Although the "Robots in Disguise" incarnation of Ultra Magnus did not return to TV screens, his toy was re-released on the shelves of Sam's Club in 2003's parallel-universe-spanning "Transformers: Universe" line, slightly redecoed with bluish-black parts in place of his dark blue ones. Featured in the pages of the "Transformers: Universe" comic book exclusive to the Official Transformers Collectors Convention, this character was established to the "RiD" Magnus, who, along with Optimus Prime, was plucked from his home universe at a point after the conclusion of "Robots in Disguise" to become part of a battle between armies gathered from across space and time by Unicron and Primus. Led by Optimus Primal into the final battle, the combatants found their conflict halted when Unicron began to crumble beneath them. Primal's team gathered together to escape through a portal, but when Magnus and Prime passed through, they did not find themselves where they expected...