Animated Leader Ultra Magnus / Universe Ultra Silverbolt
 

UNIVERSE ULTRA SILVERBOLT

LAME VIDEO SHOWING TRANSFORMATION AND SOUND EFFECTS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhbbMThJ0jg

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Pros

-lights (green on both sides of the fuselage/orange on the rear thrusters/green eyes) and sounds (firing guns/transformation sound/swoosh/ignition or different laser sound, hard to say)
-looks good from the top
-decent poseability (head, shoulders, biceps, elbows, hips, upper leg swivel, knees)
-old school headsculpt and transformation
-gun with firing missile
-deployable landing gears
-one neat little trick: fists turning around to become intakes in jet mode
-fake rear fins molded on the shoulders to mimic the G1 version

Cons

-too simple to transform
-undercarriage/backpack: jet is carrying a robot and robot is wearing a jet
-orange/red parts look cheap
-back legs are empty
-feels cheaper than Powerglide and Onslaught
-arm poseability limited by the backpack

Believe it or not, I still like it. It's a good hommage to the G1 version and it's actually fun to be able to transform it fast. But it needs better colors. Somehow, the transformation reminds me of C. Starscream or 6Ti Starscream because of the way the legs fold/unfold and where the arms and head are located. The nosecone is rubber btw (like on Movie Starscream).

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ANIMATED LEADER ULTRA MAGNUS

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Pros

-rock solid in vehicle mode
-nice color scheme, very G1 Magnus-ish
-various sounds (firing cannons, transformation sound), lights (red/green/yellow)and voice clips (x3)
-intricate transformation (especially in the legs... somewhat similar to Universe Onslaught, but different)
-tons of cleverly hidden guns (front of vehicle/top of the cab/rear cannons/cannons hidden in rear cannons)
-hammer of doom
-very good articulation (head, shoulders, biceps, elbows, fingers, hips, knee swivels, knees)
-Headmaster compatibility

Cons

-arm poseability is a bit limited because of the huge shoulder pads and the size of the hammer
-shoulder pivoting point is not aligned with the head (too far at the rear of the torso block) and it looks odd when you pose the arms up or down, as he was suffering from dislocated shoulders
-would have been cool to have a light-up feature on the hammer

So, is it THE Animated toy to have? Hard to say. I think it cracks my top 3, but there are so many good figures in that line that I like, it's hard to pick only 3! It's definitely the best Leader figure so far. Bulkhead is 2nd only because his head can't be posed. Otherwise, it would be just as good. My top 3 would look like this for now:

-Leader Ultra Magnus
-Leader Bulkhead
-DLX Sentinel Prime

Btw, the firing sound effect in truck mode is identical to the one found on Cybertron Crumplezone, except that you can trigger it repeatedly before it ends.

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Awesome stuff. Magnus looks so amazing and silverbolt is pretty cool, I'm alittle disappointed in his transformation too. He's so basic for a ultra class and that's the crappy thing about him, but he still looks good and I beg he looks great with other the Classic figures.

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Ultra Magnus is too awesome.

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Yeah, that's exactly my first thought when I saw the bottom of the jet. sorta reminds me of the Beast Wars toys

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Huh - now that you mention it, he WAS similar to the Titanium seeker mold when I TF'd him at TFCon.

Yeah, very simple... but still not that bad of a mold overall. He should have been swapped with Galvatron in terms of size classes.

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Ultra Magnus = Epic Win.

Silverbolt = Ultimate fail.

Not really. The basics (Like Rattrap) probably but the larger figers, no.

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Group shot...

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I think we should invent a new transformers term for figures like Silverbolt...Backformers.

UM looks amazing.

Thanks again for the pics.

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Onslaught and TFA Ultra Magnus are gonna put the hurt on my wallet.

Silverbolt and Powerglide - no.

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Not crazy about Powerglide but the others are really kickass!!

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wicked, already pre-ordered from automaton

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Really hope the Henkei version of Silverbolt fixes some of the tacky colouring. It isn't that bad though, it's growing on me. I am also kinda dissapointed that Magnus' cab is that off blue and not true white. But I will defiantly be getting them both, theres no doubt about that.

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Silverbolt looks cool but I like Onslaught more

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I'd say Onslaught and Powerglide kill Silverbolt. I think Powerglide is as good as Onslaught.

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magnus just keeps looking cooler and cooler...and i've pretty much decided to pass on silverbolt.

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I'm loving Magnus. Looks very well done. Is the colour on Silverbolt off on the picture? I thought he had red, where it looks more purple in the photo.

They've got them up? I may need to check that out.

Looks like you stepped on someone's e-penis.

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Yeah, I saw some of the comments on YT. Oh well. If I wasn't banned from tfw2005, maybe I would have known. ;)

The torso is indeed purple.

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Bah, forget about them, they're just testy because they think you one-upped them by having an awesome fig they want so badly.

Besides, TFW2005 is over-rated when it comes to that. Everybody's all grumpy and gets on everyone's case too often. But hey, it's mostly made up of Americans.

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Seriously... 100th Youtube review... who cares? Should I celebrate the 10,000th email I send with my Hotmail account? :p

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The Dynasis dude or whatev can still do his review. Your review was mostly text based with a video to show the features, wheras Dynasis can do his entire review video-based and still have his win while you can go about your life doing what you like.

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Exactly.

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Pascal, seeing as though you now have every Animated figure available (or at least 99% of them), feel like taking some bot mode group shots? I think you want to. :)

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100th video is totally worth celebrating. It's apples and oranges to emails or whatever.

It's also silly to inquisition after people over toy reviews.

So I'm disagreeing with you while defending your position in this context. I hope you're happy, Pasc. There's already a dimensional vortex opening up on my wall. :mad:

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awesome review as always pascal, and i will definately be picking this one up, the only universe figs i'm skipping are the repaints/rereleases

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There's a spray for that. It also comes in roll-on if you have pets.

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They put mindcontrol chemicals in the aerosol!! It's the government!!

Uhh-

Yeah, so as a fusilage-former, I rather liked what I saw of Silverbolt in person. :D

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dude. the "transform" sound effect when you pop the head out is win.

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magnus so cool... can't wait

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Wow, I can't believe all the hate I'm getting from YT freaks over that video. Absurd and pathetic.

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(from TFW2005 "NGW")

I wouldn't really mind so much if Pascal wasn't being kind of a dick about it.

I would like to know how I'm being a dick about it. You gotta love it when you're insulted by people who don't even know you...

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This is internet + he is American
lol, I dunno what really happened, but just some general assumption

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Alright, I gotta ask, what IS the deal here? Is there some sort of agreement that all the "first look at..." people have or are supposed to follow when it comes to video & pictorial reviews? I guess I'm just not understanding what the problem is. I was under the impression that whoever got the figures, pics & video reviews up first were... well... first.

What am I missing?

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About the YouTube crowd:

I've been a big fan of Dynasis' for a looong time, but I do think it's utterly meaningless who gets to go "first" and a silly request for him to make. Shortly thereafter, there'll be a dozen Universe Silverbolt reviews up. This is the first I've heard of "let so and so do it first".

When it comes to YouTube, I watch reviewers that do *quality* reviews of the toys and character, who does a new figure first means shit all. Most of his reviews are of older figures, anyways (and thankfully so, I love being turned on to old figures I may have passed up or known little about).

I really don't understand why he made this request; it doesn't matter.

edit: Thanks for the review :) Silverbolt is off my list (unless Dyansis turns me around! lol).

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That was my impression too, but some superduperhardcore fans seem to disagree. My video wasn't made to replace my written review, it was made to complement it.

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Great Pics!

Question, What Military Jet is Silverbolt based on?

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He's based off a prototype supersonic jet.

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The comments on YT are just f-ing crazy...

Why the hell would it matter that this guy didn't do the review first?

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I can't believe the politics involved in posting about reviews.

Anyways the pictures rock. Nice and clear!

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I second a massive group shot!