E-Hobby has released a picture of the Alternity Ultra Magnus packaging. This white redeco of the Alternity Convoy is packaged in a solid box, rather than the window box of the other Alternity releases, which allows it to feature a nice large piece of Ultra Magnus artwork and big, full color Autobot logos. Check out the image and share your opinions on our 2005 Boards by clicking the discuss button.
Sidecutter
Again, the massively altered size and placement of all the logos and nametags on the top and front, plus the completely different car-front end panel, makes it highly unlikely they'd make this clear. The logos ad nametags alone would almost completely obscure the toy inside and defeat the entire purpose.
zzyss
The solid box doesn't surprise me. It's similar to Binaltech BT-18 Rijie… it's (a) a money-saving thing, and (b) an exclusivity thing.
PoweredConvoy
Almost. Smokescreen is a straight redeco of Streak.
Randy
a person
Meh. It doesn't look like Ultra Magnus.
Backscatter
Nice box, but not enough to buy another White Prime.
Bgrngod
These are clearly just renders of the packaging. I'm hoping this means there is still a chance for the windowed plastic getting used.
AndreyOfDoom
Hah good catch!
videriant
I'm on the fence. I've never really thought of this mold as Optimus and prefer the black one so I'll have to see if a white repaint of a generic robot is worth $65 to me.
Now that you mention, they haven't straight up mass released any Henkei repaint.
Convoy -> Wonderfest Crystal Convoy
Hot Rod -> Wonderfest Wildrider
Skyfire -> toyhobby Dark Skyfire
Starscream -> Ganbo/? Thundercracker/Skywarp, Generations Ghost Starscream
Mirage -> Generations Electro-Mirage
Cyclonus -> credit card Strafe
Sunstreaker
Lambor (different head)
Alert (police lights)
Golden Age
Still hoping for a Smokescreen/Prowl/Bluestreak version (with slight head remold).
PoweredConvoy
They had the Legends Bumblebee as Henkei Cliffjumper, why bother with the Deluxe.
Takara has never released a Cliffjumper that is just a straight recolor of a Bumblebee. He's always had at least something different.
So I imagine to them a recolor of Henkei Bumblebee into Cliffjumper didn't fit with their perception of the character so they went and used another mold to recolor him into.
Randy
videriant
Which is super weird considering they never bothered releasing Henkei Deluxe Cliffjumper.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Hmm, yeah windowless boxes = teh sux.
It's intended to be an "exclusive" packaging by eHobby… meh…
Maloknazh
I should get into alternity. Start with the White Repaint himself!
crasis
Yeah, with a new head this would have been my stand-in "Classics" Jazz. As Ultra Magnus I'm just not feeling it.
Sage o’ G-fruit
Not really worth the money IMO. I'd rather pick up one of the less expensive Convoy versions.
Foster
Precisely. Too bad they felt the Suzuki mold was worth the expense but not this one.
PoweredConvoy
Not really, unless they gave him a new head and such.
Randy
Foster
Woulda been a great Jazz.
Treadshot A1
Wow. It actually says, in ENGLISH, Ultra Magnus!!! /sarcasm
Like most other people, not liking the windowless packaging. Oh well.
Eric
WANT!