Just some thoughts on Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus to those who might be interested....
1. His front panel detaches easily from the front. It still locks back into place though.
2. His shoulders are mistransformed out of the box, you have to push up until you hear a soft click to lock the shoulders.
3, His ratchets on his hips are very similar to CW Optimus as they only have a limited range of motion. Replacement ratchets would help here.
4. His cab does not detach from the trailer.
5. His feet are also mistransformed. Also no ankle tilts.
6. Minimus is pretty much required to sit inside Magnus in bot mode as he fills out the hollow area in the neck.
7. His elbows and knees are very soft ratchet joints. No loud clickety-clack sound from them.
8. Head only swivels from side to side. Can't look up unless you pop of UM's head and MA becomes visible.
9. He is very hollow when seen from the back. I guess some 3P would like to make fillers for the back of this legs and arms,
10. No wrist articulation.
11. His hands cannot hold his guns securely. They always fall off. I guess UM has butterfingers or something.
12. He does not roll very well. His crotch drags along the ground.
13, Minimus Ambus cannot be in the cab when UM is in vehicle mode. The inside of the cab is where the head goes.
14. No waist swivel.
15. Arms goes full 350 degrees at the shoulder/ Bicep swivels are present.
16. Thigh swivels are present.
17. No light piping on the Magnus head. He does have the aviator shades like in CW Defensor.
20150516_131658 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
20150516_135102 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
20150516_135016 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
20150516_135112 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
20150516_135255 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
20150516_135224 by Rye Saldivar, on FlickrVehicle comparison with Classics UM
IMG_3909 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
IMG_3908 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
IMG_3907 by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr
IMG_3906 by Rye Saldivar, on FlickrSize comparison with other bots
IMG_3905 by Rye Saldivar, on FlickrOverall for me, the figure is a 7/10. He looks good on a shelf and is a very good representation of the IDW Magnus but the build quality is not up to par with the Leader Class Megatron / Armada Megatron that preceeded it.
