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The UM Question

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The UM Question

Postby AceBaur Prime » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:08 am

After seeing yet another repaint of Optimus into Magnus (titanium this time) I started thinking abot UM and his "armor". If Magnus is a "white prime" essentially underneath his armor, how come his helmet has a mouth and his prime form has face plate? And how does his mouth work since his face plate just moves up and down?

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Since my knowledge of is primarily centered around the toon, I want to hear some peoples opinions about it since this is mostly a comic invention.
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Postby Ramrider » Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:46 am

I'd wondered the same thing myself on occasion, but only now have I bothered with an actual answer.

I'd say the armour head is a smidge more than 'just' a helmet. Although the G1 toy version simply slotted over the head, at full size it'd have a lot more gubbinry involved, and once it's connected up to the rest of the armour, it'd have full functionality, just like, say, a Headmaster.

My alternative answer is clever animatronics. Henson's team can do wonders nowadays. :wink:
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Postby keeblezak » Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:16 am

perhaps it is like cyb prime, where his mouthplate can slide under his neck for storage
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Postby Tramp » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:09 pm

Well the facecious answer would be that the designers wanted the helmet to lok sufficianetly different than Prime's and Magnus' normal head, so they made it an actual face with a mouth.

However, I doubt that is the answer you're looking for. :P

From a mechanical point of view though, I would be more apt to agree with Ramrider's "alternativve" answer because, when Magnus' armor gets busted up and starts falling apart in TF: War and Peace, we see his face plate under the broken helmet face.
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Postby AceBaur Prime » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:09 pm

Interesting.... I think I would probably agree with Ramrider as well.

Tramp you wouldn't happen to have that issue of the comic would you? I'd like to see how they depicted that
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Postby evilratbat » Fri Apr 20, 2007 4:25 pm

you mean this

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Postby DTM » Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:01 pm

maybe it is motion activated. As the mouthplate moves his outer helmet moves, just an opinion...
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Postby Tramp » Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:11 pm

AceBaur Prime wrote:Interesting.... I think I would probably agree with Ramrider as well.

Tramp you wouldn't happen to have that issue of the comic would you? I'd like to see how they depicted that


I have the trade paperback collected editon that combines all six issues. I would have to scan the image.
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