Hey TFans,

BBTS just delivered my Animated Leader Ultra Magnus.

He is a massive figure. But I cant seem to find a way to pose his shoulders...

I really want the right arm to be raised and hold the Mass Hammer up high, but his shoulders are VERY limited in articulation... Which is odd, because he has so many joints in the shoulder!

I think the "truck cockpit" is limiting the movement slightly, but I want to know if any of you have figured out a way to pose his shoulders.

HELP!

All and all this figure is OK. Leader Megatron is far superior IMHO...

He seems to be missing several paint apps on the forearms, knees and hammer. And mine doesnt even move his mouth or eyebrows when you push the chest button. The voice chip, lights and sounds are cool but I thaught the mouth was suppose to move, too...

The transform sound chip is great. We all love that sound...

Please let me know what you guys are doing with Leader Ultra Magnus.

You may need to adjust how the truck cab halves sit on his shoulders.

Yes. Good call.

The truck cab halves do have a double hinge inside the cab and attached to UM shoulder. I tryed to even bend them at at an angle to increase range of movement... Still needs help.

I really want to twist his shoulder up, so he can hold up his hammer up high...

Has anyone modded his super ratcheted shoulder joints?

The more I rotate the shoulder up the farther back the entire arm bends. Reminds me of a TRex with stubby little arms. That just WONT do for this Elite Commander!

Please HELP!

I hope he hits my area the same time the City Commander set becomes available. I could see him gifting it to Classics Magnus.

Also please if you can show some pics of any solutions you may find for this issue. After all whats the point of weilding a hammer if you can't hold it high(been listening to Man-O-War alot lately).

I do have a question though since you already have the figure. In some pics there's what looks like a blue point coming out of the grill, in others it's not present. Forgive me if this is vague, but whats up with that? I prefer it not there, but cant tell if it's part of a lame feature, or a mistransformation in early pics.

was it one of the front guns?

I too am looking forward to a very Ultra Magnusy month!

That is all. Move along. Nothing to see here

Yes, one of the hidden weapons is a pair of front mounted gatling guns. They are hidden behind 2 silver painted "grill" panels. The silver is nice, but not enough of it. There is some translucent blue plastic up in there, but they chose to paint it over with yellow. As it is connected with one of his truck headlights... Blue would have been better, INHO.

Anyone have a solution to his shoulder joint posing?

PS: Yea, other bands rock but Manowar KILLS!

I am trying to understand the question - my Magnus's arms pose pretty well, actually.

I posted this in the Action Pose thread the other day:



Can you try to specify what the problem is by using a picture? Then maybe I can try to help.

The truck cab halves were likely not positioned right with the OP's figure, and the point where his arms rotates is behind where his shoulder is. As for the hammer, you could try making him hold it further down the handle if the hand is tight enough.

Yea, Leader Ultra Magnus has shoulders that rotate.

But they are set back so far, when you begin to rotate his hand up the shouder goes farther back...

Trying to raise the Hammer up high...

Has anyone modded the shoulders, yet?

There are a few nice ratchet joints and I'm just waiting for a mod to pop up...

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At the very least, your Magnus is having an issue with the mouth (apparently everybody else skipped over this), so maybe you contact BBTS about a replacement. I've read on here that they are very good about that sort of thing.

(Or when he hits in stores near you, do an exchange.)

As for the mod, I haven't read the whole thread but the feedback thread for universe Powerglide mentions a fix to lesson the ratcheting joints. Something about them causing too much stress on the figure. I didn't bother reading the whole thread to see what that was about, as I'm not getting Powerglide. But I did mentally file it away in case I run across a figure with something similar.

Maybe it'll help with your Ultra Magnus.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...erglide-14.html

I probably won't be getting Magnus any time soon. Voyager is about as big as my preferences for tfs get. I really like Leader Bulkhead, but I got him in a trade.

Hope that helped!

~Matt Booker

You guys can all just go to hell for having Ultra Magnus in the first place.

That is all.

Thanks for the tip!

Draven's Powerglide ratchet mod:

"Well, I've sorted his leg issues out; I cut off the first notch on the bottom edge of each of the ratcheting pieces on his hip joints. He can stand a LOT better now. I'm revising my robot mode score to 8/10 when modified. Odd how such a tiny thing can make ALL the difference, isn't it?"


I'm not sure this will help Ultra Magnus shoulders, but when I get home, I'll take a look...


Anyone else having ideas on Leader Ultra magnus shoulder fixes???

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This is the first thread I found on Animated UM:

Does anyone know when this guy is supposed to hit stores? He's the last animated guy i need in 2008 (I think), and I really would love to get him.

Haven't seen him anywhere in CT.

I pre-ordered him off BBTS.com... No sign of him on shelves in NJ...

Anyone come up with a shoulder mod, yet?

I've ordered him off of HTS. MUCH cheaper than BBTS and 10% off that to boot.

Um, anyway. When I get him, I'll take a look at this shoulder buisness. If it bothers me enough, I may have to try and fix it...

~Matt Booker

Hmm.

Yup, he's up there, but with $8 shipping. Leader-class figs are NEVER hard to find once they enter the retail chain, so I think I can wait.

True. Just saying it was better than BBTS.

I'm moving away from the city, and driving 20 minutes every other day just have wal-mart disappoint me by not having a Swoop or Sentinel is going to be hard on gas. I ordered Magnus while I was at it because it wasn't any extra for shipping.

~Matt Booker