The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:52 am

My Masterpiece Ultra Magnus is better than yours. This will probably seem heretical to you, but I was disappointed with Masterpiece Ultra Magnus. There have been so many advances in TF engineering in recent years and yet they produced something that doesn't have much more articulation than the City Commander upgrade set. That one click available if you want to raise his arms to the side is lamentable, especially as the ratchet joint inside has many more clicks available.

Those hands were also very disappointing. They took the hand mold from MP-10 (with its ugly thumbs that point the wrong way), upscaled it and removed a finger joint. Unforgivable.

1) plastic trimmed away from the shoulders to increase mobility
z) back of head trimmed to allow him to look up further
c) new, fully articulated hands added and painted
4) groove cut into palms to hold gun securely

Larger versions of the pics can be seen here.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 5:58 pm

That is beautiful. Those hands really make the difference.

by **JustPlainME** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:57 am

His energon-shakes bring all the bots to the yard.

by **donny1975** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:40 pm

Those mobility issues which I have seen in some youtube reviews have been why I am on the fence about this guy, esp when I could get citizen stack for much less funds and get similar articulation...albeit a little lesser quality...still not sure.

However, I do like your mods he looks a little more alive now, the hands add an extra bit of expressiveness and realism to him. Nice job!

How do the parts you trimmed look and work with the transformation?

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:40 pm

donny1975 wrote:How do the parts you trimmed look and work with the transformation?

The trimmed parts aren't visible in poses or in alt mode. They don't affect transformation at all.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 12:19 pm

Badass. I originally thought I would not do the mods for the extra clicks, but I now have him in hand and am thinking about it.

Where are the hands from? They look like Gundam hands, but I don't know which kit.