R"Us exclusives all around the world), Warrior Class Megatronus was only ever available at Toys"R"Us stores in the United States for reasons unknown.
- Megatronus (Warrior Class, 2016)
- TakaraTomy release date: February 27, 2016
- TakaraTomy ID number: TAV37
- Accessories: Spear
- This Megatronus figure is a redeco and retool of the Warrior Class figure above, sporting a maskless head. As with the original release, he features a scan-badge on his chest.
- The Adventure Series release of Megatronus features some paint applications to better resemble his appearance in the cartoon.
- Megatronus (Mega 5-Step Changer, 2015)
- TakaraTomy Name: Big Megatronus
- Accessories: Spark fuser, Cannon
- Known designers: Yūya Ōnishi (TakaraTomy)
- 5-Step Changer Megatronus transforms from robot to tank and back in just 5 easy steps! The toy's arms feature a transformation similar to Automorph technology, triggered by turning the tank turret and folding the torso up. Due to the gimmick, his articulation is limited to his elbows. Megatronus features 5mm ports on his hand, his shoulders, and 3 on his tank turret. Mega 5-Step Megatronus was released in an open package which allowed children to touch the toy.
- His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his robot-mode chest/vehicle-mode front plate. Awkwardly, his scan-badge features different patterns depending on the individual toy, and due to the latest update of the mobile game, scanning the differently-patterned badges only gives a random power-up item (Stomp). Because of this, unlocking Megatronus was completely useless until the mobile game's 2016 July update.
- Take extreme care with the transformation: the Automorph-style gears are somewhat prone to breakage if not properly transformed. One must first pull up and turn the tank turret and then transform the legs immediately after.
- Mega 5-Step Megatronus was initially only available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive, but was later sold at TJMaxx/Ross stores.
- The TakaraTomy release of the toy (as part of the Easy Dynamic Series) features a different scannable badge, which is compatible with the Transformers Chronicle app.
- Team Bumblebee VS Megatronus Set (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
- TakaraTomy ID number: TAV34
- Accessories: Fusion Cannon
- This version of Megatronus is a redeco of the original Legion Class Megatronus toy, featuring plastic color changes, and additional paint details. He was released in a four-pack along with Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee.
- Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges; instead, one was printed on a small card, along with three other badges.
- Like the rest of the Adventure EZ Collection sets, some online retailers — including Amazon Japan — were still selling it two years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
Power of the Primes
- Megatronus (Prime Master, 2018)
- TakaraTomy ID number: PP-37
- TakaraTomy release date: November 24, 2018
- Accessories: Bomb-Burst decoy armor, claw
- Known designers: John Warden (Hasbro), Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)
- Power of the Primes Megatronus is a Prime Master with Bomb-Burst decoy armor, visually based on the original Pretender's shell. Megatronus/Bomb-Burst is a retool of Liege Maximo/Skullgrin, with a new Prime Master sigil and decoy armor front.
- This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The decoy armor has a weapon piece which can fold out to create a weapon mode, or detach and be held in the armor's 3 mm-compatible hand. The Titan Master-like robot can store inside the decoy armor or ride Legends Class figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous Titans Return line. The "Power Swap" gimmick means its spark form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a 5 mm post to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' Matrix (in place of their Matrix core), combiners' torsos (in place of their Enigma of Combination), or the Scepter of Sparks. With the power of your imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's unique power on the larger figure.
Combiner Wars
- Decepticon Blast Off (Special Edition, 2018)
- Redecoed from the above figure sans decoy armor, "Special Edition" Megatronus comes with Combiner Wars Decepticon Blast Off. Megatronus is mostly made from translucent red plastic, but painted over with grey, leaving a few important spots out to resemble Megatronus' fiery aura. However, as Blast Off comes with a Combiner Wars-style hand/foot/gun rather than Power of the Primes Prime Armor, there is no built-in way to attach Megatronus to Blast Off.
- Megatronus and Blast Off were initially revealed via preorder listings on Amazon and several Asia-based toy retailers prior to any official announcement from Hasbro. This set was an Amazon exclusive in the U.S. but was available through retailers such as Toys"R"Us in Asian markets. Unfortunately, as Blast Off wasn't given a localized release in Japan (due to the mold already being distributed throughout the last 2 years), Japanese fans would need to import to obtain Megatronus.
Studio Series
- The Fallen (Leader Class, 2022)
- Movie: Revenge of the Fallen
- Hasbro ID number: 91
- TakaraTomy ID number: SS-100
- Accessories: Removable face, two-part staff, "Pyramid Desert Battle" backdrop (1st version)
- Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)
- Released in the tenth wave of Studio Series Leader Class figures, The Fallen is a highly screen-accurate version of the character that transforms into a "Cybertronian spacecraft" in 17 steps. Like Shockwave from the same line, much of his budget is spent making the robot mode look as accurate as possible. The Fallen is constructed largely of dark translucent plastics, with silver and 'burning' orange highlights, as well as metallic blue paint applications are indeed accurate to ILM's CGI model. The Fallen also features a movie-accurate pair of 'secondary forearms' connecting his waist to his elbows, which include multiple swivel and ball joints to make sure his articulation remains as unhindered as possible despite the highly unconventional design. However, they can be detached from their ball joints to free up their shoulders if they do get in the way... sometimes too easily.
- The Fallen comes with his staff, which can split into two pieces, allowing for display as two hand-held weapons or even to recreate the scene where Optimus Prime snaps it in two to rip off The Fallen's face! Unfortunately, the staff is larger than the usual 5 mm, meaning only the Fallen can hold it properly. However, it does have two 5 mm posts, one at each end, allowing for some use with other figures. The posts are meant for attaching the staff halves onto his spacecraft mode.
- The Fallen's pharaoh-esque mask (hilariously, packaged separately) is removable, revealing his hideous (and movie-accurate) skull underneath. This unmasked face features an articulated jaw, presumably to recreate the scene where he screams in agony as Optimus rips his spark out. Both his head and mask feature separate light-piping effects.
- The Fallen's alternate mode is partially based on the alternate mode created for the 2009 Revenge of the Fallen toyline, but modified to skew closer to the style of the other Cybertronian jet designs seen within the live-action films.
- The instructions repeat plugging in the forearms for vehicle mode twice (steps 9 and 17), using different highlighting art for each.
- Like most Studio Series figures, the Fallen features a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it depicts the site of his final battle against Optimus in Egypt.
- The Fallen had the honor of being released as SS-100 in Japan. To celebrate, TakaraTomy held a giveaway via Twitter for 100 lucky winners to randomly receive one of the past 100 Studio Series figures.[2]
Age of the Primes
- Megatronus the Fallen (Leader Class, 2025)
- Accessories: Requiem Blaster, suppressor, Spark fuser, energon machete,[3] missile pod, 4 Fire Blast effects
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Yūya Ōnishi (TakaraTomy)[4]
- Released in the first wave of Age of the Primes Leader Class toys, “Megatronus the Fallen” is a figure inspired primarily by the character’s appearance in Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages, complete with flame effects. It turns into a Cybertronian tank based on Pat Lee’s alt-mode for the character as depicted in issue 8 of the More than Meets the Eye profile book. He comes with the Requiem Blaster, which bears his insignia and can be mounted on either of his forearms (harkening back to the many times Megatronus has had arm cannons, including the time said arm cannon was the Blaster itself). A suppressor, normally mounted on his shoulder in robot mode (via a hinged peg), can be attached to it to extend the barrel, which also allows it to serve as the barrel of the tank. It can be equipped with either of the two small flame effects to make it appear as though it is shooting fire. A missile pod is also included that can be mounted on his left shoulder. The other weapon he comes with is a two-part spear, a nod to the multiple incarnations that have wielded such a weapon. Both halves of the spear are based on armaments of the 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon iteration of the character; the upper half is based on the Spark fuser, while the lower half is based on his energon machete. It can store on the side of the tank mode or in two pieces on his back. Lastly, the 4 previously-mentioned flame effects (2 large and 2 small) can be attached to any 5 mm ports or posts on his body or weapons, including his back, shoulders, forearms, and the hilt of the machete.
- Interestingly, according to designer Evan Brooks, the figure was not designed with any planned retools, a rare thing for Transformers figures nowadays (which usually have at least one second use of some sort already planned).[5]
- Megatronus was first revealed at the 2024 Hasbro Pulse Premium 1027 event. Preorders were originally meant to go up on Monday, October 28, 2024, but Hasbro marketing representative Ben MacCrae announced on his Instragram on that day that they were postponed to later in the year.[6]
Merchandise
Missile Mania Board Game
- The Fallen
- The Fallen is one of eight characters featured in the Missile Mania board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
7-11 Slurpee tie-in merchandise
- The Fallen
- The Fallen will help you uncreate your Slurpee with this Slurpee straw topper figurine! Comes attached to a straw in a baggie and is available at your local 7-11 while supplies last!
Burger King
- The Fallen Flip-Out (2009)
- An embossed plastic Decepticon insignia, which flips up into a flat representation of The Fallen with some shoulder articulation. All of his robot mode details are stickers. The Fallen, naturally, has flames behind him.
Robot Heroes
- Battle of the Fallen (Multi-pack, 2009)
- Known designers: Marcelo Matere (concept artist)
- This Robot Heroes box set of figures comes with The Fallen, Megatron in tank mode, Jetpower Optimus Prime, and Ironhide in truck mode. The Fallen is twice as large as a regular Robot Heroes figure, and has simple swivel joints at his shoulders and neck.
Tiny Titans
- Megatron[sic] (Tiny Titans, 2015)
- Series: 4
- Number: 9/12
- Part of the fourth assortment of Tiny Titans blindpacks, this version of "Megatron" is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, based on the design of Megatronus found in the Transformers: The Covenant of Primus book.
- He includes a collectible card that renders him in his 2015 Robots in Disguise design. The card includes a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
- This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was not later picked up by drug stores and the like, making them particularly hard to find.
Prime 1 Studio
- Jetpower Optimus Prime (2018)
- Movie: Revenge of the Fallen
- ID number: MMTFM-21EX
- The exclusive version of the Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline Jetpower Optimus Prime statue comes with a replica of The Fallen's spark and his Command Staff in reference to the villain's demise in the end of the movie.
- This version of Jetpower Optimus Prime is limited to 500 pieces.
Flame Toys
Kuro Kara Kuri
- The Fallen (September 2021)
- Accessories: 2 cannons, chainsaw (exclusive), Tarn's mask (exclusive), Tarn's damage mask (exclusive)
- Sculptor: Chemical Attack
- Coloring: rando. (OVERSTAND)
- Released by Flame Toys as part of their Kuro Kara Kuri line, The Fallen is a high-end non-transforming posable figure based on his original appearance in the Dreamwave Generation One continuity, featuring die-cast parts and LEDs in the eyes, shoulders, and feet. He comes with two cannons which can be combined into a mega cannon. If purchased via D4toys.com, SEN-TI-DEN Hong Kong, or events attended by Flame Toys, he also includes a Tarn's mask and Tarn's damage mask - a mask of the Decepticon logo based off his face in Revenge of the Fallen, and a chainsaw with chain.
Transformers Character Card
- Released as part of the twelfth wave of the e-HOBBY exclusive Transformers Character Card series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of the Fallen and "Throne of the Primes" Optimus Primal along with character profiles and tech specs.
Notes
- The Fallen's appearance in the Train Wars manga is based on a mock-up created for a poll in Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1, one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. A redeco of Generations Onslaught, it would have featured the Ruination head in combiner mode, which would have been making its Japanese market debut. Ultimately, the Fallen only claimed 5% of the votes.[7]
References
- ↑ Poll results at Hero-X
- ↑ TakaraTomy's SS-100 The Fallen Giveaway rules
- ↑ "He also comes with his spark fuser staff, energon machete blade, removeable 🔥 flame effects, and a removable missile launcher."—Mark Maher, Instagram, 2024/11/26
- ↑ October 27, 2024's 1027 Hasbro Pulse Premium Event 2024! on YouTube, with Nate Purswell, Evan Brooks and Mark Maher.
- ↑ "In any case, Evan confirmed it for me - The Fallen *is not* an SS86 Megatron pretool. Interestingly The Fallen is 100% its own tooling with nothing else planned in - a rare thing nowadays"—Sixo, Twitter, 2024/11/03
- ↑ Ben MacCrae, Instagram, 2024/10/28
- ↑ Poll results at Hero-X