Magic Square-Toys legend scale not Ultra Magnus, Seaspray and Sideswipe

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  1. NOCV

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    How tall is the IF UM? I feel like it's probably close in height to MST Sideswipe, and in that video I posted yesterday MST UM towers over MST Red Alert, and he's even crouched a good bit.
     
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    How is it something made to be a "masterpiece" doesn't look as good as something a third of the size which is also painted better
     
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    I don't have IF UM anymore, so I can't give you an actual measurement. But rest assured he's a good bit taller than MST Sideswipe. Becuase: MST Sideswipe is at least a head shorter than MST Inferno; MST Inferno is just about the same height as DX9's Seekers; and:

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    Thanks for that. Yeah, something fucky about that tape measure pic. Maybe the perspective makes the measurement look bigger?

    I just fired up the MST chat and there's loads of comparison shots as people are starting to receive theirs:
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    If MFT really does OS this guy then I am pretty sure that's what I'll settle on. Robot mode height is just ok to me, but the difference in size of alt mode is too much. He looks like a completely different scale from DX9 OP, and MST's OP will most likely be larger than that:
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    Delta Magnus is 4.5 inches to the top of his head
     
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    I'm getting him just to put in my UM display. That damn alt mode pic is crazy. I thought Dutch was small. Anyway, he'll look good with all the other Ultra Magni at least.
     
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    Damn I’m sold on UM.
     
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    UGH.
     
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    Yeah, Magnus looks too lean compaired to many of the other figures. Hopefully the MFT version will be slightly oversized and fix that
     
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    Ive never thought this magnus was very impressive, a lot of people been raving about the look of him but i think that has been more to do with how off the MP version was. Imo we really should have a better UM than this by now. We have a big boned UM MP and skinny legends UM but nothing inbetween.

    Unless they fix the proportions making him bigger won't really help.
     
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    Ironically using Fred's old IF UM that I bought off him, he's about 11 cm tall to the head, and 12 cm tall to the top of his shoulders.

    Edit: thought I would add that IF UM is a good bit taller than MST Sideswipe, he comes in at about 9.5 cm
     
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    Since I don’t have much of a connection to Magnus outside IDW, I wonder if I should wait to see if MST does a Delta Magnus of their own.

    If so, a Diaclone Prime deco would also be neat from their forthcoming OP.
     
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    ^ This line is simply fantastic, I think love what MS is doing so far....

    I have these, Inferno and Grapple are inbound, and I just ordered Mags and Red Alert from hzj401 today.....
     
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    KO companies oversize this and paint it so we can have a proper MP ultra magnus please !!!!!!
     
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    I wonder what size cars would fit on there in alt/transport mode? Matchbox/Hotwheels 1:64 scale? Probably smaller.
     
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    hmm, I wonder if the material they use (nylon, right?) doesn't allow for ball joints? That would explain why they seem to choose ankle pivots and theweird neck they've given UM here. Thinking about it, all the ball part pf the ball joints on inferno are done with a different plastic.
     
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    that is a marvelous idea.

    However... I havn't bought anything tf related since ... magic square SSwipe.... itching...

    ty so much for all the comparison pics sir! hat off, and did i say.. TY!

    did you apply the gundam marker?
     
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    Well, maybe not Fire/Red Hot, but Holi/Stakeout might fit.

    Not quite Daim, but whoever’s Weibo he linked to definitely used some kind of paint marker.

    And, I was certainly reflecting on my own misadventures with using a Gundam marker for panel lining while looking that over.

    Also, there’s this adorable fan mode for Sideswipe but I can’t remember for the life of me what those eyes remind me of since Googling proved that Masshin Hero Wataru and Time Bokan are not quite it, and I’m not gunna plumb Google images and CollectionDX for the answer, right now.

    No, for now, I just want to share this since I don’t think it has been posted yet...

    Sina Visitor System

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  20. RickyLeeSTF

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    Not bad for a first year. With 3 more likely to see release before 2019.
     

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