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Stuartmaximus wrote:As for those Takara haters....just remember.....you wouldn't have gotten Constructions with better articulation, nor a deluxe Groove(yes! granted! Hasbro is now bringing one out as an individual item) or Slingshot(Quickslinger) or Breakdown(Brake Neck) or even a G1 Space Shuttle Blast Off(which I believe is happening) if it wasn't for Takara

No one hates Takara. All we are saying is you shouldnt expect miracles since they didnt change anything to the Hasbro Fort Max mold. They are the ones who designed this retool anyways.
Also Slingshot and Wildrider were Hasbro designs and Hasbro Wildrider (you wrote Breakdown) even came out before Takara's. Also, Takara's shuttle Blastoff is not impressive in the least but at least it isnt lazy.

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Autobot N wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:This is the Hasbro version.

I believe what our friend Hellscream is saying that Hasbro didn't think about making that an official mode.

There's a lot of "unofficial" modes out there for Transformers. That's part of the fun, discovering these things.But I guess there are some people who need instructions for everything in life.

You making fun of my honeymoon night?

Anyways, about this fort Max fan mode, I see it no different than the gun fan mode on Megatron last year. Its just us grasping for something that isnt there and that doesnt look that great when you think about it.


What I disliked about this new Fort Max was not just that it abandoned its city mode but that it didnt have much of a transformation and looked lazy with much reduced playability from the G1 version. And that it was just a retool. And this doesnt change anything. We just flipped his legs in the air to give the illusion that he looks like his G1 self (which he doesnt) when looking at him dead on. But its not like we can use them as towers when we play, since its not intended. Not like this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Kurona wrote:Technically, you could go for the G1 guy as he has more play space and accuracy... to... itself.

Thats what I recomend anyone disatisfied with this toy.

Checked a bit more on the website; and right enough they do some scalping... their CW deluxes are £18 vs the normal £16 while their CW voyagers are £25 vs the normal £23. But this is just absolutely outrageous.

Whoops, yep! Brain didn't kick in!

Fixed, thanks.

Dr Va'al wrote:Whoops, yep! Brain didn't kick in!

Fixed, thanks.

You're very welcome!

£21.99 for a deluxe...That's insane! They can't justify that surely?

MightyMagnus78 wrote:£21.99 for a deluxe...That's insane! They can't justify that surely?

Admittedly I've seen worse, and this site does put it's prices quite a bit higher in general... but considering this is the first domestic price I've seen for Titans Return and it's much above their Combiner Wars pricing, it's not very encouraging.

Agamemnon wrote:

MightyMagnus78 wrote:£21.99 for a deluxe...That's insane! They can't justify that surely?

As long as the toys keep selling? Capitalism!

Can't see them selling many deluxes at £21.99, especially when CW voyagers are currently £22.99 or cheaper.

Wolfwire? Monxo? I don't even want to know how the hell they lost the ability to use the original names there. Weirdwolf? Is there seriously another company using Weirdwolf as a trademark? How does someone even pronounce Monxo? I feel like to properly pronounce it I would have to rip out your tongue.

Just think about what prices will be like in years to come, out of curiosity what are the prices like in the rest of the world?

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Optimum Supreme wrote:How does someone even pronounce Monxo? I feel like to properly pronounce it I would have to rip out your tongue.

The "X" simply makes a "Z" sound, like in the word "xylophone," so you would pronounce it the same way you did in G1 when the spelling was "Monzo."

The "x" is a weird letter, for sure. I think the only time it's pronounced "ks" is when there's a vowel in front.

Kurona wrote:Checked a bit more on the website; and right enough they do some scalping... their CW deluxes are £18 vs the normal £16 while their CW voyagers are £25 vs the normal £23. But this is just absolutely outrageous.

From what I understand, Scalping involves an individual buying up large stock and reselling it at inflated prices, not a store raising prices...