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News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 3:32 am

by **Lord Raze** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:07 am

Sooooo........ What size is it?

by **Ginrai Minor** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:18 am

I see a FOC seeker in the distance. My guess small voyager-large deluxe. Looks good though and I do love me some Magnus. Also I could pick this up and if a better CHUG style Magnus came out I just pop this guy on the WFC/FOC shelf.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:56 am

It's not ugly. >:oP

Bit small to be Magnus, though, if it's supposed to go with CHUG.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 9:58 am

Here's a Prototype pic with a ruff paint job and a size comparison .

by **Ginrai Minor** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:17 am

:/

swing and a miss.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:18 am

Man, that whole slanted front end in truck mode just turned me off. That just looks like unfinished transformation.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:36 am

Think it's pointless for 3rd parties to create similar sized and similar styled toys. That HasTak has already done for a fraction of the price.

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News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:38 pm

Y'know, I dig it. For a CHUG display it might not be great but for an FOC display it looks great. Also he should look pretty great next to deluxe Primes (WFC or FOC, the Armada Supercon figure, RTS Lasder Prime etc) for the surprisingly popular "everyone except big guys like the Dinobots is a deluxe" scale some people seem to like.

The sculpting is pretty spot on too. Now I just hope they do Insecticons.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:36 pm

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Think it's pointless for 3rd parties to create similar sized and similar styled toys. That HasTak has already done for a fraction of the price.

Not pointless for some of us... :-$

Delta Magnus wrote:Y'know, I dig it. For a CHUG display it might not be great but for an FOC display it looks great. Also he should look pretty great next to deluxe Primes (WFC or FOC, the Armada Supercon figure, RTS Lasder Prime etc) for the surprisingly popular "everyone except big guys like the Dinobots is a deluxe" scale some people seem to like.

The sculpting is pretty spot on too. Now I just hope they do Insecticons.

I'm with you. My WfC/FoC are smaller, in general, than my Classics/Generations. I hope these newer offerings help us forget previous product from Guilty...

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:37 pm

Wait, they did a previous product? What was that?

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 2:41 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Wait, they did a previous product? What was that?

I have their Seeker weapon and missile set which caused some consternation as they looked like either a KO of Dr. Wu or a Shapeways part, IIRC. I believe BBTS and perhaps others pulled their product and wouldn't carry other offerings.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 4:29 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Y'know, I dig it. For a CHUG display it might not be great but for an FOC display it looks great. Also he should look pretty great next to deluxe Primes (WFC or FOC, the Armada Supercon figure, RTS Lasder Prime etc) for the surprisingly popular "everyone except big guys like the Dinobots is a deluxe" scale some people seem to like.

The sculpting is pretty spot on too. Now I just hope they do Insecticons.

im with you. i think it looks pretty great. but theres some pretty harsg judgement over something thats clearly still in to prototype phase. theres some refining yet to come im sure.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 6:23 pm

Delta Magnus wrote: (WFC or FOC,) Now I just hope they do Insecticons.

Since HasTak only did one deluxe Insecticon toy, Which was FOC Kickback. Might be interested if a 3rd party did more deluxe FOC Insecticons toys for Bombshell and Shrapnel. My ideal 3rd party price i'd feel comfortable paying for these is around $40 to $55 each.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:48 pm

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 2:17 pm

see? what did i tell ya? that looks awesome! and a new head for cliff? noice

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:37 am

I was mildly interested in this, but the PRID/Aligned looking head for both Magnus and Cliffjumper kills it for me. I still like my WfC/FoC to be more G1 influenced...

News Credits: 119 · by **megatronus** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 7:23 pm

Huh. How did I miss this? This is the first I'm seeing of this, I think.

Anyway, he looks pretty neat, but somewhat small, and somewhat unnecessary. If the Generations Leader Magnus proves untrue and/or it looks awful, this guy may come into play for me.

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:35 pm

megatronus wrote:Huh. How did I miss this? This is the first I'm seeing of this, I think.

Anyway, he looks pretty neat, but somewhat small, and somewhat unnecessary. If the Generations Leader Magnus proves untrue and/or it looks awful, this guy may come into play for me.

Also wondering what Generations Leader scale Ultra Magnus will look like. Hoping Toyfair in a few weeks reveals this toy. Don't really want a FOC Version. Rather have the IDW Earth mode Ultra Magnus design in both modes.