Paint chipping is faithful to MP-44.

To be honest this magnus figure is accurate to the 86 movie magnus imo,and colors fit this magnus figure so well

Laughed at how the studio series ratchet was just chillin in the back

1:51 Damn Optimus do be thrusting at us

The issues can be easily fixed. A re-release could work wonders for this figure!

I've had paint chipping on the smoke stacks but nowhere else. As for the matrix chamber, there are little indents near the hinges that you can push with your nail to open it. You're just pushing on the translucent plastic so theres no risk of chipping. New age seems to have foreseen people trying to pry it open from the center but that doesnt seem to stop people from doing it anyway. They also designed it that way so you can open the chamber while fully armored. Also pieces falling off is pretty easy to avoid with some careful manipulation.

I wonder if anyone will ever upscale these molds, I'd love to see how it directly does against MP44 when at the same size

Great video. Nice to have all the faults pointed out before I considered buying Delta Magnus (I only really wanted the inner 'Blue Optimus Prime') but was very reluctant to hand over the 130/140 bucks. Cheers!!

I have this magnus and I will say I don't ha e nearly the amount of issues this wonderful gentleman has (paint's fine, joints are tight, magnus ears don't fall off) however I don't handle it a whole lot and I haven't transformed it more than maybe 6-7 times, so I dunno how it holds up. Ymmv, but it's one of my favorites!

1:45 “uh a little help here?” - rachet

I hope you review more newage figures because while they have some issues they are amazing

yeah the optimus prime version of this mold is bloody amazing

Older Newage figures tend to have REALLY durable paint. Its a shame to see that start to falter since my various newage figures never had paint issues.

And to think that the upcoming Magic Square "Light of Victory" (Optimus Prime 2.0) is $105 at ShowZ Store. This...is a problem. The MP44 KO is about $100 on a good day (I had pre-ordered mine when it was still $98), and Magic Square's MP sized "Light of Freedom" is $115. This new Optimus of theirs had better be their best figure ever, or it could bite'em. Newage does have a figure-only version of their "David" ("David Youth Version"...) that looks very MP44 KO style (minimal paint) which is $50, but wow...these Legends sized figures are gettin' outta hand.

1:35 I see ss ratchet still there sitting there, waiting to be released Epok vid by the way

I've been wanting an ultra Magnus toy like that I want it for my birthday🎉

seems they changed the legs a bit, the david had that annoying gap in the middle of the shin.

Maybe some kiki and paint markers can help with the issues?

I got lucullu, being the diaclone colors, and after transforming and posing him a lot, I dont have any looseness, or paint chipping

I recommend the newage seekers they are very accurate and amazing transfomation

My newage Delta Magnus arrived in the mail and by some miracle there hasn't been any paint chipping. Its a shame because I'm hesitant to get the Ultra Magnus colors...

i got the clear yellow version of this mold and it has zero issues whatsoever

if you want to try to preserve the remainign paint may want to pick some some clear coat and spray it on the figure

Newage is personally my favorite line. Overall, they put out some quality figures. The size some people have to get used to, but I think it's a nice scale so they don't take up so much space. The paint chipping sucks that it happened, I've noticed that as they have started to blow up, they are starting to show more issues little by little. I hope it's not a trend that's gonna start happening, that's what will turn me off but there usually on point when it comes to a quality piece transformormation, structurally, the paint apps, and the accuracy of the look most of the time. It's a really nice line to collect, in my opinion. Every line has issues at times, but newage does a good job overall.

"paint chipping." Just like the Takara MP-44 lol

Newage seeker mold is amazing

0:25 - YOOO THERE'S MY BOI, THERE'S CW LEGENDS SKYWARP

Gotta get the cliffjumper and bumblebee 2 pack

Gotta invest in some top coat for that paint helps out quite a bit

If you buy flex glue and put it in the pin that holds the ab crunch and just keep moving it as far as it can go thant it won't wiggle anymore

that toy guy if u buy tigatron u can make the head pop out in its beast mode

Awesome figure

I feel like the issues this figure has can be fixed by some jobby fixing work, which would make this figure sooo good

Honestly I really like the Magnus core bot I want it.

when are we getting a white mp 44 I’m not going to pick up

I hope they put these legs on a prime colored one

Where can I get this figure

He sure does like Ultra Magnus

My only real problem with this ultra mag is that the crotch has become loose, and idk if there's any fix for it yet (other than that I love this guy, and started collecting the newage line)

One thing I don’t like is that the trailer for combine mode goes on like shoes Edit: i dont mind it as much anymore

Where did you get this figure

That’s really cool I want one

i have an answer to your chest door comment so basically they made them smaller so you could open it in armor mode

I don’t have any issue of paint from Newage and hope that’s will not happen to the future too…

Ur lucky my David’s smokestacks broke

This should be core glass ultra magnus

Thanks for the review..almost going to pull the trigger on this. Going to pass due to the paint chipping.

I think im gonna split the chest piece and look for some more durable paint

in head cannon, Dion and Pax are Magnus and Prime.. rebuilt, with Magnus utilizing the trailer as body armour, yet, smiliar all el else except color-wise. BUT, didn't Hasbor (recently) come out to say magnus is not Dion, nor does Magnus ever look like Prime during transformration, and that his transformation with his trailer is 1:1, mch like MotoMaster?

I think this is one of the better looking Ultra Magnus figures. I dont like how the prime used for it has a single hip flap up front and that faux chest just doesn't look good/right from any angle other than straight on. It doesn't blend well and gives him a ton of space from head to the front of the chest. Waiting on Magic Square to see reviews

I have an immense desire for mft or the like to do a ko so I can justify getting this littlest of fellows

Does anyone know if there's any upscales of this figure?

Holy Primus where did you buy this figure at?? I am a regular Newage collector and I've never seen your issues on the Magnus mold from anyone. My Delta Magnus version has durable paint and no loose parts.

Very nice

1:50 You vs the guy she told you not to worry about Also, SS Ratchet is still stuck there 🤣 I watched the video where that first happened a couple days ago, so I understood the reference!

the paint is a shame really, engineering, articulation and sculpt is amazing, and I think the abb crunch could be tighten, but the paint...

Anyone else think magnus looks better without all the red and blue armor and just the white? I wanna buy an ultra magnus just for that sick white prime look

I believe they had to change the chest so you can still access the Matrix from the full Magnus mode. As the larger windows of the original mould would have collided with the armor.

I’m not into third party but 😩😩😩 this looks good

I don't know, the magnis form looks off to me

There is a upgrade kit for this

A legends figure, has a better vehicle entirior and as good possibility as a masterpiece figure, what kind of age do we live in? *THE TWISTED GREAT ONE*

The face looks derpy. I'd prefer it if they used a face that looked like the original Diaclone one.

Ok….. I WANT THAT !!!

Love Newage

more quick cuts than a michael bay movie

You should try out the Newage seekers. The original star scream has some weird issues with its floppy legs, but the following seekers fixed those. That said, the star scream is still VERY good and the stand helps mitigate the floppy legs a lot.

This fig is accurate to both g1 and prime wars trilogy

Love title

Why when you compared him to the other figures Ratchet was wedged between the wall and the table😂😂😂

What figure is this

I honestly can't blame any company for the paint chipping in MP and Legends MP style of figures. Figures are gonna have that issue as long as their customers keep requesting for figures to be painted to be considered "premium".

Paint chipping is unacceptable

You know something that kinda pissed me off now? He just has a better leg engineering than David! Look it's way way cleaner and in the truck mode it looks perfect perfect with no feet armature or curved kibble to interrupt the perfection, just simple and compact like it should be. Now the part that makes me kinda pissed off is that this engineering is used only for Delta Magnus, Magnus, Shattered Glass and Nemesis, none of the actual prime figures use it and they just don't change it, there are new comic and "movie" based Optimus and they will still come with the inferior vents and feet

Where can I get legends scale figures

I just looked at the smoke stacks on mine and they're chipped as well. may have to get some Tamiya chrome silver and top coat and fix it. But i shouldn't have to do this for a figure that costs as much as it does.

These figures are cool. But the one thing I don't like is they are small for a big price.

where's the armour??

Take my money

I wish it was mp scales

So from what I understand he's a great deal for 37$?

Newage rocks!

oh oh no the paint chipping is so bad

Ultra magnus was actually mp-22

I'm only 2mins in & I gota say great review!!..(I think is amazing for the size & ingenuity they put into such a small figure has me hooked!! & I'm currently shop'n to get one for decent price (which may not happen lol).. but I do plan on get'n this figure at sum point & I'm glad u pointed out the issues with paint chipping ?!?(ugh such a shame 😓) but that just means I'll be Xtra carefull when handling it!! Again dude awesome Review luv the 4k quality too!!👍👌💥💯💯

Like him but the paint is a shame

For me this is better then MP-22 as this have Albino Prime and MP-22 have no Albino Prime.

The paint chipping was also a problem with their galvatron(and subsequent variants), I don't have that problem with the nemesis prime, probably cause of the different chest design

3rd Parties love spending the budget on transformations that have 18 million panels to form one arm and not the paint LOL

Just get the magic square Optimus 2.0 it beats the new age in every way

Smol fren

Smol

I actually am starting to think part of the problem with chipping is fans since if a figure doesn't have paint people call it cheap, and even strong paint can still chip hell some of the paint for gundums I've done my self that I've given enamel have chipped.

Hi

I have the Shattered glass version of this mold and there are no issues involving loose (waist) joints nor paint chipping. HOWEVER he is shipped with Nemesis' black spare hands instead of the dark blue, so there's that. I'm kinda glad I didn't pick this one up, since I already bought the Iron Factory Beef'amus Ambus when it released. But then again, I really wanted a shattered glass Prime but spending a little over 75 bucks (almost the same price as this Mini Magnus), not really sure if it is indeed worth it for some people. I usually say: if you're considering it, then your choice is made. Though, I totally understand the counter point of "It is worth considering for all the figure has to offer". On plus note, I do think he can pull of a Peekaboo Prime... haven't tried it yet, but I'm pretty sure it's doable.

Yo

This was in my list but the problems... specially with the paint, it's not worthing the price (for me). It's a shame because I'm starting with legend scale. Thank for all the info.

There are tiny tabs at the hinge part of the chest which you can use to easily open the matrix chamber so you don't risk chipping the paint.

That's odd. I've never seen a NewAge figure with paint chipping. They've always been high quality. I used to collect NewAge a while back but I switched to Magic Square figures. Maybe NA has run into trouble at the factory.

Bit late to comment, but i had my Mags since its release, and I just transformed him back, again, to alt mode to be put back in his box. Waiting for my Delt Mags which I just paid off so i can compare both when he arrives! Everything on my copy is still doing good, zero chipping as well as good QC. This bot is definitely one of my favorite Legends in my large collection, very accurate likeless, pretty darn close to the mark in my opinion. And getting one of these figs for 60..lol! , Lets be real, trying get one of these NA Mangus's for anything lower than 80 is a bit far fatched, maybeeeee with a string of luck or a really clueless seller or retailer.