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News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:05 pm

Wtf is up with those shoulders and i mean way up :-(

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:13 pm

Hammer looks cool but the rest looks like a waste of money good luck getting anyone who isn't die hard to buy this

News Credits: 1 · by **KNM2012** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:31 pm

xyl360 wrote:
Burn wrote:Oh you don't want to give us a Ultra Magnus that combines with his trailer Hasbro?

You want to give us a remold of an already crap figure?

**** you Hasbro.
(DISCLAIMER: Burn woke up with a headache and is already at work @ 8am and the caffeine isn't working)

I can't hold your comments against you. You're 100% accurate. They know we want it, they saw how well the Classics version sold only AFTER FP started offering their add-on kit. The ball was in their court and they've dropped it (for now).

I still fully expect Takara to do one right in the MP line, using MP-10 in white which combines with a new trailer.

I am with the two of you on this.

With what Burn said, I do feel that they should have not cut corners and given us something that does not really look like a G1-ish Ultra Magnus. Granted that fans out there show more regard for Optimus Prime than Ultra Magnus... But there are those among us that would buy a more modern G1 Ultra Magnus, even if it means buying a Hasbro exclusive (if we prefer TOMY) or even a Masterpiece (if we prefer Hasbro).

Then again, I would not be surprised if burn got his coffee from the guy who is selling G1 original Transformers at my local antique/collectors shop. He has a loose Sludge listed as Grimlock and a MIB/MISB (Takara) Hot Spot listed as Ultra Magnus. :BANG_HEAD:

Oh... And TOMY making a second Masterpiece Ultra Magnus? The day it happens will be the day I cave in and buy a Masterpiece figure! (He is still on my list, BTW.) :DANCE:

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:33 pm

For those saying this isn't the Platinum UM, a picture over on TFormers shows a clear view of the box. This is indeed Platinum UM, and my god what a horrible figure it is.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:34 pm

Manterax Prime wrote:For those saying this isn't the Platinum UM, a picture over on TFormers shows a clear view of the box. This is indeed Platinum UM, and my god what a horrible figure it is.

Well...

...Zombie Hope is dead again. :-(

Website · by **STngAR** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:39 pm

I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:42 pm

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Then again, I would not be surprised if burn got his coffee from the guy who is selling G1 original Transformers at my local antique/collectors shop.

It was Coke and I got it from the Newsagent across the road.

And it actually worked a little.

Come on Hasbro, you're ramping things up for the 30th Anniversary, give us a white cab (that has it's own robot mode) that combines with its trailer!

by **RAcast** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:43 pm

STngAR wrote:I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

No arguments here. What were they THINKING!? :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:44 pm

RAcast wrote:
STngAR wrote:I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

No arguments here. What were they THINKING!?

That we'd flip out, go nuts, and buy the crap out of this fella.

Obviously, it didn't work too well. >:oP

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:46 pm

The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious. =P~

by **RAcast** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:47 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
RAcast wrote:
STngAR wrote:I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

No arguments here. What were they THINKING!?

That we'd flip out, go nuts, and buy the crap out of this fella.

Obviously, it didn't work too well.

Well, given that the Optimus version didn't sell super well, why use this mold for the Platinum edition? I mean, sure, go ahead and use it for Beast Hunters line, but BH =/= Classics. #-o

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:52 pm

RAcast wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
RAcast wrote:
STngAR wrote:I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

No arguments here. What were they THINKING!?

That we'd flip out, go nuts, and buy the crap out of this fella.

Obviously, it didn't work too well.

Well, given that the Optimus version didn't sell super well, why use this mold for the Platinum edition? I mean, sure, go ahead and use it for Beast Hunters line, but BH =/= Classics.

That is where you're wrong, RAcast. The Classics line and it's spawns were not to strictly cover G1. They've made toys for other continuities as well. And the Generations line, a Classics spawn, is continuing the tradition. This Ultra Magnus is for the Prime portion of Generations. So Beast Hunters can = Classics, just as Beast Wars, Cybertron, and Animated, Armada, and beyond have in the past.

by **RAcast** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:59 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
RAcast wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
RAcast wrote:
STngAR wrote:I dont think the word platinum and that mold should be in the same sentence.

No arguments here. What were they THINKING!?

That we'd flip out, go nuts, and buy the crap out of this fella.

Obviously, it didn't work too well.

Well, given that the Optimus version didn't sell super well, why use this mold for the Platinum edition? I mean, sure, go ahead and use it for Beast Hunters line, but BH =/= Classics.

That is where you're wrong, RAcast. The Classics line and it's spawns were not to strictly cover G1. They've made toys for other continuities as well. And the Generations line, a Classics spawn, is continuing the tradition. This Ultra Magnus is for the Prime portion of Generations. So Beast Hunters can = Classics, just as Beast Wars, Cybertron, and Animated, Armada, and beyond have in the past.

Fair enough, fair enough. It's still weird though, to have a -current- character in the 'flashback' line, if you will. Particularly when that character's line is currently running, and would make much more sense to be in that line, buuut whatever. What is, is.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:03 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:05 pm

Intrigued. Not sold yet, but intrigued. I still want to seea titanium style integrated Maggy. Could care less about the little bot, because we never actually see him. Never touch weaponizer prime, but this may be the way i go.

Hasbro merging the forge woth he magnus hammer? Well played...

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:09 pm

Manterax Prime wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

But....this one's the scale accurate Forge! The Voyager's Forge is small.

News Credits: 1 · by **MightyMagnus78** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:27 pm

Hopefully the voyager will turn out better. Not that there was much wrong with the PRID mould in the first place.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:30 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

But....this one's the scale accurate Forge! The Voyager's Forge is small.

Size doesn't matter. 'cause at the end of the day, UM's joints will probably be dodgy as heck and he won't be able to handle it.
See what I did there?

by **RAcast** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:30 pm

MightyMagnus78 wrote:Hopefully the voyager will turn out better. Not that there was much wrong with the PRID mould in the first place.

Yeah, I expect that will be solid. It certainly looks good.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:50 pm

Burn wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

But....this one's the scale accurate Forge! The Voyager's Forge is small.

Size doesn't matter. 'cause at the end of the day, UM's joints will probably be dodgy as heck and he won't be able to handle it.
See what I did there?

He definitely can't deal with a weapon that size right now. It's as big as the RID Magnus' hammer.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:54 pm

Manterax Prime wrote:
Burn wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

But....this one's the scale accurate Forge! The Voyager's Forge is small.

Size doesn't matter. 'cause at the end of the day, UM's joints will probably be dodgy as heck and he won't be able to handle it.
See what I did there?

He definitely can't deal with a weapon that size right now. It's as big as the RID Magnus' hammer.

Magnus can never deal with anything.

But in all seriousness, the Forge in the show is huge, and I assume Platinum Edition Magnus' hammer will go nicely with the Voyagers and Deluxes. That's the only reason I want this guy. I'll have to wait and see how the other Forge scales, but so far I'm impressed with this one.

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:05 pm

I never would've gotten this mold for Optimus, but I might consider it for Magnus, if not just for the forge.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:13 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:
Burn wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Manterax Prime wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:The mold is terrible. But admit it, people, that Forge is glorious.

The BH voyager will have the Forge as well.
Unless Hasbro dupes us again!

But....this one's the scale accurate Forge! The Voyager's Forge is small.

Size doesn't matter. 'cause at the end of the day, UM's joints will probably be dodgy as heck and he won't be able to handle it.
See what I did there?

He definitely can't deal with a weapon that size right now. It's as big as the RID Magnus' hammer.

Magnus can never deal with anything.

But in all seriousness, the Forge in the show is huge, and I assume Platinum Edition Magnus' hammer will go nicely with the Voyagers and Deluxes. That's the only reason I want this guy. I'll have to wait and see how the other Forge scales, but so far I'm impressed with this one.

meh, wait for a KO version.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:13 pm

Well, for now the Voyager seems to have an upainted Forge, which is just silver. That could change though. If not, I'll tank and get both versions, but I'm gonna search for the RID Magnus first.

News Credits: 1 · by **KNM2012** » Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:36 am

Burn wrote:
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Then again, I would not be surprised if burn got his coffee from the guy who is selling G1 original Transformers at my local antique/collectors shop.

It was Coke and I got it from the Newsagent across the road.

And it actually worked a little.

Come on Hasbro, you're ramping things up for the 30th Anniversary, give us a white cab (that has it's own robot mode) that combines with its trailer!

Heh. If my plans go through, one of my initial sacrifices would have to be Coca-Cola.

Beyond that, "G1" Ultra Magnus is #1 on my "Please TOMY, reissue this" list, as well as praying that they give us a Masterpiece version before 2014. But Hasbro? This version had me lose faith in them. :BOOM: