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BeastProwl wrote:PRiD Ultra Magnus has 4 fake wheels. I noticed the ones in his feet out of the box, but he also has 2 more behind his head, and fake doors and windows on his chest. It begs the question why? He hasnt been in the show yet, accept for when his picture popped up, and the rage of the dinobots version is similar to that, he's cybertronion, thus different from the toy in that regard, so did they base the toy off of concept art? Or an un used CG model? If so, why add in the 'fake' bits to make him seem more accurate? Hes got no reason to be accurate, unless he pops up in season 3.

You might be right, maybe he does have a CG model, I hope that he ends up in the show.

The fake doors are werid. They definitely resemble the other toys with doors on the chest but they are a little more streamed lined and connected to the robot. Could they be more chest armor that transforms into inner truck parts and less outside door storage in robot mode?

As for the fake wheels, good job pointing them out, and there have been way too many fake wheels recently. In this case, they might be cogs or gears and not tire wheels. If a robot transforms, it would make sense to have round inner parts and transforming gears.

TK415 wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:PRiD Ultra Magnus has 4 fake wheels. I noticed the ones in his feet out of the box, but he also has 2 more behind his head, and fake doors and windows on his chest. It begs the question why? He hasnt been in the show yet, accept for when his picture popped up, and the rage of the dinobots version is similar to that, he's cybertronion, thus different from the toy in that regard, so did they base the toy off of concept art? Or an un used CG model? If so, why add in the 'fake' bits to make him seem more accurate? Hes got no reason to be accurate, unless he pops up in season 3.

You might be right, maybe he does have a CG model, I hope that he ends up in the show.

The fake doors are werid. They definitely resemble the other toys with doors on the chest but they are a little more streamed lined and connected to the robot. Could they be more chest armor that transforms into inner truck parts and less outside door storage in robot mode?

As for the fake wheels, good job pointing them out, and there have been way too many fake wheels recently. In this case, they might be cogs or gears and not tire wheels. If a robot transforms, it would make sense to have round inner parts and transforming gears.

There are toys being made for him for Beast Hunters. I'm assuming he's making an appearance in the show. I can't imagine he'd have like four different molds if he wasn't important to the show.

PRID: Cyberverse Commander, Powerizers/Voyager.
BH: Weaponizers/Leader/Supreme (or whatever they're calling it at this point*) and I think either a Deluxe or another Cyberverse. (IIRC.)

Awful lot of toys, even if it is just the three, and not four, for someone not on the show. I think he'll make an appearance.

*= I know they're changing size classes, gimmicks, names, whatever. I don't care to be accurate and I don't want to be corrected. Thanks, but no thanks.

Autobot032 wrote:and I think either a Deluxe or another Cyberverse. (IIRC.)

He's getting another Voyager. Probability of being based off of this image is likely, unless they spike the existing mold.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:and I think either a Deluxe or another Cyberverse. (IIRC.)

He's getting another Voyager. Probability of being based off of this image is likely, unless they spike the existing mold.

My guess is they'll spike up the existing mold. The existing mold, other than the shoulders shown in that artwork, looks an awful lot like the toy I have sitting in my collection.

The torso and legs are almost identical to the toy. The only difference is that the toy's leg wheels can wrap around the legs, and the paint apps don't match up to the artwork shown there.

Plus, I'd imagine it would be cheaper just to spike it up and add that ..."smoky" coloring thing they're doing now, rather than make a brand new mold.

However, this is Hasbro and we already have plenty of expensive proof that they're willing to make pointless new molds of preexisting toys in the same toy line. So, yeah, it's possible they could make a new Ultra Magnus. It'd be stupid and silly, considering their current financial troubles and job cutting, but I could see them doing it.

Autobot032 wrote:The existing mold, other than the shoulders shown in that artwork, looks an awful lot like the toy I have sitting in my collection.

Other than the head and added shoulder pieces, he looks a lot like Optimus to me. Hmm?

PrymeStriker wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:The existing mold, other than the shoulders shown in that artwork, looks an awful lot like the toy I have sitting in my collection.

Other than the head and added shoulder pieces, he looks a lot like Optimus to me. Hmm?

Indeed it does.

Prime Soundwave comes packaged in vehicle mode, with Laserbeak plugged on top of him. In robot mode he plugs into Soundwave's chest. However I then realized that there is nothing stopping you from leaving Laserbeak in the chest in vehicle mode, freeing up the port on his back, allowing him to have a 5mm post weapon in vehicle mode, and somewhere to store that weapon in robot mode!

Also, it took me a while to transform his legs properly.

Oh, and does anyone else think that he looks scarily similar to an Evangelion unit? He even has the shoulder pylons.

...Slag. The Neon Genesis Evangelion and Transformers universes have collided. We're screwed.

Indeed, he is very similar to an EVA unit, as is Prime Starscream. Which provides particularily blood-curdling material for your personal canon. In my collection, WFC Soundwave is the guy himself and Prime SW is a really creepy take on Senator Ratbat, with some MP EVA unit thrown in for good measure.

Just wanted to show what I just discovered while playing with my ROTF Breakdown : His hands have 3mm clip system ports on them !



Now, if someone has a suggestion for an good weapon to use with his hands, please tell me. For those who don't know, you can also bring his chest/arms assembly forward, but it makes the robot mode look weird, so I usually don't do it.

FOC Grimlock can hold his sword in his stubby little T-Rex hands.

Now, due to the lack of articulation in them and how they're molded, it's not very practical, and it's hard to get a decent pose, but come on, it's a robot dinosaur wielding a sword. How cool is that?