Siege Leader Class Cybertron/Galaxy Force Optimus remold from Ultra Magnus

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  1. Nevermore

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    here are more photos i took for my benefit to remind me that, Yes, he has the smaller guns, both big guns, and the silver gun, quit worrying about it, while i wait for over a month, figured I'd share them here since we need more photos, and here are my thoughts on what is being shown in them 5m4UYJO.jpg
    first image i took basic poor flash washes out details 1tfopSC.jpg seems he has battle damage on the robot mode arms and black paint on the side of the ladder/super mode gun to break up all the silver
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    side of the box oh look the image on every side of a siege box with a wheeljack we may not get, do to not winning the fan vote, it'd be like seeing in POTP Star Saber show up in every promo image, like "We wanted him to win guys, you could of had this" 037JuOk.jpg better view of the head and silver gun plus the black gun is visible cUkrq3C.jpg close up on the chest and abdomen for clearer details along with legs and the other super mode gun visible at the same time with the left one EzZq8sJ.jpg
    Says convoy in cybertronian and then Galaxy Upgrade Optimus prime in english under it, if i am remembering correctly, also as great as the box art is, It's weird his forearm is blue, I mean the one not covered by the smaller guns/truck bumper xhMYIdT.jpg
    Left black gun and larger gun, plus battle damage on that arm disappears in certain lighting

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    View of the other black gun and larger silver gun plus
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    back of the box with Co release Shockwave and if I am reading it right, production number 90081,
     
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    I do have a theory that the crotch shown on the back of the box, is for the larger robot mode do to it matching the same details on Galaxy Convoy/Cybertron Optimus prime more and the one in the box is mistransformed and is for the regular smaller robot mode instead, so the larger yellow details are for the smaller guy and the smaller ones are for the larger guy pretty much and the instructions and or TonTon along with Long's toys has it wrong
     
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    Interesting. That would work well to convey the combined scale in a more pronounced/animation magic way.
     
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    One belt is more a G1 homage, the other is straight TFC
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    It doesn't help that the instructions, the artwork on the box and the figure packaged at the factory can't get it right, either. Always use the source material for tips and info, you'll suffer less.

    It is kind of astounding that the people running the show don't actually know what show it is they're running. lol
     
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    Ya too many hands in the cookie jar now...Yet their QC is not improving one bit. I am not following why the voyager one if they intended to release a leader the next wave... Next why no Leader Megatron we got that whole size issue from 2006 all over again.... Next if the entire line is about battle damage and cross play with weaponizers being armor add ons why would they not make the voyager Prime able to armor up.... it would of made sence to have that cross play option or a recolor of Magnus armor...
     
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    I kinda doubt anyone who was with Hasbro by the time G1 or even Cybertron aired is still working on Transformers today.
     
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    Your likely right over 50% of the staff that started the Combiner Wars line do not work there anymore(heard that in a blog), they have a high turn over rate...
     
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    I can see what you mean here, but I understand my wording wasn't quite as clear as I had intended. The old toy is readily available, especially in toy form and pictures. All they had to do is see which way was what on him and do their best to replicate it on this toy. Because of missing something that simple, it's no wonder they can't get their instruction game to be better. Call it laziness, cutting corners, what have you, but they have a wealth of resources at their disposal and still somehow miss the mark, especially when it comes to instructions.
     
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    As much as I love Siege I don’t think this was supposed to be fan loved remake and more of an “easy and inexpensive retool.” If that was Hasbro’s goal, then they hit a home run. Besides, why get an identical figure?

    I mean Siege Magnus was G1 Magnus with bits of RID on it. Siege Prime is G1 Prime with bits of Cybertron.

    Did Hasbro fully satisfy fans with this figure? Probably not. But they weren’t trying. They just wanted an easy retool and a leader class Prime. Mission accomplished.
     
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    As someone who works in a large corporation, I can assure you it can be terribly frustrating at times when you see someone else screw up something you worked on (or just personally care about), and seeing it get fixed isn't part of your job.
     
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    *sigh* -_- What my original post was ALL about? I don't care about the original toy or the current one. I'm talking cutting corners on something as simple as the instructions. All they had to do was look at the original to get something as simple as the belt transformation corrected in the paperwork. Now imagine where else they cut corners. I promise, that's all my post was about.
     
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    I was in Walmart looking at toys with my son (other stores were apparently closed for Easter) and sitting behind WFC Shockwave was this guy...
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    Completely surprised to see this figure. Luckily, my son wanted the big Cyberverse Megatron to go with his Optimus Prime, so I brought this guy home for me. :) 
     
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    Wow. My Walmart doesn’t even have a spot for leaders anymore.
     
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    It could have been worse. Both of you could have been fighting over the same Optimus and gotten into a 5-minute thumb war over it,only to watch as someone else snatched it up and walked away when both of you were distracted.
     
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    Ugh! That only happened once. You're never gonna let me live that down, are you?

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