MP-31 Diaclone Magnus (Delta Magnus)

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  1. Lbsammills51

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    It is, on the 27th of August. I'm guessing they listed the wrong release date and never updated their listing.
     
  2. Optimus Prime15

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    I thought so. They have September 30 as the release date for 2-3 masterpiece releases.
     
  3. Sam

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    Looks pretty metallic, particularly here on his feet:

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    That would definitely be paint not bare plastic, as his feet are diecast. I wonder if there's a metallic look to the bare plastic too though, kinda like MP-18B's hands. Not too long until we can find out.

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    Maybe the Plastic will be sort of like MP Tracks.
     
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    Damn, I can't wait for the 27th. MP Delta Magnus and UW Computron are the last things I need before I can finally ship my POL. Loudpedal's in there so it'll be a double MP redeco day. :p  They both look incredible, but theres something about Delta, I just know that he's going to visually dominate my shelf.

    It'll be great to get the alternate goggle eye faces for Ultra Magnus too. I do wish that Delta had a set of those faces for himself instead of Marissa Faireborne though.
     
  6. Sam

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    That would be pretty cool.

    Something about the Magnus mould already dominates my shelf. I find myself relegating Prime to the background, Magnus looks like the real leader. I think this big yellow-eyed blue-silver-black-red bastard is gonna look like even more like the motherfucking boss!

    I think I will seriously start to wonder whether MP-22 still has a place in my collection once MP-31 arrives.
     
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    I don't know about the original Diaclone toy, but the Diaclone color reissue of Ultra Magnus was cast in metallic plastic.
     
  8. Optimus Prime23

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    Hush yo mouth.
     
  9. ChromeMagnus

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    This was one of the last molds from the MP line before they changed designers and factories resulting in their quality taking a dive.
     
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    I can't wait for Delta so I can rearrange my Diaclone shelf so he can lead his own squad.. Road Rage, Bluestreak, Clampdown, Tigertrack, Exhaust, Loudpedal, Spin-Out (Sentinel Blaze, the red Sunstreaker), and Liger (red Mirage). Sure there's at least two traitors in the mix, but what can you do? :lol 
     
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    I pre ordered this ages ago can't wait. They certainly based the deco of this form his appearance in the 1986 Movie Trailler.
    I love how they have made him a Charachter in his own right it all helps add to the G1 feel of a never ending Galaxy spanning story of millions of years and bots spread all over the Galaxy.
    The colours are sweet an I can't wait for the alternate faces for Magnus as I much prefer him with the Movie Style face rocking out the 80s aviator sunglasses look.

    It's also good to see some acknowledgement to Diaclone which we all owe a lot starting it all. They should do more Diaclone colour bots and intodruce them as new characters too.

    Now we need Masterpiece Kup Arcee Blur Blaster in the same sizes as the new Hotrod and Soundwave please :) 
     
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    Sweet

    :) 

    Actually Ultra Magnus was made in Vietnam (the new factory), just like MP-10 before him, and then the rest of the carbots joined starting with Tracks. Not sure what dive in quality you're talking about though, chrome isues? The QC nightmare that is Ramjet was produced in the old Chinese factory with the other seekers.
     
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    Not to mention, Magnus WAS from the new designer, not Hasui. But yes, I agree, the actual quality of the product was increased, and been incredibly consistent since moving to Vietnam. The move to this new factory, just so happened right around the time that some of the less-than-universally-loved molds came out. So people associate mold/design they don't like with "lower quality"
     
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    Oh yeah good point, I almost forgot Magnus is Kobayashi's. I wonder was Star Saber made in Vietnam too?

    There's no denying that, apart from some paint flaking on some people's Ratchets, whatever painting technique they're using now is so much better than before. I wish Bumblebee had been given the same treatment.

    I wonder if part of the reason they're rushing out the coneheads is so that they can close ties with the old factory? After Deep Cover, MP-18+, MP-20+ and a couple more Bumblebee repaints I guess they'd be getting close to finished with them.

    Anyway, enough digression. For me MP-31 is always gonna be Ultra Magnus in his pre-2005 colours. Echoing g1er, we need the likes of Kup and Arcee more than ever.
     
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    Delta Magnus is like the Eric Stoltz of the Transformers universe. Got cast in the role of Autobot City Commander in the movie, went all method with the character, filmed all his shots... then the director pulled him aside and was like "hey, Delta, buddy, thanks for all the hard work, but something's just not clicking with your performance... I'm afraid we have to let you go." They re-cast him with Ultra Magnus, and had to reshoot all his scenes with the other cast members. Ultra would go on to become a
    fan favorite, while Delta became an obscure bit of trivia.

    Some say that's still Delta's wheel seen in one shot of the film...

     
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    I like that idea that its like Magnus is a vein dude who changes his clothes from time to time. Makes the Aviator sunglasses look make even more sense.
    The Magnus mold is so perfect looks like it walked out the cells.

    I would buy it repainted again. Id love to see a new decepticon one or in a odd move a totally white one with an mp-10 head on it. that would be a custom job for sure.
    Shame they never made any other colours except that clear yellow thing... Ultra Kidney Failure. Or Jaundice Magnus was it.. ?

    lol

    :) 
     
  18. 03Mach1

    03Mach1 Logic has been replaced with blind ignorance.

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    As a huge fan of BttF and and of the Back in Time documentary, you totally nailed this post. I'm just genuinely sorry more people didn't get to appreciate it.

    :) 
     
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    I don't know if I see Magnus as vain.. in my head-canon MP-31 are his colours before he came to Earth. He adopted red, white and blue at some point when negotiations with the American government allowed the construction of Autobot City, as a gesture of thanks.

    I would love to see someone use one of those KO MP-10Us and really try and make a custom Magnus that transforms like the original plan for MP-22. Though I guess if Shogo Hasui couldn't figure it out then it ain't never gonna happen!
     
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    I'm also a HUGE BttF fan, so this analogy clicked with me too :lol 
     
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