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I liked a lot of the designs used for the Titanium line, but I've coped without die-cast since the 4th year of TFs and didn't see it as anything more than an extra cost. Reports of how unstable earlier waves were put me off the whole thing. Sad, as Rodimus, UM and especially WW Prowl and Grimlock would have been really welcome on my shelves. Not that I seen any of them mind you.

DISCHARGE wrote:It's funny how the the first pic in the gallery out of the box is him broken apart

Yup, sadly its actually like that.

When I pulled mine out I started by trying to dislodge his leg from the plastic, the leg just poppped right off. Next I tried to dislodge from the arms, again I got just the arm off, and the rest of him stayed in box.

Next I pulled at his torso, and what do you know It came right off too.
Finally I pulled out his lower tors and other leg. So I ended up with 4 pieces of Megatron just for trying to get him out of the package.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I read that the plastic quality on them isn't that good.

It isn't. It's crap.

City Commander, hands down. Add the iGear upgrade set if he isn't G1 enough for you.

Go with City Commander. Sorry man....there's no other option that looks and IS as good as what FP did for the character.

I recommend you stay as vigilant as possible to get both classics UM and FP CC at a good deal. Just be patient. It's honestly the best route. IMO.

BeastProwl wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

decepta-scott wrote:I like that titanium U.M. At first I thought the placement of the head from a side view was too weird and it was already said that the sad part is its such an easy fix but it grew on me rather quickly.
He is all one pard hu? No cab fitting into an exo suit to be found there? How exactly was that done I wonder?
Still if city commander is actually CHEAPER I gotta go with that.
Actually, If titanum U.M. is much closer to scale with my convoy o.p. than I guess I could choose titanum UM.M to C.C. but only if he is damn close to scale. Otherwise C.C. has it on titanum.
It has to be said that City commander is one bad ass toy fellas.

tits Ultra Magnus is smaller than Classics Prime.

And with my knowledge of Titanium figs, he'll probably fall apart if you so much as sneeze in his direction

No, not if you sneeze at him, it you look at him, well his arms at least.

Titanium Ultra Magnus is overpriced due to his rarity, but he's far from a horrible fig. His colors are more meant to fit the Sunbow cartoon colors. Sure, he's a bit undersized but there are some figures he does display well with if you already have them - The G1 Robot Masters, Music Label Soundwave and other Titaniums.

As far as Titaniums go, you might want to check out Rodimus Prime. He actually displays rather well with Classics figs and will cost you a LOT less than Protector.

I'm a little late jumping into this conversation, but if the original poster would like an idea what the City Commander option might look like in a "Classics" display along with other movie/season 3 characters, here's an example:


Sorry he's in the back row... but that's what he gets for being amongst the taller ones on that shelf. Anyway, the point was to supply context, not a detailed look at Magnus himself, so mission acomplished, I should think.

that's a nice display, real nice. stealing my dreams, man!

craggy wrote:that's a nice display, real nice. stealing my dreams, man!

Sorry, didn't mean to be a thief! Anyway, if you're still looking for Spike and Daniel, while they don't have any more in stock right this moment, looks like BBTS is expecting more sometime in February.

Reguarding your list... If you ever do manage to complete it, I'd be keen to see the results. Myself, characters who existed pre-movie such as any of the Seekers, Astrotrain, or Sideswipe, I tend to leave them with their fellow pre-movie characters. (I make an exception I suppose for Grimlock... but with the movie cast I use Masterpiece Grimlock and with the pre-movie cast I use Classics Grimlock.)

Anyway, I know it is getting a bit off topic here, but here's my movie Decepticons:


(Ignore the marshmallow man... He's just there for moral support. Or maybe to have an evil-god-fight with Unicron. )

If you need a stand for Unicron (so he doesn't look silly with his ring being horizontal) the one I have is most excellent, and also available at BBTS.

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