>>10369209>Interesting bits like some details resembling TM Megatron as well.Which is a chicken/egg situation; no doubt the western BW line took influence from what was going on in Japan and vice versa. They saw Galvatron's spark crystal and went all in with that for TM2/Neo/BM. and then you have the BW Neo 3rd molds inspired by the 97 Megas and Transmetals, BM similar to the beast vsa machines set up of BW II. Galvatron was being worked on around the same time as Transmetal Megatron most likely.
What's crazy to me is to think TMII concept art was already being worked on by 97.