If you're a child of the '80s, then chances are you grew up with the Nintendo Entertainment System and Transformers. The two products were arguably at their height during the same period, so it's only natural that some resourceful fan has decided to fuse the two together.
Simon Smith is that fan, and he's turned the evil Decepticon leader Megatron into a NES Zapper, complete with accompanying custom packaging.
If this has triggered a desire within you for Transformers / video game cross-overs, then you might want to check out Tomy Takara's Mega Drive Megatron, or its PlayStation Optimus Prime. Unlike Simon's amazing creation, you can actually buy those (albeit at a painfully high cost).
Shame there's not an official Nintendo offering.
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[source gonintendo.com, via facebook.com]
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Very cool indeed. Nintendo should pay the guy a few bucks, secure the licenses, and release this thing officially. There is little doubt in my mind it would sell enough units to turn a decent profit--and it's just dang cool!
A fantastic job. The 8 year old me would have absolutely loved this!!
@impurekind
Doubt Hasbro would go for that.
@impurekind That would be cool. I don't know how many Nintendo fans would actually buy it but i'm pretty sure a lot of Transformers collectors would.
@KitsuneNight You can already get these kinds of toys - they did a Mega Drive Megatron and PlayStation Optimus Prime - so I imagine if Nintendo did come knocking, they'd be up for it. The only issue would be that the Megatron toy's likeness to a real gun caused some problems back in the day, and since then the character has been 'reimagined' as a tank or other craft. However, they did do a reissue of the original design so I guess it might not be a massive problem.
The original gray color zapper would be perfect considering Megatrons color scheme. Although this is probably more iconic.
Oh my god, that is amazing
I really thought it was real, sad times
G1 Megatron reissues only happen in Japan, so if Nintendo did go knocking it would limit the places they could sell it. That said, there are plenty of online retailers that buy those reissues and sell them world wide. All they need is an orange tip added to the barrel to make them viable. If they use this colour scheme though, it might be ok to sell as is.
So when you fully assemble this transformer, the gun trigger becomes Megatron's..........?
Yeah, I'm sure the prudes at Nintendo will jump on this idea.
As a Transformers fan and a Nintendo fan I think this is awesome! I'd love to have that.
@Kangarooskillit it's the love gun
If this were a real product, I would pick it up in an INSTANT.
It would also be a good way for Hasbro to get around re-issuing the Gen-1 Megatron on store shelves without looking like a "realistic" weapon.
I got the recent 35th anniversary SIEGE Megatron with the classic animation paint job and his tank mode is awesome as well.
This should so be a real thing (uh hem HASBRO!!!!!!!!) and the NES should be another transformer. it would be so cool
That is absolutely awesome.
Speaking of zappers and light guns.. when the heck is House of the Dead coming to Switch? Haven’t heard about that in a looooong time. Imagine using this for that.
Wish hasbro would re release ALL g1 toys I would lose my mind x x x x x x x
@Multi Forty-year-old me would love this.
Hmmm, very interesting.
I'm not a collector at all but I would LOVE to have this on a shelf in my game room! Really neat!
@GreenMonkie agreed 100%
Woah flashback city! I actually had one of these when transformers was a new thing and there's a funny story. I took it to school when i was in kindergarten and i kid you not i was nearly expelled because a teacher thought it was a real gun. Back then toy guns didn't have to be brightly colored and obviously toys. The original megatron gun was nearly actual size to the walther p 38 pistol it was based on and the chrome finish didn't help either.
Anyway i showed the principal that it was just a toy robot and he looked at it all dumfounded and confused. Guess he never heard of a these newfangled transforming robot toys.
So finally he just told me to leave the toy gun home next time LOL!
80s Megatron never fails to make me snicker
@impurekind They would hafta get Hasbro's okay
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