28:29 also this feels like a foreshadow to Siege Magnus being retooled to Galaxy Upgrade Prime. I remember getting the combiner wars magnus and just loving him since i got him, he was my first and he'll always be my favourite despite his flaws and even in comparison to the great modern chug versions. Magnus just don't miss when it comes to toys (except kingdom)
@@ronbondujon9690 the newer one based off the Kingdom Magnus mold, got him and a CW Firefly KO (the latter to use as a custom) on mercari for about $60 all together
Universe Ultra Magnus is apparently the same character as Energon Ultra Magnus. From what tfwiki says from Ask vector Prime, Ultra Magnus was badly damaged by his old friend turned nemesis Treadshot and as a result, he was completely rebuilt, wielding a new body based on Rhinox's blueprints for Overload.
I love him so much. To me, Magnus is the ultimate example of someone who is great in their chosen role but suffer after a promotion. He’s like Michael Scott from the Office 😂
Fun fact: Ultra Magnus was actually the Japanese name of Armada Overload, and a dubbing error with the English version of the Armada cartoon caused Optimus to accidentally call out to Ultra Magnus when combining with both Jetfire and Overload during his team-up with Burning Galvatron against Unicron.
86" Ultra Mag and OS KO Siege Ultra Mag are probably the best molds. Combiner Wars Ultra Mag has a 3d printed upgrade kit that resembles IDW Ultra Mag is another mold that might be worth keeping, despite it's hollowness but has a lot of upgrades. Classics Ultra Magnus w/ Fansproject armor is another one that was fun to handle. Animated Ultra Mag had weird shoulder rotation.
God I feel old. I remember wearing that costume when I started school. My parents didn't think it was a good idea, and had to pull me out of it in the school carpark.
14:52 Well, not really. Had a Season 4 been made and before he became one with the Allspark, Ultra Magnus would've named Optimus as his successor. Much to the anger of Sentinel, of course.
I’ve heard that, but I’ve also seen some storybeats where Magnus never woke up and Optimus would become leader only after exposing Sentinel’s tyranny. In either case, it would have been amazing to see!
@ronbondujon9690 another weird bit is that the Universe version of Spychanger Ultra Magnus replaced the grey parts with navy blue instead of yknow the blue parts
Honestly, I don't have one-single toy of Ultra Magnus, but, were I able to have one, it would be his Kingdom version, and he, of the entire roster of the 86 movie, has always been my favorite (2nd after Jetfire). One reason is, he admits to not being a leader like Optimus, but his willingness to sacrifice himself for others. The original Magnus remains a personal hero of mine since adulthood.
That’s why I love Magnus, too. He’s not arrogant, he’s not an armchair general. He’s a brave and valiant leader, but he’s not wired for peace times. I respect Magnus so much for knowing who he is while still being so humble and caring for his men.
I love the character, he just seemed, cool. And the tfp character arc was just amazing. Also my tabulate magnus is the siege one, I just love a chunky big possible toys, and he feels AMAZING to bad the ruined it with kingdom. My most wanted one is the classics with the city commander armor.
For a long time, Magnus was my favorite Autobot. I’ll always have a massive soft spot for him. I’ve always thought of him as the Spock to both Optimus and Rodimus’ Kirk.
I’m going to call it right now. Hasbro will eventually recolor the new Laser Optimus Prime into a new incarnation of G2 Ultra Magnus and I’ll definitely pick it up
Fabulous video to watch with my vegemite toast and espresso this morning! I only have 2 Ultra Magnus toys the SS86 one which is MEH squat IMO but I hope he is better when I finally get the ROS-040 neck and thigh extensions but I do have the gorgeous White MagicSquare MS-01 Light of Freedom figure I think of as Magnus Prime as he is most definitely worthy of the Matrix.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, man! I’m jealous of your Light of Freedom, that toy looks incredible! I’ve always loved the white cab robot. Also, now you me craving vegemite! It’s been years since I’ve had a vegimite sandwich. To be fair, it’s kinda hard to come by in the US.
Ultra Magnus is my favorite Autobot ever and has some of my favorite figures. I tragically missed the 86 Commander so my go to Magnus in my collection is the Siege figure.
Honestly huge fan of Ultra Magnus' design, though I'm a white prime truther lol. I love your Many Toys Of series, I'd love to see you tackle Bumblebee/Goldbug, or at the very least just Goldbug. You have a knack for finding every variation of a character out there, and the poster-boy of the franchise deserves that love.
Oh, yeah, I remember some third party doing piss Magnus (might have been NewAge). I have an oversized KO of the Siege Magnus, and I LOVE him. He is a chonky, solid boy and has presence in spades.
@@ronbondujon9690 It threw an essential element of the franchise's identifying lore out the window. At that point, they may as well have been gobots. It didn't read as 'fun' to me. It read as 'actively trying to deconstruct the identity of the IP'. It reflected a creative team that had contempt for the contributions of the artists that came before them.
@ On that, we’ll just have to disagree. To me, I see the literal ocean of references and homages that filled every scene of that show and see a team that loved every iteration of this franchise. At the same time, we can’t keep telling the same story. A shake-up every now and again gives both the creative team and the fans a chance to take in something new, but can also be an avenue for new people to come in. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve come across that got into Transformers because of Animated. Hell, I’m one of them! I used to have very similar feelings to the Netflix shows. I thought they were drags, just total snooze fests. At the same time, a lot of people started entering the fandom through those shows. Not everything is going to be for every fan, you know? I bet you and I could sit down and find 100 things about Transformers we totally disagree on. By the same token, I bet we could find a 100 things we agree on. That’s the fun of being in the fandom.
38:50 you're god damn right it is Srsly though i love SS '86 Magnus to death. While im an Optimus Prime fanboy and always will be, Magnus will always be a very close second for my favorite Autobot, and SS '86 Magnus is not only the best Ultra Magnus figure imo, he is the best Transformers figure of all time imo
@ronbondujon9690 indeed! Sucks that he became basically impossible to get now because of stupid scalpers Thankfully I got lucky though and got him for my birthday
Another fun thing about MP Magnus (the car carrier) is that when you use the swappable face gimmick, the sculpting on the inside of the head resembles Optimus in a nod to the original toy
I actually have the 'Heroes of Cybertron' mini PVC Magnus! I had the G1 Magnus as a kid, and for modern versions I have the Siege figure, and the Masterpiece.
That’s a great quartet of Magnusi! I have a real soft spot for Heroes of Cybertron, I love those little guys. A part of me wants to build up a collection of them.
My personal favorite Ultra Magnus is the shatter glass version, but regular one would be the X trans bots one , I am such a huge fan of him , he and Jettfire are the few autobots I absolutely adore
It’s hard to go wrong with either! I always have a soft spot for Magnus, I’ve always like that this guy is around in Transformers. Speaking of Jetfire, just wait for the episode after next 🤫
Your final thoughts on Ultra Magnus really put into perspective that, the best place/position for him to have would be in an advisory role, either as a military or defense minister.
@@ronbondujon9690 Also, I personally prefer the Siege toy over the Studio 86 toy. Mostly because I think that the 86 is a bit too big scale wise and I like the gimmick of the armor with white bit inside. Especially because you have to fold down his head to get the full armored up Ultra Magnus look. The reason being that I like to play with my Magnus by giving him this backstory where he look like the white robot before the war. But, after an attack by the Decepticons, Magnus suffered heavy damages (including having his head blown off). However, when the Autobots found him, he was still alive (but barely). So, to safe the life of one of their only true soldiers, they placed him in a life support system (the blue armor) that significantly reduced his mobility and agility (explaining the toys limited articulation) but greatly increased his durability. Now, Magnus has to overcome his trauma and limitations. Essentially I made my version of Ultra Magnus an Autobot version of Robocop. Because, come on, you can’t tell me it wouldn’t be awesome to hear Peter Weller as Magnus: “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.” “Your move, Decepticreep.” I’m especially imagining his Ultra Magnus sounding like his performance as Batman from the Dark Knight Returns.
@@ronbondujon9690 Actually, I was going for Robocop or the Six Million Dollar Man. More so Robocop because I think Peter Weller would make for an awesome Ultra Magnus: "Your move, Decepticreep."
@@ronbondujon9690 Hand to Primus! 🤚🤣 If you watch the (4K) upload on UA-cam, and go frame-by-frame at .25x speed, you’ll see him in 3 or 4 frames. It’s around the 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 37 seconds mark. You can see Hot Rod, Kup, Wheelie, and all of the Dinobots except Slag.
They need to make a Core Class Ultra Magnus giving a white Optimus a power-suit trailer! But boy did they miss a trick with Combiner Wars. They already made a white Optimus, a Wreck-Gar, and a Hot Rod... It would have taken nothing to make a teal pick-up for Kup, a green copter for Springer, and a blue racecar for Blurr or pink racecar for Arcee, and boom, give him Ultra Magnus' head and now we have a combiner for the movie characters.
That Magnus combiner would have been so cool! They did something similar with Galvatronus, but they didn’t capitalize on it. Even Unite Warriors was weird about it. It would have been cool to keep Cyclonus as the torso, then add in Scourge with a heavy remold of Rook, Runamuck and Runabout with heavy remolds of Off-road, and then maybe Brunt from Trypticon to polish off the team, using the Brawl mold.
There are two figures I feel are definitive ultra magnus figures: that being the Seige Ultra Magnus and SS86 Utra Magnus. Seige is a fantastic take on the inner-robot style toy. It lacks the car carrier functuonality, but I feel the G1-adjacent armor gimmick is a lot of fun. SS86 Ultra Magnus is a fantastic version of the cartoon model, and while there's no inner-robot gimmick, it's a damn good car carrier that can carry any other SS86 cars. You get one toy for each G1 gimmick.
I remember I got Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus as a christmas gift when I was a child and like an absolute idiot, I gave it away for a trade off for the Optimus Prime version and to this day I feel rlly guilty about it because that Ultra Magnus toy was js special to me and I remember when I opened it up for the first time and ahhhh man big regret fr
Hey, it happens! I lost a bunch of my childhood toys, I know how much it hurts to not have them around anymore. I hope you can find a new Magnus for yourself someday!
I recently got a convention classics ultra Magnus and fansproject’s city commander as pretty much a set, and oh my god that was my childhood dream toy finally getting to me
@ honestly perfect, it was one of those toys I’d wanted to get off of eBay forever (I had gotten the Optimus toys r us two pack from age of extinction cause I wanted at least a version of that toy so that I could properly do city commander) but wasn’t able to get it until that convention just a few months ago, and conveniently they had the two pack of Magnus and skywarp and god it’s so cool
I wish I had ss86 ultra magnus. It looks awesome. Toy scalpers are evil! I have the beast hunters voyager magnus, and I still love it, with the hammer was bigger.
Actually, the 1986 Ultra Magnus had the longer smokestacks on it's original release and Takara's 2000 reissue. It wasn't until 2002 that the Hasbro reissue shortened the smokestacks for the sake of safety reasons. The images of that Ultra Magnus figure is probably a pairing between a 2002 reissue Ultra Magnus and the missiles from an original 1986 Ultra Magnus or an KO Ultra Magnus..
That’s very possible. At the same time; there are several running changes to Magnus, and tfwiki seems to say that short stack Magnus may have shown up in the 80s, just like there are Magnuses with no windshields or plastic tires.
I think it would be interesting if Ultra Magnus was just Optimus Prime reborn after his death in the 86 movie but now he’s got a trailer that can turn into armor
IDW’s GI Joe / Transformers crossover did something similar to that, where Optimus becomes the white Magnus in the all spark and is reborn with that design.
It turns out I misunderstood something in my research. You see, Magnus had several variants throughout G1. Some had windshields, others didn’t, some had rubber tires, others had plastic, ect. I though the smokestacks were the same thing, but I was clearly wrong there!
9:58 I had this guy when I was a kid, not knowing who he was at the time. Little did I know he's a hard to find figure with barely two listings on Ebay going for more than 125 dollars 😢😢
Honestly I disagree about him not being as heartfelt as optimus, especially in the g1 movie. He seems to have a lot of compassion for his teammates, even filling the role as a father more than a commander. He knows to lower his voice and comfort Daniel when he’s scared about his father, he patiently waits for perceptor to finish ranting as he doesn’t want to interrupt him. Even after being exploded into pieces and rebuilt his first word is “you’re all alive” His first action is to immediately care for his found family. Ultra Magnus isn’t as compassionate as optimus but he’s definitely close. Like he got taught the mantle of be strong but gentle. Of course he puts himself on the front line sacrificing his spark to protect the team. Even when hot rod becomes rodimus he’s proud. Not upset, not begrudged but proud his close ally rose the ranks. Ultra Magnus to me is a firm commander; he knows how to lead and follows protocol but Magnus sees it isn’t always the case. He knows that he needs to be kind, patient, and even bending the rules and come up with creative decisions like how to get the dinobots on the ship. If anything I feel like Magnus while old is a younger optimus who has a more military style while not sacrificing the need to be a compassionate and gentle leader Btw this isn’t me saying video bad I just really like ultra Magnus and wanted to rant about my favourite character. Keep doing you
I didn’t take it as you saying the video was bad! I think you bring up a lot of great points. I totally agree with you on almost all of them, Magnus is the epitome of a “Father to his Men”. Magnus is supportive, respectful, and loves for the soldiers under his command. He is proud to see them outdue him, and he’s always ready to lay down his life for any of them. As a military commander and even as a Prime for a Cybertron at war, there is no greater leader than Magnus. I think where we disagree is what happens when the last trumpet plays. Magnus, for all of his positives, is entirely right to say he’s a soldier first and foremost. That’s where Magnus and Optimus are most different. To Magnus, they are his soldiers and his responsibility. To Optimus, they are his friends and his family. To Magnus, regulation and protocol keeps his men safe. To Optimus, his friends need to make mistakes and learn while he’s there as a safety net. Magnus is the world’s greatest boss. Prime is the world’s greatest dad. I know Megatron said it as an insult, but he was right when said Magnus was no Optimus Prime. And I love him for it.
True, but Magnus is nowhere near as plentiful elsewhere. It was basically a myth here in Georgia. Some areas get these toys in better numbers than others.
How about Axer. He's rather interesting as he's in the RID line in a two-pack with the first ever Sideways. Also why not, add Sideways to the list if he's not there already.
@ronbondujon9690 I'm not going to give you my life story, but you could split the transformers toys I owned in half and tripled my bully troubles, and I would still not hesitate to press the magic reset button.
your correct I own it along with yellow prime but couldnt remember difference cause I keep sam club on display combined. So much cooler then orignal imo@@ronbondujon9690
My favorites are Animated, LG, and 86 Magnus, last one being my definitive Generations Magnus representative. After handling Siege Galaxy Optimus and Nova Prime, I like the mold, but only as them; killed my interest in the base Siege Magnus except perhaps as representing a "preformat" version, with CW/LG or 86 as the reformatted version, fused with his armor. As we speak, I'm designing and crafting a hammer for 86, one that he can wield via cheating (his hands closing and friction) Honestly, I do respect the white robot gimmick (i have the KBB Core Magnus for my LG), but this is where I bring up one of the many ways the "Autobot death" parts of the 86 movie were badly written (barring Optimus', of course, but his mortal wounding was definitely badly written). Instead of having Magnus temporarily dead...somehow, and just as easily brought back to life, it might have been better if his ARMOR was destroyed, and he survived as the white core robot, head redesigned if needed to avoid Optimus' design. Two birds with one stone: Magnus isn't given a cheap death AND you market the main feature of the toy. Believe me, if that happened, all G1 Magnus toys would have the white robot be mandatory.
I really wish the inner robot showed up in the cartoon. I think it would have been awesome to see. Maybe there could have even been an episode where Galvatron saw him and thought it was the ghost of Optimus.
28:29 also this feels like a foreshadow to Siege Magnus being retooled to Galaxy Upgrade Prime.
I remember getting the combiner wars magnus and just loving him since i got him, he was my first and he'll always be my favourite despite his flaws and even in comparison to the great modern chug versions. Magnus just don't miss when it comes to toys (except kingdom)
It’s hard to go wrong with a big Enforcer of the Tyrest Accord. Magnus has had an awesome run of toys!
Funny this gets uploaded the day I get my SG Ultra Magnus in the mail lol
Hell, yeah! Which SG Magnus is it?
@@ronbondujon9690 the newer one based off the Kingdom Magnus mold, got him and a CW Firefly KO (the latter to use as a custom) on mercari for about $60 all together
@@ronbondujon9690kingdom Magnus version, got him and a ko cw firefly off mercari for about $60 👌
Universe Ultra Magnus is apparently the same character as Energon Ultra Magnus. From what tfwiki says from Ask vector Prime, Ultra Magnus was badly damaged by his old friend turned nemesis Treadshot and as a result, he was completely rebuilt, wielding a new body based on Rhinox's blueprints for Overload.
I remember reading that! On top of that, armada Magnus is also Shattered Glass Magnus before Optimus ripped his face off.
Dang, stellar breakdown as always! I haven't paid much attention to Ultra Magnus other than in IDW comics. Super interesting!
I love him so much. To me, Magnus is the ultimate example of someone who is great in their chosen role but suffer after a promotion. He’s like Michael Scott from the Office 😂
Fun fact: Ultra Magnus was actually the Japanese name of Armada Overload, and a dubbing error with the English version of the Armada cartoon caused Optimus to accidentally call out to Ultra Magnus when combining with both Jetfire and Overload during his team-up with Burning Galvatron against Unicron.
That’s so cool! Man, as much as I love Armada, that dub is filled with stuff like that.
86" Ultra Mag and OS KO Siege Ultra Mag are probably the best molds. Combiner Wars Ultra Mag has a 3d printed upgrade kit that resembles IDW Ultra Mag is another mold that might be worth keeping, despite it's hollowness but has a lot of upgrades. Classics Ultra Magnus w/ Fansproject armor is another one that was fun to handle. Animated Ultra Mag had weird shoulder rotation.
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Warts and all, there are so many great options for Magnus! You’re spoiled for choice!
God I feel old.
I remember wearing that costume when I started school. My parents didn't think it was a good idea, and had to pull me out of it in the school carpark.
Man, you’d have been the coolest kid around strolling in as Magnus!
youtube recommended hit a goldmine w this channel, easy sub
cant wait for the Prowl vid, was just gonna suggest him
I need to figure out a good time for Prowl! He’s one of the most popular requests!
Finally ive been waiting for ages w vid
You could have waited an eternity for this! It’s over, Prime.
I hope they reissue the studio series commander magnus soon, I missed the boat on him and he just looks incredible
I’m sure they will! Hasbro has been good about that lately.
Would be intresthing a video about the recolors of Optimus prime, counting the ultra magnus ones
That would be interesting! Just roll in all the Convoys, Toxitron, and Nemesis.
As someone that grew up with a few Animated toys, I wanted the Leader class Ultra Magnus for so long.
He’s incredible! Couldn’t recommend him enough, especially if his electronics work!
The GOAT finally has a video in this series
Here’s you crown Magnus: 👑
32:53 THE BEST ULTRAMAGNUS
(He’s so cute!!!!! Siege is my favorite Magnus figure so far)
Hoping for a Wheeljack video coming soon 🙏
We’ll do Jackie eventually! There’s so many bots to do, and so little time 😂
14:52 Well, not really. Had a Season 4 been made and before he became one with the Allspark, Ultra Magnus would've named Optimus as his successor. Much to the anger of Sentinel, of course.
I’ve heard that, but I’ve also seen some storybeats where Magnus never woke up and Optimus would become leader only after exposing Sentinel’s tyranny. In either case, it would have been amazing to see!
Ultra Magnus is my absolute favorite transformer and the studio series version of him is my favorite toy ever i just keep coming back to it
That 86 Magnus really is something special. I hope to grab him one day!
I think the Universe 03 Magnus actually had a darker shade of blue than the RID01 release
You’re on point! I missed that!
@ronbondujon9690 another weird bit is that the Universe version of Spychanger Ultra Magnus replaced the grey parts with navy blue instead of yknow the blue parts
@ Magnus was in a blue mood that day 😂
Honestly, I don't have one-single toy of Ultra Magnus, but, were I able to have one, it would be his Kingdom version, and he, of the entire roster of the 86 movie, has always been my favorite (2nd after Jetfire). One reason is, he admits to not being a leader like Optimus, but his willingness to sacrifice himself for others. The original Magnus remains a personal hero of mine since adulthood.
That’s why I love Magnus, too. He’s not arrogant, he’s not an armchair general. He’s a brave and valiant leader, but he’s not wired for peace times. I respect Magnus so much for knowing who he is while still being so humble and caring for his men.
Clicked so fast when I saw it was the Many Toys Of Ultra Magnus!!!!!
THAT’S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR! I hope you enjoy it!
27:12 oh gosh you do NOT want that one
I beg of you please watch some reviews of him🙏
I’ve seen the reviews. I’ve played with the toy.
*I Still Want It*
@@ronbondujon9690 you mad man/j
I love the character, he just seemed, cool. And the tfp character arc was just amazing. Also my tabulate magnus is the siege one, I just love a chunky big possible toys, and he feels AMAZING to bad the ruined it with kingdom. My most wanted one is the classics with the city commander armor.
For a long time, Magnus was my favorite Autobot. I’ll always have a massive soft spot for him. I’ve always thought of him as the Spock to both Optimus and Rodimus’ Kirk.
I’m going to call it right now. Hasbro will eventually recolor the new Laser Optimus Prime into a new incarnation of G2 Ultra Magnus and I’ll definitely pick it up
That would be the dream! I love that e-hobby deco!
There are two wolves in me, one is sick of Legacy Laser Prime's repaint, the other wants an E Hobby and Shattered Glass version more than anything
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Fabulous video to watch with my vegemite toast and espresso this morning!
I only have 2 Ultra Magnus toys the SS86 one which is MEH squat IMO but I hope he is better when I finally get the ROS-040 neck and thigh extensions but I do have the gorgeous White MagicSquare MS-01 Light of Freedom figure I think of as Magnus Prime as he is most definitely worthy of the Matrix.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, man! I’m jealous of your Light of Freedom, that toy looks incredible! I’ve always loved the white cab robot. Also, now you me craving vegemite! It’s been years since I’ve had a vegimite sandwich. To be fair, it’s kinda hard to come by in the US.
Found the Animated leader Magnus for a few bucks at value village last year only missions the hammer and a couple small parts
Hell, yeah! That’s a great deal for Magnus! I love that big guy!
Ultra Magnus is my favorite Autobot ever and has some of my favorite figures. I tragically missed the 86 Commander so my go to Magnus in my collection is the Siege figure.
Still a great Magnus! Hopefully, SS86 with get a redo at some point.
Honestly huge fan of Ultra Magnus' design, though I'm a white prime truther lol. I love your Many Toys Of series, I'd love to see you tackle Bumblebee/Goldbug, or at the very least just Goldbug. You have a knack for finding every variation of a character out there, and the poster-boy of the franchise deserves that love.
I have them both on my list! Bumblebee will be an event episode, but Goldbug -might- have an episode coming soon if everything works out!
@ronbondujon9690 Awesome! Looking forward to both of those!!
Oh, yeah, I remember some third party doing piss Magnus (might have been NewAge).
I have an oversized KO of the Siege Magnus, and I LOVE him. He is a chonky, solid boy and has presence in spades.
I need to check that KO out! He seems so cool!
Animated flipping the role of Prime and Magnus was the thing that convinced me that it was fucking trash.
I don’t know, it was a fun shake-up. It gave us a cool look at a Cybertron under Magnus, and made for one of most unique continuities out there.
@@ronbondujon9690 It threw an essential element of the franchise's identifying lore out the window. At that point, they may as well have been gobots.
It didn't read as 'fun' to me. It read as 'actively trying to deconstruct the identity of the IP'. It reflected a creative team that had contempt for the contributions of the artists that came before them.
@ On that, we’ll just have to disagree. To me, I see the literal ocean of references and homages that filled every scene of that show and see a team that loved every iteration of this franchise. At the same time, we can’t keep telling the same story. A shake-up every now and again gives both the creative team and the fans a chance to take in something new, but can also be an avenue for new people to come in. I can’t tell you how many people I’ve come across that got into Transformers because of Animated. Hell, I’m one of them!
I used to have very similar feelings to the Netflix shows. I thought they were drags, just total snooze fests. At the same time, a lot of people started entering the fandom through those shows.
Not everything is going to be for every fan, you know? I bet you and I could sit down and find 100 things about Transformers we totally disagree on. By the same token, I bet we could find a 100 things we agree on. That’s the fun of being in the fandom.
0:23 uhhh hi i guess
Hey, you asked for this 😂
@@ronbondujon9690your right
Well technically it was me, his older brother just on his acount
38:50 you're god damn right it is
Srsly though i love SS '86 Magnus to death. While im an Optimus Prime fanboy and always will be, Magnus will always be a very close second for my favorite Autobot, and SS '86 Magnus is not only the best Ultra Magnus figure imo, he is the best Transformers figure of all time imo
He’s a great toy, it’s hard to argue that he isn’t the best Magnus ever made by Hasbro. Such a great Goliath of a toy!
@ronbondujon9690 indeed! Sucks that he became basically impossible to get now because of stupid scalpers
Thankfully I got lucky though and got him for my birthday
@@Jason49110 Man, what a cool birthday gift! A great big old bot for a b-day is incredible!
@ronbondujon9690 indeed! Maybe one day you'll be as lucky as me
@@Jason49110 🤞
Another fun thing about MP Magnus (the car carrier) is that when you use the swappable face gimmick, the sculpting on the inside of the head resembles Optimus in a nod to the original toy
I NEVER CAUGHT THAT! What a cool Easter egg!
@ronbondujon9690 yeah! I had Delta Magnus for a bit and it was one of the things I noticed when looking at the accessories
I actually have the 'Heroes of Cybertron' mini PVC Magnus! I had the G1 Magnus as a kid, and for modern versions I have the Siege figure, and the Masterpiece.
That’s a great quartet of Magnusi! I have a real soft spot for Heroes of Cybertron, I love those little guys. A part of me wants to build up a collection of them.
My personal favorite Ultra Magnus is the shatter glass version, but regular one would be the X trans bots one , I am such a huge fan of him , he and Jettfire are the few autobots I absolutely adore
It’s hard to go wrong with either! I always have a soft spot for Magnus, I’ve always like that this guy is around in Transformers. Speaking of Jetfire, just wait for the episode after next 🤫
Your final thoughts on Ultra Magnus really put into perspective that, the best place/position for him to have would be in an advisory role, either as a military or defense minister.
Some people just aren’t wired to be the main boss, and that’s okay.
@@ronbondujon9690 Also, I personally prefer the Siege toy over the Studio 86 toy. Mostly because I think that the 86 is a bit too big scale wise and I like the gimmick of the armor with white bit inside. Especially because you have to fold down his head to get the full armored up Ultra Magnus look.
The reason being that I like to play with my Magnus by giving him this backstory where he look like the white robot before the war. But, after an attack by the Decepticons, Magnus suffered heavy damages (including having his head blown off). However, when the Autobots found him, he was still alive (but barely). So, to safe the life of one of their only true soldiers, they placed him in a life support system (the blue armor) that significantly reduced his mobility and agility (explaining the toys limited articulation) but greatly increased his durability. Now, Magnus has to overcome his trauma and limitations.
Essentially I made my version of Ultra Magnus an Autobot version of Robocop. Because, come on, you can’t tell me it wouldn’t be awesome to hear Peter Weller as Magnus: “Dead or alive, you’re coming with me.” “Your move, Decepticreep.”
I’m especially imagining his Ultra Magnus sounding like his performance as Batman from the Dark Knight Returns.
@ I love the idea of Magnus being the good version of Darth Vader. Just a hero on life support!
@@ronbondujon9690 Actually, I was going for Robocop or the Six Million Dollar Man. More so Robocop because I think Peter Weller would make for an awesome Ultra Magnus: "Your move, Decepticreep."
@@bryannkam That would be really good casting. Especially if he uses the voice he gave Batman in DKR.
my favorite Magnuses are Universe 03, MP-02, and Laser Magnus
love them
All great Magnuses! Man, I’d love to mess with a Laser Magnus someday!
@ same!
42:45
That is incorrect.
In the ‘86 movie, when the Quintesson ship is landing on Junkion, you can see Snarl through the window of the ship.
You’re kidding! SNARL SHOWED YO TWICE?!? Well, I’d lose that round of trivia 😂
@@ronbondujon9690 Hand to Primus! 🤚🤣
If you watch the (4K) upload on UA-cam, and go frame-by-frame at .25x speed, you’ll see him in 3 or 4 frames. It’s around the 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 37 seconds mark.
You can see Hot Rod, Kup, Wheelie, and all of the Dinobots except Slag.
@ I’ll have to look out for my boy!
I’m so excited for Blaster!!
We’ll get to him soon!
Ultra Mane Gus, my beloved
Aye luv Ugra Managus.
@@ronbondujon9690ultra mangoes
Could you please do a grimlock video, he’s my favorite autobot and I’d love to see you make one.
I’m thinking about including him in the poll for the 5000 sub special. At the rate we’re growing, that will be just a few weeks!
@ I love your content, I hope you reach it soon.🙏
@ Thank you, Frog King! It’s been an absolute delight on UA-cam these last few months.
WASPINATOR HERE TO TERRORIZE FOR HIS VIDEO OOOOOOO (Also, damn, I didn't realize Magnus had so many toys-)
Magnus has had a pretty good run, that’s for sure! And I’d love to tackle Ol’ Wasp!
"looks like we're going to be dong the 4k subscriber poll soon" while he already has 4k subs at the time of uploading. hell yeah man
Yeah, we already know the winner! Jetfire will be coming soon! Thank you so much!
They need to make a Core Class Ultra Magnus giving a white Optimus a power-suit trailer! But boy did they miss a trick with Combiner Wars. They already made a white Optimus, a Wreck-Gar, and a Hot Rod... It would have taken nothing to make a teal pick-up for Kup, a green copter for Springer, and a blue racecar for Blurr or pink racecar for Arcee, and boom, give him Ultra Magnus' head and now we have a combiner for the movie characters.
That Magnus combiner would have been so cool! They did something similar with Galvatronus, but they didn’t capitalize on it. Even Unite Warriors was weird about it. It would have been cool to keep Cyclonus as the torso, then add in Scourge with a heavy remold of Rook, Runamuck and Runabout with heavy remolds of Off-road, and then maybe Brunt from Trypticon to polish off the team, using the Brawl mold.
There are two figures I feel are definitive ultra magnus figures: that being the Seige Ultra Magnus and SS86 Utra Magnus. Seige is a fantastic take on the inner-robot style toy. It lacks the car carrier functuonality, but I feel the G1-adjacent armor gimmick is a lot of fun. SS86 Ultra Magnus is a fantastic version of the cartoon model, and while there's no inner-robot gimmick, it's a damn good car carrier that can carry any other SS86 cars. You get one toy for each G1 gimmick.
A great two, and they both very much embrace different parts of the Magnus legacy of toys!
Good work.
I would like to request Brainstorm get a video.
Brainstorm means a great deal to me. I would absolutely make a video for him!
One of my favorite characters and yet i dont have a figure of him lol i really want the prime voyager figure tho:)
What a great Magnus! I love his light blue colors!
I remember I got Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus as a christmas gift when I was a child and like an absolute idiot, I gave it away for a trade off for the Optimus Prime version and to this day I feel rlly guilty about it because that Ultra Magnus toy was js special to me and I remember when I opened it up for the first time and ahhhh man big regret fr
Hey, it happens! I lost a bunch of my childhood toys, I know how much it hurts to not have them around anymore. I hope you can find a new Magnus for yourself someday!
I recently got a convention classics ultra Magnus and fansproject’s city commander as pretty much a set, and oh my god that was my childhood dream toy finally getting to me
That’s sick! How is he holding up to the adult eye?
@ honestly perfect, it was one of those toys I’d wanted to get off of eBay forever (I had gotten the Optimus toys r us two pack from age of extinction cause I wanted at least a version of that toy so that I could properly do city commander) but wasn’t able to get it until that convention just a few months ago, and conveniently they had the two pack of Magnus and skywarp and god it’s so cool
@ SICK! There’s nothing better than finding something like that in-person. It’s the most magical experience in collecting.
Can you do the many toys of frenzy/rumble/enemy?
Yes to all three! I’ll add Enemy to my list!
I think it would be cool if you did Star Saber sometime
I think he only has like 6 toys
You know, I did do Dai Atlas already! Saber would be a ton of fun to look into!
I'm eagerly anticipating the arrival of my Omega Prime!
Hell, yeah!
I wish I had ss86 ultra magnus. It looks awesome. Toy scalpers are evil! I have the beast hunters voyager magnus, and I still love it, with the hammer was bigger.
It sucks to try to find older toys. It’s like, “I’m sorry I wasn’t born yet, I’d just like to play with toy”😭
My favorite Magnus thus far is the Xtransbots "commander Stacks," though I am excited for the Fanstoys release.
I really want to see reviews on it. I think Fanstoys could really knock Magnus out of the park if everything on that figure feels good to mess with.
Really like how you some up the purpose of his character in the 96 movie and the arx
Just some ramblings from a geek. I like having those little moment to talk about the character.
@ you did great!
@@Cdr2002 Thank you!
@ you’re welcome 😊
you dealt with this now!
My wallet just bought it 😂
Could you please do a video on tracks? He's my absolute favorite character
I love Tracks! I’d love to make a video for him!
I dread to think how long a “the many toys of” video of Optimus or Bee would be 😅
Trust me, so do I. Even still, it’s coming one day!
The video would be outdated in a day 😂
I love Blokees Ultra magnus, i think magnus is the best figure in vol.4
That’s tough completion. Between him, Shockwave, Scrapper, Tarn, and Snarl, I think it’s the best wave of Blokees yet!
I had the titans return one, I wish I never got rid of it. It was so good
That entire era of Transformers was just incredible! So many awesome toys and weird characters.
Do ironhie plz
Also i appreciate being one of the comments at the beginning
Of course! And Ironhide is high up on my to-do list!
:)
Fans toys magnus comes out soon. I could not be more excited, could be greatest magnus of all time
He looks amazing! Can’t wait to see more of him!
Actually, the 1986 Ultra Magnus had the longer smokestacks on it's original release and Takara's 2000 reissue. It wasn't until 2002 that the Hasbro reissue shortened the smokestacks for the sake of safety reasons.
The images of that Ultra Magnus figure is probably a pairing between a 2002 reissue Ultra Magnus and the missiles from an original 1986 Ultra Magnus or an KO Ultra Magnus..
That’s very possible. At the same time; there are several running changes to Magnus, and tfwiki seems to say that short stack Magnus may have shown up in the 80s, just like there are Magnuses with no windshields or plastic tires.
Did you forget the (I think Perfect Effect) upgrade for Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus? Where you replace the cab with a white prime bot
I usually don’t cover upgrade kits, but I would have covered that one since it includes a figure. The only thing is I never saw that in my research.
My favorite Autobot! ULTRA MAGNUS!!
Hell, yeah! He’s awesome!
Please could we have the MANY Toys of Megatron next? Or maybe Skywarp, Swindle, Waspinator or Red Alert?
Megatron and the rest of the big 4 will probably be a bit. As for the others, I have them all on my list!
I think it would be interesting if Ultra Magnus was just Optimus Prime reborn after his death in the 86 movie but now he’s got a trailer that can turn into armor
IDW’s GI Joe / Transformers crossover did something similar to that, where Optimus becomes the white Magnus in the all spark and is reborn with that design.
MAGNUS
DA BOI!
The pictures of G1 Ultra Magnus is from a reissue. The original G1 Magnus had normal length smokestacks like Prime.
It turns out I misunderstood something in my research. You see, Magnus had several variants throughout G1. Some had windshields, others didn’t, some had rubber tires, others had plastic, ect. I though the smokestacks were the same thing, but I was clearly wrong there!
Nice.
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Finally! The one! The only! The could be Dion! UUUUUUUUUULTRAAAAAAA MAGNUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS!!!
Now I want Ultra Magnus to come down an aisle with Stone Cold music blaring 😂
i adore siege magnus no idea why
He’s a great toy! Even if he’s not my cup of tea, he’s an incredibly fun robot with so many options!
I use to own Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus, unfortunately I had to sell it because of a lack of Shelf Space .
Man, I get that. So many bots, so little space.
9:58 I had this guy when I was a kid, not knowing who he was at the time. Little did I know he's a hard to find figure with barely two listings on Ebay going for more than 125 dollars 😢😢
The heartbreak of the aftermarket, I’m sorry man.
@ronbondujon9690 yeah I'm hoping some day hasbro will release an ultra magnus based on the armada mold since they already have it
@ Nemesis would be awesome to see as well!
Honestly I disagree about him not being as heartfelt as optimus, especially in the g1 movie. He seems to have a lot of compassion for his teammates, even filling the role as a father more than a commander. He knows to lower his voice and comfort Daniel when he’s scared about his father, he patiently waits for perceptor to finish ranting as he doesn’t want to interrupt him. Even after being exploded into pieces and rebuilt his first word is “you’re all alive”
His first action is to immediately care for his found family. Ultra Magnus isn’t as compassionate as optimus but he’s definitely close. Like he got taught the mantle of be strong but gentle. Of course he puts himself on the front line sacrificing his spark to protect the team. Even when hot rod becomes rodimus he’s proud. Not upset, not begrudged but proud his close ally rose the ranks. Ultra Magnus to me is a firm commander; he knows how to lead and follows protocol but Magnus sees it isn’t always the case. He knows that he needs to be kind, patient, and even bending the rules and come up with creative decisions like how to get the dinobots on the ship. If anything I feel like Magnus while old is a younger optimus who has a more military style while not sacrificing the need to be a compassionate and gentle leader
Btw this isn’t me saying video bad I just really like ultra Magnus and wanted to rant about my favourite character. Keep doing you
I didn’t take it as you saying the video was bad! I think you bring up a lot of great points. I totally agree with you on almost all of them,
Magnus is the epitome of a “Father to his Men”. Magnus is supportive, respectful, and loves for the soldiers under his command. He is proud to see them outdue him, and he’s always ready to lay down his life for any of them. As a military commander and even as a Prime for a Cybertron at war, there is no greater leader than Magnus.
I think where we disagree is what happens when the last trumpet plays. Magnus, for all of his positives, is entirely right to say he’s a soldier first and foremost. That’s where Magnus and Optimus are most different.
To Magnus, they are his soldiers and his responsibility. To Optimus, they are his friends and his family.
To Magnus, regulation and protocol keeps his men safe. To Optimus, his friends need to make mistakes and learn while he’s there as a safety net.
Magnus is the world’s greatest boss. Prime is the world’s greatest dad. I know Megatron said it as an insult, but he was right when said Magnus was no Optimus Prime.
And I love him for it.
Would love to see a devastator video, or any combiner for that matter
I got a whole heap of them on my list!
Really need SS86 Mag reissued
Why?? It’s still in stores.
Where its like 150-200 everywhere to buy in the states @FlamesReviewsAndMocs
@@Shutterbug-qq9uq I saw one in a comic shop, it's a local place, and two in a meijers.
True, but Magnus is nowhere near as plentiful elsewhere. It was basically a myth here in Georgia. Some areas get these toys in better numbers than others.
Same! I was never able to nab him.
You know you wanna do Daniel next 🫣
Tempting, tempting 😂
YAAAAAAAAAAAS ultra Magnus the goat
THAT’S RIGHT HE IS THE GOAT! THE GOAT!
You need to do Starscream
Starscream will have his day in the sun! Some day.
Could you do sentinel after the ss sentinel comes out?
Honestly, I’m wanting to make a video for him for President’s Day 😂
@ronbondujon9690 oh Ye that would work🤣
@ Finally, a candidate we can all hate 😂
Cyclonus coming soon?
Cyclonus coming soon. February at the latest.
4:09 that predicted voice mod
The original AI character voice 😂
Is there anyway you could do the cassettes 😢
I’ll add them to the list!
@ronbondujon9690 Really
@ronbondujon9690 I've never talked to such a big youtuber
@@bumbleblitz I do my best to always reply to people. You guys took the time to watch my videos and talk to me, I want to speak back to you.
@@bumbleblitz I want to make one for Ravage soon, but I have a lot of videos in the works right now.
I still think that poll was rigged, Windcharger should have won
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What about beast wars Megatron?
I have him on my list! We’ll get to home one day!
How about Axer.
He's rather interesting as he's in the RID line in a two-pack with the first ever Sideways.
Also why not, add Sideways to the list if he's not there already.
Axer’s new! I’ll add him and Sideways to the list!
Jetfire would be a good one
He’s coming the Friday after next!
@@ronbondujon9690 awesome!
10:51 I had this set as a kid 12:43 also had this I miss my childhood
Don’t we all? I think the reason we like these dumb robot toys is because we all miss being kids.
@ronbondujon9690 I'm not going to give you my life story, but you could split the transformers toys I owned in half and tripled my bully troubles, and I would still not hesitate to press the magic reset button.
@ I feel that. Bruises and all, I feel that.
14:57 Oh hey! I still have that toy!
Awesome! Do you like it?
What about the Sam's club exclusive version of RID. I know not much diffrent but it is different.
If I remember right, that Magnus has a slightly darker blue.
your correct I own it along with yellow prime but couldnt remember difference cause I keep sam club on display combined. So much cooler then orignal imo@@ronbondujon9690
@@ronbondujon9690yup I have mine combined with yellow prime. So much cooler then orginal colors imo
@@ronbondujon9690also video was first I seen of your content. Loved it and look forward to see more.
@ Man, Splendid Prime is so awesome. She’s a toy I’d love to buy one day.
Would love to see a video about drift figures
Absolutely! I’ll make sure Drift is on my video!
Even though xtb magnus looks better, fanstoys feel good because it has armor, which you can remove fow cab magnus
Both are great toys, but I’m Impressed with what I’ve seen of the Fanstoys version.
Is there an Ironhide video coming?
I have one in the works, but it may be awhile.
Are you doing Ratchet separately?
@ Yeah! Especially nowadays, the two aren’t necessarily repaints/remolds of one another any more.
Do punch / counter-punch, fav transformer(s) and I even own a pontiac fiero (his g1 alt mode)
I love Punch/Counterpunch! I’ll add him to my list!
@ronbondujon9690 your awesome man!
@ Thanks, man!
My favorites are Animated, LG, and 86 Magnus, last one being my definitive Generations Magnus representative.
After handling Siege Galaxy Optimus and Nova Prime, I like the mold, but only as them; killed my interest in the base Siege Magnus except perhaps as representing a "preformat" version, with CW/LG or 86 as the reformatted version, fused with his armor.
As we speak, I'm designing and crafting a hammer for 86, one that he can wield via cheating (his hands closing and friction)
Honestly, I do respect the white robot gimmick (i have the KBB Core Magnus for my LG), but this is where I bring up one of the many ways the "Autobot death" parts of the 86 movie were badly written (barring Optimus', of course, but his mortal wounding was definitely badly written).
Instead of having Magnus temporarily dead...somehow, and just as easily brought back to life, it might have been better if his ARMOR was destroyed, and he survived as the white core robot, head redesigned if needed to avoid Optimus' design.
Two birds with one stone: Magnus isn't given a cheap death AND you market the main feature of the toy.
Believe me, if that happened, all G1 Magnus toys would have the white robot be mandatory.
I really wish the inner robot showed up in the cartoon. I think it would have been awesome to see. Maybe there could have even been an episode where Galvatron saw him and thought it was the ghost of Optimus.
Do wheeljack next
We’ll get to Jackie, don’t you worry! So many videos to make, so little time to edit 😂
Maybe an episode on Scrapper? If not, that's okay!
ABSOLUTELY AN EPISODE ON SCRAPPER! I love him!
Also, new pfp? I like it! Is that Soundwave?
@@ronbondujon9690 It Is!
It would be cool to see ultra magnus without the armor in a cartoon/game
Yeah! I think the only time it’s even happened was in the DreamWave comics.
Please, I’m begging you do the many toys of Starscream
I will someday, just as soon as I have the time!
I think you forgot Perfect Effect Magnus, a kit made for CW/LG/Plat Magnus.
I totally did! That’s my bad.
could u do Topspin eventually pls
I’ll add him to my list!