(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to the original RID2015 legion Optimus Prime toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original RID2015 legion Optimus Prime here.)

    Even though it's just a redeco, it's nice to see some characters from Prime return for the RID2015 sequel, if just in toy form. Ultra Magnus here seems to combine the "white Prime" look with a bit more blue, but not as much blue as Magnus has traditionally had. His main colors are white and blue, with black used for the wheels and some of the connector parts. The blue itself is a nice semi-metallic, fairly light shade of the color, making the color scheme as a whole pretty light-- which of course fits Magnus. In vehicle mode the color breakup makes the front cab section mostly white and the back section mostly light blue. In robot mode considerably more of the toy is blue, with only some sections of the upper legs and chest being fully white. (It should be noted that on the upper legs and the head swivel piece it's merely painted white, which doesn't quite match up with the white plastic, but it's used so little on the toy it's not a huge deal.) There's also blue paint on the shoulders, arms, and front window of the vehicle mode (and the faux chest window on the robot mode), but they match pretty exactly the blue plastic on the legs and head. Speaking of the head, sadly it's not remolded so it's definitely Prime's noggin, but it's got some white on the neck and faceplate-- it's actually kinda weird, as it's the opposite of "white Prime's" head deco. Finally, there's a bit of dull pale red on the legs, which helps to break up all the blue down there. I'm glad it wasn't used elsewhere, though, to keep Magnus' deco from looking too much like Prime's.
    No mold changes have been made to Ultra Magnus.
    RID2015 Ultra Magnus is one of the rare redecoes of one of the main characters into a new, non-show character, and given that there's no remolding, it's not half bad. It could've used another paint app or two on the cab portion, but otherwise the color scheme is pretty solid and quite Magnus-y, striking a nice balance between Ultra Magnus' traditional more blue-shaded colors and the "white Prime redeco" homages Magnus has also had over the years. If you like Legion class toys, this is a fairly easy recommendation.
 

Review by Beastbot

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