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by **Kimmer** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:42 pm

i just got a couple of 2-packs and i noticed that the pic of um on the side of the box and also the pic of him on the back of the box has him with a blue faceplate but both mine have a white faceplate. has anyone else noticed this? did i get 2 duds? personally i think i would've preferred the blue faceplate.

by **Predacon Galvatron** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:51 pm

No dud, my UM is like that too. And yes, I too would've preferred a blue face plate, as it seems to suit the mold.

by **Kanyon** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:03 pm

The box on all toys always say "product colors will vary" so nah no dud. probably last minute changes. COuld get some paint, try to match the colors and do his face plate? =P

by **toxicity** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:57 pm

nah, its just original production pictures

Here's a comparison of what they originally had and what we got

by **Sportimus Prime** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:16 am

I like him without the blue faceplate.

by **Kanyon** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 4:00 am

Now I gotta wait for that Um and prime 2 pack of classics..If it gets released in the states..=\

by **Kimmer** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:20 am

toxicity wrote:nah, its just original production pictures

Here's a comparison of what they originally had and what we got

i'm not a fan of the albino prime magnus but the one we shoulda got looks a hell of a lot better. typical.

by **zemper** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:34 am

that's typical of all the Classics box art and actual product. for example, Classics SS was depicted as having metallic paint jobs on its grey parts, but we ended up with dull grey plastic instead.

the Classics lineup had some of the most misleading production photos/box art/renders that i have seen so far. even voyager OP had a slight mistransformation on its box render of its robot mode - the knee pads are mounted in reverse on the box. it made me also wonder when i first got it if i had a dud or what.

:MAX:

by **publicvisage** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:43 am

Missed labeled boxes have been in production since at least Cybertron; according to the picture on the box Mudflap's crane is mounted on his other arm!

But I think the Movie figures take the cake with bad labeling thought--Jazz's "sword" for starters. In fact, I think pretty much every movie figure I've picked up has had mislabeling somewhere on the box.

Go figure...

by **Onus** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:51 am

I was just thinking(yea, I know that's dangerous) that Hasbro could build a Transport trailer that would fit both, prime and magnus, that transformed into armor and a type of robot similar to the apex armor that came with the powermaster prime reissue.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:55 am

Onus wrote:I was just thinking(yea, I know that's dangerous) that Hasbro could build a Transport trailer that would fit both, prime and magnus, that transformed into armor and a type of robot similar to the apex armor that came with the powermaster prime reissue.

An exclusive armor was planned for Ultra Magnus, but there was no way of justifying the costs.

by **Onus** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:04 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Onus wrote:I was just thinking(yea, I know that's dangerous) that Hasbro could build a Transport trailer that would fit both, prime and magnus, that transformed into armor and a type of robot similar to the apex armor that came with the powermaster prime reissue.

An exclusive armor was planned for Ultra Magnus, but there was no way of justifying the costs.

yes, but what I'm sugesting is making Apex, or whatever they want to name him, and having his alt mode be armor or a trailer. that way he can be sold as a transformer and not an acessory. if you think about it, an acessory is all wing saber really was in energon.

by **publicvisage** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:45 am

I've heard that a new Ultra Magnus mold is being considered for next years Universe line. Hopefully, he'll either have armor, or transform in a similar manner to Titanium Magnus. Only without, you know, all the suck and fail.