Color picture Takara MP-22 Ultra Magnus

Sabrblade wrote:Sure looks more brightly-colored than I was expecting.

What were you expecting?

mooncake623 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Sure looks more brightly-colored than I was expecting.

What were you expecting?

I guess a more subdued shade of blue.

Still looks nice.

He certainly is stocky. Maybe it's just the angle of the photograph, but he doesn't seem proportionally tall.

That is the most well-articulated brick I've ever seen.

The colors on Ultra Magnus has been chosen very well. Although he is a bit thicker the last time I have seen him. Like what Nemesis Maximo said, it could just be the angle.

As others have said something looks kind of off with this figure. To me it looks kind off different than the prototype shown before. I guess it's just this ongoing dream of mine that hopefully there is a Generations model of Magnus coming out that maybe nobody knew about in addition to the MP and this was it. Then I could do my happy dance.

new picture from planet Planet Iacon

Ha, Magnus looks like he had one too many burgers. Hopefully it's just this picture's issue.

Maybe it's just the angle, but Magnus looks tubbier than Tankor.

megatronus wrote:Maybe it's just the angle, but Magnus looks tubbier than Tankor.

Will there be a Tall Magnus to complement Fat Magnus?

Yeah, I'm starting to think it's not he figure itself that's the problem, but the angle, the lighting, the pose it's put in, and the distance away from the figure that pics were taken.

These are far from high quality photos, coupled with an ill-positioned pose.

Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, I'm starting to think it's not he figure itself that's the problem, but the angle, the lighting, the pose it's put in, and the distance away from the figure that pics were taken.

These are far from high quality photos, coupled with an ill-positioned pose.

His legs are too wide apart makes him look wider. taking a picture of the of anything looking down makes it look short. so yes someone please take a got damn better picture! before more people feel the need to make another fat joke. =X

Sabrblade wrote:His legs are too wide apart makes him look wider. taking a picture of the of anything looking down makes it look short. so yes someone please take a got damn better picture! before more people feel the need to make another fat joke. =X

TOO LATE:

Behold MP-22 : I dub thee Ultra Fatnus!

Torneira wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:His legs are too wide apart makes him look wider. taking a picture of the of anything looking down makes it look short. so yes someone please take a got damn better picture! before more people feel the need to make another fat joke. =X

TOO LATE:

Behold MP-22 : I dub thee Ultra Fatnus!

He can't deal with fat right now!

Hi res pics tend to be.......Hi res than actual reality. I'd best suspend judgement until you actually get hold of the fig. Same issue with Tomy Sandstorm. In pics, he looked too bright yellow orange when in reality, not that orangey.

Not blown away by Ultra Magnus, shall wait for better piccys but he does look blocky. Hopefully some detailing on the legs will be added to break up those massive clumps of single colours.

I do like the grey/purple version in the background, even though it is a proto.

Encouraging that it shows a large pull-out of shoulder joint.

mooncake623 wrote:new picture from planet Planet Iacon

I'm not blown away. It's cool. But I am definitely not or

It looks to me like the angle combined with all the dark shapes in the background could be making him look a little more stalky and fat in the midsection than the prototype pics.....I'm still stoked;)

Citizen Stack just looks better to me. I'm not impressed.

Optimizzy wrote:Citizen Stack just looks better to me. I'm not impressed.

Hard to do better than 3rd party.

Shuttershock wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Citizen Stack just looks better to me. I'm not impressed.

Hard to do better than 3rd party.

That should not be a true statement.


But really. Third party toys are expensive because of the overhead and limited production. Yet citizen stack looks better AND nearly matches the cost? Shame on you Takara/Tomy. If third party can do better AND match you in price you are doing it wrong.

At this juncture, I think my problem with MP-22 is that he's so bulky, it looks like there should be a small white robot in there.

Optimizzy wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Citizen Stack just looks better to me. I'm not impressed.

Hard to do better than 3rd party.

That should not be a true statement.


But really. Third party toys are expensive because of the overhead and limited production. Yet citizen stack looks better AND nearly matches the cost? Shame on you Takara/Tomy. If third party can do better AND match you in price you are doing it wrong.

Citizen Stack "doing better" is a matter of opinion and conjecture at this point.

Optimizzy wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Citizen Stack just looks better to me. I'm not impressed.

Hard to do better than 3rd party.

That should not be a true statement.


But really. Third party toys are expensive because of the overhead and limited production. Yet citizen stack looks better AND nearly matches the cost? Shame on you Takara/Tomy. If third party can do better AND match you in price you are doing it wrong.

Have you seen citizen Stack? its a stack of Sh*t. Check it out some none section reviews where the reviewer isn't getting it for free.

Why didn't the designers make the white ramps rotate to the knee cap? It looks strange the way it is and seems like such an easy design adjustment.

mooncake623 wrote:
Have you seen citizen Stack? its a stack of Sh*t. Check it out some none section reviews where the reviewer isn't getting it for free.

Well, as no one has reviewed this yet, it's not a fair comparison. My argument of pricing still stands.

How can Takara/tomy continue to price masterpieces the way they do when a smaller company with fewer resources can price it nearly the same?

In the argument I'm making it doesn't matter that Stack is better. It's that it is third-party and comparable in price.




And anyway, the MP-22 looks like a big brick o' sh*t to me. I'm sorry but if official companies really can't improve on cost and design then they should just let third party companies design these things and use their infrastructure to mass-produce them. Then we will get good toys at good prices.

Looks pretty good to me in this photo:



And $44 cheaper than the unofficial product. Nice that we have options though.

That tiny arm hinge suggest his arm isn't meant to bend out like that.

Cyberpath wrote:
And $44 cheaper than the unofficial product. Nice that we have options though.

Everything I've seen has it about $180. Is that old data?

Optimizzy wrote:Everything I've seen has it about $180. Is that old data?

Japanese websites sell it for $121-142. Already sold out on Anime-Export and Ami Ami, but still available for pre-order on HLJ.

Shuttershock wrote:That is the most well-articulated brick I've ever seen.

"Alright, give me the bomb."

Is Magnus' gun staying this color or will the final color be white?

Why does he seem sooooooooo.....awkward?? That stance alone makes U.M look very limited in pose ability.
That right shoulder hinge tho!

Another pic:



Source.

NOW THIS IS MORE LIKE IT! SOLD!

I wonder if he can store his weapon just like MP-10...?

s1ck3nd wrote:Why does he seem sooooooooo.....awkward?? That stance alone makes U.M look very limited in pose ability.
That right shoulder hinge tho!

It's a prototype (likely made of resin), those things always have loose joints and are very fragile. The person who displayed it did the mistake of trying to put it in a dynamic pose, which the prototype can't handle.

Damn, that latest pic

Optimizzy wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:
Have you seen citizen Stack? its a stack of Sh*t. Check it out some none section reviews where the reviewer isn't getting it for free.

Well, as no one has reviewed this yet, it's not a fair comparison. My argument of pricing still stands.

How can Takara/tomy continue to price masterpieces the way they do when a smaller company with fewer resources can price it nearly the same?

In the argument I'm making it doesn't matter that Stack is better. It's that it is third-party and comparable in price.




And anyway, the MP-22 looks like a big brick o' sh*t to me. I'm sorry but if official companies really can't improve on cost and design then they should just let third party companies design these things and use their infrastructure to mass-produce them. Then we will get good toys at good prices.

Well Citizen Stack has been out and its priced like that cause it's pretty hollow and its joints are wearing down already.

I'm a big fan of Ultra Magnus & I do like this, but it seems a little off to me. I think that the "butt-flap" is supposed to represent the back of his "shirt-tail", but it looks silly. In looking at my G1 Magnus trailer, I see a lot of sculpted detail that would have transferred nicely to an MP; this seems too plain. I know that cartoon-accuracy rules in the MP world, but a synthesis with toy details (like MP Wheeljack's car stripes) would have helped. All-in-all, I like it, I'll probably get it, and I'll only regret its cost.

UM is Smiling

Btw, only way you can truly critique the fig is once you get a hold of him this January 2015. All these talk of lack of details, butt flap..........I get it, I'm also impatient as the rest of us for his release, but as I recall, never heard until Kanrabat complained about MP-11 having the Blitzwing shoulder syndrome. And the latter was hailed as the next best thing as sliced bread. Now, that flaw should have been mentioned by a lot of those "reviewers"

If UM is coming with design flaws, let's critique it but if only for some cosmetic issues.....I don't think the flap is such a big deal. It's the "designer's" and the toyline's theme in the first place.

Dead Metal wrote:

s1ck3nd wrote:Why does he seem sooooooooo.....awkward?? That stance alone makes U.M look very limited in pose ability.
That right shoulder hinge tho!

It's a prototype (likely made of resin), those things always have loose joints and are very fragile. The person who displayed it did the mistake of trying to put it in a dynamic pose, which the prototype can't handle.

Damn, that latest pic

I hope you're right... That pict under it looks x's better than the constipated pose.

s1ck3nd wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

s1ck3nd wrote:Why does he seem sooooooooo.....awkward?? That stance alone makes U.M look very limited in pose ability.
That right shoulder hinge tho!

It's a prototype (likely made of resin), those things always have loose joints and are very fragile. The person who displayed it did the mistake of trying to put it in a dynamic pose, which the prototype can't handle.

Damn, that latest pic

I hope you're right... That pict under it looks x's better than the constipated pose.

Trust me it is, this happens every time we see prototypes displayed. They all look great in magazines, but displayed they look terrible in the flesh when put in dynamic or action poses. The displayed protos can also not transform because they are often glued together so that they don't fall apart. You can even still see the resin texture and the brush strokes in these newer pics.

We always complain about how terrible they look on display, and then forget about it once we see the final production version in its plastic glory.

First official colored stock photo images of the figure in both modes - http://e-hobby.co.jp/shop/shopdetail.html?brandcode=000000002737





Yes, that red bumper is show-accurate.

Thanks to e-Hobby Shop and the eagle eyes of Seibertron member Sabrblade we have the first color stock images of MP-22 Ultra Magnus. As always, the colors of the final product may vary.





Perhaps the only surprise is the red bumper on the vehicle mode, though as Sabrblade pointed out on the forums that is cartoon accurate if not toy accurate.

Stick with Seibertron.com for the latest in Masterpiece news!

Sabrblade wrote:First official colored stock photo images of the figure in both modes - PHOTORS

Yes, that red bumper is show-accurate.


SCREENSHORTS

Wow Sabrblade, that is genuinely some good screenshottery and pre-empting of the usual complaints!

The silver stripes and the red bumper on the cab make this a very weird hybrid of toy and cartoon incarnations. On the plus side, it breaks up the colors in a nice way.

That's amazing.

Diem wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:First official colored stock photo images of the figure in both modes - PHOTORS

Yes, that red bumper is show-accurate.


SCREENSHORTS

Wow Sabrblade, that is genuinely some good screenshottery and pre-empting of the usual complaints!

The silver stripes and the red bumper on the cab make this a very weird hybrid of toy and cartoon incarnations. On the plus side, it breaks up the colors in a nice way.

And yet, here we go ...

If Hasbro releases Ultra Magnus (which I'm hoping they will announced at BotCon), then here's hoping for a toy accurate version. I'm not a fan of the red bumper. I get being "cartoon accurate" but sometimes it just doesn't translate well into a toy.

I'm down with that.

Agreed with bossman Seibertron: if this sucker gets a Hasbro release here in the States, I'd be a happy camper.