In the third and final chapter of the War for Cybertron trilogy, the Autobots and Decepticons awaken after crash-landing on pre-Ice Age Earth. I do like the RID inspired alt mode for Siege Magnus and I like how the inner robot looks like Prime but there are also some differences. This, along with the figure’s bulk, make him quite good to combine with the various Weaponizers and Fossilizers. 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. The shoulder armor slides in, and then plugs with with the gray pieces connecting to a tab on the back of the core bot's arm.

The transformation also means that the cab is stuck rigidly to the trailer so isn’t able to turn independently as you would expect.

It's not quite to the high standard many of those figures have set, but it certainly isn't far off it either. Also with a little retooling, a little imagination, I can see this mold being a good base for maybe a new Thunderclash/MW Prime or maybe even as Toxitron. 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. I'll probably get Kingdom Magnus, repaint some of the parts, and mix and match some of the armour and weapons with Siege Magnus.

Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).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! Peeling back the front of the card reveals a possible fate that will befall that character, with said fates changing with every wave of releases. Like the smoother shoulder pylons, differently styled shoulder rockets and even new molded detail on the trailer to imitate the G1 structures.