I doult anyone would complain if she was just silver & black
Studio Series discussion
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Saw this today on BBTS. Not Studio Series, but since the thread's about movie toys, it's as good a place as any.
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So, SDCC reveals -
Core Novakane (Freezer with a new hat)
Core ROTB Exo suit (I like it! Nice drone mode)
Core 86 Frenzy (Red) (Not a surprise but solid)
Deluxe ROTB Nightbird (ehhh, this looks worse than the mainline version to me but maybe better pictures will help)
Voyager Ratchet (Fantastic)
Commander Magnus (Also fantastic, I think they did a great job here).
Not a painted window in sight. They were so full of shit with Brawn.
Core Novakane (Freezer with a new hat)
Core ROTB Exo suit (I like it! Nice drone mode)
Core 86 Frenzy (Red) (Not a surprise but solid)
Deluxe ROTB Nightbird (ehhh, this looks worse than the mainline version to me but maybe better pictures will help)
Voyager Ratchet (Fantastic)
Commander Magnus (Also fantastic, I think they did a great job here).
Not a painted window in sight. They were so full of shit with Brawn.
Magnus looks like they are reusing the Kingdom/siege gun, thou it will be intersting to see how he actually transforms, because this will be the second time offically that a G1 Magnus gets to be a car transporter that can actually transport cars, the last one was Combiner wars and before that it was RID2001 Magnus, the kingdom/siege wasn't very good at doing that!
The Kingdom mold was good at having an inner robot, which I found an acceptable trade.
Ultra Magnus looks great. But I don't care. Inner robot or no sale. I'm out.
Not even remotely interested in Nota-Magnus without the white Prime. Easy pass.
I like Magnus enough to get him. I don't mind that he doesn't have a separate, smaller, white Optimus (after all, this is a Studio Series release, and he did not have that feature in the '86 Movie). I've got the Kingdom version and Classics if I really get itchy to display him like that.
I am totally happy with my Siege Magnus. He's a close enough representation to Ultra Magnus for me that I don't plan on getting another. I'm not surprised at SS's lack of inner bot as other's have pointed out. I'm not disappointed in it or anything, I just don't need it.
I'll be sticking with my OSKO Siege Magnus too. It's the closest thing to a "passable" and "official" CHUG Magnus.
I suppose one day, Hasbro will make one that's fully decent, but not today...
I'm in for Magnus, despite my traditional preference for having the inner robot. Kinda bummed that we didn't get a similar "smaller robot and super mode" as we've gotten for Armada Prime; this seems like it would've been doable at this price point (and frankly I thought that was the point of putting it here). But ehh. He looks good, and ended up better than the WFC one (but then, low bar), so... fine.
Ratchet I'm waffling on, as I might yet get an upgrade kit to let the Earthrise/Galactic Odyssey one's shield become a repair sled and call it a day.
Nightbird I like the look of, but as with the Beast Weaponizer Arcee, that backpack is going to be annoying. Maybe there's a step the toy photographer/renderer missed where the panels with the winglets fold down? I'd have taken the mainline Deluxe with the beige/bronze replaced with gunmetal. (shrug) I wonder if I can just paint one up.
Exosuit Noah I can take or leave, but maybe there's a repurposing that can be done there thanks to the jet mode.
Ratchet I'm waffling on, as I might yet get an upgrade kit to let the Earthrise/Galactic Odyssey one's shield become a repair sled and call it a day.
Nightbird I like the look of, but as with the Beast Weaponizer Arcee, that backpack is going to be annoying. Maybe there's a step the toy photographer/renderer missed where the panels with the winglets fold down? I'd have taken the mainline Deluxe with the beige/bronze replaced with gunmetal. (shrug) I wonder if I can just paint one up.
Exosuit Noah I can take or leave, but maybe there's a repurposing that can be done there thanks to the jet mode.
Maybe if Magnus had come out earlier. Stege Magnus has its issues but this doesn't do anything significantly better to warrant a rebuy.
I'm sitting ROTB out completely due to the clusterhug of its toyline.
I'm sitting ROTB out completely due to the clusterhug of its toyline.
It's not the same, and you know it.
About $350 and 4 hours of labour at the mechanic.