>>10548423>>10548434Yeah, in phase 2 of IDW they treated "Ultra Magnus" as a mantle that was passed down across many different bots, with the current one being a little dude named "Minimus Ambus" who had a crazy strong spark that made him a "loadbearer", capable of powering armor much bigger than himself. For some reason, on the Takara version I have, they repainted him as Alpha Trion. But he's still a pretty fun little bot with a beard and moustache that transforms into a neat little hovercar.
>>10548446>they felt it would make the toy feel like a piloted mecha.Which is weird because like... pic related.