Ultra Magnus (Energon)
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| The name or term "Ultra Magnus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ultra Magnus (disambiguation). |
- Ultra Magnus is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy.
Ultra Magnus is a powerful fighter for the Autobots. Along with his companions the Space Mini-Con Team, he searches the galaxy for energon ore and defends it from the Decepticons and their Terrorcon armies.
Magnus' exact relationship with the Mini-Con Knock Out, who forms his robot-mode chest and head, is not yet understood. It is possible they are two separate entities who combine into a single physical being in robot mode, or "Ultra Magnus" might be merely a drone armor-unit, with Knock Out taking the Magnus name when using it.
Toys
Energon
- Ultra Magnus (Ultra, 2004)
- Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Overload from Armada, transforming into a weapons trailer/aircraft launcher with spring-loaded missiles. He came with Knock Out, who forms the robot mode's head, and activates electronic sounds when he is plugged into the robot mode's chest socket. Ultra Magnus also came with a redeco of the Space Mini-Con Team. He has a third "weapon mode" that can plug onto the back of the Armada Optimus Prime super-robot mode, or the Prime trailer's "base" mode.
- Magnus was originally going to be packed with a new-characters redeco of the Street Speed Mini-Con Team (Brakedown, Clocker and Override, no Team name given), but were changed towards the last minute. Popular fan-theory posits that this was due to their (intentional) semblance to the Super Stunt Mini-Con Team, but if that were the case, it seems that it would have been a lot easier on Hasbro's part to simply stick with the intended molds and change their colors rather than go through the process of changing the molds themselves. Exactly why the change to the Space Team was made has yet to be determined.
- The toy was a last-minute "eleventh hour" redeco, along with Rapid Run and Treadbolt. As such, their packaging photography had to be completed before properly-painted samples could be obtained, so the box-back photos use the original decos; Magnus' box also shows the original Street Speed Team rather than the Space Team.
- Magnus, Rapid Run and Treadbolt were all produced in smaller numbers than the rest of the normal retail Energon line, and were only available in the initial shipments. However, while Rapid Run and Treadbolt were fairly easy to acquire, Magnus' shipment saw a very limited release, quickly replaced with the second assortment in the US, making him hard to come by. Magnus later showed up in much larger numbers in Australia, Canada and some European markets, and was made available in Japan through e-Hobby with the box altered via a black and white sticker, reflecting the Space Team's addition. The back of the European release's box was further corrected, as the Mini-cons shown were changed along when more languages were added.
