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Unfortunately, the Kingdom version is based heavily upon the Siege one rather than being an entirely new model. The Siege base molde needed more engineering changes for the trailer for Kingdom (frankly, I expected them do have the red part on bottom). I've been the opposite, none of the Magni in WFC have ended up in my hands, none of them have done things I want them to, and the Galaxy Prime was the only version of the mold I've gotten. On the back you'll find images of Ultra Magnus in his various modes, along with images that tell you just how many steps there are between them.
just kinda sucks (outside of the awful Dark of the Moon Deluxe class one): the core robot of Siege's Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime is clearly a retool of the Ultra Magnus mold (it's only when he's armored up that he actually looks like the Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime Super Mode/Transformers Galaxy Force Galaxy Convoy Super Mode), and Takara's got a new Optimus Prime on the way that is a *direct* repaint of the Kingdom Ultra Magnus core robot. It's probably right for the character, but does underscore that Magnus is an also-ran as Autobot leadership contenders go. Extra props for the moulded spots for an Autobot sigil and then not even bothering to sticker or tampograph them. The figure comes in a nice big Leader class-sized box, maintaining the same shape as the rest of the War for Cybertron: Kingdom boxes.Due to the remoulds made to length the alt mode and make it more G1 accurate, the trailer and cab sections are not able to swivel independently from each other. As a key player in Transformers: The Movie, any Studio Series 86 display is also going to need an Ultra Magnus so as far as that goes this is definitely your best bet. Where there is paint it's all applied exquisitely however, and it all really stands out on that bright white body.
Upon completing the transformation and taking a minute to get over how strange the feet looking sticking out at an angle on the back, the missile launchers can be attached to either side of the trailer and the rifle mounted via a peg hold at the back. Didn't test it out beforehand, as light-piping isn't something I really care about in figures, and I genuinely thought this figure didn't have it, but shining my phone's light through it confirmed it has light-piping!Transforming the inner robot into the cab is a straightforward enough process as you'd expect (the transformation layout hasn't really changed that much since the original toy after all), but there are some pretty interesting steps thrown in – such as the way that bumper section pulls moves down the back before flipping around to the front.
This inner robot is of course essential just a Voyager class-sized white version of Optimus Prime, however it is not an identical mould to the Kingdom Optimus Prime figure. Flip open the cab and pull the head down, and to complete the look, flip down the waist flap, swivel it around, and peg it in. It definitely looks better than the Siege version and is sufficiently different from it despite being similar in terms of transformation.A lot of toys could have got away without this feature but it is really needed for this version of Ultra Magnus. You can see the top half of the figure through the window on the front but this box is definitely more about the artwork, with the front featuring Magnus in alt mode while robot mode appears along that diagonal spine. However, in this case, i find it weird that they just put regular, round pupil on the dino eyes, not the elongated pupil that should be closer to actual raptor.
But on top of being one of the beefiest members in the 1986 Autobot crew, Kingdom Ultra Magnus has all that modern Transformers line articulation to boast about as well.
The small one has the essence of the G1 figure as well as capturing the look of his brief comic appearance. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.
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