G1 Transformers 1986 ULTRA MAGNUS Retrospective [Patreon Special Missions] 

Every time I hear Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, I can't help thinking about him hosting Unsolved Mysteries. "If you have any information about the disappearance of Optimus Prime, or any of the other G1 Autobots..." 😀

Ultra Magnus served double duty as his white Prime form was used as the dead Optimus Prime (and then later as the return of Optimus Prime saw him utilising a white protective shield against the infected Transformers) which I'm sure many, many 80s kids did.

Robert Stack had to be one of the best actors of all time and played one of my favorite characters Ultra Magnus ❤️💙🤍🤖🤖🤖🤖

R.I.P Jack angel we will miss you

For me ultra Magnus not becoming the leader of the autobots was the true unsolved mystery....queue music 🎶

I heard that Jack Angel passed away I saw your message 7 hours ago

Having just watched your video today, I just read that Jack Angel has passed away. The voice of Ultra Magnus, Omega Supreme, Astrotrain and others. RIP good sir. You brought a lot of joy to children with your work.

G1 Ultra magnus is cooler than G1 optimus prime because he combines with his trailer. This was even before power master optimus prime. Also, I think ultra magnus’ trailer had a turret mode shown in the box.

Honestly, the biggest mistake in marketing and the movie was not upgrading Optimus into Magnus like they did Megatron/Galvatron.

The ramp you show at the end that goes to the aerial bot Silverbolt is for a transformation where he is used as a plane launcher.

I’ll always remember him from The High and the Mighty with John Wayne.

If only Mr. Stack lived longer to see the Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and Kingdom Ultra Magnus. Also Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime is my 2nd favorite Autobot

Sadly Jack Angel died this week

Has anyone tried to put Optimus prime into ultra magnus’s armor?

Admit it, we all would have been fine if Ultra Magnus had become the next prime. Also the fact that he didn’t accept it at first speaks a lot about his character and makes him one of my favorite autobots.

This was the first complete g1 transformer I bought for my sixteenth birthday in 2019 and I will never sell it on!

I always thought that Ultra Magnus was Optimus Prime with power armor.

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The only movie transformer I liked

I've always loved when Robert Stack did an "Unsolved Mysteries" parody for the movie "BASEket Ball" when there's a nation wide man hunt for Joe Cooper (Trey Parker) after abandoning his team the Milwaukee Beers. It's hilarious. 😅

i dont understand how Ultra Magnus can be blown away into pieces the repaired and lives .... but Optimus Prime gets hit in the side and dies....

I never understood why people have an issue with Magnus saying "I can't deal with that now". I mean, what was he supposed to do right then? Put a stop to things and mourn the (supposed) loss? Basically he was saying, "Fight now, cry later".

Just started watching The Untouchables recently, actually a pretty good show but really hard not to hear Ultra Magnus while watching it lol.

My Aunt came to our grandmother’s house with a brand new Ultra Magnus one day. 6 year old me didn’t realize it was for my cousin, not myself. No problem. An hour of uncontrollable sobbing later, and I had a Magnus of my very own. Thing is, once I got to the store, it was Blur that I really wanted but at that point I kinda already made my bed.

12:04 I always saw it as it wouldn’t open because it chose Rodimus and would not open for him

Me and my Granny👵loved❤️watching Unsolved✨️Mysteries together when I was little...🤘🏼💯✔️

I seem to remember seeing some old photos of the Powered Convoy materials where the chest piece is a little car. If you look at the 'wing' ends and the front, you'll see holes on the sides that old the axles for a set of small double wheels. I always thought that when Hot Rod caught the Matrix as it dropped from Optimus's hands, the glow that floods the screen, it was the Matrix acknowledging Hot Rod as the next leader. If only Magnus wasn't so clumsy. Back when Reprolabels were making their original upgrade sets, one of them included some while panels that covered much of the lower legs to help break up the big red areas so he looked less like a brick. Sadly it doesn't seem like they have it anymore, but you probably could do the same with some white electrical tape. Just cut out the centre rectangles for the raised details. I never did get Magnus in his original release, but picked up the Takara reissues of the early 2000's. I wished I saved it, but at some point I saw someone make a photo comic where G1 Optimus 'steals' Magnus's 'pants'. It was pretty funny.

Admit it everyone.. you'd be a bold faced liar if you didn't take the white Ultra Magnus cab and pretended he was Optimus Prime coated with that special white metal that made him impervious to the Hate Plague from Return of Optimus Prime!

It honestly blew my mind when I found out that the helmet could combine with the chestpiece to make a mini vehicle. He'd been sitting on my shelf for years and I never knew.

The Matrix rejected him.

The mystery of Silverbolt's ramp was that it was part of his base mode. Silverbolt could then attach to Metroplex in his base mode, which ended with the ramp. Hot Spot had a repair bay mode that would also attach, making Metroplex into Scramble City. (The aerialbots or any combiner could also attach to Metroplex's arms and legs if you remove his kneecaps in robot mode to make Super Metroplex.) Thanks for making these videos! Always a treat to watch!

Throughout Transformers movie, series and comics Ultra Magnus is treated as a martyr, I hated that. Ultra Magnus is a cool character and I know his G1 incarnation still rocks. Never Agreed about his techs specs His stats are rather low for a Second in Command autobot. I'm still hunting for G1 Ultra Magnus, but at least I have the Combiner Wars, Siege & Kingdom versions. Nice Review.

Seeing this made me want the history of transformers 1987 again.

I used to have Ultra Magnus as a kid. My aunt got it for me for Christmas. But my dad didn't like my aunt, so he took it and threw it to the floor and broke it. But now that I'm older and starting a trans formers collection, and restoring old transformers, I'm going to find another Ultra Magnus.

I am so excited for my G1 Ultra Magnus to ship! Got it for $11 to! Even though it’s just the trailer it’s awesome!

R.I.P. Jack Angel

Got this as present xmas '86

Cool stuff. That weird ramp for Silverbolt is for a base mode he could take. Yeah, it's official. Ultra Magnus has gotten a relative ton of new toys recently, though while watching this video, I was puzzling out the new Kup figure (complete with Energon Goodie!)

They should have kept him as the leader of the Autobots

I have this figure and I'm very happy about it

First the Broadside part was great. 😁. I had Magnus but I never use him as Magnus . He was Prime with a new trailer/ battle platform and when they brought Prime back and he was coated in that white metal I felt justified.

I'm so glad there's a figure that does Magnus justice nowadays. Not another white Optimus redeco, not the weird, kinda wrong Combiner Wars version with that little car guy... but the awesome Cybertronian power truck in Siege (or the Earth form in Kingdom). How legendary!

I got Ultra Magnusas a Christmas gift along with Cyclonus and wreck gar. That was a sweet Christmas.

Ultra Magnus was a great consolation prize for those of us not lucky enough to have been gifted an Optimus Prime. Thanks for another trip down memory lane.

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I think Ultra Magnus scored not being inclided in the bayverse, those movies had issues.

I received ultramagnus for Christmas in 1986 my hunted and hunted for optimus prime he was sold out that year when I finally got to play with him I forgot all about optimus prime and still to this day ultramagnus is my favorite transformer

“On the night of June 15th 2005, Megatron Thompson was living the high life… but soon after a tragic set of circumstances, he vanished… perhaps you can help solve a mystery.”

Magnus had three extra modes for his trailer. A repair bay, a jet "launcher" and a base mode. Takara included those in their instructions, but not Hasbro.

As kids, we would pretend the the white remold of the optimus toy was optimus prime's ghost.

As kids, we thought/pretended that the cab was the ghost of Optimus Prime.

I got the kingdom Ultra Magnus for Christmas and yes it has its problems But despite that it’s still a good figure. Probably the highlight of Christmas for me that day.

Thank you for such an incredible video Michael Mercy!!!! Ultra Magnus is my 2nd favorite Autobot after Optimus Prime. :D Looking forward to your "History of Ultra Magnus Through the Decades" video. :D Keep on being amazing.

Lol! That explains Thew's RU-vid ongoing video series "Dam*it Open!"

It must be Ultra Magnus’ birthday today

Ultra Magnus was my favorite Transformer for a long time. Optimus Prime is the best of them all no doubt, but I related more to the soft spoken Ultra Magnus. I will confess that Optimus Prime used the trailer himself to give him a powered mode in play from time to time. Magnus never minded much. He's that great a guy!

Agreed Robert Stack as the voice actor was perfect but Jack Angel who did G1 season 3 was 2nd best even did the voice of Lotor's father from Voltron anime of the classic 80s.

Magnus prime sounds good! only if he was worthy,anyways Awesome review Michael! im loving these g1 reviews,because youre so open minded,calm and true to what you are saying,which is what i love about your reviews

Hey Michael? What are your thoughts on Beast Wars?

is that a matrix in the cab?

Don’t like how they played ultra magnus. Hot rod shoulda just stayed hotrod also

It baffles me how Hasbro and the film’s writers didn’t come up with the idea of resurrecting Optimus Prime as Ultra Magnus since his toy is just an upgraded version of Prime’s. They had no qualms with resurrecting Megatron as Galvatron after all.

Great video as always

Do not care about Robert stack when Jack Angel has left

Awesome!- I just got the Japanese G1 Ultra Magnus in Box in the post today - can’t wait to open him up

That is EXACTLY how I was introduced to Ultra Magnus as well! After that commercial, I saved up the 40 bucks he cost and lamented that I would never have the money to own his nemesis Galvatron (at least that's what the commercial had me believe.) Magnus was the leader of my team of Autobots anyway, as he fought the evil Cyclonus, and beat the hell out of Menasor (since he was bigger than him anyway)

Not to contradict Magnus himself, but I definitely have time for this. Love the Unsolved Mysteries nod 🤣. Adding an anecdotal bit- the first time I saw this toy was a friend that used to go to Japan to visit family. He always had the coolest Japanese toys. One of them was Powered Convoy. I lost my mind when I first saw it.

I have watched the 1986 movie so many times. However it has never been as great as when I saw it in the theater 2 weeks ago. Seeing Magnus on the big screen made me and everyone else in the theater cheer.

Honestly I'm glad we never got Magnus in the live action movies, as his role was originally intended to be what Sentinel Prime's was in Dark of the Moon. I don't think many fans could handle the idea of a turncoat Magnus who betrays Prime let alone the Autobots.

Ultra Magnus was one of my favorites. I felt that the lesson of Ultra Magnus is that even though the matrix didn’t choose him, he still did his best as one of the leaders of the Autobots as a warrior, commander, giving advice , and standing in by battle giving all you have even when he knows he will lose as in the last episode of the Headmaster’s series. Not everyone can be Optimus Prime or Rodimus Prime but he did his best.

Ooh I hope they bring back Ultra Mags in the Missing Link line. I've seen the upcoming Studio Series 86 Ultra Magnus, a perfect revival of the figure compared to the lazy design which was Kingdom Ultra Mags. But I'm going to wait to see what other figures they bring back in The Missing Link series.

Great video. Magnus is such an interesting character.

I own this w/ out trailer

I'm 40 years old but if I hear that Unsolved Mysteries theme song I start shaking in my boots

11:00 that is indeed it not fitting right, meant to be more foreshadowing that the matrix is meant to be with someone else (you can hear it talked about in the commentary on the 30th ani blu-ray)

Awesome video of Transformers Ultrs Magnus. I really liked the character in the animated movie and TV series and I actually got excited when I thought that he was in the fourth Bayformers movie but it was just Prime coverd in white dust (LOL). Great video Michael, you so totally rock.

Ultramagnus really had a bad case of butterfingers when it came to holding onto the Matrix. Thanks for this great video.

Great vid, and RIP Jack Angel

How do your toys look so clean

I was hurt when as a child I watched Ultra Magnus turn Prime down when given the Matrix of Leadership in the movie.

My Ultra Magnus story ...I tried to pull a fast one an got caught 🤣🤣🤣🤣 don't judge me cause we where all little boys. Good times!! Good an bad!🤣🤣🤣. I like his story in IDW

When Optimus was gone, Ultra Magnus was there. Hasbro hasn't done him justice recently toy or cartoon wise. I have to find the g1 figure.

I bought this online when I was in college in the late 1990s because we couldn’t afford it when it first came out. It seemed so much more magical in 1986 than 1998, thanks goodness for the modern remakes of my favorite Transformers.

I had Ultra Magnus as a kid. Mine wasn't the most well-made, though -- one of the big robot fists was loose, so he always had to keep that arm bent at the elbow so it wouldn't fall off. The missile launchers had to be plugged in a certain way, too, as one peg seemed too big for the hole, and would sort of get pushed out. And no spring-loaded action, either. Despite all this, I loved the character and had a lot of fun with him, and he even let me experience some of the joy of owning my own Optimus, though Rodimus Prime was still the guy in charge -- at least until Optimus returned as a Powermaster. =)

Finally

currently in my collection I have 2 Ultra magnus Transformers of coarse G1 and 2001/2002 version where he combines with Optimus to form Omega Prime!!!!!!!!!!!

I've got this toy but his head is all blue?

12:24 Correction: He's rebuilt incorrectly by the Juckions (They put his legs on the wrong sides), only to be fine in the next scene. That "wax" is magical! lol

To be honest, when I first saw Ultra Magnus in a store (and before I read the name on the box), I was excited to see a new Optimus Prime. Considering they decided to cancel the Optimus Prime toy because of flagging sales, this would have been a great way to reintroduce him with new play features. The Powermaster Optimus Prime was pretty much an updated Ultra Magnus (now with more plastic! Diecasting is a lost art...) with Optimus Prime colouration and updated (Optimus Prime) laser cannon. But back the day, every repaint transformer had to be a new character.

I still have the toy, I have the rare blue-faced one, with plastic wheels and without the details. White cab is very decoloured now, missing the parts but the main ones are still there like the head and torso parts. Used to play a lot with him and was stoked when I got him.

Ultra Magnus is the similar accurate of Transformers RED because of Transformers RED Optimus Prime has same different and expression good job now as well ❤️

I watched this while transforming my war for cybertron: kingdom ultra Magnus for the first time, I just love his design

I still have my Magnus. I had to repair him a few times from springs to screws. i always liked him. I'm sure he can eventually figure out the accessory that came with Silverbolt is a ramp ha ha.

In Japan the scramble city version on Silverbolt was spring loaded the idea was to transform him into his platform mode and launch the areal bots off

Swearing ultra magnus is real and he's going to make a comeback in the new series. Maybe

Nice one

I feel Ultramagnus was a huge miss by Hasbro to bring a great figure as leader (oof Rodimus)

Excellent video of Autobot City Commander Ultra Magnus I really 👍 the toy but also I 👍 the animated movie and cartoon version of the character thank you so much Michael for posting this video about Ultra Magnus the 2nd in command to Rodimus Prime and later to Optimus Prime all I can say is:👌 up the 👍 work and stay safe and stay healthy.😊☺☺☺☺🏥.

Awesome!

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