Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys

2009-04-10T16:55:30Z

70.112.239.177: /* Classics */

[[Image:MP Magnus book cover art.jpg|right|225px|thumb|He can't deal with the obligatory joke now!]]
Sometimes [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] looks a lot like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. There are a lot of [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Optimus Prime toys]], and they need to be [[Redeco|redecoed]] into SOMETHING. Ergo...

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Ultramagnusg1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Honkimus Prime]]
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (1986, 2000, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
**''Accessories:'' Large robot head, Rifle, chest plate, 2 trailer connectors/waist plates, 2 small robot fists (left & right), 2 large robot fists (left & right), 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of the [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy toy, which itself was a [[Redeco|redecoed]] Battle Convoy (pre-TF [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]) with a new trailer that combined with the cab robot to form a super robot. Whereas the original Japanese use was an upgrade to Convoy, Hasbro released him as a separate character and both the comic and the cartoon ignored the cab robot in favor of the super robot.

:Ultra Magnus transforms into a white Freightliner COE with a blue and red car-carrier trailer. He comes with a rifle that has two pegs that will fit into either the fist of the cab robot or fist of the super robot, and he also comes with two missile launchers that can plug into either the front of the trailer or the shoulders of the super robot. Additional accessories include the cab robot's fists, the super robot's fists, the super robot head, the super robot chestplate, and two crotchplates/trailer hitches.

:The original American toy was released in at least two versions -- one with [[rubber tires]] and paint on both heads, and a second with plastic tires and no paint on either head.

:Ultra Magnus was first reissued in Japan in December of 2000 with little to no changes. Two years later, Ultra Magnus was reissued as a Toys "R" Us exclusive in the United States in the first wave of the [[Commemorative Series]]; the American reissue's missiles were elongated and both smokestacks were shortened to pass modern safety laws. Both reissues had rubber tires and the facial paint.

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[[Image:Ultra-magnus Matrix Glow.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Citrine Honkimus Prime]]
*'''Shining Magnus''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
**''Accessories:'' Large robot head, Rifle, chest plate, trailer connector/waist plate, 2 small robot fists (left & right), 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: With a yellow cab and a clear yellow trailer, Shining Magnus (シャイニングマグナス, sha-i-ni-n-gu ma-gu-na-su) is intended to recall the moment in the animated movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its Matrixy yellow light. It was also released in December of 2000.

: This version is sometimes known as "Matrix Glow Magnus" amongst collectors. A less favourable nickname among fans is "Urine Magnus", or slightly less-polite variations of the same.

: Shining Magnus was available exclusively at 20th Century Toy Museum toy show at the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Yokohama Kanagwa, limited to 800 pieces.



[[Image:G1 UltraMagnusPreviewVersion toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Blue Honkimus Prime]]
*'''Ultra Magnus Movie Preview Version''' (2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
**''Accessories:'' Large robot head, Rifle, chest plate, trailer connector/waist plate, 2 small robot fists (left & right), 2 missile launchers, 4 missiles

: In the early stages of the development of the 1986 animated movie, several promotional clips for the movie were produced, including one depicting Ultra Magnus in the original Diaclone Powered Convoy color scheme. The Movie Preview Version (予告編バージョン ''Yokokuhen Bājon'')<ref>"Yokukuhen" can also mean "Movie Trailer"; the terms appear to be interchangeable in Japanese.</ref> toy was released in February of 2001 based on that brief (and premature) appearance, featuring a blue colored cab. As he is just a redeco in the colours of Powered Convoy, he does not come with a Diaclone pilot or the Powered Buggy accessory.

: Movie Preview Version Ultra Magnus was available exclusively at the Toy Festival 2001 in Japan, limited to 1,500 pieces.

===Transform Gōkin===
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (Gokin) (1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser Blaster, fists, cardboard trailer

: ''[[Transform Gōkin]]'' Ultra Magnus is a redeco of the ''Gōkin'' Convoy toy. He featured a very similar transformation sequence, but had no clear windows nor rubber tires. He was intended as a low-cost alternative for younger children.

:He did not have a plastic trailer included, but did have a cardboard trailer that the owner was supposed to construct themselves. The trailer cannot become a larger robot armor.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 LaserUltraMagnus toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Probably the only Magnus repaint of Prime we'll ever get who isn't just white.]]
* '''Laser Ultra Magnus''' (2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' ''' TRF-13-S'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, sword, 5 discs, ripple missile launcher, 10 missiles, 1 foam missile, foam missile launcher air bellows

: An [[e-Hobby]] exclusive, ''Generation 2'' Laser Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Laser Optimus Prime, transforming into a mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX extended-hood truck pulling a blue and white tanker trailer. He was packaged in the reissue Laser Optimus Prime's box, along with Prime's instructions, bio card and sticker sheet. Yes, the stickers that have "Optimus Prime" written on them.

:In robot mode the bottom of the truck became his familiar windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy (and the original Ultra Magnus' cab). His main gimmick was light up LED headlights, and a [[lightpipe]] in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that would illuminate his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they were used in that hand. All three LEDs were activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.

:The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, it can fire an air-powered missile launcher, a ripple rocket launcher with 5 missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Magnus' hand) and a 'disc launcher', that fired several white plastic discs. This disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in vehicle mode.

:This release uses the toolings that were modified for the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] toy, and thus has smooth discs and a less pointy sword.

===Masterpiece===
[[Image:Masterpiece UltraMagnus toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He looks like this in ONE comic. ONE.]]
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-2'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, Megatron gun with removable silencer, scope and stock, Matrix of Leadership, energon axe

: ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus is a white redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Convoy (Optimus Prime) with all the same accessories, though some have been redecoed. Additionally, his box can be refolded into his classic trailer configuration, but doesn't hold up since it's, well, cardboard. He retains the Matrix, which he can indeed open. Damnit, open.

: As a [[Takara]] product, ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus was never released in the US, but was eventually released by Hasbro Australia in 2005 for their market as a Target-exclusive, retaining his Japanese packaging, with simple stickers stating a recommended age of 8+, as well as presenting Hasbro Australia's details and explaining what the product was.

: Additionally, [[TakaraTomy]] reissued Masterpiece Ultra Magnus in 2008 sporting their logo in the top right-hand corner of the box to replace the Takara logo in the bottom right featured on the original release in 2004. This reissue has been met with some QC issues much like that of [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys| Masterpiece Convoy Complete edition]] such as bad paint applications and chipping, misaligned doors and even misassembled headlights which have been installed upside down.

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===Classics===
[[Image:ClassicsUltraMagnus toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Arctic Camo Prime! ]]
*'''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' (Ultra Magnus) Smokestack/laser cannons, Wind vane/blaster, (Skywarp) 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles

: A [[redeco]] of the Voyager class Optimus Prime, this release is part of the Target [[exclusive]] ''Battle for Autobot City'' set with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The final production toy has several major paint application differences compared to the toy depicted on the packaging, including the loss of all light blue paint (including his faceplate and crest, both replaced with silver, darker blue on his thighs. Also his red eyes are replaced with the light piping color (blue). Additionally, it seems the smokestacks/double-barreled gun was originally going to be cast or painted white instead of the final version's black.

: Like Optimus Prime, the toy's gimmicks are in his weapons - his smokestacks fold together to become a double-barreled gun, and his aero fairing splits and unfolds to become a large shotgun-like blaster. The two weapons also combine into a double-barreled shoulder cannon.

: The mold was also used to make "[[Shattered Glass]]" [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]] and ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]].

===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumHero UltraMagnus.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Oh, that's right, this Ultra Magnus guy had a trailer or something, didn't he?]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Laser rifle, display stand, 2 rocket launchers

: ''Titanium Cybertron Heroes'' Ultra Magnus is an all-new sculpt constructed mostly of die-cast metal. For the first time, Ultra Magnus' cab and trailer are one piece, rather than a [[partsformer]] like the ''Generation 1'' toy version, although the cab is only held on by a peg, and can be detached resulting in a small superdeformed cab. The toy's wheels can all spin. He transforms very similarly to the original toy, but the aforementioned truck cab now folds down into his back rather than detaching and reconnecting, with his head flipping out of the back of the cab.

: Ultra Magnus is armed with a gray laser rifle and two shoulder-mounted non-firing rocket launchers which, due to some mistake, face top-down when attached in robot mode. It is unknown whether the launchers were somehow mirror-flipped in manufacture or if his shoulder assemblies [[Misassembly|were switched]]. The latter is perhaps supported by the orientation of molding detail shown in the [[instructions]] and on the Generation 1 toy, although the [[Tampograph|tampographs]] could argue against this. One can easily "correct" this by unscrewing his blue forearms and swapping out the shoulders, allowing the launchers to face top-up.

: Unfortunately, due to the robot mode-oriented design of this figure, as well as size limitations, the rear ramp is now solely part of his legs as detail and cannot fold down, nor is there clearance space for any other vehicles to be transported. Like most, if not all 6-inch Titaniums, his joints are very floppy. His left shoulder contains one of the loosest (if not ''the loosest'') balljoints on a Transformers figure ever.

:His chest panel can flip up to reveal a shallow recess for the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, though no Matrix accessory to date is actually flat enough to fit inside.

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[[Image:Titanium WarWithin ultramagnus.JPG|right|270px|thumb| He can't deal with being a non-canon supported redeco right now.]]
*'''(War Within) Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Laser rifle, display stand

: A [[redeco]] of the 6-inch War Within Optimus Prime. In white!

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===Revoltech===
[[Image:Revoltech UltraMagnus.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Don't I look awesome in naked?]]
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2007)
**''Series number:'' '''019fs'''
**''Accessories:'' Photon rifle, 3 extra hands (right gun-holding hand, left open palm, right handshaking hand)

: Ultra Magnus is, unsurprisingly, a redeco of a simultaneously-released Optimus Prime/Convoy figure. A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated action figure, ''[[Revoltech]]'' Ultra Magnus uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" for maximum poseability. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Prime.

: Magnus comes with a photon rifle accessory, as well as a few alternate hands. A unique extra "hand" is a single molded piece of Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime's hands clasped together diagonally, so that when attached to both Prime and Magnus's respective wrists, it allows one to create a scene of the two Autobot leaders shakin' like homies. Additionally, although Magnus comes pre-assembled with the standard black revolver joints that Prime has, his packaging includes a sheet of replacement white joints one can use to customize Magnus with less obtrusive matching white joints (although not enough joints of the right style are included to swap out all black joints to optimal effect).

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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection Figure, 2002)
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection Figure, 2003)

: "Movie preview" redeco of the Ultra Magnus PVC, based on the original toy's Diaclone colour scheme as seen in early trailers for the 1986 movie.

===Heroes of Cybertron===
[[Image:HOC-figure UltraMagnus.JPG|right|100px|thumb|]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Heroes of Cybertron, 2003)

:The Hasbro release of the ''Super Collection Figure'' Ultra Magnus was cast in blue plastic and painted almost entirely, except for the back of his head and his eyes, to allow for a [[light-piping]] gimmick.

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===Hard Hero Bust===
[[Image:Ultramagnushardhero.jpg|right|100px|thumb|He can't deal with his lack of legs right now...]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Hard Hero bust, 2004)

: The cold-cast porcelain bust of Ultra Magnus was the 13th in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of Transformers busts. It was designed from line art by [[Dan Khanna]].

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Ultra Magnus and Megatron''' (2007)

[[Image:RobotHeroes UltraMagnusMegatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He can't deal with his adorability right now!]]
: This is a small, non-transforming [[super-deformed]] figurine with limited articulation from the ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' line, in a two pack with Generation 1 Megatron. He may be the sassiest bitch on Cybertron.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:DiacloneMagnusAnime1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Do you guys think my hair would look better in blue?"]]
* In early promotional trailers/test footage for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Ultra Magnus can be seen in alternate [[Autobot City]] sequences in his toy's original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme, indicating the final coloration may have been a late change to the toy. This footage has appeared in various ''Transformers'' DVDs over the years.

* On that note, The ''Diaclone'' toy that would become Magnus --called "Powered Convoy"-- came in a couple different varieties. Aside from the version that was eventually turned into "Movie Preview" Magnus, there was a "Mekki" (meaning "chrome") version that used a lighter gray outer plastic and chromed the central body/lower ramps of the trailer unit. This Mekki version was also available in a multi-pack with a red version of the toy that would become [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the toy that would (20-ish years later) become [[Deep Cover]].

* The chest-plate for the large Magnus robot was originally a mini-jet for a single Diaclone pilot. The raised rectangle in the center is actually a mounting point for the large robot head, using the hole in the crest, which forms a booster engine and blasters for the craft. Because of this, the ''Diaclone'' version had wheels on its underside that were removed from the ''Transformers'' release.

* All versions of the ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy came with a red "Powered Buggy" partner-robot that transformed from a futuristic buggy (with a space for a Diaclone pilot) to robot, which could also use the large rifle in either mode. Why this was excised from the ''Transformers'' incarnation is unknown. The Italian [[Trasformer]] (sic) line by [[GiG]], however, ''did'' release the vehicle as the "Super Buggy" on its own.

* The "[[Sport Label]]" subline from [[Takara]] features a Convoy (Optimus Prime) that transforms into a Nike sneaker. A [[redeco]] of this mold was done in white and aqua, giving it [[Author intent|a very obvious]] Ultra Magnus vibe... but was marked as Convoy again. So, officially...

: (As an odd postscript to this tale of footwear-induced madness, although the promo pictures all showed the shoeformer as a white and navy blue sneaker that transforms into a white and aqua blue robot, the product actually released sported [''geddit?''] much darker colours for all the robot-mode parts, with a deep teal instead of aqua, and almost all the white replaced by an [[Neon|icky]] tan-cum-cream-cum-grey colour, including the head. Basically, the figure looks like the promo picture viewed through really dark sunglasses. Although this certainly doesn't make it look any more like Prime, you might argue that it looks a little less like Magnus. Sorta. Maybe. Not really.)

* Also in 2007, Takara's boutique "[[Music Label]]" line featured an all-white [[redeco]] of Optimus Prime using the Ultra Magnus retooling (as identified by the elongated wheel posts) and featuring a new, ball-jointed head sculpt (a miniaturization of the Masterpiece toy's) and pulling an all-new trailer that "transforms" (''charitably'') into a working iPod dock. However, much as you might think that this all-white Prime is [[Author intent|obviously intended]] to be yet another white-redeco Magnus... iPod Convoy is officially Optimus Prime, ''not'' Ultra Magnus. That makes it twice in one year that Takara has released a white Prime that is actually Optimus rather than Magnus. Dissed, Magnus. ''Dissed''.
* To add insult to injury, despite iPod Convoy ultilizing the Ultra Magnus toy's hubcaps, its retooled head is ''not'' compatible with Magnus' super robot head, meaning you can't even [[Personal canon|use him]] to give Magnus super-mode neck articulation. Dissed again, Magnus.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]

* [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Diaclone Powered Convoy at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)]

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Elphaorpha

2009-04-10T01:48:24Z

70.112.239.177: /* Beast Wars Neo */

{{factions|maximal|blendtron|unicron}}
:''Elephorca was once a [[Maximal]] but is now a [[Blendtron]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Elephorca1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I am the one hiding under your BED, teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing RED!]]
'''Elephorca''' is the field commander of the [[Blendtron]]s as well as their system of transportation. With a single swipe of his fist he can shatter reality itself and travel through time and space in an artificial black hole. As a warrior of [[Unicron]] all senses of justice and sympathy have been drained from his body, leaving him an emotionless killing machine. Able to grow to enormous sizes at will. The tusks on his shoulders are his pride and his symbol. Should anybody even so much as touch them he erupts in a chaotic fury, obliterating the opposition. He is possibly the most powerful Blentron and easily the most feared.

Sometimes there are lots of him. Oh ''crap''.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Elphaorpha''' (エルファオルファ ''Erufaorufa'')

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Yoshinobu Kaneko]] (Japanese)

Elephorca is the smartest of all the Blentrons and constructs their battle plans and calls out the orders during a fight.

Elephorca is one of the [[Blendtron]]s, who were servants of [[Unicron]]. Elephorca and the other Blendtrons totally made both [[Big Convoy]] and [[Magmatron]] look like wusses, and stole the [[Angolmois]] capsules. {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} They would then later use these capsules to revive Unicron in the body of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]. As a shoddy consolation gift, Unicron proceeded to absorb the Blendtrons into himself. {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}}

===''Beast Wars Neo'' comic===
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Elephorca machine.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Who will be eaten first?]]
''Elephorca is the dimmest of all the Blentrons and is basically a weapon of mass destruction for Unicron to point and fire. Once he was a loyal, though dimwitted Maximal colony construction bot. Unicron reshaped him into an absolute monster after forseeing a future need for a really big "stick with a nail in it". {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook 2}}''

Elephorca, with [[Drancron]] and [[Rartorata]], brought [[Angolmois]] capsules to [[Shokaract]] on the orders of Unicron, priming him as a "vessel". {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} Eventually, Shokaract got tired of the Blendtrons and left, prompting Drancron and Elephorca to be baffled about why Shokaract wasn't submissive to the will of Unicron. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Shortly thereafter, the Blendtrons went to Earth to deal with the Maximals and Predacons there. There, Elephorca was mauled to death by an Angolmois-infected [[Razorbeast]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
* '''Elphaorpha''' (Deluxe Blentron, 1999)

:''Japanese ID number'': '''X-7'''

: Elphaorpha is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxe [[Fuzor]] [[Torca]]. His beast mode is a combination of an orca and an elephant. His dorsal fin becomes his water-squirting accessory gun; moving the fin back and forth while still plugged into his back makes his tusks pinch in and out a little bit.

==External links==
[http://tfu.info/1999/Blendtron/Elephaorpha/elephaorpha.htm Elphaorca at TFU.info]

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