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Thu Dec 04, 2014 8:44 pm

I don't really care for his "Oh" face, but I think it's cool that they gave a nod to the G1 Magnus with the white face underneath. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 60 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:28 am

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10273140a8/20/8

New pics care off Hobbysearch

News Credits: 6188 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:41 am

Fellow Seibertron.com member fenrir72 has spotted some new images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-22 Ultra Magnus, courtesy of HobbySearch. We've mirrored them below for your convenience - take a look, and let us know what you think of this latest addition to the Masterpiece line in the Energon Pub!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 7:50 am

this figure looks amazing

possibility of this being redecoed into Powered Convoy - i will give it a optimistic 75%

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:26 am

Someone needs to make him a hammer

News Credits: 656 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 8:46 am

:Glares at calendar:

This needs to be on my shelf now. Kthx.

News Credits: 123 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:09 am

iguanabytes wrote:Someone needs to make him a hammer

The whole Magnus Hammer didn't really come about until Animated, so it doesn't make too much sense to include a hammer with a purely G1 representation of UM.

But then again, that would make a great Amazon.jp-type exclusive

Also, faceless Spike & Daniel remind me of this Are You Afraid of the Dark episode:

News Credits: 3 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:19 am

megatronus wrote:
iguanabytes wrote:Someone needs to make him a hammer

The whole Magnus Hammer didn't really come about until Animated, so it doesn't make too much sense to include a hammer with a purely G1 representation of UM.

But then again, that would make a great Amazon.jp-type exclusive

Also, faceless Spike & Daniel remind me of this Are You Afraid of the Dark episode:

Thu Dec 11, 2014 9:34 am

Umm.... all these photos are 6 months old.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... os-180411/
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st11188869
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BF%E3%82 ... gy_t_img_z

News Credits: 462 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:24 am

Deathsanras wrote:Umm.... all these photos are 6 months old.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... os-180411/
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... st11188869
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BF%E3%82 ... gy_t_img_z

Yeah, Hobbysearch is just using the same original photos we saw several times before.

Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:30 am

hmm. that amazon.jp link mentions a 27-12 date, whereas my hlj account says he'll be released this saturday.

Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:41 pm

Looks great.

On a seperate note its not too late for KFC to melt down all those citizen stacks figures that never sold into toothbrushes.

Thu Dec 11, 2014 12:44 pm

Dear Primus,

He looks perfect, like Wheeljack a straight 10.

However he's huge. And I really want MP Star Saber.
Might skip Ultra Magnus this time. But he looks excellent.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 2:25 pm

Rated X wrote:Looks great.

On a seperate note its not too late for KFC to melt down all those citizen stacks figures that never sold into toothbrushes.

You really have it in for Citizen Stack, don't you? >:oP

Thu Dec 11, 2014 3:01 pm

TakTom really needs to start painting the human's faces.

Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:01 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:
Rated X wrote:Looks great.

On a seperate note its not too late for KFC to melt down all those citizen stacks figures that never sold into toothbrushes.

You really have it in for Citizen Stack, don't you?

Besides KFCs bad timing for an MP Magnus, it just puzzles me how takara could make it scale properly with MP-10 in both modes but KFC couldnt. Takara flat out made the KFC designers look lazy.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 4:56 pm

Rated X wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:
Rated X wrote:Looks great.

On a seperate note its not too late for KFC to melt down all those citizen stacks figures that never sold into toothbrushes.

You really have it in for Citizen Stack, don't you?

Besides KFCs bad timing for an MP Magnus, it just puzzles me how takara could make it scale properly with MP-10 in both modes but KFC couldnt. Takara flat out made the KFC designers look lazy.

Was ultra magnus taller than optimus in the cartoon? I always thought he was the same height as rodimus prime?

News Credits: 3 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:09 pm

It was only in the rebirth they stood next to each other and they were the same height....buuuuut that was rebirth animation. Scale was pretty bad back then when the animation for G1 was at it ls worse

News Credits: 60 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:29 pm

Robogeek1973 wrote:TakTom really needs to start painting the human's faces.

I think you mean add "details" like thir KISSPlayer pilots.

News Credits: 60 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:30 pm

Rated X wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:
Rated X wrote:Looks great.

On a seperate note its not too late for KFC to melt down all those citizen stacks figures that never sold into toothbrushes.

You really have it in for Citizen Stack, don't you?

Besides KFCs bad timing for an MP Magnus, it just puzzles me how takara could make it scale properly with MP-10 in both modes but KFC couldnt. Takara flat out made the KFC designers look lazy.

Wasn't mass shifting developed by Takara?

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:40 pm

Randomhero wrote:It was only in the rebirth they stood next to each other and they were the same height....buuuuut that was rebirth animation. Scale was pretty bad back then when the animation for G1 was at it ls worse

The scale in every transformers cartoon is out of whack.

News Credits: 388 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:01 pm

Color me the only one not terribly excited by this release. His proportions are too chunky, and something about his face seems off. Like he's got a skinny head and the helmet is too big for it. And didn't he have a visor in the cartoon rather than individual eyes?

News Credits: 293 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:21 pm

Bounti76 wrote:Color me the only one not terribly excited by this release. His proportions are too chunky, and something about his face seems off. Like he's got a skinny head and the helmet is too big for it. And didn't he have a visor in the cartoon rather than individual eyes?

while youre right about being chunky (which i think works for him), i really dig the head sculpt.

and no he didnt have a visor. we all discussed that about 10 or so pages ago. thought id save you some time by just telling you rather than sifting back and having to read about the "buttflap debacle".

News Credits: 388 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:27 pm

Hahaha....thanks for the help. I looked him up on TFWiki right after I posted that and he does indeed have two eyes. They look like sunglasses to me, though.

I dunno.....I am of the opinion that the chunkiness works against him....he is a physically big bot in the show to be sure, but the proportions work better there, even if the animation isn't the best.

News Credits: 293 · Thu Dec 11, 2014 6:52 pm

Bounti76 wrote:Hahaha....thanks for the help. I looked him up on TFWiki right after I posted that and he does indeed have two eyes. They look like sunglasses to me, though.

I dunno.....I am of the opinion that the chunkiness works against him....he is a physically big bot in the show to be sure, but the proportions work better there, even if the animation isn't the best.

unfortunately pulling off a MP ultra magnus was always going to be tricky. some sacrifices im sure had to be made and im pleased with the overall result.