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News Credits: 101 · Wed Jan 14, 2026 4:24 pm

ML Grimlock would cost me way above 200$can. That's insane. It's the same price as ML Optimus Prime and he came with his trailer!

Hard skip.
>:oP

News Credits: 14 · Wed Jan 14, 2026 5:32 pm

Other websites like AmiAmi or Anime Export may offer lower prices and better shipping costs.

You may want to look into those.

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-196673

Wed Jan 14, 2026 10:30 pm

Me Grimlock, leader of the Dinobots, have (bot mode) ankle tilt.

Me Grimlock have bigger eyes (in T-rex mode) to see you with.

News Credits: 22 · Sun Jan 18, 2026 12:05 am

Are the dimensions of the ML figures the same as the originals, or do the new joints make them taller?

I'm looking for a G1-acceptable Grimlock that's bigger than the PoTP voyager but smaller than the SS86 leader.

News Credits: 332 · Sun Jan 18, 2026 12:21 am

The new anime Cliffjumper and Bumblebee.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Jan 18, 2026 12:21 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Are the dimensions of the ML figures the same as the originals, or do the new joints make them taller?

Same dimensions.

Ultra Magnus comparison as an example:

Mon Jan 19, 2026 9:16 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Are the dimensions of the ML figures the same as the originals, or do the new joints make them taller?
Same dimensions.

Ultra Magnus comparison as an example:

Not a fair comparison. ML version is in an A-frame stance. 8-}

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:35 am

I am very excited for Grimlock. I am trying to stick to 1 per mold (except Arcee, I don't really care for either), even if I am currently planning to double dip on Magnus. I wonder what repaint they will do with him.

Also, for fun, here is ML Sunstreaker with other contemporary Streakers, an "Ego" if you will

News Credits: 101 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:45 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am very excited for Grimlock. I am trying to stick to 1 per mold (except Arcee, I don't really care for either), even if I am currently planning to double dip on Magnus. I wonder what repaint they will do with him.

Also, for fun, here is ML Sunstreaker with other contemporary Streakers, an "Ego" if you will

Diaclone Magnus is already on pre-order. But for a 2nd repaint of him? Appart the e-Hobby lemon-yellow clear version, I have no idea.

What's even the lore behind this one? :-?

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:53 am

Meant to say repaint of Grimlock, I think these are the only 2 Magnus they do, and if they do a 3rd, it'll be like Sentinel and be a hard to get exclusive

News Credits: 462 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:01 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Meant to say repaint of Grimlock,

They'll probably do a cartoon colors version, at least.

News Credits: 332 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 12:42 pm

Am I the only one that sees ML and first thinks Marvel Legends.

News Credits: 22 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:01 pm

Kanrabat wrote:Diaclone Magnus is already on pre-order. But for a 2nd repaint of him? Appart the e-Hobby lemon-yellow clear version, I have no idea.

What's even the lore behind this one?

In short, just like Hot Rod turned bright blue in 1986, Magnus is supposed to turn bright yellow and glow if the Matrix accepts him. There's a longer story, but that's the gist.

Also, he's crudely yet affectionately (?) referred to by some in the fandom as Piss Magnus. :lol:

Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:41 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am very excited for Grimlock. I am trying to stick to 1 per mold (except Arcee, I don't really care for either), even if I am currently planning to double dip on Magnus. I wonder what repaint they will do with him.

Also, for fun, here is ML Sunstreaker with other contemporary Streakers, an "Ego" if you will

What is that mini me Streaker? Does it transform?

Wed Jan 21, 2026 9:48 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am very excited for Grimlock. I am trying to stick to 1 per mold (except Arcee, I don't really care for either), even if I am currently planning to double dip on Magnus. I wonder what repaint they will do with him.

Also, for fun, here is ML Sunstreaker with other contemporary Streakers, an "Ego" if you will

Diaclone Magnus is already on pre-order. But for a 2nd repaint of him? Appart the e-Hobby lemon-yellow clear version, I have no idea.

What's even the lore behind this one?

Legend has it, designers had a p!ssing contest. Someone literally taking the p!ss. This may or may not be true.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:08 pm

megatran wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am very excited for Grimlock. I am trying to stick to 1 per mold (except Arcee, I don't really care for either), even if I am currently planning to double dip on Magnus. I wonder what repaint they will do with him.

Also, for fun, here is ML Sunstreaker with other contemporary Streakers, an "Ego" if you will

What is that mini me Streaker? Does it transform?

Blokees Defenders. He does not transform

News Credits: 14 · Thu Jan 22, 2026 11:41 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:

What's even the lore behind this one?

Transformers the Movie, The Comic #1, Magnus receives the Matrix from Prime:

magnus_movie01_01.jpg

Takara decided that was enough to make him Yellow and an exclusive to the 20th Century Toy Museum toy show.

The TF Wiki entry states it because Magnus was bathed in yellow light when he got the Matrix from Prime in the movie, but that doesn't actually happen. Prime takes the matrix out of his chest drops it as he passes away, Hot Rod catches it and he gets bathed in light (blue light mind you) for a second, then hands it over to Magnus who just stuffs it in his chest with no light of any color or fanfare whatsoever.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:34 pm

Overcracker wrote:The TF Wiki entry states it because Magnus was bathed in yellow light when he got the Matrix from Prime in the movie,

The wiki entry does not say that.

With a yellow cab and an entirely translucent yellow trailer, Shining Magnus (シャイニングマグナス) is intended to recall the moment in the The Transformers: The Movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its light. Of course, the Matrix's light was, er, blue, so it's a weird fit. The Marvel Comics adaptation of the film did colour the light yellow, but it seems rather unlikely that's where Takara were taking their inspiration from.

The source of this information comes from the back of Shining Magnus's box:

ストーリー/コンボイ対メガトロン
コンボイは、ついにその最後をむかえた。「マトリックス」にサイバトロン総司令官としての「意志」をこめ一人の若者の手にサイバトロンの新時代をゆだねることを「ウルトラマグナス」に託した。
(「マトリックス」を「ホットロディマス」に手渡す時の手にした光り輝く「マトリックス」の光を浴びている姿の再現) 企画製作 20世紀おもちゃ博物館展実行委員会

STORY: Convoy vs. Megatron
Convoy finally met his end. He entrusted the "Matrix", imbued with the "will" of the Supreme Commander of the Cybertrons, to Ultra Magnus, placing a new era of the Cybertrons into the hands of a young man.
(Recreating the scene where the Matrix is handed to Hot Rodimus, bathed in the glowing light of the Matrix) Planned and produced by the 20th Century Toy Museum Exhibition Executive Committee

So yeah, the idea comes from that scene. The execution of coloring the toy yellow, however, is what makes no sense.

News Credits: 14 · Thu Jan 22, 2026 1:55 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Overcracker wrote:The TF Wiki entry states it because Magnus was bathed in yellow light when he got the Matrix from Prime in the movie,
The wiki entry does not say that.

With a yellow cab and an entirely translucent yellow trailer, Shining Magnus (シャイニングマグナス) is intended to recall the moment in the The Transformers: The Movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its light. Of course, the Matrix's light was, er, blue, so it's a weird fit. The Marvel Comics adaptation of the film did colour the light yellow, but it seems rather unlikely that's where Takara were taking their inspiration from.

The source of this information comes from the back of Shining Magnus's box:

ストーリー/コンボイ対メガトロン
コンボイは、ついにその最後をむかえた。「マトリックス」にサイバトロン総司令官としての「意志」をこめ一人の若者の手にサイバトロンの新時代をゆだねることを「ウルトラマグナス」に託した。
(「マトリックス」を「ホットロディマス」に手渡す時の手にした光り輝く「マトリックス」の光を浴びている姿の再現) 企画製作 20世紀おもちゃ博物館展実行委員会
STORY: Convoy vs. Megatron
Convoy finally met his end. He entrusted the "Matrix", imbued with the "will" of the Supreme Commander of the Cybertrons, to Ultra Magnus, placing a new era of the Cybertrons into the hands of a young man.
(Recreating the scene where the Matrix is handed to Hot Rodimus, bathed in the glowing light of the Matrix) Planned and produced by the 20th Century Toy Museum Exhibition Executive Committee
So yeah, the idea comes from that scene. The execution of coloring the toy yellow, however, is what makes no sense.

Hey now, don't go changing the text in the wiki to make a point, that's not fair. :-D

It hasn't had the point about Hot Rod being bathed up until recently it seems.
The Yellow light might have been my own unconscious editorializing though. :-D

Original text: (at least up until January 16th 2026, according to the way back machine)

magnuswriteup.jpg

With a yellow cab and an entirely translucent yellow trailer, Shining Magnus (シャイニングマグナス) is intended to recall the moment in the The Transformers: The Movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its light. Of course, the Matrix's light was, er, blue, so it's a weird fit. The Marvel Comics adaptation of the film did colour the light yellow, but it seems rather unlikely that's where Takara were taking their inspiration from.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260116014952/https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(G1)/toys#Shining

News Credits: 462 · Thu Jan 22, 2026 2:13 pm

Overcracker wrote:Hey now, don't go changing the text in the wiki to make a point, that's not fair.

I left the wiki text in my post unchanged, as I made my edit there after I made my post here.

News Credits: 61 · Fri Jan 23, 2026 8:19 am

Following the teaser announcement of Missing Link Grimlock, official product shots have been released along with preorders from many overseas retailers. The photos show off how Takara was able to implement today's expected articulation on yester-years toy as we expected from Missing Link. The photos also reveal that the Dino-Mode also gains some extra elbow articulation, as well as the ability to turn the dino-head and possibly some tail articulation as well. The articulation is incredibly integrated into the new design as highlighted by the side-by-side image shown below.
For accessories, all of the G1 parts are back, including the missal launcher and a now chromed out sword for Grimlock to wield. Grimlock also follows Ultra Magnus in paying homage to his DiaClone roots and includes a Diaclone Driver to finally utilize the cockpit that has always been present on the spine of the T-Rex.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jan 23, 2026 1:52 pm

I haven’t bought a Missing Link figure yet but this might be my first.

Sat Jan 24, 2026 11:25 am

From some photos, it also looks like the Grimlock robot head is more forward, and doesn't sit back behind the shoulders like with the original toy. It would be fun touch if the head is made to slide forward or back, so you could have the choice looking better, or emulating the original design.

News Credits: 332 · Sat Jan 24, 2026 5:08 pm

SimianProphet wrote:From some photos, it also looks like the Grimlock robot head is more forward, and doesn't sit back behind the shoulders like with the original toy. It would be fun touch if the head is made to slide forward or back, so you could have the choice looking better, or emulating the original design.

It doesn't slide, it's on a couple of hinges. I think it's part of the transformation.