Ultra Magnus is one of the great characters in Transformers. Since his introduction in The Transformers: The Movie he has been popular both as a character and as a toy in the Generation 1 line. He returns to Robots in Disguise in his familiar red, white and blue, and his alternate mode is still a car carrier capable of holding 3 deluxe-sized vehicles. But don't be fooled: This ain't your daddy's Ultra Magnus. In the series he is insubordinate, arrogant and really doesn't think too highly of Prime. In his toy incarnation he is a beautiful piece of work; fully posable, detailed and feature packed.

VEHICLE MODE:
Ultra Magnus' vehicle mode is again a car transport capable of holding three deluxe-sized vehicles. The cab is again white, with translucent blue windows and a vac metal blue and silver grill complete with vac metal sliver Autobot symbol. There is an electronic, translucent red light on the roof of the cab that lights up when you press a small button on his backpack, more on this later. the sides and top rails of the trailer section are a flat grey with two Autobot symbols on his sides. the back of the trailer is covered by two dark grey panels detailed with red, orange, yellow and light grey. the bottom section of the trailer is done in a royal blue with light blue and dark grey pieces,  underneath you can see two dark grey pieces which are Omega Prime's feet. the section that holds the middle wheels is white and the wheels themselves are vac metal silver.

There is a tremendous amount of detail on this figure, just below his cab on the front you can see what look like gatling guns on either side, the tires are made of rubber with the front two saying "Transformers", the middle two saying "Cybertron" and the rear saying "God Magnus", which was this figures name when originally released as part of the Japanese Car Robots line. the whole figure has a lot of detail such as wiring and piping molded into the plastic. Blue Bolts - Ultra Magnus' gun - can be housed on either the front or back of the cab. Blue bolts is royal blue, with a light blue rocket launcher on top, translucent blue target, red handholds and dark grey guns on the front, the missile launcher can hold two white missiles which are spring-loaded and fire a good distance, about a foot and a half. The panels on the back can be opened and the blue connectors folded to the sides to allow cars to be loaded, swing the top rail down to roll cars onto the top or leave it up to have one enter the bottom.

TRANSFORMATION (ROBOT MODE):
Begin by detaching Blue Bolts and setting it aside. Pull the front side panels out and separate the cab from the trailer and set the cab aside. Gently twist the halves of the trailer - pulling the left side up and pushing the right side down - to separate them. Fold the rear panel down and swing the blue connecter out so that it rests against the grey sides, now bend the top 2/3rds of the grey pieces out. On the outside of the bottom level of the trailer there is a blue section that should be folded around. swing the grey sections back down but do not attach them, fold them backwards 180° and attach. Now take the top third and fold out 180° and connect to the rest of the grey section, turn the piece over. Notice the light blue segment on the underside, fold it upwards, now stand the segments on the opposite side from the light blue pieces.

Begin transforming the cab by pulling the sides of the grill out, then rotate the entire grill section up so that it covers the windows. swing the cab section up from the rest of the vehicle. Swing the light blue sections out and then swing the cab back down. separate the white section with the tires and swing them down to the side, the shoulders fit into a small slot on the sides of the cab, now extend the hands. Fold the upper grey tracks in half and snap together, swing them outwards so they form a "V" shape. pull one track upwards and then twist the tracks so they run horizontally, push the grey piece between the cab and the blue backpack down and swing the backpack up and around so that the tracks are between it and the cab, reform the "V" shape with the tracks. Bend the grey panel down and twist the front around 180° to reveal Magnus' head, swing the dark grey panel in front of it down and put the head in place, on the back of the grey panel are two blue and light grey pieces, fold them out gently so as not to detach them and then swing the grey panel back in place and clip onto the light grey section that holds Magnus' head. connect the light blue parts of the legs to the light grey parts of the torso and stand. Magnus is now in robot mode.

TRANSFORMATION (BLUE BOLTS):
Swing down the two blue buttresses so that they point to the floor, rotate the red hand grips so that they both face out. From here Blue Bolts has three modes, depending on how you wish to implement him.

1. Chaingun mode - rotate the two gun sections out so that they point away from each other. fold the first buttress toward the laser cannon and rotate the shoulder connector (the roughly triangular bit on the end of the buttress) so that it points up. Swing the other buttress up with the shoulder connector pointing down so that it becomes the body of the weapon. turn the missile launcher to the left so that it points the same way as the chaingun and raise the target. plug the back buttress into the holes on Ultra Magnus' left shoulder and fit his arm onto it by putting the plug on Blue Bolts' left side into the hole on Magnus' forearm.
2. Laser Cannon mode - rotate the two gun sections out so that they point away from each other. Fold the buttress on the chaingun side toward the chaingun with the shoulder connector pointing up. swing the second buttress up with the connector facing down to form the body of the weapon, rotate the missile launcher to the right and raise the target. Plug the shoulder connector into the holes on Magnus' right shoulder and fit his arm onto it by putting the plug on Blue Bolt's right side into the hole on Magnus' forearm.
3. Maximum Firepower mode - rotate the two guns so that they point forward and swing both buttresses back with their connectors pointing upwards. Rotate the missile launcher so that it is pointing forward and raise the target. Plug the connectors into the slots on Magnus' shoulders and fit both or either of Magnus' arms onto the weapon by putting the plugs on either side of the weapon into the holes on Magnus' forearms, rotate the red tabs down slightly and rest Magnus' hands on top of them.