LG14 Ultra Magnus revealed? Includes Alpha Trion?

[DELTAprime]

Well we might have our first look at LG14 Ultra Magnus and it looks like it includes a Alpha Trion repaint of the Minimus Ambus figure. This is unconfirmed at this point as Takara Tomy have not official released any pictures.

http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...a-trion/32851/

[griffin]

(beaten to it by two minutes)

A product picture for the Japanese version of Ultra Magnus has leaked from an anonymous source in Asia, so we don't know where it is from, or if it is even a legitimate image. But BWTF who posted up a copy believes it is real... and I guess from the Japanese perspective, the character of Minimus Ambus is probably not known, as it is a creation of IDW for their comics.
So if this image is true, the Japanese version of Ultra Magnus will have the mini-bot recoloured and renamed as Alpha Trion.
Apparently the face sculpting works, but I'm not sure about the alt-mode though.

[FruitBuyer]

Oh my. Other than that BotCon 2007 exclusive, is this going to be the first official Alpha Trion toy?

[DELTAprime]

Oh my. Other than that BotCon 2007 exclusive, is this going to be the first official Alpha Trion toy?

Theres a Kreon and EX Gokin of Alpha Trion, so this would be the 4th Alpha Trion.

I think if this is legit I might do something I normally never do and buy both the Hasbro and Takara Tomy and parts swap the red thighs on UM. Then I would have both Alpha Trion and Minimus Ambus.

[FruitBuyer]

I meant vanilla Transformer Alpha Trion.

[MayzaPrime]

I like the Ambus figure better, for me Alpha Trion being one of the Original 13 Primes he deserves more than a legends sized figure.

Having said that the Takara version again looks fair superior to the Hasbro version on UM.

[Bidoofdude]

Takara:

IDW accuracy + not-Minimus Ambus= win

[BigTransformerTrev]

Would that mean that in the Japanese continuity that Ultra Magnus is really Ultra Maureen and is pregnant with Alpha Teeny?


Seriously - how do they rationalise within the genre that Alpha Trion is the fruit of Ultra Magnus' belly?

[DELTAprime]

Takara:

IDW accuracy + not-Minimus Ambus= win

What??? I never realised he has red thighs in the IDW universe. I guess not need to parts swap since it's canon, but still means I'll need a Minimus Ambus from Hasbro.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:MTMTE12_..._in_action.jpg

[Bidoofdude]

What??? I never realised he has red thighs in the IDW universe. I guess not need to parts swap since it's canon, but still means I'll need a Minimus Ambus from Hasbro.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:MTMTE12_..._in_action.jpg

It's worth noting that such was only the case in season 1.