Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys

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He can't deal with the obligatory joke now!

Sometimes Ultra Magnus looks a lot like Optimus Prime. There are a lot of Optimus Prime toys, and they need to be redecoed into SOMETHING. Ergo...

Toys

Generation 1

Honkimus Prime
  • Ultra Magnus (1986)
    • 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" figure, itself a redeco and slight retool of "Battle Convoy", the toy that became the original Optimus Prime figure, sporting a new trailer. One of the last few Diaclone toys to be released in the Transformers toyline, Magnus was recolored from the original toy's dark blue, red and black color scheme into a more patriotic red, white and blue, though his chestplate, which was rendered white in his package art followed a more the blue color scheme of his shoulders. He transforms into a Freightliner COE, towing a car-carrier trailer capable of transporting up to four normal-sized Autobot cars. As with Optimus Prime, his cab transforms into a small robot, which can then combine with the trailer to form a "super robot", although all original Generation 1 fiction prior to the 21st century ignored this and simply rendered the super robot as Magnus's default robot form. To facilitate this combination, Magnus sports a slightly longer front axle than Prime, thereby creating tabs on either side of the cab that slide into grooves in the trailer to help lock the small robot into place. He is armed with a rifle sporting two handles that allow either of his robot modes to hold it, and two shoulder-mounted missile launchers, whose spring-loaded firing mechanism was removed for the Hasbro release of the figure.
The Diaclone Powered Convoy figure had several additional features and modes which were mostly excised or left unmentioned for the Transformers release of Ultra Magnus. Principally, Powered Convoy came packaged with "Powered Buggy", who was left out of Magnus's release (see notes below for further details). Omitted from Magnus's instructions is the ability of his chestplate and super robot head to combine to form a small vehicle; the Powered Convoy version of the figure included small rolling wheels on the underside of the chestplate which were removed for Ultra Magnus. Additionally, three additional modes were included in the Diaclone instructions that Hasbro left out: a "preparation base" mode and an "Autobot base" mode were excluded entirely, while the third, a "catapult launcher" mode originally intended and proportioned to accommodate the Diaclone Jet Robo figure that became Starscream, was shown only on the front of his packaging, interacting with Silverbolt. The Japanese release of Ultra Magnus—released as part of the Scramble City sub-line—did include instructions for the preparation base and catapult launcher modes, but replaced the original Autobot base mode with a new configuration.
The original Ultra Magnus figure has been reissued and redecoed several times down the years, and this article strives to list each edition of the figure under its own heading. The first alteration to Magnus, however, was a running change made while he was still on shelves: Originally, his tires were made of rubber and he sported paint on both his small and large robot heads, but this version was soon replaced with one featuring plastic tires and no paint on either head. In addition, the clear yellow plastic that formed his windows was removed from the cab, leaving just holes instead; and his thighs and fuel tanks were left white, as opposed to the vacuum metalized chrome ones of the original release.
The small robot component, as well as being part of Optimus Prime, was also released with a different trailer as Pepsi Convoy.


  • Ultra Magnus (2000)
    • 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 was first reissued in Japan in December of 2000, featuring no discernible changes from the original Japanese edition of the figure. His packaging sported a metallic golden sticker commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of the Transformers franchise in Japan.
This reissue of Magnus was accompanied by two exclusive redecos, noted below.


Till All Go Number One!
  • 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 an entirely translucent yellow trailer, Shining Magnus is intended to recall the moment in the The Transformers: The Movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its light. Which was... blue. Yeah, we're not sure how that works.
Shining Magnus was one of two exclusive redecos released in the wake of the 2000 reissue of the original Ultra Magnus toy. Limited to only 800 pieces, it was available only at the 20th Century Toy Museum toy show, held on December 26, 2000 at the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Yokohama, Japan. The toy is sometimes known as "Matrix Glow Magnus" amongst collectors, or less favorably, "Urine Magnus".


Blue Honkimus Prime
  • Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen 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 Transformers: The Movie, promotional footage for the movie was released that depicted Ultra Magnus in the black, red and dark blue color scheme of the original Diaclone Powered Convoy toy. As the second of two exclusive redecos released in the wake of the 2000 reissue of the original Ultra Magnus toy, the "Movie Preview Version" (予告編バージョン Yokokuhen Bājon)[1] of Ultra Magnus paid homage to this early appearance. He is just a redeco of the Magnus figure, however, and so despite his resemblance to the Diaclone figure, he still lacks that toy's exclusive features, like Powered Buggy, wheels in his chestplate, and a Diaclone pilot.
Movie Preview Version Ultra Magnus was available exclusively at Toy Festival 2001, held on February 26, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan, limited to 1,500 pieces.


Transform Jr

And thus a trend is foreshadowed
  • Ultra Magnus (Gokin, 1985)
    • Japanese ID number: C-69
    • Accessories: Laser Blaster, two fists (left and right), head, cardboard trailer
As one of the first Transform Jr toys, this version of Ultra Magnus was released under the early name for the series, Transform Gōkin. Naturally, the figure is a redeco of the Transform Jr Optimus Prime toy, a smaller, simplified version of the original Generation 1 cab robot figure intended as a low-cost alternative for younger children. Magnus features a similar transformation to his larger toy, with a removable head in addition to fists, but lacks rubber tires and translucent windows. As with most other Transform Jr figures, he lacked most of his major accessories, coming only with a rifle (a white redeco of Prime's gun, rather than Magnus's own unique weapon) and a cardboard replacement for his trailer that had to be assembled by the buyer, and which unsurprisingly, could not form armor.


  • Ultra Magnus vs Galvatron (multi-pack, 1987)
    • Accessories: Laser Blaster, two fists (left and right), head, cardboard trailer
Later, by the time the line had been rebranded with the more familiar Jr title, the Magnus figure was re-released in a two-pack with a vinyl figurine of Galvatron, which also came with a die-cast figurine of Metroplex.


Commemorative Series

So the reissue was later reissued....All right, give me the bomb.
  • Ultra Magnus (2002/2012)
    • 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
Part of their Commemorative Series of Generation 1 reissues, Ultra Magnus was released in the first series (Series I) and has proper functional missile launches for the first time in the western hemisphere, but this meant that, like all the other Commemorative Series toys with renewed firing projectiles, his formerly short missiles were infamously lengthened for safety reasons to absurdity. Additionally, like the Commemorative Optimus Prime toy, his smokestacks were shortened to prevent breakage.
The figure was given a surprise re-release in late 2012, and aside from the new tampographed copyright label behind the super-robot's left leg (with the year labeled as 2011), the figure is largely similar to its previous Commemorative release. Despite early product listings by online stores depicting the figure with long smokestacks,[2] the stacks are actually still short like on the previous release.[3] In any case, mold deterioration is beginning to catch up to the tooling.


Universe

Yeah, he's disorderly and consumed with revenge. That sounds like our Magnus.
  • Ultra Magnus with Over-Run vs. Treadshot with Nightbeat (Battle in a Box, 2004)
A redeco of the Super-Con (aka Deluxe) version of Armada Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus transforms into a long-nosed tractor-trailer cab of made-up model. Attaching a Mini-Con to the Powerlinx plug on his back activates a double-fisted "punching" gimmick. His smokestacks can be removed from his forearms, but don't really do anything if you do so, so why bother?
Magnus was available only in a Universe "Battle in a Box" set with his Mini-Con partner Over-Run, and the Decepticon-allied pairing of Treadshot and his Mini-Con partner Nightbeat. The set was available only at "market six" stores like Kohl's, at the same time as the Smokescreen/Ransack set.
All known samples of Ultra Magnus have his forearms misassembled; they were put on the wrong arms, so he does not have the full range of motion in his elbows. While it is possible to correct this, that the forearms are lightly glued together makes this fix daunting.
This mold was also used to make Armada Nemesis Prime.


Masterpiece

I looked like this in a comic once. ONCE!
  • Ultra Magnus (2004/2005/2008)
    • 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. Dammit, 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 quality control issues much like that of Convoy Perfect Edition, such as bad paint applications and chipping, misaligned doors, and even mis-assembled headlights which have been installed upside down.
Like all the Japanese versions of this mold, Ultra Magnus features different images on his communicators than all other releases. In his case he features Optimus Prime and a digital readout.
This mold was also used to make "Masterpiece Convoy Black Version".


Y'know what? He can deal with this now.
  • Ultra Magnus (12-27-2014)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-22
    • Accessories: Super Blaster Gun, 2 missiles, Spike figure, Daniel figure, left & right Matrix hands, neutral face, screaming face
The second release of Masterpiece Ultra Magnus is an all new, much more show-accurate mold, transforming into a car carrier with a functioning gate/ramp. He can carry 4 smaller Masterpiece Autobots in the top and bottom of his trailer, which features small indents to stop them from rolling off. While the cab in his vehicle mode is heavily modeled on the MP-10 Optimus Prime mold, it doesn't transform into a separate albino Optimus Prime figure, but rather folds inside-out to form his upper torso. The cab is much lighter than the MP-10 cab (due to it being hollow), and neither can carry the other's trailer due to differences in the height of the back section and a different attachment process.
He is designed to interact with the Matrix of Leadership of MP-10 Optimus Prime in many ways: His chest opens to reveal a Matrix compartment, and he comes with an extra pair of hands specifically molded to hold the Matrix. To complement this, his regular, "neutral" face can be replaced with an alternative "screaming" face. Both faces can store on a panel in his back, and removing his face reveals a white face-plated design underneath the helmet, as a reference to the "Albino Optimus in armor" design of the original toy.
For his other accessories and features, he comes with his gun, and his two non-firing shoulder missile launchers. The gun stores in the trailer in vehicle mode, while the launchers have removable missiles, and are no longer detachable, instead being connected to poseable armatures. Finally, he also comes with articulated figurines of Spike and Daniel, who can ride in his cab in vehicle mode.
The artwork on the spec card and instruction booklet are in a different style to other TakaraTomy Masterpiece releases. Also, early stock photos depicted him with red inner legs and a gray gun.
If bought in Asian markets outside Japan, Ultra Magnus comes with a collector coin. The coin comes in a package designed after Ultra Magnus's chest, although the white "belt" is upside-down compared to the Masterpiece figure.
In Australia, Ultra Magnus is a Toys"R"Us exclusive, being limited to 400 pieces. This release has a different box design (the same artwork as the instruction manual on the regular release) and instructions in English.


G-2

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, G-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 becomes a windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy (and the original Ultra Magnus's cab). His main gimmick is light-up LED headlights and a lightpipe in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that illuminates his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they are placed in that hand. All three LEDs are 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, these are 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's hand) and a "disc launcher" that fires 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 toy, and thus has smooth discs and a less pointy sword. This mold was also planned to be used for the canceled Universe Toxitron toy.

Classics

Arctic Camo Prime!
  • Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City (Multi-pack, 2007)
    • Accessories: Smokestack/laser cannons, Wind vane/blaster
A Target-exclusive redeco of Classics Voyager Class Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus transforms into a modern cab-over style truck of made up model, dominated by a large wind vane on his roof. In robot mode, his wind vane transforms into a large ion blaster, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller laser cannon. Additionally, both weapons can combine together to form a double-barreled over-shoulder weapon. As with most Classics toys, he features a heat-sensitive rubsign.
He was released with Skywarp as part of the "Battle for Autobot City" set. He was also available in Woolworth stores throughout the United Kingdom.
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) and darker blue on his thighs. Also, his red eyes are replaced with blue light-piped eyes, and it seems the smokestacks/double-barreled gun were originally going to be cast or painted white instead of the final version's unpainted black.
The mold was also used to make Timelines/Shattered Glass Optimus Prime, Universe Nemesis Prime,Cloud Optimus Prime and BotCon 2014 Ginrai.


  • Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus (Multi-pack, 2007)
    • Accessories: Smokestack/laser cannons, Wind vane/blaster
In Asian markets, such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines, Ultra Magnus was also made available as part of a special two-pack with Voyager Class Optimus Prime in late 2007. Aside from the unique packaging, the toys are identical to their single releases.


Titanium Series

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's cab and trailer are one piece, rather than a partformer like the Generation 1 toy version, although the cab is only held on by a peg and can be detached, resulting in a small, super-deformed 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 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 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. For some reason, on the side of each of Magnus's legs/ the back of his vehicle mode trailer there are white flip-out wing shaped panels. The paint on these panels flakes off easily, so it's best never to touch them. Like most, if not all, 6-inch Titaniums, his joints are very floppy. His left shoulder on some copies is one of the loosest (if not the loosest) ball joints on a Transformers figure ever. In another possible mis-assembly issue, the figure's knees bend far more forwards than backwards. Strangely, the molded detail on the tops of the thighs contradicts this being a mis-assembly. The vehicle mode also has a hard time staying as it should as very few pieces actually tab together.
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.


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, transforming into a Cybertronian truck mode used by Prime (but not Magnus) in "The War Within" comics. The original Prime figure was personally designed by comic artist Don Figueroa, who created the original comic design in the first place, and his signature is left on the figure in the most literal way: The word "DON" can be seen sculpted into the barrel of his gun.
As a Titanium Series figure, Magnus is made in large part from die-cast metal, but like so many of the other toys in the Titanium line, his plastic joints have trouble supporting his heavy metal weight. He comes with the generic display stand shared by all of the 6" "Cybertron Heroes", with a unique, removable nameplate.


Alternity

Because a car carrier isn't a car.
  • Ultla Magnus [sic] [Brilliant White Pearl] (2010)
    • Japanese ID number: A-01U
An e-HOBBY-exclusive redeco of Alternity Convoy, Ultra Magnus transforms into a white 1:32 scale Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.
The e-HOBBY version came packed with an exclusive comic book. A version available elsewhere in Asia is identical to the e-HOBBY version except it does not include the exclusive pack-in comic (like most e-HOBBY exclusives released outside of Japan).
The mold suffers from a minor design oversight, wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.
This mold was also used to make Convoy Super Black and Alternity Dai Atlas, and retooled to make GT-R Saber, GT-R Megatron and GT-R Maximus.


United

If you can't afford the Masterpiece Ultra Magnus, you can still get yourself an albino Optimus Prime.
  • Ultra Magnus (09-29-2012)
    • Accessories: Smokestack/laser cannons, Wind vane/blaster
United Ultra Magnus is a redeco of his Classics toy, replacing his opaque blue plastic with white, omitting his blue and black paint operations, painting his hands and shin-vents white, adding silver paint to his kneepads, thighs, pelvis, and smokestack cannons, painting his mouthplate and crest blue, replacing his bronze-painted wheel rims with silver, and vacuum metallizing his vehicle grill and fenders.


Timelines

If I'm a mammoth I'm a very manly mammoth.
Representing the new body Ultra Magnus used in Beast Wars Shattered Glass, the Ultra Mammoth toy is a light blue and white redeco of Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy. Like Big Convoy, Ultra Mammoth is a shellformer, as practically all of his beast mode components are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. He technically has a beast "attack mode", in which his large cannon is folded out. His main body has a similar color scheme to Ultra Magnus's "Super Mode" (though with more white), and his head has the color scheme of regular Magnus.
In robot mode, Ultra Mammoth is absolutely chock-full of weapons and gimmicks. First and foremost, the spring-loaded Blue Bolts cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via 5mm post and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight. Second, his shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods. Third, he has flip-out tonfa melee weapons in his forearms. Fourth, the two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his anchor-shaped projectiles, which can be loosely held in his hands. Last, but certainly not least, his chest panel flips down, revealing a removable Matrix toy accessory in vacuum-metalized sliver with a transparent blue center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.
The anchor-shaped Thunderstrike missiles have been retooled since the previous two uses of this mold, presumably for safety reasons, and as a result can no longer be kept loaded in beast mode. The instructions refer to the space in his chest as a "Dead Matrix annex" despite it containing the Reconfiguration matrix.
Ultra Mammoth is one of the first six Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive figures to be offered via the Figure Subscription Service in 2013.
This mold was also used to make Beast Wars Neo Black Big Convoy and Universe Nemesis Prime. The Ultra Mammoth figure was also repurposed as a different guy also called Ultra Mammoth.


Beast Hunters

Cloud Ultra Magnus was repurposed from Prime: Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus. Part of the third wave of Prime: Beast Hunters Voyager Class toys, Ultra Magnus is 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. This is easily fixed by unscrewing the panels and swapping them. 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.

Ultra Magnus Pen

  • Transformers Ultra Magnus Pen (2014)
    • Accessories: Blaster
A white redeco of Optimus Prime Pen produced by Sentinel as part of the 30th anniversary of Transformers, Ultra Magnus Pen is a well-articulated robot that folds into the shape of a rather chunky, but functional ballpoint pen. The tip of the pen is formed from his blaster, with the barrel acting as a cap. Ultra Magnus Pen was sold exclusively through HobbyLink Japan.
This mold was also used to make Black Convoy Pen.


Hero Mashers

File:HeroMashers OptimusPrime.jpg
Magnus: The Hand of Fate.
  • Optimus Prime (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
    • Pieces: 13
Part of the first wave of battle upgrade Hero Mashers toys, Optimus is a non-transforming robot who can swap any of his parts out with other Hero Mashers figure to create many combinations. He includes his iconic Energon axe, a large projectile-launching gun, another large gun and two missile packs.
He also includes Ultra Magnus's arm, which is a repaint of Bulkhead's missile launching arm but with the gimmick neutered.


Transformers (2014)

  • Ultra Magnus (Legion Class, 2015)
Legion Class Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Transformers (2010) Reveal the Shield Legends Class Optimus Prime, with the retooled hands and head/vehicle mode roof originally created for Generations GDO Legends Class Motorbreath. While the deco partially follows previous redecos of Optimus Prime figures as Ultra Magnus's "inner robot", with a teal/blue mouthplate, a teal/blue forehead crest paint operation, red eyes and blue/teal windows, it also features several rather odd deco choices, namely extremely dark charcoal gray legs (to the point of nearly looking black) and white wheels.
Ultra Magnus comes in packaging that is based on the packaging design for the concurrently released Combiner Wars-era Generations figures, but replaces the name Generations with "Authentic Transformers". Since Ultra Magnus and his wave-mates ship with three figures previously released under what we consider a generic Transformers (2014) toy line, all of them now in the new packaging style, we consider Ultra Magnus to be part of that line as well. The package art used for Ultra Magnus is hilariously inaccurate, as it is recolored from artwork originally created for the Legends mobile game, depicting Ultra Magnus's armored form colored as his inner robot.
The wave that contains Ultra Magnus has thus far been found at Fred's, Gordmans, Dollar General and Family Dollar stores in the United States, but was available at general retail in Hong Kong.

Generations

"You may take Albino Prime from me, but you can never leave my chest empty!"
  • Ultra Magnus (Leader class, 2015)
Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus is an all-new Leader Class mold, with a robot mode based on Nick Roche's design for the character in IDW Publishing's More than Meets the Eye and transforming into a truck and trailer. He includes a small Minimus Ambus, based on Alex Milne's design for the character, that can be stored inside his chest in robot mode. Artist Andrew Griffith also worked with Hasbro on Minimus's toy design and "cockpit" within Magnus.[4]
Ultra Magnus includes two 5mm guns, which can be combined with his shoulder-mounted missile launchers to form a large hammer weapon, in homage to the character's Animated and Prime incarnations. The door sculpted into Ultra Magnus's cab suggests that it is intended to represent a positively gargantuan vehicle, with the trailer being perhaps seven stories tall if scaled to a human. Hasbro representatives at Toy Fair 2015 said that his ladder sculpts were intended to match in scale similar ladder sculpts on Combiner Wars Devastator.
Ultra Magnus comes with a character card featuring his boxart.


Legends

  • Ultra Magnus (6-27-2015)
    • Japanese ID number: LG-14
    • Accessories: two guns, Alpha Trion figure
Transformers Legends Ultra Magnus is a redeco of the Generations Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus toy. Compared to the Hasbro release, Legends Ultra Magnus features a deco closer to his original toy (including his rifles). The figure will include a small Alpha Trion figure, which is repainted from Minimus Ambus.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.


Merchandise

Power Tronic

He's got the touch. In his brain.
  • Pulsating Light AM Radio (Nasta, 1986)
Pulsating Light AM Radio is a 7.5" tall AM radio in the shape of Ultra Magnus's head, produced by Nasta. It takes 4 AA batteries (two in each antenna) to make him sing, but when he does, his eyes and forehead light up.
The head of Ultra Magnus could be yours for just $12.99.


3-D Jigsaw Stand Up Puzzle

  • Ultra Magnus (1986)
This piece of Ultra Magnus merchandise was a jigsaw puzzle in disguise! The 100-piece puzzle, titled "Ultra Magnus frees Bumblebee from the Decepticon Ice Cave!", depicted Magnus approaching a frozen Hubcap (though identified as Bumblebee) in battle with the Insecticons, but once broken down, the puzzle pieces could be assembled into a three-dimensional model of Ultra Magnus in either robot or truck mode, albeit with a red Optimus Prime-style cab, instead of his own traditional white.

Electronic Voice Synthesizer

  • Hero (1986)
Sculpted in the likeness of Ultra Magnus but unnamed on its blister card packaging, this "Electronic Voice Synthesizer" ran on a 9-volt battery and allowed children to "talk like a robot" by mouthing words into the plastic straw attached to its back and holding down the button on its side. Remember, "robots talk slowly and enunciate each word"! Since it was able to create synthesized speech from mouth movements without sound, the toy was used as an inexpensive replacement for electrolarynx devices.[5][6][7][8]


Watch

  • Ultra Magnus (Watch, 1986, 1993)
Ultra Magnus was one of three Transformers watches (the others being Superion & Galvatron) released by Takara, first in Japan in 1986, and then internationally, in the USA in 1993 as merchandise for the Generation 2 toyline. The watch featured Ultra Magnus's torso with a clock in his chest which "transformed" with the push of a lever into a full, tiny figure complete with legs, standing up on the watch band. The figure cannot be removed from the watch, but the arms do rotate. The watches were considered "roleplay" items in Japan, representing wrist-communicators.


Vinyl figurine

We can assure you it is not a knockoff.
  • Scramble Gun Set (1986)
    • Japanese ID number: Part.2
Like the Galvatron figure packaged with Transform Jr Ultra Magnus listed above, Ultra Magnus was one of several characters released by Takara as large vinyl figurines in a variety of sets, in packaging similar to the Transform Jr line (though lacking the "Jr" part of the logo). Magnus came packaged with a roleplay pistol (the titular "Scramble Gun"), an Autobot badge, and four peach-colored Decoy figures. He took the place of a figure of Optimus Prime, who had been included in the "Part.1" version of the set.
200pts for hitting Magnus
  • Dart Game (1986)
The Ultra Magnus vinyl figure was also included in a TF packaged Dart Gun set. This set included the Ultra Magnus figure, dart scoreboard, dart gun, two darts and a green plastic watch.


Transformers Gum

  • Ultra Magnus (1986)
    • Accessories: Rifle, large robot head, large robot fists (left and right), pelvis/connector
A model kit of Ultra Magnus was among the many released by Kabaya as part of their Transformers Gum line of candy toys. Released as part of the line's third wave, Magnus is molded in red, white and blue plastic, lacking in paint applications but featuring stickers for detail. As a downsized model, he lost some of the features of his larger toy: His cab no longer transforms into a small robot, simply converting into the transitional form necessary to combine with the trailer, though it does still feature a flip-out small robot head for Magnus's large head to attach to. As the name suggests, he also came with a stick of gum.


  • Ultra Magnus (2010)
    • Accessories: Rifle, two rocket launchers
A new, smaller version of Ultra Magnus was released as part of the revived Transformers Gum line in 2010, debuting as part of the second wave of figures. A wholly new sculpt (based on the Titanium figure), the new kit is made mostly of dark blue plastic, with a little bit of white and black, and a positively ungodly amount of stickers to add color and detail; for instance, Magnus's (non-transforming) cab is completely covered all around in white stickers to cover the fact it's made of blue plastic!


Transformers Ramune

  • Ultra Magnus (1986)
While no figure of Ultra Magnus was released by Hasbro as part of their 1987 Decoy promotion, the Autobot commander did have a soft rubber figure crafted in his image that was available exclusively in Japan, as part of a second wave of the figures released there in the Transformers Ramune line by Kabaya, along with other Transformers 2010 characters. Like the other figures in this series, Magnus was sold in a blindpacked box and was available in multiple colors, including red, blue and yellow.

Forms Robo

  • Ultra Magnus (1987)
Magnus was also part of the small, Japanese-exclusive Forms Robo collection of larger "Decoy"-style figures, with this version of the character standing at around twice the height of a regular Decoy. Like the other figures in this wave, Magnus was packaged in an individual baggie and was available in red, blue, green and yellow.


Collegeville Costumes

  • Ultra Magnus Halloween costume (1986)
Ultra Magnus was one of a small number of characters that Collegeville Costumes turned into a Halloween costume. This two-piece outfit adhered to the crappy, time-worn tradition of consisting of a sculpted, thin plastic mask held over the wearer's face with elastic, and a smock with a picture of Ultra Magnus and his name on it.
  • Ultra Magnus mask (1986)
Collegeville also immortalized Magnus in their line of Transformers masks. Made from flat styrofoam, the mask featured a hinge that allowed the wearer to lift it up and down, transforming from kid to robot in the blink of an eye!


Parody Deformed

  • Ultra Magnus (1990)
A small, non-transforming, super-deformed model kit of Ultra Magnus was available as part of Kabaya's "Parody Deformed" line of candy toys. The second figure of the fourth wave (the sixteenth figure overall), he was available in multiple colours, including red, blue and gold, and came with a "Transformers PD Type" comic about himself, "Improve Yourself! Ultra Magnus!", as well as a stick of gum.


Super Collection Figure

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He can deal with not being a Prime redeco.
  • Ultra Magnus (Super Collection Figure, December 2000)
A three-inch-tall PVC figurine of Ultra Magnus was available in the first wave of Takara's Super Collection Figure line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full-color figure and a clear-plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve blindpacked figures.
  • Ultra Magnus (Early Colors) (Super Collection Figure, September 2001)
This redeco of the original Super Collection Figure Magnus figurine was available in the fourth wave of the SCF line, rendered in a color scheme based on the original Diaclone "Powered Convoy" figure, as seen in the famous early trailer for The Transformers: The Movie. The figure was available in both full color and metallic silver "pewter" versions; the pewter version of the figure came with the head and guns of the collectible Metroplex "build-a-figure".

Heroes of Cybertron

  • Ultra Magnus (Heroes of Cybertron, 2003)
Ultra Magnus's original Super Collection Figure PVC was later released by Hasbro as part of the third wave of their Heroes of Cybertron line. Like all the figures in the series, Magnus was given a light-piping gimmick by being cast entirely in translucent blue plastic then painted everywhere except on his eyes and the back of his head. Unlike the Japanese version, he was sold separately on a blister card.

MyClone

  • Ultra Magnus (2003)
    • Japanese ID number: MTF004
    • Accessories: Red display stand
Released in the first wave of the MyClone line of Transformers PVC figures, this super deformed figure of Ultra Magnus comes with a hexagonal red display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure. You can also reenact certain scenes from The Transformers: The Movie taking place on the Planet of Junk.


Hard Hero Bust

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.


Generation 1 Figure-Collection

  • Ultra Magnus (2003)
    • Japanese ID number: C-7
    • Accessories: Display base
At only one inch in height, this Ultra Magnus "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers Generation 1 Figure-Collection. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.


Palisades

  • Ultra Magnus (statue, 2004)
Palisades Toys' Ultra Magnus statue is a redeco of their Optimus Prime statue from the previous year, and was one of the first pieces of modern merchandise (if not the first) to do the whole up-til-then-mostly-ignored "white repaint of Prime" shtick, capitalizing on Dreamwave Productions' recent highlighting of Magnus's white inner robot in their comics. Sculpted from polystone and limited to 500 pieces, the statue is based on the artwork of Pat Lee. It was initially sold by Palisades exclusively at OTFCC 2003, with any remaining units that did not sell at the convention later made available on the company's website.


First 4 Figures

He dropped the Matrix! That's like dropping a spirit stick! Hurry, pick it up! Too late.
  • SD Ultra Magnus (statue, 2006)
Seeking to produce a super deformed Transformers statue, First 4 Figures teamed up with Transformers fan site TFW2005.com to run a contest that would allow fans to design their own. The winning design, depicting an unhappy Ultra Magnus after an amusingly unfortunate attempt at opening the Matrix of Leadership, was created by fan Xu Wei (aka Iron Bird), and was limited to only 500 pieces. A variant edition of the statue was also produced, redecoing Magnus in the color scheme of his Diaclone precursor, Powered Convoy, and was even more limited at only 100 pieces.


Robot Heroes

He can't deal with his adorability right now!
  • Ultra Magnus and Megatron (2007)
Robot Heroes Ultra Magnus is a small, non-transforming, super deformed figurine featuring articulation in its head and shoulders. He was sold in a two-pack with Generation 1 Megatron and may be the sassiest bitch on Cybertron.


Revoltech

Don't I look awesome in naked?
  • Ultra Magnus (2007)
    • Series number: 019fs
    • Accessories: Photon rifle, two clenched fists, gun-wielding right hand, pointing right hand, open left hand, right handshaking hand
Revoltech Ultra Magnus is, unsurprisingly, a redeco of a simultaneously released Optimus Prime/Convoy figure. A non-transforming but highly articulated action figure, Revoltech Magnus uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" for maximum poseability. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of Pat "serfdom" Lee's interpretation of Prime.
Magnus comes with a photon rifle accessory, as well as a few alternate hands, but understandably lacks the Matrix of Leadership accessory that came with Prime. In its place is a unique extra "hand", 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).


Transformers - Mini Bust

Commander of the Metroflex.
  • Ultra Magnus (Diamond Select, 2009)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Ultra Magnus was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1000 pieces. He is posed holding his laser rifle above a base of the planet Cybertron. His shoulder missile launchers are also positioned forward, presumably to deal with things, instead of nowhere in particular as they are in the promotional picture.


USB-Powered Speaker Head

  • Ultra Magnus computer speaker (2009)
    • ID number: TF02
A redeco of the earlier Optimus Prime speaker head, Ultra Magnus contains a set of USB-powered speakers, mounted in two panels which rotate out from the side of his helmet. The control panel, USB port, and earphone port are located on the back of the head. Under the neck, there is a display to support the head.


The Loyal Subjects

  • Ultra Magnus Prime (2013)
    • Accessories: Blaster cannon
The Loyal Subjects Ultra Magnus Prime is a non-transforming 3-inch vinyl figure designed by Les Schetkoe.


Tiny Titans

  • Ultra Magnus (Tiny Titans, 2015)
    • Series: 2
    • Number: 1/12


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Notes

The child custody battle was a long and painful process.
  • 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 "chrome" version that used a lighter gray outer plastic and chromed the central body/lower ramps of the trailer unit. This version was also available in a multi-pack with a red version of the toy that would become Mirage, and the toy that would (20-ish years later) become Deep Cover.
  • All versions of the Diaclone Powered Convoy toy came with a red "Powered Buggy" partner-robot that transformed from futuristic buggy (with a space for a Diaclone pilot) to robot and 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Yokukuhen" can also mean "Movie Trailer"; the terms appear to be interchangeable in Japanese.
  2. ↑ Premature announcement of long smokestacks for the 2012 Asia reissue of Commemorative Series Ultra Magnus at TFormers
  3. ↑ Review of the 2012 Asia reissue of Commemorative Series Ultra Magnus at VTX (the long stacks seen in the photos are explicitly stated to be a custom job)
  4. ↑ Andrew Griffith on Twitter
  5. ↑ 'Toy' Gives a Voice to the Voiceless
  6. ↑ Ramblin' Robot has a Sense for Trouble
  7. ↑ Bloomfield's Robot
  8. ↑ Synthesized Voice by David J. Bak, Design news, Volume 42, Issue 14, page 220
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