New images of Transformers Masterpiece MP-22 Ultra Magnus

Heh. It appears that the entire bot form is contained within the trailer. The cab may not be needed at all. Maybe that solves the butt-flap issue for some people?

[Edit] Well, maybe not the head....

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Btw guys, which came first? Titanium UM with the no core robot fig or the IDW UM spotlight? Just want to know for trivial pursuit.

Probably SL: UM since, while both it and the Titanium came out in 2007, the comic came out in January of that year.

But aren't toys engineered/designed like at least a year in advance of them even going into production, much less actually being available on store shelves? At least that's what I've heard from interviews and such, although of course it may be different in this case since (I don't think) Has/Tak actually designed this one (it was the Micromachines guys or something, right?). If so, then that would put the toy at least a year before the comics, and while I'm certain some level of advance planning goes into the comics, I sincerely doubt those guys are planning this stuff a year ahead unless it's some kind of major arc for the entire series or something.

fenrir72 wrote:

Desslok2201 wrote:well..... I LOVE IT!!!!! I LOVE IT SO FRIGGIN' MUCH!!!!!

Yeah! I also like how Tomy implemented that wheel swapping trick. At least UM won't be "roller skating" in robot mode. Can't wait until the end of December.

Wont he still be able to roller skate? His wheels still out bit

xyl360 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Btw guys, which came first? Titanium UM with the no core robot fig or the IDW UM spotlight? Just want to know for trivial pursuit.

Probably SL: UM since, while both it and the Titanium came out in 2007, the comic came out in January of that year.

But aren't toys engineered/designed like at least a year in advance of them even going into production, much less actually being available on store shelves? At least that's what I've heard from interviews and such, although of course it may be different in this case since (I don't think) Has/Tak actually designed this one (it was the Micromachines guys or something, right?). If so, then that would put the toy at least a year before the comics, and while I'm certain some level of advance planning goes into the comics, I sincerely doubt those guys are planning this stuff a year ahead unless it's some kind of major arc for the entire series or something.

I was answering the question in regards to "Which was released first?" rather than "Which was conceived first?" since the former is easier to deduce than the latter.

And yes, Galoob made the Titaniums instead of Hasbro.

Delta Magnus wrote:So, his wheels hide in his feet to be replaced by...slightly different wheels?

OK then.

It's the little things like this that make this so special. That they went this extra mile of swapping out the functional wheels for the vehicle mode with the cartoon-accurate wheels for the robot mode in order to both keep the toy from slipping around on roller skates and adhere to the cartoon design to the nth degree is really impressive.

to mimic the way he transforms in the cartoon is truly awesome

Thanks to fellow Seibertron.com user fenrir72's tip, we have mirrored below some new images of the upcoming Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-22 Ultra Magnus, from the official Twitter PR account. It's going to be a heavy hitter, this one, weighing in at almost 1 kg (for reference, MP-10 without the trailer is just above 400 grams), and you can see the diecast that makes it so - check it out!

So a little over 2 pounds.....

RhA wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:So a little over 2 pounds.....

Almost a kilo.

Which is just over 2 pounds.

Bounti76 wrote:

RhA wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:So a little over 2 pounds.....

Almost a kilo.

Which is just over 2 pounds.

Crazy US measurements.