Platinum Edition Ultra Magnus

[billygoat]

Do his shoulder pylons have to sit out to the side in alt mode? There's no way to tuck them towards the back?

No, they just don't rotate that way. It doesn't really bother me, but it does make for an odd truck.

that looks kinda funny in alt mode.... and also the forge of solus isn't gold chromed? i always though it was.... His face looks like he pouting ...
Good review billygoat ... it an easy skip for me now....

It's not chromed, but when has Hasbro chromed anything outside of the Masterpiece line recently? I hate chrome (which is why I skip a lot of Takara releases) so it's OK for me, but I can definitely see how you'd feel a bit cheated given the pricepoint.

[GoktimusPrime]

It looks like they took a crummy mould and made it even worse. Guh... I'm not sure if I wanna wait until this toy goes on sale, or just go and import a BH Voyager UM. :/

[Paulbot]

Probably the best "turn an Optimus Prime toy into an Ultra Magnus" toy so far. I'm glad the "white repaint" era looks to be over. And I think this toy shows that TF:Prime Optimus Prime toys would look better without the faceplate. Thanks for the review Billygoat.

[Lint]

Probably the best "turn an Optimus Prime toy into an Ultra Magnus" toy so far. I'm glad the "white repaint" era looks to be over.

+1

[griffin]

The bits sticking out the sides of the truck mode look stupid, but I like the robot mode and colours... This should have been the main use of this mould, and then redecoed into Optimus later.
That'd certainly be a first if that ever happened.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Just saw this baby in the shops for the first time today and ...

GAH!

Box is super sexy, but toy is incredibly bland. Perhaps a bit of line pen to emphasize the sculpting is needed, but when I opened the package, I thought "This isn't a high-quality figure" It Just looked a tad cheap and nasty to me.

I do like the changes to vehicle mode though, it makes it look a lot different to Optimus there. I would have liked to see some gimmick or something in his shoulders as well.

I like Magnus, even when he is just a white Optimus, but I am not so sold on this...

[GoktimusPrime]

^Agreed. I saw this IRL last week and instantly thought that it looked like a KO. :/

[Gasaraki]

Just saw this baby in the shops for the first time today and ...

GAH!

Box is super sexy, but toy is incredibly bland. Perhaps a bit of line pen to emphasize the sculpting is needed, but when I opened the package, I thought "This isn't a high-quality figure" It Just looked a tad cheap and nasty to me.

Saw it on the shelf today, and immediate reaction was... 'Gee that box is smaller than I was expecting!'. Must be bias from getting Omega Supreme earlier, who's at least 3x the size and weight.

I agree, it does look rather bland for a supposedly PLATINUM edition... definitely an easy pass at $79. $40 makes it somewhat more tempting, but I don't think I will spare the space (as probably can't make myself throw that lovely box away). I'm totally happy with my FP City Commander as my UM, and have only gotten sporadic Prime figures.

[SkyWarp91]

Gonna lay-by this bad boy for that SEXY HAMMER!

[jaydisc]

I was pretty excited about this when I heard about the sale until I saw it in the box. I thought it was going to be the voyager, but it's a hideously cheap looking Ultra. Easily the cheapest looking "Platinum Edition" toy I've seen as well.