e-Hobby Exclusive Magnificus Comic Art
Friday, April 12th, 2013 8:14AM CDT
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Posted by Mindmaster on April 12th, 2013 @ 8:20am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2013 @ 8:23am CDT
Looks like a monkey's hand to me.Mindmaster wrote:The hand of Ga'mede, perhaps?
Posted by Mindmaster on April 12th, 2013 @ 8:40am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Looks like a monkey's hand to me.Mindmaster wrote:The hand of Ga'mede, perhaps?
Suddenly:
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2013 @ 9:31am CDT
The gorilla one, that is.
Awhile back, Hydra mentioned doing something with Magnificus and the unreleased Double Pretenders gorilla in this comic. Sure, yeah, he did say that in April 1st, but... not everyone was joking around that day, so... yeah, maybe.
There also exists a black version of the figure:
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 12th, 2013 @ 12:57pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on April 14th, 2013 @ 12:00pm CDT
I like e-Hobby exclusives but this may the be the first one I pass on. Not sure if I am feeling the design.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 14th, 2013 @ 3:00pm CDT
There's a Beast Wars Prime?Stormrider wrote:Could the hand be Beast Wars Prime?
Posted by RhA on April 14th, 2013 @ 3:05pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:There's a Beast Wars Prime?Stormrider wrote:Could the hand be Beast Wars Prime?
A primal one?
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 15th, 2013 @ 1:59pm CDT
BBTS wrote:Hi - we've negotiated a lower rate with our supplier on this item and the retail pricing has been reduced from $99.99 to $89.99 - thanks very much for buying from BBTS!
www.bigbadtoystore.com
Posted by Mkall on April 15th, 2013 @ 2:51pm CDT
JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:BBTS wrote:Hi - we've negotiated a lower rate with our supplier on this item and the retail pricing has been reduced from $99.99 to $89.99 - thanks very much for buying from BBTS!
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com
If the Club is still going to offer their's for $90, I'll stick with BBTS.
Posted by El Duque on April 17th, 2013 @ 8:30am CDT
Once Military Affairs Advisor for Mebion, Magnificus was betrayed by an unknown comrade and banished to frontier space. Forced to serve as a gun-for-hire, he has spent long years on the run from bounty hunters with his comrade-in-arms, Gamede. But the pair has finally found a means to achieve their revenge: body data stolen from Perceptor using Gamede's ability to shrink to atomic size! Redesigning his body using this data, Magnificus has successfully mastered the art of "Psychometry", which is the ability to see residual images by scanning objects and other lifeforms. Can Magnificus master this ability and use it to determine the identity of his betrayer?
Physical fitness: 10
Intellect: 10
Speed: 6
Durability: 10
Teamwork: 8
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skills: 10
Posted by Doubledealer93 on April 17th, 2013 @ 8:34am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on April 17th, 2013 @ 8:43am CDT
Posted by KnightStrike on April 17th, 2013 @ 9:19am CDT
Posted by triKlops on April 17th, 2013 @ 11:44am CDT
KnightStrike wrote:Wow, that looks fantastic! Too bad the price is way out of my range. Just can't justify that for a deluxe, especially for a character I don't really know, but man it does look really awesome
Agreed on this; he looks great, just cant come out my pocket for him now at that price.
Posted by Mkall on April 17th, 2013 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Skullcrunchberries on April 17th, 2013 @ 3:48pm CDT
Posted by Henry921 on April 17th, 2013 @ 7:22pm CDT
Nah, I'll pass.
I'd have bought it for $60. Sure as hell not buying one deluxe for $90 + shipping.
Posted by mooncake623 on April 19th, 2013 @ 12:22pm CDT
El Duque wrote:e-Hobby has tweeted a couple of new in-hand images of their upcoming exclusive Magnificus. They've also updated his profile on their website with a color version of the previously revealed comic cover and his bio.Once Military Affairs Advisor for Mebion, Magnificus was betrayed by an unknown comrade and banished to frontier space. Forced to serve as a gun-for-hire, he has spent long years on the run from bounty hunters with his comrade-in-arms, Gamede. But the pair has finally found a means to achieve their revenge: body data stolen from Perceptor using Gamede's ability to shrink to atomic size! Redesigning his body using this data, Magnificus has successfully mastered the art of "Psychometry", which is the ability to see residual images by scanning objects and other lifeforms. Can Magnificus master this ability and use it to determine the identity of his betrayer?
Physical fitness: 10
Intellect: 10
Speed: 6
Durability: 10
Teamwork: 8
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skills: 10
wow a Physical fitness of 10!! must be one really inshape robot -_-
I will buy this =D
Posted by Sabrblade on April 19th, 2013 @ 12:52pm CDT
It's a rough translation. Physical fitness should be "Strength", Intellect "Intelligence", Durability "Endurance", Teamwork "Rank", Firepower "Fireblast", and Skills just "Skill".mooncake623 wrote:El Duque wrote:
Physical fitness: 10
Intellect: 10
Speed: 6
Durability: 10
Teamwork: 8
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skills: 10
wow a Physical fitness of 10!! must be one really inshape robot -_-
I will buy this =D
Posted by mooncake623 on April 19th, 2013 @ 1:00pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's a rough translation. Physical fitness should be "Strength", Intellect "Intelligence", Durability "Endurance", Teamwork "Rank", Firepower "Fireblast", and Skills just "Skill".mooncake623 wrote:El Duque wrote:
Physical fitness: 10
Intellect: 10
Speed: 6
Durability: 10
Teamwork: 8
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skills: 10
wow a Physical fitness of 10!! must be one really inshape robot -_-
I will buy this =D
I figured, was just trying to make fun of it! =X
Posted by necr0blivion on April 22nd, 2013 @ 9:08pm CDT
So if you're thinking about getting this figure AND you already have an active club account, this is better than the usual online retailers (I'm sure there's a legit business reason for this too).
Posted by El Duque on April 22nd, 2013 @ 11:02pm CDT
English translation:
Hello, Transformers fans! This is Andrew from e-HOBBY. Today, I'm going to show you an early sample of Generations Magnificus!
And does it ever look good, with that clear red and silver chrome! This is still a prototype, though, so the final version should have more details that will make it look closer to the sample on our product page. The release is a few months off, but don't forget that reservations end on May 8th!*
Robot mode:
In robot mode, of course the first thing you notice is the retooled head, which is based on the toy version of Perceptor. United Perceptor had a different, kind of friendly-looking face, but for the revenge-bent Magnificus, it's all about the faceplate.
The painted yellow eyes are another important point. If the toy used the built-in light piping feature, it would end up with eyes in the same clear red color as its chest. Magnificus is a little different than normal Autobots and Decepticons, being a lone-wolf type, so I think the eyes are key for him. The back of his head is painted black so that the colors match well.
This is a little different than the G1 Magnificus, but the chest window is colored in clear red. You can open or close it to change the color balance of the figure in a cool way. The chrome parts from G1 Magnificus are authentically recreated with his chest panel and arm dials.
Actually, there's one more big reason that the chest is colored like this, which G1 fans may pick up on right away. Being that he's a former military consul, you would imagine that Magnificus is good at analyzing the abilities of his foes, right? To convey that, the chest is colored so that it can be used as a tech spec decoder!
By the way, I've heard some fans say that they wish Generations Magnificus had some hand-held weapons to choose from. Well, it just so happens that Magnificus's fists use 5-mm holes, a common standard from G1. What this means is that for those of you that own the 2005 release of G1 Magnificus, its rifle and missile launcher can be used here to fully arm the new Magnificus! These weapons here are actually G1 Perceptor's. The Ga'mede figure from the 2005 release also has a very nice size balance when paired with Generations Magnificus.
Vehicle mode:
Now it's time for vehicle mode. There are just as many fine details here are there are in robot mode. The clear parts such as the lights and windows are red, giving him a Nemesis Prime-like impact. The bumper parts are painted in metallic silver, but the details on the treads and grill are gunmetal-colored. To avoid the toy looking plain in black, it's got tons of detailed paint apps.
Finally, there's the license plate... "Mebion" is spelled out "M3810N," so it's convincing as a vanity plate. "MEBION" was the keyword from our first press release, and it was hidden among three glowing red circles. The image for those was these three red lights. It only took about 2 hours for fans to deduce that the new figure would be Magnificus, so I guess we need to make the hint a little more difficult next time...
Comic:
The 8-page comic is still in production, so I can only show you the cover right now, but I hope everybody will be looking forward to it! It's got Ga'mede, and this enigmatic gorilla-like dude here, in a Western-styled story where the bad guys get the spotlight. I think that Decepticon fans will have a lot of fun reading it.
That concludes this video review, but I'll be doing a special review next time, comparing G1 and Generations Magnificus! Until then... IT NEVER ENDS!
*May 8th is the planned cutoff date for orders shipped within Japan. For international orders, please contact our partner, the Official Transformers Collectors' Club.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 22nd, 2013 @ 11:06pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on April 22nd, 2013 @ 11:12pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:English transcript is in the extended video description.
Muchos gracias!
Posted by Sabrblade on April 22nd, 2013 @ 11:20pm CDT
Thank Hydra for providing it.El Duque wrote:Sabrblade wrote:English transcript is in the extended video description.
Muchos gracias!
Posted by Stormrider on April 23rd, 2013 @ 6:42pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on May 8th, 2013 @ 11:27am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on May 8th, 2013 @ 11:32am CDT
Posted by gothsaurus on May 8th, 2013 @ 11:56am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on May 8th, 2013 @ 12:00pm CDT
gothsaurus wrote:Wow. Crazy obscure reference! Makes me wonder if they might release these guys as part of the 30th anniversary or something.
I wouldn't bet on it, but I would like to see an attempt at a modernized Pretender (Thunderwing and Black Shadow are out of the question).
Posted by gothsaurus on May 8th, 2013 @ 12:11pm CDT
That said, if the original toy was the same size shell (which it reportedly is)... the TWO interior bots would have to be about cassette-bot sized. That by itself makes me a lot more interested. A modern version would have a real Soundwave and his minions kinda feel, I'm guessing. That might be a selling point.
But yeah, the original gorilla toy looks pretty cool for his sculpt. Too bad it never came out. Was one of the better molds. Black is definitely the better of the two colorings.
Unreleased spider looks kinda silly, IMHO. Okay. No "kinda" about it. Flat silly.
Posted by Seibertron on May 8th, 2013 @ 1:07pm CDT
El Duque wrote:e-Hobby has updated the product page for their upcoming Magnificus exclusive with a teaser from the comic he will come packed with. As you can see in the image mirrored below the comic features Ga'mede and what appears to be the never produced Gorilla Double Pretender.
Well that's just frikkin' awesome. Man I'd love to get my hands on the Gorilla Pretender. I'll take a modern day update to a figure we never got as well.
Posted by Flux Convoy on May 8th, 2013 @ 2:35pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on May 21st, 2013 @ 11:57pm CDT
Posted by Mkall on May 22nd, 2013 @ 12:06am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 22nd, 2013 @ 12:08am CDT
Posted by MINDVVIPE on May 22nd, 2013 @ 12:31am CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 22nd, 2013 @ 7:33am CDT
MINDVVIPE wrote:Hah, I was just about to say Hawk.
Which would be his European name Nice cameo there. I wouldn't be surprised if e-Hobby used the name of his canceled Japanese release, Hawking.
And it looks like Scrash is rearing his ugly head in the last panel.
Posted by MagnetarPrime on May 22nd, 2013 @ 8:54am CDT
Posted by Stormrider on May 22nd, 2013 @ 6:30pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 11th, 2013 @ 11:02am CDT
Just received an email notification from Fun Pub that my e-HOBBY Generations Magnificus I preordered through the Club Store has shipped!
Censored version:
DO NOT REPLY to this email address as it is an automated shipping computer. If you have a question concerning your order, please email Admin2@FunPubInc.com.
A package was shipped to you on 10/15/2013 via U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail to the following address:
***************
***************
***************
Invoice Number *****
Package Description Magnificus w/ Comic (pre-order)
The following optional services were used: None
The package's Delivery Confirmation ID is ******************************
To check the delivery status of your package at any time please visit:
https://www.endicia.com/Status/?PIC=*** ... **********
or the U.S. Postal Service's web-site:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm
Shipping Department
Fun Publications Inc
***********************************************************************
NOTE:
This e-mail was generated by Endicia Internet Postage (http://www.Endicia.com)
at the sender's request. DO NOT CONTACT Endicia if you have any
questions about the shipment or the package delivery. Please contact
the sender of this e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service if you have
questions about the package delivery.
Posted by Mkall on October 11th, 2013 @ 11:49am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on October 11th, 2013 @ 12:16pm CDT
Now, fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade alerted us this morning to an email he received the collector's club store telling him his eHobby Magnificus has been shipped! He had this to say:
Sabrblade wrote:Arise dead topic!
Just received an email notification from Fun Pub that my e-HOBBY Generations Magnificus I preordered through the Club Store has shipped!
Censored version:DO NOT REPLY to this email address as it is an automated shipping computer. If you have a question concerning your order, please email Admin2@FunPubInc.com.
A package was shipped to you on 10/15/2013 via U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail
Package Description Magnificus w/ Comic (pre-order)
Shipping Department
Fun Publications Inc
It's safe to assume more and more emails will be showing up, the next one could be yours!
Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!
Posted by megatronus on October 11th, 2013 @ 2:03pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on October 11th, 2013 @ 2:15pm CDT
megatronus wrote:$82 + shipping is a bit pricy. Maybe if he were $50.
Indeed. The chrome is pretty, though.
Posted by megatronus on October 11th, 2013 @ 2:17pm CDT
Autobot032 wrote:megatronus wrote:$82 + shipping is a bit pricy. Maybe if he were $50.
Indeed. The chrome is pretty, though.
Posted by Metrosuplex on October 11th, 2013 @ 6:21pm CDT
megatronus wrote:$82 + shipping is a bit pricy. Maybe if he were $50.
I kind of agree with Megatronus here. But even $50 is a lot for what's otherwise a repaint. Ehhh, I'm just peeved it's not a microscope proper, really, so I went 3rd Party.
Posted by ausbot on October 11th, 2013 @ 10:47pm CDT
Posted by Bouncy X on October 12th, 2013 @ 7:30pm CDT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdQQjfDUBLY
ha ha ha, his name is magnificus because he changes into a magnascope and he's very impressive...ho ho ho.