SDCC 2023 Reveals include Commander Magnus, Menasor Set, Noah Exo Suit, Nova Prime and More

Gwtting everything from the Studio Series line (except for the Decepticons because they barely changed), Nacelle, and maybe Sideswipe vs Rodimus.

It's cool to be getting the two Shattered Glass figures I wanted the most at the same time and Sideswipe has got his minicon which is great. Nightbird is one I wanted to see and she's looking great and I wonder where Noah's jet mode came from, but I really like it.

They really need to chill with the epic reveals! I literally have no more money for figures right now.

That being said, this reveal is fantastic. I will be getting that red Hot Shot asap, my nostalgia levels are off the charts (surprised at no Armada Galvatron tho). Nova is fantastic and clearly a Magnus retool, maybe Galaxy Prime? Nightbird, Magnus, and Ratchet look amazing, another good step for SS.

While I love the IDW duo, I hope they dive into IDW05 next. I’m still holding out hope for a bigger Rung.

Magnus looks like a more affordable Masterpiece. Might break down and get him.

I really want that Side-jack / Wheel-swipe?, don't care for black Roddy though. Wonder if they'll repaint him into Armada colors and release him at retail.

I will try to find that Powerlinx Hot Shot

Stormshot_Prime wrote:They really need to chill with the epic reveals! I literally have no more money for figures right now.

That being said, this reveal is fantastic. I will be getting that red Hot Shot asap, my nostalgia levels are off the charts (surprised at no Armada Galvatron tho). Nova is fantastic and clearly a Magnus retool, maybe Galaxy Prime? Nightbird, Magnus, and Ratchet look amazing, another good step for SS.

While I love the IDW duo, I hope they dive into IDW05 next. I’m still holding out hope for a bigger Rung.

I'm pretty sure Galvatron is in a leak lists for next year and considering that Megatron just came out it is to early to be revealing a repaint.

I never got the 2007 Decepticons in the Studio Series, so this sounds like a great deal

I wonder if Ultra Magnus is going to be in scale?

Now that Shattered Glass Sideswipe, is interesting because now that Armada Wheeljack can't be far behind.

Day 1297 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

That Commander Class Ultra Magnus looks incredibly good.
I knew the limbs would be removable, allowing people to have him terminated…
I believe he’ll be in scale with the others in SS86. Looks like he may be a bit on the tall side (maybe not), but I’ll happily take that over him being too short.

Imo Frenzy looks better than Rumble.
And I’m also very happy with Ratchet. I have a space on a shelf all ready for him.

Overall, pretty great reveals all-around.

TulioDude wrote:I never got the 2007 Decepticons in the Studio Series, so this sounds like a great deal

I wonder if Ultra Magnus is going to be in scale?

Now that Shattered Glass Sideswipe, is interesting because now that Armada Wheeljack can't be far behind.

Day 1297 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Well they said he's a little bit bigger then Grimlock which would mean he's out of scale because he was just a head taller then Rodimus in the show, but he looks worth it just to have that great version of his alt-mode.

These look pretty cool, I'm most hyped for the SG set.
I think the core class Noah figure looks cute too, will likely pick that up!

Also forgot to mention the Minicons! I'm so glad we're getting them.

I wonder how the core bot for Nova Prime will look, definitely interested in that one

The amount of cars that Magnus can carry will be the deciding factor for me, I already have siege with the dna kit and I'm not that attached to the character

Overcracker wrote:
I really want that Side-jack / Wheel-swipe?, don't care for black Roddy though. Wonder if they'll repaint him into Armada colors and release him at retail.

I was wondering the same!

Magnus looks great, but only if it gets released at Jetifre pricing £45. Shame missile launchers cant be attached both ways like the toy/toon.

Diaz exosuit is a huh? I was trying to figure out what minicon it was menat to be before reading naming.

Novacane easy pass

Nightbird looks good, not often that can be said about a car.

Decepticon four pack, nice if it goes cheap for those that want it but then again I only like blackout from it

Ratchet looks okay and isnt a walgreens exclusive so bonus points even with out red cross.

shatterd glass pack I wouldnt want the Rodimus (and not sure if it comes with all of its 'voyager' accessories to truly be a voyager in the set)

Javelin looks good, kascade doesnt other than the nice colors. IDW so not a big loss in not picking it up.

Nova who prime is kinda dull, almost like the white version of combiner wars prime but with out toyhax labels to make it someone else. Also I never liked that magnus mold or any use of it.

Nacelle would be a buy but Im questioning if I need another tetra jet or to offload the near dozen I have.

Menasor gift pack, still not keen on over half the bots in the set, but it's easier to forget that when getting them all in one box. Probably going to wait out and see if I ever find a loose motormaster. Thye could have thrown a black jack/chest car into the set or something.

Nothing I'm compelled to get. I'm disappointed Core Dinoking wasn't revealed, and that Menasor set is a big middle finger to every fan who obtained the Legacy Stunticons separately and would have prefered a giftset at the time.

Huge fan of the SS86 and Amazon comics capsules reveals. I think I was the only person who liked the PotP Moonraker / Siege Chromia design, so I'm even happy with Kaskade.

Okay. We did it. We finally have the best non Masterpiece G1 Ultra am angus we can hope for. Can we PLEASE retire the dumb portable stage/NOT an Auto Carrier trailer now? I know I am alone but I hate that thing. I want a real auto carrier now. I want Car Robots with actual feet to stand on. Siege was close I guessWhy is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

When I saw Exo Suit Noah I said “I don’t need that” but that is a cool little dude. I think I could go for one or a couple of flying NEST soldiers

The Kaskadetwo pack, Nova, the Minicons, more Shattered Glass even though I wanted to be done, all look good.

Flashwave wrote:Why is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

I'm guessing so it matches with his appearance in the recent IDW comics, considering how they're displaying him with the Kaskade/Javelin pack and Nova Prime.

SpaceEagle wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Why is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

I'm guessing so it matches with his appearance in the recent IDW comics, considering how they're displaying him with the Kaskade/Javelin pack and Nova Prime.

Okay, I guess that would make sense

SpaceEagle wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Why is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

I'm guessing so it matches with his appearance in the recent IDW comics, considering how they're displaying him with the Kaskade/Javelin pack and Nova Prime.

Exactly this, it's part of the Amazon comics capsule, which now includes figures from the last IDW continuity. I don't know if they wanted to do another Siege tetrajet and decided on this home for it or if it was the other way around, but that's the idea here.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Why is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

I'm guessing so it matches with his appearance in the recent IDW comics, considering how they're displaying him with the Kaskade/Javelin pack and Nova Prime.

Exactly this, it's part of the Amazon comics capsule, which now includes figures from the last IDW continuity. I don't know if they wanted to do another Siege tetrajet and decided on this home for it or if it was the other way around, but that's the idea here.

I'm guessing since it was Nacelle's only other prominent appearance, and his most recent one, I feel like it's probably the other way around. Maaaaybe since more fans would be more familiar with the comic's tetrajet look.

SpaceEagle wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Why is Hasbro so adverse to repainting the OTHER Seeker Molds? Nacelle is a must have for me regardless, but we have more redecos of Ramjet than we have seekers now. Why no Thrust redeco?

I'm guessing so it matches with his appearance in the recent IDW comics, considering how they're displaying him with the Kaskade/Javelin pack and Nova Prime.

Exactly this, it's part of the Amazon comics capsule, which now includes figures from the last IDW continuity. I don't know if they wanted to do another Siege tetrajet and decided on this home for it or if it was the other way around, but that's the idea here.

I'm guessing since it was Nacelle's only other prominent appearance, and his most recent one, I feel like it's probably the other way around. Maaaaybe since more fans would be more familiar with the comic's tetrajet look.

I know it's accurate to the IDW2 comics, but Nacelle using the Siege Seeker mold instead of the Earthrise Thrust mold really misses the whole point of why the original Nacelle toy was made in the first place.

Ah, dangit--I was hoping they'd have Studio Series Swoop ready to display. Ah well, I know he's coming eventually.

I keep looking at Magnus and I’m still not sure what I think of him.

Sabrblade wrote:I know it's accurate to the IDW2 comics, but Nacelle using the Siege Seeker mold instead of the Earthrise Thrust mold really misses the whole point of why the original Nacelle toy was made in the first place.

Yeah, I was hoping for a Thrust redeco too....
Not only because, well, like you said Nacelle owes his existence to Thrust in the first place, but also because the Thrust version hasn't been reused so far either....

SpaceEagle wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I know it's accurate to the IDW2 comics, but Nacelle using the Siege Seeker mold instead of the Earthrise Thrust mold really misses the whole point of why the original Nacelle toy was made in the first place.

Yeah, I was hoping for a Thrust redeco too....
Not only because, well, like you said Nacelle owes his existence to Thrust in the first place, but also because the Thrust version hasn't been reused so far either....

And Thrust is coolest Seeker alt. #JumpJetRepresent

Although actually, in my personal narrative he does fit better with what Ihave the On Cybertron cons doing

Quick impressions:

Studio Series

Core Terrorcon Novakane - Probably get one since I only got one Freezer.
Core 86 Frenzy (red version) - Definite buy.
Core Noah Diaz Exo-Suit - I love it! It's not movie accurate by any means but it looks really cool!
Deluxe Nightbird - Probably get on sale. Like Mirage she's just got way too much kibble.
Voyager 86 Ratchet - Get.
Commander 86 Ultra Magnus, arms can be ripped off, no inner white Prime - Arms aren't the only thing that's a rip off. First Commander I don't intend to pre-order. Bot mode is fine, truck mode looks terrible. Instead of making him in scale and giving him a white Prime mode they made him way oversized just to fit the price point. Only buying this guy at a good discount.

Amazon Exclusives

Movie Decepticon set including Barricade, Starscream, Megatron and Blackout - Don't need, got them all. Why on Earth is Blackout not using the updated Grindor hands? That's just dumb!
Deadeye Dual 2-pack including deluxes Kaskade and Javelin from IDW series - Studio Series Arcee mold! Called it! Will get this.
Voyager Nacelle based on the Siege seeker mold - Dumb choice. I get why it's the Seige mold for this set, but since it means we most definitely wont get a Earthrise mold version later they should have just chosen someone else entirely. Still going to get it to complete the mold, but I won't be happy about it.
Leader Nova Prime from IDW based on the Siege Ultra Magnus mold - Fantastic as expected, will get!

Pulse Exclusives

Pulsecon PowerLinx Hot Shot w/ MiniCon Jolt - Definite get.
Menasor Combiner Gift Pack - Don't need
Shattered glass 2-pack of Sideswipe and voyager Rodimus (Hot Rod mold) - Getting for sure

Emerje

Hey, look! Another Siege Seeker redeco!

Oh, huh, just noticed from looking closer at the pictures that the Menasor pack is of the toy-accurate versions. Definitely gonna be picking that up!

SpaceEagle wrote:Oh, huh, just noticed from looking closer at the pictures that the Menasor pack is of the toy-accurate versions. Definitely gonna be picking that up!

If they could have retooled the chest to be the shape of the original car chest I would have been a little more interested, but they didn't even do the red panels. It's weird that Breakdown was the only one leaked.

I also don't get the box. They promote it as being like the original gift set (apparently it even has tech specs on the back) but didn't use any G1 style graphics. Feels like a wast of a rare window box.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:Oh, huh, just noticed from looking closer at the pictures that the Menasor pack is of the toy-accurate versions. Definitely gonna be picking that up!

If they could have retooled the chest to be the shape of the original car chest but they didn't even do the red panels.

I also don't get the box. They promote it as being like the original gift set (apparently it even has tech specs on the back) but didn't use any G1 style graphics. Feels like a wast of a rare window box.

Emerje

Yeah...guess I'll have to get the upgrade kit to swap out the chest! I guess there wasn't enough in the budget to change too many parts aside from Breakdown's head (afaik...)

And yeah, they just digitally touched up the art to sorta kinda maybe resemble the original lighting if you squint and look at it from far away, but it would've been awesome if they put the same effort they did for the G1 Headmasters releases for this set's box art.

Well damn, it just occurred to me that that Nova Prime can double as SG Nova Prime, since they look identical. Wonder if those wings are removable.

Naked Nova Prime (that mouthplate being silver instead of black is disappointing):




Individual Stunticons from the toy-accurate giftset:

Those Stunticons look great, I know I already said I'd get them but now I really want 'em. I do find it weird that only Breakdown gets a new head, guessing being a retool already helped that.

My thoughts on the reveals:

Core Noah: Wonderful surprise, even if it looks a bit janky, where did that jet mode come from? Will get.

Core Novakane: I will get 3.

Core Frenzy: easy pass.

Deluxe Nightbird: also looks a bit janky, and where are the wings?

Voyager Ratchet: looks decent, but I know the mold isn't good, so easy pass until they make a dead version.

Commander Magnus: they can fuck themselves with a rusted iron pole there. No way.

Decepticon 4 pack: neat, but I wish more than Barricade had gotten some nice new paint work. I think I'll pass on this one.

Nacelle: it's nice, but i wish it was a Thrust repaint/retool.

Nova Prime: highlight of the con for me, that is gorgeous. Instant preorder.

Kaskade/Javelin: Javelin looks nice, and is the first live action SS retool into a non-live action figure, so that is really neat. Kaskade is whatever, that mold sucks.

Powerlinx Jolt: I can't believe they got me to buy that figure again, nice job with the minicon. Thrust from the ER seeker mold does not inspire confidence at all.

Menasor: easy pass, still waiting to form the G2 one.

SG Sideswipe/Rodimus: neat pack, even if I am annoyed that it's SS86 Hot Rod and not the commander Rodimus core bot. Sideswipe with his partner is a nice indicator that more minicons may come, and that Armada Wheeljack will come. Very nice.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My thoughts on the reveals:
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Commander Magnus: they can **** themselves with a rusted iron pole there. No way....

It's so weird to me how polarizing Magnus is. All of the responses I've seen so far are either very positive or very negative. Most of the complaints are either the Commander class price point, the lack of an inner bot, or both. I was pretty sure we wouldn't get an inner bot, since that was the main design element of Siege and Kingdom Magnus, and those figures are less than five years old. I think SS86 Magnus accomplishes exactly what they set out to do with him, so I'm excited, though I understand why others wanted something different.

I remember when we had the first rumours of Magnus 86 come theiugh and I said he wouldn't have the inner bot because it wasn't in the cartoon. Feels odd to be right for once. I never intended to get him anyway and the reveal doesn't change anything for me. I think the problem they had was that they couldn’t justify the price point at Commander Class but it was way more than Leader Class (and we know what happened to Magnus at that price point). Adding the inner bot (as in accurate as that would have been) might have tipped the scale too far the other way.

Nova Prime, on the other hand, I've wanted an official toy of him ever since reading the IDW run of the pre-All Hail Megatron era. A fantastic design that begged for plastic. This one, while not perfect (would have liked longer, more poseable wings) is a godsend. Its definitely fun to contrast this with battle core prime (which was definitely nova inspired).

AcademyofDrX wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:My thoughts on the reveals:
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Commander Magnus: they can **** themselves with a rusted iron pole there. No way....

It's so weird to me how polarizing Magnus is. All of the responses I've seen so far are either very positive or very negative. Most of the complaints are either the Commander class price point, the lack of an inner bot, or both. I was pretty sure we wouldn't get an inner bot, since that was the main design element of Siege and Kingdom Magnus, and those figures are less than five years old. I think SS86 Magnus accomplishes exactly what they set out to do with him, so I'm excited, though I understand why others wanted something different.

You misunderstand, it's not that I wanted this Magnus to be something else Magnus-wise.

I wanted this Magnus to not exist in SS at all. Throw him in Legacy or something.

It looks like they gave it a lot of attention. But we have had so many Magni lately, it feels incredibly redundant.

AND, in the same show where they showed off 3 more RotB toys, the FIRST SS Commander had a much more obvious pick, and he was in the movie to go with it too. But no, we had to go G1 again for the first commander.

I don't want this Magnus here. They just introduced the Commander price point to SS, and utterly wasted it on a redundancy that is committed to the G1 circlejerk that Hasbro cannot get themselves out of.

What does Death think of the coming offerings (besides "where the heck is leader Swoop")?

Terrorcon Novakane: Looks like a repaint of that... other Rise of the Beast figure whose name I can't recall. Pass!
Core 86 Frenzy (Red): Repaint of Core 86 Rumble (Blue). I'll pick one up, just because I have all the other Micromaster cassettes. Good thing he's not hugely expensive!
Core Noah Diaz Exo Suit: I never saw RotB, so I presume this is a character from that film. I have no attachment to the character, and don't see anything that tempts. Looks like a flip-forming G1 Aerialbot throwback. Pass.
SS Deluxe Nightbird: More of the movie-verse figures, which I generally eschew. Pass.
SS Voyager 86 Ratchet. NOOOO! After demonstrating they knew how to NOT use clear plastic with the Ironhide/Prowl "Dead" Pack - they show with this that they've learned nothing! And once again they wimped out and didn't use medical crosses on the shoulder. So it will never be 'accurate'. Most likely a pass.
SS 86 Commander Ultra Magnus: Interesting. I'll have to see more of this before I make any decision. The proportions seem a bit off in robot mode.
Shattered Glass Sideswipe/Rodimus Pack: I don't have any of the SG figures, and I don't see anything in THIS set that makes me want to break that record. Pass!
Powerlinks Hotshot/Jolt: Didn't care for Legacy Hotshot and never bought it. So I'm not planning to get it even bundled with a Jolt minicon. Pass!
Decepticon Four Pack: They're all based on the SS Bayverse figures. I didn't get them when they were separately sold, and even if these have new paint and some altered sculpting, it's still a hard pass.
Kaskade & Javelin 2 Pack: Siege Moonracer returns, and a heavily resculpted SS Bumblebee movie Arcee. Pass.
Nacelle: It's based on the Siege mold, and I divested myself of all those quite a while back. New colors doth not a new figure make! Pass.
Nova Prime: I admit, the wings look pretty boss. But it's still Siege Ultra Magnus with modified sculpting. At leader prices, a repaint/remold becomes harder to justify because of all the space they take up. Pass.
Menasor Five Pack: I've already got Legacy Menasor, and even if they did some tweaking with this set, it would be hard to justify paying full price for the same figures. I'll have to see if they've done anything that makes this set worth selling the original Legacy figures and replacing them with these.

So, in the end? Not seeing much that makes me want to line up and put any of them on pre-order. Most of them are passes, with a couple of tentatives. And you would think, when setting up the photos to show off these figures, that SOMEBODY would have taken a little more care to make sure they don't look.... weird. Even the G1 Megatron figure is laughing at this one....

Magnus looks good to me, it will just make other truck bots look more ridiculous that they were out of scale in truck mode to begin with (Primes/motormaster) and it will replace my Platinum (combiner wars) magnus on my movie toy shelf when the price is right.

Siege Magnus felt a rip off at half price or why it got so many uses when it wasn't good for any of the toys they used it as, is beyond me -yet they use it again for nova. I'm pretty sure i got the official MP delta magnus for the price of £90 and it will be the case of what people call mini MPs being sold at around the same as true MPs whilst not being as good.

*also ouch on prices but they will likely be cheaper on amazon rather than through other retailers though it was teh other way around for the wreckers etc

the deluxe two pack javelin/kascade £55
Nacelle £38
Nova £62

Again disappointment. They make a Noah in the exo suit and

They could have made an in scale figure with four points articulation and packed him with mirage. Instant buy.

Below you will see the official stock images for every new Transformers toy that was shown at SDCC 2023, except for Noah Diaz. Some exclusive will be available for preorder tomorrow while a bulk of the non exclusives will be available later in August.

Studio Series

Core Terrorcon Novakane
Core 86 Frenzy (red version)
Deluxe Nightbird
Voyager 86 Ratchet
Commander 86 Ultra Magnus

Amazon Exclusives

Deadeye Dual 2-pack including deluxes Kaskade and Javelin from IDW series
Voyager Nacelle based on the Siege seeker mold
Leader Nova Prime from IDW based on the Siege Ultra Magnus mold

Pulse Exclusives

Pulsecon PowerLinx Hot Shot w/ MiniCon Jolt
Menasor Combiner Gift Pack
Shattered glass 2-pack of Sideswipe (with mini-con Whisper) and voyager Rodimus (Hot Rod mold)

It's not like Hasbro and Takara haven't already given us four "inner robot included" Ultra Magnus options for us to pick from in the last five years, those being Siege, Netflix, Premium Finish, and Kingdom.

Nova Prime is good. Ultra Magnus is great. The rest's a no because of my shelf space limitations.

I have Siege Ultra Magnus and I still like it... So I guess I'll have to repaint it into Delta Magnus so I can justify getting the new UM... when it goes on sale. I don't think it commands the, ahem, Commander class price. Especially after Hasbro came up with Armada OP & Motormaster recently. If Hasbro can figure out getting an inner bot out of the cab (I know, I know... it's not movie/toon accurate, but I'm looking at it from an engineering/plastic/part count v Price point perspective), then it's worth the full price.

cloudballoon wrote:If Hasbro can figure out getting an inner bot out of the cab (I know, I know... it's not movie/toon accurate, but I'm looking at it from an engineering/plastic/part count v Price point perspective), then it's worth the full price.

or they could have played loose and fast with studio series as they sometimes do, and included a deluxe of the car/robot that came with the original diaclone toy.

Sabrblade wrote:It's not like Hasbro and Takara haven't already given us four "inner robot included" Ultra Magnus options for us to pick from in the last five years, those being Siege, Netflix, Premium Finish, and Kingdom.

Yeah, but all of them had the wrong alt mode, they were something new, not the original. This was their chance to do things right, make a perfect Ultra Magnus that's cartoon accurate in both modes and still have the white Prime mode. Instead they went with a mini version of the Masterpiece, but not even a particularly great one, and made the robot mode oversized for no real reason and yet his alt mode doesn't seem quite right.



Emerje

The Legacy ones are available for preorder on Amazon, and already sold out on Pulse

Emerje wrote:and made the robot mode oversized for no real reason and yet his alt mode doesn't seem quite right.

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Emerje

Dunno, siege was always vastly undersized and needed the third party add ons to make him proportionate. In that photo the cabs rear wheels look more bent outwards than motormasters hope it doesnt have QC issues right out of the box.

Imho the commander class are figures they can sell for 45 and make profit on like they did with the first three, so I dont expect them to be all singing and dancing for the price. The problem with that is when they sell them for double that to offset losses or maximise profits.

Only one's I'm really looking forward to are Frenzy and Nightbird. Noah is kind of cool but I'm on the fence since I don't see a Human head anywhere.

Magnus, not really feeling it just from those images alone. A definite wait an see, and a maybe.
Already have a sufficient Ratchet but he does look good.

I do like the Stranger Things Crossover Code Red though! The rest are of no interest to me.
I'd like to know the status of the War Dawn 2-pk. And I'm still hoping for a Powerglide reveal!

The more I look at Magnus pics the more inclined I feel to get him. I do agree that making him big just to be big is a bit of a thumbs down for peeps - and while I'm not a scale nut nor a 'toon accuracy fan - I'm guessing they did so because UM was a big pretty big lad in the cartoon (when drawn correctly, or if you wanna reenact the scene where he smashed his Constructicon figures together!).
I also agree it feels a bit weird we're not getting something commander class for the movieverse instead, whether it's something else from RotB (like Stratosphere) or earlier films (maybe something like TLK Onslaught? Coulda chucked in Mohawk with him too to "fit the budget" of commander class.)
But oh well, more G1.
At least this UM will have better articulation than the Siege mold, eh?

Magnus is a complete and utter waste.

Dude has gotten 5 toys of Leader class or larger in the past 10 years, and he has gotten 4 in the past 5 years.

His latest toy was only 2 years ago.

He is completely redundant, and he takes away a slot in a size class that is finally granted to SS.

That slot should have been Stratosphere. He would've released with his movie brothers and sisters too. The timing was perfect.

Ultra Magnus is a toy that should have been pushed 2-3 years out.

Yeah, as much as I personally think the Magnus figure looks good, I feel like they could've maybe kept it on hold for a little longer. I'm sure fans and kids would've liked to get even more toys of the cool big metal guys they saw on the big screen pretty recently.
I honestly would've been happy with something past movieverse too but it would've made more sense if it was Stratosphere instead.