Recommend me a Matrix barer.

[Trent]

Some Titaniums are quite nice.

I think they did a really good job on Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and ESPECIALLY War Within Optimus. I have the Pallisades WW Op statue, and the Titanium outdoes it lookswise. That's pretty astounding.

Some were bad, and downright awful, like Soundwave and the GIJOE Megatron.

The rest are somewhere in between. I do wish the line had gone on longer, as there were some great figures planned, but am glad they managed to at least get WW Grimlock and WW Prowl out.

War within Optimus was the only one I ever had and I wasn't that impressed. Each time I transformed it I could feel the metal wearing

It looked great. Just couldn't really touch it.

EDIT: Wait… I always assumed when people were talking about Titanium Ultra Magnus they were referring to the white war within Prime. There is an actual Ultra Magnus?!

I may have to track one down despite my dislike for titanium figures.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm not at all impressed by War Within Optimus Prime. I find the engineering to be just downright underwhelming, and the paint apps amateur. Rodimus Prime is also a toy I'm not fond of either... that massive cavity in the middle of the body really hurts the robot form, and that itty bitty spoiler fin on mine swings down really easily during toy play. The chest also untabs pretty easily during play too. I do appreciate the challenge in trying to have a Rodimus Prime toy that transforms into a robot by integrating the trailer into the robot mode rather than just detaching it... but the execution is just rather lacklustre. Admittedly they did a much better job with Ultra Magnus. I probably would've bought that toy had it been released in stores locally; but it doesn't impress me enough to import one.

EDIT: Wait… I always assumed when people were talking about Titanium Ultra Magnus they were referring to the white war within Prime. There is an actual Ultra Magnus?!

I may have to track one down despite my dislike for titanium figures.

Yeah... much like Rodimus Prime, Titanium G1 Ultra Magnus actually incorporates both the trailer and cab into the same robot mode without separating them, which is a pretty neat concept. But it's better done on Ultra Magnus. I'd recommend checking out someone else's Ti G1 UM IRL first before deciding on whether or not you wanna go through the effort/expense of importing one. I've seen this toy several times IRL and it hasn't inspired me to do so. :/ Here's dirge's review.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Some Titaniums are quite nice.

I think they did a really good job on Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and ESPECIALLY War Within Optimus. I have the Pallisades WW Op statue, and the Titanium outdoes it lookswise. That's pretty astounding.

Some were bad, and downright awful, like Soundwave and the GIJOE Megatron.

The rest are somewhere in between. I do wish the line had gone on longer, as there were some great figures planned, but am glad they managed to at least get WW Grimlock and WW Prowl out.

I'm not at all impressed by War Within Optimus Prime. I find the engineering to be just downright underwhelming, and the paint apps amateur. Rodimus Prime is also a toy I'm not fond of either... that massive cavity in the middle of the body really hurts the robot form, and that itty bitty spoiler fin on mine swings down really easily during toy play. The chest also untabs pretty easily during play too. I do appreciate the challenge in trying to have a Rodimus Prime toy that transforms into a robot by integrating the trailer into the robot mode rather than just detaching it... but the execution is just rather lacklustre. Admittedly they did a much better job with Ultra Magnus. I probably would've bought that toy had it been released in stores locally; but it doesn't impress me enough to import one.


Yeah... much like Rodimus Prime, Titanium G1 Ultra Magnus actually incorporates both the trailer and cab into the same robot mode without separating them, which is a pretty neat concept. But it's better done on Ultra Magnus. I'd recommend checking out someone else's Ti G1 UM IRL first before deciding on whether or not you wanna go through the effort/expense of importing one. I've seen this toy several times IRL and it hasn't inspired me to do so. :/ Here's dirge's review.

I really liked the titanium series personally, and it introduced the Cybertronian (WW) versions of a lot of G1 characters.

I got the 6 inch WW Optimus Prime, Rodimus Prime, Hot Spot, WW Megatron, WW Starscream, Sunstorm, Soundwave & Laserbeak, Scourge & The Fallen. I thought they were all good, even if the Seekers looked a bit chubby in the chest and face. WW Megatron was the shiz-nit!


I also have the 3 inch Ark, Unicron, WW Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, Jazz, Bumblebee, Rodimus, Starscream, Thundercracker & (Predacon) Megatron. Nice solid little figures as compared to the plastic Robot Heroes.


I'd still love to get Grimlock, Prowl and G1 Ultra Magnus but they are just always too pricey whenever I see them on ebay

[Cat]

War within Optimus was the only one I ever had and I wasn't that impressed. Each time I transformed it I could feel the metal wearing

It looked great. Just couldn't really touch it.

EDIT: Wait… I always assumed when people were talking about Titanium Ultra Magnus they were referring to the white war within Prime. There is an actual Ultra Magnus?!

I may have to track one down despite my dislike for titanium figures.

Yep, an actual G1 UM that's not just a repaint.

It's pretty neat, incorporating everything into one transformation. Quite well done, IMO.

[Ultra Mackness]

I've got both Titanium G1 UM and Titanium G1 Rodimus, and I like them both, but to look at, not necessarily to play with. The reason I like them is at they're more in scale with G1 Optimus and at the time I picked them up (pre Classics line - I think it was Universe ~2007) I was only looking to have G1 in my collection. Also UM apparently has a cavity for a matrix in his chest (I haven't checked it as mine is kept MISB but I imagine that the matrix from Hybrid style Convoy would fit). They're certainly something different for a display shelf if you can find them at a reasonable price - last time I checked UM was goin for ~$150 USD, waaay more then I paid for him.

And I don't think it's been suggested yet, but THS-02 Hybrid Style Convoy?

[DELTAprime]

OK, I'm going to buy a Optimal Optimus. Just wondering did he come with batteries installed or not. If he did come with batteries installed I might go loose complete instead of MISB.

[Trent]

OK, I'm going to buy a Optimal Optimus. Just wondering did he come with batteries installed or not. If he did come with batteries installed I might go loose complete instead of MISB.

I don't think he does. I picked up a MISB one earlier in the year and had no problems so that makes me lean towards him not coming with batteries.