Takara retooled the G1 Galvatron mold in subtle ways in addition to updating the electronics and making the colors more animation accurate. One of those changes appears to be allowing more hip movement. Not as drastically as Missing Link but still noticeable
The 1986 Movie toys were in development before the animation models were finalized. Ultra Magnus was still in his Diaclone colors in early previews of the movie and prototypes for Arcee and Unicron had very different color schemes from what we saw on screen.
Probably because the Japanese company making it didn't even know Megatron became Galvatron, they thought it was a new character. They didn't even know how Optimus died and framed him getting killed in a shootout.
Galvatron scaled better with Ultra Magnus and the two were marketed as rival "City Commanders". The bigger size also accommodated his electronic lights and sounds. An argument could be made that Rodimus Prime was just too small and underwhelming as a toy
SO glad I bought this version, but I wish I had been able to buy both. I was working on a starting teacher salary and we had tiny ones when this came out. Decisions had to be made.
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Need me purps G1 Galvatron
Worked. Had them both.
Galvatron vs Rodimus was a bit disappointing given how mismatched their sizes was.
Galvatron towered over Rodimus.
Probably because the Japanese company making it didn't even know Megatron became Galvatron, they thought it was a new character. They didn't even know how Optimus died and framed him getting killed in a shootout.