Ultra Magnus (WFC)

The name or term "Ultra Magnus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ultra Magnus (disambiguation).

Duly Appointed Enforcer.

Ultra Magnus is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family.

Ultra Magnus is the hammer-wielding commander of the Wreckers, and one of Optimus Prime's closest lieutenants. He's more than capable of whipping even the worst disarray into military discipline, though he can get rather hung-up on protocol. Regardless, he's rightly feared among the Decepticon ranks.

Daring, strategically ingenious, and courageous to the point of recklessness, Ultra Magnus hammers back the Decepticon forces — literally.Alpha Trion, writing in the Covenant of Primus, Transformers: Exodus

Fiction

Aligned novels

Ultra Magnus was a sergeant of the Council Guardians who held back the Decepticons during the siege of the Hydrax Plateau spaceport despite overwhelming odds. Though the spaceport fell, Magnus and his main soldiers proved to be indispensable soldiers and were dubbed the "Wreckers". The Wreckers were crucial to holding Tagan Heights, battling Devastator and buying time for the scientists there to build the Protectobot combiner Defensor.

When Megatron corrupted the core of Cybertron with Dark Energon, Ultra Magnus and his Wreckers had destroyed an armored convoy on the Iacon-Hydrax road. They guarded the entrance at the Well of All Sparks with Cliffjumper while Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Jetfire descended to purge the core. When the Ark was completed, Ultra Magnus offered to stay behind and fight off Trypticon when the gargantuan Decepticon emerged. Trypticon transformed into the Nemesis and pursued the Ark into space, but with his Wreckers and Omega Supreme along with other remaining Autobots, Magnus was ready to battle Shockwave's new regime. Exodus

Exiles

Rage of the Dinobots

Of course I've heard of cows.

After Optimus Prime and Megatron had left Cybertron, there was still a convoy of ships that was trying to escape what was left of the war. This convoy was escorted by Ultra Magnus and the Dinobots, who fended the escape crafts from Decepticon saboteurs. After saving Swoop from the Decepticons who had surrounded him, Ultra Magnus and his personal craft exploded and crashed. Ultra Magnus was pulled from the wreckage by surviving members of the long-lost Predacon faction and relocated to their hideout. Their commander, Ser-Ket, reported to her master, Shockwave, that Ultra Magnus was theirs and ready to be re-forged. Rage of the Dinobots issue 1

Before Ser-Ket's Decepticons could get to him, Ultra Magnus was broken out of his cell by the Dinobots, who were searching for a captured Swoop. After letting them know that the lost Dinobot had also fallen into Ser-Ket's clutches, he accompanied his rescuers to the prison's roof where they were confronted by Ser-Ket and her new minion... and a re-forged Swoop. Rage of the Dinobots issue 2 Believing Swoop to be lost, Ultra Magnus suggested they leave him and focus on rescuing the other Autobots in the prison, but Grimlock ignored him and challenged Ser-Ket to a duel. Rage of the Dinobots issue 3 Ser-Ket was defeated, only for her master Shockwave to appear, defeat Ultra Magnus and the others with an EMP, and bring them to his lab to finish his experiments on the Dinobots. Everyone but Grimlock was left in a cell, but broke out by having Magnus and Slug fake an argument, tricking the guards into opening the cell to try to calm them down. After the Dinobots rescued Grimlock and defeated the avatar Shockwave was using to experiment on him, Ultra Magnus joined the rest of the Autobot fleet in space while the Dinobots elected to remain on Cybertron. Rage of the Dinobots issue 4

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Michael Ironside (English), Dieter Brian Gerlach (German), Dafnis Fernández (Latin American Spanish)

My shoulder-pads may be huge, but they're regulation.

Ultra Magnus was Optimus Prime's second in command in the war for Cybertron Scattered and was a member of the Elite Guard. Evolution Ultra Magnus was assigned to head the Wreckers unit by Optimus Prime, in the hopes Magnus could instill some discipline into them. Project Predacon His appointment resulted in Wheeljack leaving the team. Chain of Command After the Great Exodus, Ultra Magnus wandered space in a ship searching for other survivors, reuniting with some but often only seeing them killed by Decepticons Scattered

Years later, after the fall of Cybertron, Ultra Magnus detected a huge energy surge heading towards Earth and followed it there to search for Autobot energy traces. Prey He set down in front of the nearest signal to find Arcee and a native life-form. Scattered After establishing proper chain of command, he took them aboard and proceeded to the next energy traces, only to find Wheeljack and Bulkhead fighting a huge metal dragon. He picked the pair up along with another native life-form. The beast gave chase but he eventually managed to knock it off the top of his spaceship by flying through a canyon. Magnus tracked the remaining Autobot traces to a wrecked Decepticon ship and found Ratchet and Bumblebee. Assuming command in Optimus Prime's absence, Ultra Magnus introduced the Autobots to his weapons locker. Prey

Magnus led an attack on Darkmount with the goal of destroying Darkmount's fusion cannons so agent Fowler could destroy the fortress with a squad of jets. Using the kids as a means of dividing the Decepticon forces, Magnus flew his ship into battle and used it to lure the Predacon through a GroundBridge. When the Autobot forces got into trouble, he assaulted the fusion cannon control room himself, only to encounter Megatron though he was out ranked and outclassed and was quickly defeated. Beaten and dragged to the throne room, Ultra Magnus was about to be executed after refusing to tell Megatron where Optimus was, even though he himself didn't know. His salvation came when Optimus Prime arrived in a more... robust form and trounced Megatron. Magnus knocked out Starscream and flew his ship to safety as Optimus destroyed the power core Following the destruction of Darkmount, Magnus joined the Autobots at a human military base, where he passed command back to Optimus. Rebellion

Magnus went to the Autobots' old base to scavenge what he could along with Wheeljack. Upon their return, Wheeljack tried lobbing his old lobbing ball at Bulkhead, but when the Wrecker failed to catch it, it almost crushed Miko. Ultra Magnus then angrily vilified Wheeljack, causing the Wrecker to storm off. Magnus was later instructed by Optimus Prime to lead Bulkhead and Wheeljack in a response team to a Decepticon sighting in Scotland. He took the Forge of Solus Prime with him, hoping to put it to some practical use. Project Predacon He remained unimpressed with Wheeljack's failure to follow orders, and even more so when it turned out the Wrecker had brought Miko along. Their infiltration of the Decepticon mining operation was interrupted by the arrival of the Predacon, which led to the three Wreckers' fighting the beast in a cavern while Miko went to contact base. The battle turned to disaster when one of Wheeljack's grenades brought the place down on them, and the Predacon got away with the fossil it was after. The resulting tension between Wheeljack and Ultra Magnus resulted in the former opting to leave the team. Chain of Command By the time Magnus and Bulkhead had flown back to base, Wheeljack had been talked into staying. Plus One

Ultra Magnus continued to find himself having trouble fitting in with Team Prime, even being ditched when Optimus Prime would return to base. Optimus was talking to Magnus about his commanding issues when they detected raw energon being moved. Magnus joined the others in capturing it then exploring the mine with the Wreckers, and Smokescreen. He and Wheeljack explored one side of the mine and stumbled on Shockwave's laboratory full of Predacon clones. After engaging Shockwave they destroyed it, only to encounter Predaking, now able to transform into a robot, on their way out. Despite acquitting themselves well against the Predacon, the pair were soundly defeated, with the Predacon breaking the Forge and crushing Magnus's right hand. Only the intervention of Optimus saved them. They returned to base for repairs, and as Ratchet did what he could for Magnus's hand, Optimus told him that on Earth, Team Prime had become a family. Evolution

The Claaaawwww...

With the technology available, Ratchet was only able to supply Magnus with a makeshift claw to replace his hand. To make things worse, Magnus was forced to stay at base, forbidden to go out into battle until he had recovered some dexterity in his new appendage. With some persuasion on Wheeljack's behalf, Magnus was allowed to go on a mission to the Solaris particle collider in Antarctica. He led the other Autobots into the base while Optimus faced Predaking outside, and the team ran into heavy Vehicon resistance. Minus One Magnus actually managed to get the better of Shockwave, only for Predaking to arrive and take both Shockwave and the generator. Returning to base, the Autobots found that Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave, but Magnus was determined that they wouldn't give up. Persuasion

"See you at the party."

They launched a probe carrying Laserbeak's transponder and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Ultra Magnus ordered everyone to gear up before leading them through the GroundBridge to assault the Nemesis. Synthesis The three Wreckers were ordered to take the bridge, however no sooner did they reach their target than Soundwave bridged them to another part of the ship. Magnus informed the others that his team would be delayed, and in fact when they reached the bridge again, it had already been captured by Jack and Miko. With the warship until their control, the Autobots flew it to Cybertron and used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. After Optimus's obligatory speech, Magnus shared a mutual salute with Fowler before returning home. Deadlock

I think I'll just take a nap now.

Following the ceremony promoting Bumblebee to warrior, Optimus Prime disembarked with Wheeljack to find the AllSpark and left Ultra Magnus in charge during his absence. Ultra Magnus took part in patrols to try and find the missing Starscream, Shockwave and Predaking. Instead he and Smokescreen ran into Darksteel and Skylynx, and despite Magnus's best attempts he was severely injured in the ensuing battle against Skylynx. Tended to by Ratchet, Magnus missed out on the battle to defeat Unicron, leaving Bumblebee to take command of the team in his absence. He was present and conscious, albeit on a reclining medical table when Optimus Prime gave a final speech and sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. Predacons Rising

Tales of the Beast Hunters

Out on patrol, Magnus spotted Grimwing. He immediately attacked, striking the Predacon with the Forge of Solus Prime, only to find himself being disarmed and severely damaged in response. Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 16

Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

"I can't make this joke right now."

Voice actor: Jamieson Price (English)

Following Trypticon's crash-landing and subsequent rampage on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus took part in the Autobot counter-attack on the beast. At one point, he was pinned down by enemy fire, and asked Jetfire and Ironhide for assistance.

Somehow Ultra Magnus got corrupted by Dark Energon and left in the sewers, likely by the Decepticons who are known to do that sort of thing. There he ran around randomly breaking things until the Autobots, unaware of his presence, placed a bomb in the sewers, intending to prevent them from falling under Decepticon control. When the Autobots detected a strange signal coming from the collapsing sewers, they sent in a small team to investigate. The team was confronted with the sight of Magnus crashing through a wall, and realized he'd been corrupted. With time short, the Autobots fought Ultra Magnus until the Dark Energon was purged from his system and he regained his senses. Then they all high-tailed it out of the sewers before the final collapse. Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

Ultra Magnus is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of War for Cybertron, unlocked by defeating him in the "Sewer 6" arena mission.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Don't mind the badge.

Ultra Magnus does not appear in the campaign of Fall of Cybertron. However, he is available in multiplayer if the Havoc DLC pack is downloaded.

Fall of Cybertron

Top Trumps

"This is for you new people: I only have one rule. Everyone fights. No one quits. You don't do your job, I'll shoot you. You get me?"

One of the most fearsome warriors the Autobots have, Ultra Magnus commands an elite special forces unit. Top Trumps: Transformers Prime

Toys

Cyberverse

Can't deal with lying down on the job.

• Ultra Magnus (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
  • Series / Number: 02 / 007
  • Japanese release date: 7-28-2012
  • Japanese ID number: EZ-16
  • Accessories: Battle hammer/Cannon

Part of the third wave of Prime Series 2 Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Ultra Magnus transforms into a truck and back! This version of Magnus is a new mold of a one-piece flat-bed truck, and he features a translucent chest and front windshield to interact with the light-up features of the various Cyberverse playsets. He comes with a translucent blue hammer which can also transform into an artillery cannon, and he can hold the weapon in either mode with his hands, or store it on a 3mm post on his roof/back. Additionally, he has 3mm peg-holes on his toolboxes/forearms, his truck rear, and on either side of his hammerhead/cannon base. In order to accommodate holding the hammer by the haft, Magnus's hands are molded unusually open, likely in order to avoid stress marks and/or breakage.

He also has fake wheels on the insides of his legs, in order to emulate the look of his Voyager Class toy (see below), whose transformation he can't completely mimic.

• More information on Cyberverse Ultra Magnus at TFU.info

• Ultra Magnus (Cyberverse Commander, 2014)
  • Accessories: Forge

Part of the first wave of 2014 Prime: Beast Hunters Cyberverse Commander Class toys, Ultra Magnus is a retool/redeco of Series 2 Cyberverse Commander Class Optimus Prime, reflecting his depiction in the third season of the Prime cartoon. Transforming into a long-nosed truck, he comes with the Forge, a hammer that can be held by his hands, or store/mount onto numerous 3mm ports on his person. Additionally, the Forge features a 5mm post near its hammerhead, allowing it to store on his trailer hitch port.

Prime

Probably hangs out with Fireburst Optimus Prime.

Magnus in Pajamas.

• Ultra Magnus (Voyager, 2012)
  • Series / Number: 1 / 006
  • Japanese release date: 12-15-2012
  • Japanese ID number: AM-27
  • Accessories: Blaster cannon/Battle hammer & missile (Hasbro only), Arms Micron Ulma (TakaraTomy only)

Part of the fourth wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, this larger-scale Magnus comes with a (non-firing) rocket, as well as massive artillery cannon that transforms into a "battle hammer", with its hammerhead illuminated by an LED. Unlike all the other Voyager Class light-up weapons in the line, the cannon is capable of locking into hammer mode. These weapons can peg onto any of his numerous 5mm mounting points. Nominally, the instructions tell you to peg the cannon's hammerhead posts onto both of the flip-out 5mm socket-mounts on his truck bed, but it can only securely peg onto one of them at a time thanks to slightly mis-aligned pegs/mounts.

He is mis-transformed in his stock photography, with the rear truck wheels left sticking out of his lower legs, rather than folding around his calves. It also depicts him having additional paint operations which were omitted from the final product, such as the red paint on the upper half of his chest, and the silver paint on his abdomen, smokestacks, and truck bed sides. Additionally, the weapon's locking mechanism appears to have been retooled for the final toy. These stock photo errors are present in the robot mode render seen in the Top Trumps section of this page, with said render (from the waist up) being used as this toy's package art.

The TakaraTomy release, part of the ninth wave of Japanese Prime toys, features numerous differences from the Hasbro release. His blue plastic is brighter and non-metallic, his grille, toes, and sculpted shoulder rockets are a brighter gray, and his arms, thighs, and hands are a darker gray. Most of his paint operations have been replaced with customer-applied foil stickers, and of what paint remains, his white has been replaced by yellow, his silver is brighter, and his red is more matte. Instead of the Hasbro accessories, he comes with his Arms Micron partner Ulma, who transforms into his hammer. The hammer can still be wielded two-handed, but doesn't make a particularly convincing artillery cannon.

• More information on Robots in Disguise Ultra Magnus at TFU.info

Generations

"Yeah, that was my sword phase. I... don't want to talk about it."

• Ultra Magnus (Deluxe, 2012)
  • Series / Number: 1 / 009
  • Japanese release date: 02-23-2013
  • Japanese ID number: TG11

• Accessories: Three-piece sword, blaster

Part of the third wave of 2012 Generations Deluxe Class toys, Fall of Cybertron Ultra Magnus is a blue, white, red, black, and silver retool/redeco of Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime, retaining the blaster, and coming with a new head and sword. The blaster features two 5mm posts at the top and bottom, while the sword features 5mm posts for its handle and on its side, and is modeled after the blade used by Optimus at the end of Fall of Cybertron campaign. The sword is actually made up of three pieces, which can combine with the blaster to form an even bigger sword, with the two blade halves clipping onto slots present on the blaster's body, and the handle being pegged onto the blaster's handle. Ultra Magnus features numerous 5mm ports for storage and mounting, such as his hands, arms, robot back, smokestacks, the sides of his legs/truck rear, and the soles of his feet (which end up on top of the truck rear).

Unusually, his stock photography depicts him with fewer paint operations than the final product, with the final toy having black paint details on his lower legs that the toy in the stock photo lacks.

The TakaraTomy version of Ultra Magnus is cast in a brighter shade of blue with a coast of metallic blue paint on his torso, and features gray plastic and paint rather than white. He also features numerous new paint details to highlight his sculpted details, as well as blue eyes.

• More information on Generations Ultra Magnus at TFU.info

Beast Hunters

Two can play at this game, Prime!

• Ultra Magnus (Voyager, 2013)
  • Series / Number: 2 / 005
  • Accessories: Forge of Solus battle hammer, backpack, two missiles

Part of the third wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Voyager Class toys, Ultra Magnus is now a retool/redeco of the "Robots in Disguise" Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy. He lacks the smokestacks from previous versions of this mold, and his forearms sport the additional 5mm post holes from the TakaraTomy Arms Micron release of Optimus Prime. His shoulders can be flipped down to be used as built-in pressure-firing missile launchers, and the missiles can store on clips on said shoulders.

He comes with a larger-scale "Forge of Solus battle hammer", which features a 5mm handle. He also comes with a winged backpack that is similar in appearance to the one used by "Beast Hunters" Optimus Prime. Its wings each feature a clip for missile storage, and the backpack is stored in vehicle mode by mounting all three of its 5mm pegs onto the truck rear peg-holes. The backpack has a tab and peg-hole for storing the hammer in either mode.

Most Ultra Magnus toys are mis-assembled: His leg panels have been swapped compared to his stock photography and to other uses of this mold. Additionally, his instructions and stock photography depict him with smokestacks that he doesn't have anymore. His instructions also include the sixteenth chapter of the Tales of the Beast Hunters series. The original TakaraTomy version of this mold was redecoed to make Prime AM-25 Nemesis Prime.

Platinum Edition

... And then his side-view mirrors became a whole lot more useless.

• Ultra Magnus (Weaponizer, 2013)
  • 03 OF 30
  • Accessories: Forge of Solus Battle Hammer, blaster cannon

Platinum Edition 'Thrilling 30' Ultra Magnus is a retool/redeco of the "Robots in Disguise" Weaponizer Class Optimus Prime toy. He retains the blaster cannon accessory, and additionally comes with a different and even larger version of the "Forge of Solus Battle Hammer", which can only be held via two smaller 5mm handles on either end of the haft. The Forge can mount onto the rear of his truck mode, or store in robot mode by clipping tightly onto the grille on his back. As the entire grille is painted, clipping the Forge onto it will inevitably result in paint chipping. He features additional 5mm ports on his shoulders and legs/truck rear.

His main gimmicks, however, are the two large, blue-and-white mini-guns hidden in his back/hood, which can deploy and "weaponize" either mode. When deployed, the mini-guns swing out from his back/hood and spin, while a red LED inside his torso lights up briefly. The mini-guns swing down to the sides of his head in robot mode, and can also be deployed in vehicle mode when one manually opens the grille. Pushing down on the blue lever on the center his torso (in either mode) briefly lights up the LED again and swings the mini-guns back into their hiding places.

Notes

You are looking... robust, SIR!

• Magnus's hammer is a reference to the Animated Ultra Magnus, while his role as leader of the Cybertronian resistance and the Wreckers references his Generation 1 counterpart in the Marvel UK comic series and the Dreamwave Productions comic series. His personality in Prime is based on his IDW counterpart: a stiff bore obsessed with rules and regulations who travels from planet to planet in his own personal spacecraft.
• An image with Ultra Magnus's head and collar appears under the false name of "Optimus Prime" when Orion Pax was researching the name in "Orion Pax, Part 2".
• Given Magnus and Optimus in Prime cartoon share the same body-type, it is no surprise that Magnus wields the exact same built-in gun type as Optimus.