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News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:55 pm

I definitely think that's a translucent prime master decoy suit with Brave Max but not one we've seen yet. These came out of nowhere and I'm definitely getting them. Really hope I can get my hands on that pretender extra.

News Credits: 25 · by **SW's SilverHammer** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 8:57 pm

I wonder if the shell is an early release of one of the Power of Primes pretenders.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:03 pm

Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.

steals_your_goats wrote:I definitely think that's a translucent prime master decoy suit with Brave Max but not one we've seen yet.

That's Grand Maximus, guys.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:09 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.
steals_your_goats wrote:I definitely think that's a translucent prime master decoy suit with Brave Max but not one we've seen yet.
That's Grand Maximus, guys.

Oops my bad!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:13 pm

william-james88 wrote:It appears maybe the first 3,000 come with pretender shell, but it’s not easy to translate.

Just found out that it says that if orders for Grand Max exceed 3000, then the clear Pretender shell will be included.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:16 pm

The original source for this images is TakaraTomy's main Transformers website - http://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:30 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.
steals_your_goats wrote:I definitely think that's a translucent prime master decoy suit with Brave Max but not one we've seen yet.
That's Grand Maximus, guys.

Maybe it's just the color in the images, then, but all I see are red, black, and bright blue, and that says Brave Maximus to me, not Grand Maximus, who had a considerable amount of teal on him. The inclusion of the Pretender is the only thing that says Grand Max to me.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:35 pm

Bounti76 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.
steals_your_goats wrote:I definitely think that's a translucent prime master decoy suit with Brave Max but not one we've seen yet.
That's Grand Maximus, guys.

Maybe it's just the color in the images, then, but all I see are red, black, and bright blue, and that says Brave Maximus to me, not Grand Maximus, who had a considerable amount of teal on him. The inclusion of the Pretender is the only thing that says Grand Max to me.

Brave Maximus doesn't have red arms.

Or white shorts.

Or blue leg cannons.

Or a sword.

Or a Pretender shell.

Or "Gurando Makushimasu" as his name.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:39 pm

-sigh- someday Christmas Maximus...someday...

News Credits: 3603 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:41 pm

Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.

It's definitely Grand Maximus!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:46 pm

Greatshot looks kind of cool, might look into getting him, but it's certainly no black convoy;

also, seems like most of the rid line has been revisited under our noses now...

-UW Baldigus

-Black convoy

-encore god convoy

-brave maximus

We might be in for some more treats before long, I for one would love an encore rail racer :PRAY:

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:52 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.

It's definitely Grand Maximus!

Does this mean you'll be replacing your signature now?

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:55 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.

It's definitely Grand Maximus!

I concede, but I still can't figure out where al the black on the Grand Max-EX figure is coming from. That's what threw me off, because Brave Max has SO much more of it.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:14 pm

Bounti76 wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Bounti76 wrote:These look pretty sweet, especially Grand Brave Max. Makes me wonder, with Takara reviving the Encore line, if a reissue of the original Grand Max could happen at some point.

It's definitely Grand Maximus!

I concede, but I still can't figure out where al the black on the Grand Max-EX figure is coming from. That's what threw me off, because Brave Max has SO much more of it.

It's not black, it's badly-lit dull green.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:15 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:-brave maximus

Grand, not Brave.

News Credits: 3603 · by **Seibertron** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:18 pm

Seibertron wrote:Very odd seeing Twin Twist and Topspin with the Car Targetmasters' partners. Gotta wonder what Takara and Hasbro have planned for Crosshairs, Sureshot, Pointblank, Fangry, Squeezeplay, Terri-Bull, Go Shooter, Minerva, Hosehead, Siren, Nightbeat, Snapdragon, Apeface, and Scorponok (though I have little hope for Grand Maximus and Black Zarak considering no proper recolors have been done of any of the Titan Class figures yet).

Hard to believe I posted this just 11 hours ago ... and now we know about a Grand Maximus coming down the pipes. Go figure.

Takara, if you're listening, I have one word for you please: METROTITAN!!!!

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:20 pm

Great it’s the legends kup controversy all over again. :roll:

Let’s wait till we see official stock photos instead of dissecting a small promo shot

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:20 pm

Bigger versions of the Grand Max and Greatshot banners (click each for full size):

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:21 pm

I think this also means BlackZarak is a very safe bet when we eventually get Titan Scorponok. The likes of Metrotitan and G2 Devastator are fairly obscure and without fiction; but BlackZarak and Grand Maximus were major characters in the Masterforce anime.

News Credits: 1 · by **Prime Target** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:25 pm

Hmmmmm Interesting Greatshot certainly looks fantastic but i'm not impressed at how they didn't give him new guns and don't have the Jet mode configured accurately to his original toy when that configuration is possible with his mold mates Six Shot and Quickswitch sure the leftover side kibble is there but it's more accurate to the Original that way and isn't Legends supposed to be accurate? I don't think those flaws will be a turn off for me tho cause i'm a sucker for new character repaints and they did do most of the rest of him right. Brave Max is a different story seeing it for the first time I thought it was RID Fort max and was excited for him but now I look closer he's not and i'm a lot less excited for him as A I haven't seen Brave and don't intend to and B. I'll already have the mold as Fort Max by then (one could argue the same for Greatshot as I have Six Shot already but hey new character repaint) I might skip this 1 and yeah that little thing's a POTP Prime Master shell for sure.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:30 pm

Kurona wrote:I think this also means BlackZarak is a very safe bet when we eventually get Titan Scorponok. The likes of Metrotitan and G2 Devastator are fairly obscure and without fiction; but BlackZarak and Grand Maximus were major characters in the Masterforce anime.

G2 Devs isn't obscure, there's two versions of him, you want obscure, how bout the original color scheme for the diaclone devs toy

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:31 pm

I told everyone there's gonna be a Greatshot (Sixshot Retool) And that happened :-D

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:34 pm

Apparently if they get 3,000 preorders on Takara Tomy Mall, the little Pretender happens? Hard to tell from machine translated tweets from fans so take this as me speculating, for now.

News Credits: 11 · by **primalxconvoy** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:35 pm

The price for Greatshot is DISGUSTING. You can get a third party version for around the same price:

- https://tfsource.com/mastermind-creatio ... -hexatron/

- http://robotoybase.com/index.php?route= ... ct_id=3134

Here are the official links for both Grand Maximus and Greatshot, showing official, detailed pictures and the jaw-dropping prices:

- http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963691/

- http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963752/

A friend in the business stated that Takara Tomy Mall items are also usually carried by Hasbro Asia, so (for retailers at least) the prices might be cheaper than TT Mall's?

As for the pretender, my guess is that there will be a recoloured, Power of the Primes mini/faux-pretender (in the original G1 Grand Maximus colours) AND a clear blue version of this figure (limited to the first 300 or 3,000 customers).

That's just a guess, though.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:39 pm

primalxconvoy wrote:The price for Greatshot is DISGUSTING. You can get a third party version for around the same price:

- https://tfsource.com/mastermind-creatio ... -hexatron/

- http://robotoybase.com/index.php?route= ... ct_id=3134

Here are the official links for both Grand Maximus and Greatshot, showing official, detailed pictures and the jaw-dropping prices:

- http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963691/

- http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963752/

I'm afraid that's actually fairly standard for a leader-sized figure due to how the Yen is these days. Here's Sixshot for comparison; only about a 500 yen difference:-
http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963899/