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Originally Posted by Commandoclone87
How are Thundertron, Dreadwing and Ultra Magnus? I'm interested in them, but I haven't seen any reviews yet.
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Dreadwing - Great robot mode. The shoulders can be a bit wonky. The sword is sweet, but the cannon being so Mechtech sucks. I'm considering super gluing the joints, popping out the batteries, and extending the peg so he can hold it under handed like in the show. Transformation is amazing, a lot of really neat engineering and panels moving around to make it work. Plane mode is chunky but solid. Looks nice but the hands sticking out at the back and thick legs on the bottom throw the look way off. Overall a great figure.
Thundertron - Lion mode isn't as posable as you'd like since the front legs are kinda locked in place for the most part. Basic beast transformation of going on the hind legs for robot mode but done well. Robot mode is where he shines. He really looks like a pirate and if you think pirates and Transformers are cool I think you'll like him. I modded the mechtech weapon and popped out the blade, dremelled it a little so he could just hold it like a sword. Fun figure but I doubt you'd like it if you hated pirates or beastformers.
Ultra Magnus - My opinion is biased. Now that I started with that, the alt mode...it's a truck...nothing special really to be honest. It's blue and red so it's Ultra Magnusy. You can throw on his weapons to make him look like a military truck of sorts. Transformation is simple, really similar to the cybververse figure with some extra steps. Robot mode is sex. I really like the Prime design for Ultra Magnus and this figure does it justice. He looks intimidating and it's just awesome. My only issue is the stickly like shoulders but all and all a great robot mode. I wish he had 2 missiles but the asymmetrical look of just one on the shoulder looks kinda cool. The mechtech weapon is pretty sweet too having a big ass rifle mode, and a Magnus hammer mode. Pro: The hammer mode does lock in place, con: it keeps the LED on. Easy fix, pop out the batteries. Overall (my mind AWESOME) but probably to most others just a great toy that really doesn't do anything spectacular but is really fun to fiddle with.
