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Wow. Those look even worse out of the packaging.

Magnus is just straight, plain awful. Simplistic AND ugly. Yay.

Duke of Luns wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:My biggest gripe is the bland paint scheme on Magnus. It's not that impressive. Otherwise, I like them both.

Agreed. Normally I'm not picky about paint aps, but those smokestacks look naked. Eh, nothing a silver paint marker won't solve though...

Also, I know I said this earlier, but I really, really hope Thundertron pops up in the show. A pirate lion is just so random, it's intriguing.

You know what would be interesting? If he appeared in a sequel to Prime; Beast Hunters.

Probably not likely, but I still want to pick these two up. I'll have to do Hasbro's job again.

Magnus looks great, if lacking in the paint app department. Thundertron looks pretty interesting too, the more I look at him, the more of a Zero Jager/Schneider vibe I get from him, haha.

PASS AND PASS. Believe me, I'm not complaining.......more more for the "names we don't speak of" and Takara MP stuff...

...well I'll continue to wait for Takara to release images. So are we to expect the Hasbro version to have only 1 rocket/missile?

Looking at them again... I think I am good just having "Arms Microns" Arcee.

Besides, right now, I am hoping to expand my Japanese Generation 1 collection in the future, not add obscure characters that have given me little to no enjoyment at this current time.

buy on sights. if i ever see them.

Thundertron is reminding me of the Lion Zord from Power Rangers Wild Force...

Ironhide/Starscream wrote:Thundertron is reminding me of the Lion Zord from Power Rangers Wild Force...

He actually reminds me more of Cybertron Snarl:



In case you're wondering, there is such thing called a maned wolf

BeastProwl wrote:So is it safe to assume the hammer locks?

There's a blue tab on the shaft of the laser that we can see in open and closed positions. Also the pictures show the hammer engaged without the spring removed. I for one am quite happy

These figures could GREATLY benefit from a better paint job, or just more paint. Thundertron is definitely the better one out of the two, but they're both so bleh looking. I'll have to wait and watch reviews to see if they really seem that fun (poseable). Magnus could look amazing with a blue metallic paint all over him. Might need to contract some custom painting here

WOW! I'm so glad i didnt get into TF: Prime line, these two are awful! I mean I'm not downing the whole line, there are some cool, good molds out there, but these need to do back to the drawing board and start over.

sweet i can expand my ultra magnus collection
and thundertron is cool wonder if there will be more star seeker toys

I don't know if it was mentioned yet (though I'm sure it was somewhere at some point), but I could totally see Thundertron repainted as Steeljaw and the current color scheme and bot mode kinda have a Tigerhawk vibe to them. He's a bit more 'Cybertron-y' than I'd like for a beast bot, but I'll still get him.

Now I've really got to have both of them. The photoshopped pictures we first saw, as usual, didn't do them justice.

The only gripe I have is ultra magnus's weapon. Not the gimmick itself just the way it collapses. If they had made it collapse on the bottom instead of the top it would have looked like a huge drum magazine. Other than that I like the mold.

Thundertron looks great! I hope both their weapons lock into place.

My level of desire for Magnus has just been upgraded from want to need.

I have liked Ultra Magnus since the pictures posted from SDCC! He looks great! I love the head mold and really like the colors. I definitely will be getting him. I just hope he's easier to find that Dreadwing is. I've searched all over metro Atlanta and still haven't found him.

Thundertron looks...interesting? I don't know how I feel about him. It is exciting that there might be a new faction to combat the 'bots and 'cons, but I'm still not sure. If he's in the show then I'll probably get him. If not, unless he has a pretty good in-hand video review I don't think I'll be getting him. That's one more for those of you who like him!

Balljoint hips, balljoint hips everywhere.

The horror.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:So is it safe to assume the hammer locks?

There's a blue tab on the shaft of the laser that we can see in open and closed positions. Also the pictures show the hammer engaged without the spring removed. I for one am quite happy

That has me worried. The only reason they didn't release Breakdown was because of the AM ports. Hasbro will probably use that as an excuse to not release it. I can hear it now "derrr da wapins don't has no spreengs init sos we cants releese it."

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

BeastProwl wrote:So is it safe to assume the hammer locks?

There's a blue tab on the shaft of the laser that we can see in open and closed positions. Also the pictures show the hammer engaged without the spring removed. I for one am quite happy

That has me worried. The only reason they didn't release Breakdown was because of the AM ports. Hasbro will probably use that as an excuse to not release it. I can hear it now "derrr da wapins don't has no spreengs init sos we cants releese it."

But... Ultra magnus CLEARLY has the Hasbro logo on the box...

Sabrblade wrote:WANT THEM BOTH!

both the king of the space pirates and the Leader of the Wreckers will be MINE!

Magnus has definitely grown on me, but Thundertron remains my goal for the Prime line.
Dead End will join his crew.

As an Ultra Magnus fan I have to say i'm very disappointed in this figure. Far too much blue for my liking.

And Thundertron? Yeah ... always wanted a transforming Zoid Liger.
(Not)

Evil_the_Nub wrote:The only reason they didn't release Breakdown was because of the AM ports.

No. Hasbro never gave a specific reason, just that BD wasn't "made to the same standards" and is in a "no-man's-land" cost-wise.
Considering every other AM figure is one Hasbro CAN sell just with added ports makes it incredibly unlikely those are all that prevent Hasbro from selling BD.