Nope. Recalled, refunded, and called it a day. A damn shame.

 

Sad part is the reason they recalled it wasn't even due to half the QC issues, it was mostly recalled due to the sound clip issue where they swapped the activation sounds for “Magna Laser” and “Magna Vulcan”. Also a box image not being correct. I ended up buying two of them, and both had major issues. I ended up cobbling a descent one together as best I could and sent the other one back. Some of the issue were two of the same foot, so you couldn't form Super Fire Convoy. The panel that flips around the foot on Fire Convoy was at an angle and wouldn't sit flush. Fire Convoy missing a siren. Both God Fire Convoy heads had scratches. God Magnus had parts on the trailer that weren't pinned correctly so you couldn't fold them around without putting a stress mark in them. One God Magnus hand must of had either flash on the thumb or the hole on Fire Convoy was too small, but I could not join them together for God Fire Convoy mode. Random looseness on joints that were fine on the other copy, so it wasn't a mold degradation issue. Yet my original releases which were completely fine, only picked up this set for the new coloring. Not sure what the hell Takara did on this one.

 

Decided to update photos here! With the Haslab announcement and some fans saying "it is exactly the same as the old figure," I was motivated to pull him off the shelf. Looking at this early 00's figure in 2024, I see a ton of things that can be improved upon. Lets hope the new figure really modernizes his articulation.

Note: I'll take photos of Magnus late this week  

 

The Optimus Prime is a timeless, beautiful, characterful figure that still holds up.

Magnus is more compromised and a product of his era.