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Post by Jaymz on Aug 28, 2012 19:36:30 GMT
Well, it's the colour scheme of the G1 Magnus toy, it shouldn't have too much blue! Should have more red though - shoulders, head, lower arms and outside plates on the legs were blue, with most of the chest being red. Really the white on the original Ultra Magnus' humanoid mode is more of a trim colour, in my opinion. Karl It's based on the G1 cab Karl, not the full armoured robot. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 28, 2012 19:39:25 GMT
I think Karl is having a dig at the fact that it's not actually Ultra Magnus that's being repainted, but just the cab robot.
Andy
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Post by Jaymz on Aug 28, 2012 20:08:10 GMT
I see. I thought he didn't understand what the homage was supposed to be.
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Post by legios on Aug 28, 2012 20:16:13 GMT
Not really meant as a dig as such, it is more that my brain is wired in such a way that I don't see the cab as existing as a separate entity - to me Ultra Magnus is a car carrier that turns into a single large humanoid mode - the cab is just a part of him which gets swallowed up in the transformation. It is probably because I was mostly familiar with Magnus from the Marvel Comic, where he is treated that way. Because of that I immediately think of Magnus as being mostly blue in his humanoid mode, with a white cab section in vehicle mode.
I can see what they are doing, it just seems odd to my way of thinking.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 28, 2012 21:28:12 GMT
I agree.
I have liked a few white 'Magnus' homage toys (the repaints of Classics Voyager Prime and G2 laser Rod survived a recent clear-out), but that's down mostly to liking white on toys. They've never evoked the original Ultra Magnus for me as that full robot hardly had any white on it!
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 29, 2012 20:01:43 GMT
Yep, Ultra Magnus is only Ultra Magnus with his 'armour' in my mind. 'Tis why I love my City Commander so.
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