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Christmas present No. 7 of 8 - TF Combiner Wars - Leader Class - Ultra Magnus (with Minimus Ambus), from Wave 3.

Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus is an all-new Leader Class mold, with a robot mode based on Nick Roche's design for the character in IDW Publishing's More than Meets the Eye and transforming into a truck and trailer. Although the truck and trailer cannot be seperated, they are connected by a pivot joint that still allows one to move independent of the other. He includes a small Minimus Ambus, based on Alex Milne's design for the character, that can be stored inside his chest in robot mode. In vehicle mode, the trailer-bed has a set of 3 notches that seemingly correspond with tabs on Minimus, however, it is a loose fit, and Minimus will detatch with a little shaking. Artist Andrew Griffith also worked with Hasbro on Minimus's toy design and "cockpit" within Magnus.[3] Minimus is not necessary for transformation and Ultra Magnus can be completed without seating him in the cockpit.

Ultra Magnus includes two 5mm guns, which can be combined with his shoulder-mounted missile launchers to form a large hammer weapon, in homage to the character's Animated and Prime incarnations. Note that in robot form, Ultra Magnus lacks 5mm holes in his hands for his guns; instead, his fingers open and close like the hands of Combiner class Combiner War toys. This means that he isn't able to strongly hold his guns, making them prone to falling out. The door sculpted into Ultra Magnus's cab suggests that it is intended to represent a positively gargantuan vehicle, with the trailer being perhaps seven stories tall if scaled to a human. Hasbro representatives at Toy Fair 2015 said that his ladder sculpts were intended to match in scale similar ladder sculpts on Combiner Wars Devastator.
Ultra Magnus comes with a character card based on his packaging art, which was drawn by Marcelo Matere.

The mold was also heavily retooled into Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime.

(All credit goes to this TFWiki page, for all that helpful information: tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(… )

Minimus Ambus is a very small mini-figure that comes with Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. Despite its tiny size, it is based on his "middle" augmentation armor rather than the tiny innermost robot. In robot mode, Minimus can "pilot" the Ultra Magnus robot; he even "wears" the Magnus head like a helmet. He cannot remain inside when the "Magnus Armor" is transformed, but he can transform into a Cybertronian hovercar which can then tab into a set of three grooves on the lower level of the Ultra Magnus trailer.

Andrew Griffith worked on the design of the figure and its "cockpit".[1] Many Ultra Magnus toys feature Minimus toys with poor joint tolerances, causing his arms to pop off with minimal resistance.

He was redecoed into Legends Alpha Trion.

(All credit goes to this TFWiki page, for all that helpful information: tfwiki.net/wiki/Minimus_Ambus#… )

Finally, after five long years, I have Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus! And fully complete as well, along with being in perfect condition after all this time, if I do say so myself.

Acquired on 25/12/20: www.deviantart.com/krytenmarkg…

Transformers (c) Hasbro, Takara Tomy, Bob Budiansky, Nobuyuki Okude

Description
Christmas present No. 7 of 8 - TF Combiner Wars - Leader Class - Ultra Magnus (with Minimus Ambus), from Wave 3.

Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus is an all-new Leader Class mold, with a robot mode based on Nick Roche's design for the character in IDW Publishing's More than Meets the Eye and transforming into a truck and trailer. Although the truck and trailer cannot be seperated, they are connected by a pivot joint that still allows one to move independent of the other. He includes a small Minimus Ambus, based on Alex Milne's design for the character, that can be stored inside his chest in robot mode. In vehicle mode, the trailer-bed has a set of 3 notches that seemingly correspond with tabs on Minimus, however, it is a loose fit, and Minimus will detatch with a little shaking. Artist Andrew Griffith also worked with Hasbro on Minimus's toy design and "cockpit" within Magnus.[3] Minimus is not necessary for transformation and Ultra Magnus can be completed without seating him in the cockpit.

Ultra Magnus includes two 5mm guns, which can be combined with his shoulder-mounted missile launchers to form a large hammer weapon, in homage to the character's Animated and Prime incarnations. Note that in robot form, Ultra Magnus lacks 5mm holes in his hands for his guns; instead, his fingers open and close like the hands of Combiner class Combiner War toys. This means that he isn't able to strongly hold his guns, making them prone to falling out. The door sculpted into Ultra Magnus's cab suggests that it is intended to represent a positively gargantuan vehicle, with the trailer being perhaps seven stories tall if scaled to a human. Hasbro representatives at Toy Fair 2015 said that his ladder sculpts were intended to match in scale similar ladder sculpts on Combiner Wars Devastator.
Ultra Magnus comes with a character card based on his packaging art, which was drawn by Marcelo Matere.

The mold was also heavily retooled into Titans Return Powermaster Optimus Prime.

(All credit goes to this TFWiki page, for all that helpful information: tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_Magnus_(… )

Minimus Ambus is a very small mini-figure that comes with Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus. Despite its tiny size, it is based on his "middle" augmentation armor rather than the tiny innermost robot. In robot mode, Minimus can "pilot" the Ultra Magnus robot; he even "wears" the Magnus head like a helmet. He cannot remain inside when the "Magnus Armor" is transformed, but he can transform into a Cybertronian hovercar which can then tab into a set of three grooves on the lower level of the Ultra Magnus trailer.

Andrew Griffith worked on the design of the figure and its "cockpit".[1] Many Ultra Magnus toys feature Minimus toys with poor joint tolerances, causing his arms to pop off with minimal resistance.

He was redecoed into Legends Alpha Trion.

(All credit goes to this TFWiki page, for all that helpful information: tfwiki.net/wiki/Minimus_Ambus#… )

Finally, after five long years, I have Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus! And fully complete as well, along with being in perfect condition after all this time, if I do say so myself.

Acquired on 25/12/20: www.deviantart.com/krytenmarkg…

Transformers (c) Hasbro, Takara Tomy, Bob Budiansky, Nobuyuki Okude