Magna Convoy

Magna Convoy is aWarrior of the Seven Lightsfrom thePrecursor Worldportion of theGeneration 1continuity family.

It's times like this we really regret burning all the ThunderCats jokes inthe 2000s.

Originally a non-sentient drone created for combat support,Magna Convoy(マグナコンボイMaguna Konboi) was infused with life bythe dying leaderof theBlue Order.The blueknightoniumwhich adorns his body carries remnants of the leader's power. Magna Convoy's purpose is to retrieve the stolenMatrix Swordand bring the traitorStraxusto justice.

Fiction

Precursor World

He tried.

Magna Convoy began life as a simpleBlue Ordersupport drone designatedMC11.When two Straxuses betrayed thePrimus Vanguardand infected the Blue Order's members with programs that forced them to turn on each other, the hapless drone was quickly felled.God Neptune comic 1

"Please take on all of my responsibilities for poorly defined reasons, tiny child!"

However, by some miracle the drone survived, evolved into the warrior Magna Convoy and blessed with sentience and emotions by the power of his dying commander Blue Big Convoy. The first emotion he felt was rage. After making a promise to his predecessors to retrieve the Matrix Sword and meeting with the mysteriousSoundwave,Magna Convoy assaultedDarkmountand battled one of the Straxuses for the sword, only to find that the blade had lost its power. He was nearly killed by Straxus and his allies before getting saved bya shipthat teleported him to a location where the spirit of Blue Big Convoy appeared before him. The Primus Vanguard commander entrusted Magna Convoy with one final mission to protect his clone, a young Transformer namedConvobat.Magna Convoy then passed out, and was later discovered and reawakened by Convobat himself.Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comicCybertron Convobat

After Magna Convoy taught Convobat about the Primus Vanguard and gave him the remains of the Matrix Sword, the two were attacked by Straxus'sRollermaster Corps,and Magna Convoy confronted Straxus again while telling Convobat to escape. Convobat refused, however, and instead came to his aid and returned the Matrix Sword, believing he deserved it better. Seeing Convobat as a ray of hope for the future, Magna Convoy was determined to protect him, and this determination allowed him to call upon the light of the Matrix Sword and defeat Straxus. He then departed into space with Convobat, and, upon discovering evidence of other survivors of the Primus Vanguard, vowed to recreate a new Blue Order.Cybertron Magna Convoy

Magna Convoy eventually proved fantastically successful, joining warriors new and old to claim his birthright as the leader of a next-generation Blue Order in the reconstituted Primus Vanguard.Finale

Legendscomic

Thanks to thespirit energyof theLegends World,Ginraiwoke up one day in the form of Magna Convoy, much to his confusion.The native Waspinatorexplained Magna Convoy's backstory and brought inDelta Magnusfrom theG1 Worldfor further elaboration, but he didn't know anything about Magna Convoy or the Primus Vanguard. Still dedicated to his job as a delivery driver, Ginrai borrowed Delta Magnus's trailer to make deliveries and was able to "Double On" with it to form "Super Magna Convoy" to beat back some troublesome Decepticons. The impressedNightscreamrecruited Ginrai to play the part of Magna Convoy in his nextConvobatmovie, but Ginrai woke up the next morning back to his human self. Desperate to still be in the movie, Ginrai painted histranstectorblue.Bonus Edition Vol. EX

Toys

Legends

Matrix Sword and accessories

• Magna Convoy(June 5,2017)
  • ID number:LG-EX
  • Accessories:Smokestacks/laser cannon, wind vane/ion blaster,Matrix Sword,Large Gun

Ane-HOBBYexclusive,LegendsMagna Convoy is aredecoofClassicsVoyager ClassOptimus Prime,transforming into a cab-over style truck of made up model. In robot mode, his wind vane transforms into a large blaster and can be used as a shield if one of his fists is folded down, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller laser cannon. Additionally, both weapons can combine together to form a double-barrelled over-shoulder weapon. He also features two accessories that are new to this mold: the Matrix Sword, which was reused from Voyager ClassTitans ReturnAlpha TrionandLegendsLeo Prime,and the large gun accessory fromTitans ReturnMindwipe.He comes with two comics, "Cybertron Magna Convoy"and"Bonus Edition Vol. EX".

This toy wasrepurposedas a temporary body forGinraiafter contractingTransformers sicknessin theLegendscomic.

• LegendsMagna Convoy bio translation

Shattered Glass Collection

And you thought he had an identity crisisbefore.

For further information, see:Ultra Magnus (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection

Shattered Glass CollectionUltra Magnus is aretoolofKingdomUltra Magnus.He transforms into a car carrier truck, with the trailer becoming armor for the Voyager-sized inner robot formed from the cab. Said inner robot was consistently referred to as Magna Convoy by Hasbro designerMark Maherwhen promoting the toy for aFan FirstFridayTuesday,^[1]though only the Ultra Magnus name appears on the packaging.

Maher also noted the toy's "yellow, cartoon-accurate eyes". Okay!

Merchandise

Transformers Character Card

• Magna Convoy & Straxus Set(April 14,2022)
  • ID number:13 & 14

• Known designers:Shin Sasaki(illustration)

Released as part of the third wave of thee-HOBBYexclusiveTransformers Character Cardseries, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of Magna Convoy andStraxusalong withcharacter profilesandtech specs.

• Translation of Magna Convoy's Transformers Character Card

Notes

Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Franchise.

• Magna Convoy has a straight 10 on every one of his stats.
• Magna Convoy is based on the blue inner robot/cab ofDiaclonePowered Convoy,which also inspired the Generation 1 characterDelta Magnus.
• The name "Magna Convoy" was originally used inLegends of the Micronsas the Japanese name for "Optimus Prime Megaweapon",the combination of Convoy (Optimus Prime) and Ultra Magnus (Overload).
• Magna Convoy makes a brief appearance in his original form as the drone MC11 in the firstSelectsGod Neptune comic,obscured when Blue Big Convoy falls on him. Enough of him is shown to reveal that before being granted true life and being reformatted, he was a toy released in the1979"Police Keeper"range ofMicromanfigures from Takara; specifically, theblue Micro Knight,which had the ID number of...MC11! The Micro Knights were positioned as "android helpers" to the line's usual translucent plastic cyborgs, and werevacuum metallizedfrom head to toe with the exception of the line's trademark5 mm compatiblehands and feet. Proving something of a darling withMicromancollectors due to their unusual appearance, the Micro Knight received several reissues well into the 2000s.
• While a licensedYoloparkmodel kit based on the inner Powered Convoy robot was sold at theunofficialBotCon2024 convention, it was sold as "Delta Magnus"rather than" Magna Convoy ", because... Magna Convoy is based on theClassicsOptimus Prime mold and can't be based on the G1 character model, apparently?^[2]Okay then!^[3]

References

See also

• Delta Magnus