what is up with this dudes alt mode??

i watched all of armada and i never saw this guy, and i'm just curious as to what hell he is doing as a trailer for an alt mode.

 

He could be hitched up to the back of Leader Optimus' trailer and Jetfire could perch on top of him in shuttle mode; making for a nice-sized convoy.

If I recall, Overload only showed up two or three times in the Armada cartoon towards the end of the show and never had a speaking role. Just appeared out of nowhere and was basically extra guns for Prime.

 

thats awesome

 

I think it's meant to be a weapons trailer of sorts (although I can never remember whether that was an official mode, a fan mode off the net, or something I came up with in my own time) - I only remember him appearing once (although I didn't watch all of Armada) and even then he was referred to as Ultra Magnus.

The figure is fun - most enjoyment I've got out of something that is essentially a brick.

 

didnt he turn into that idiot leobreaker in cybertron?

 

No he didn't

 

Overhaul turned into Leobreaker. Different dude.  

 

ohhhh, alright. so overload didnt appear anywhere besides those brief moments nearing the end of that bag of crap we call transformers: armada?

 

Yeah, he sorta just showed up after the Mini-cons resurected Prime via the Matrix. And yeah, he never had a speaking role (outside of the spoken "COMBINE!" in the stock footage of him becoming Prime's artilery backpack ). Interestingly, the Universe Overload (another of those Cyb. Def. Scattorshot redecos, I think the Autobot 8-bit camo one) is supposed to be Armada Overload during Cybertron, and the bio, amusingly enough, mentions his unknown origins being something even HE is confused about 

 

yeah, i planned on getting him, but i could only find dropshot

 

^^^ Sentinel Maximus would like a word with you. In the alley.

 

I really liked that toy. He was a total brick, but a uber-detailed, tough as hell, fun to smash other toys with, brick.

Of course my not-so-fondest memory is of him being at the heart of the "No Prototype Pic" policy. I still want to smash someone's face for that. Ugh.

 

i prefer the energon magnus repaint, but overload stays with regular prime/jetfire, and energon with plx prime/jetfire

 

He was shown in Robot Mode in the cartoon

Can't remember the ep though

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the toy was simply called Ultra Magnus in Japan. Which explains his alt mode.