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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:24 am

Some hot new preorders were just announced from Takara/Tomy for a September release:

Transformers GT - Super GT - GTR-04 Maximus

Transformers Generations Japan - TG23 Fall of Cybertron – Metroplex

Transformers Generations Japan - TG24 Fall of Cybertron - Optimus Prime & Bumblebee Set

Just how the Japanese Generations version of Metroplex differs from the US version is unknown, but due to the size will be a massive figure! This listing is also for the early air shipment.

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News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:22 am

Bumblebee looks shinier.

What's with TFSource's labeling these Fall of Cybertron figures? They're not.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:44 am

Sabrblade wrote:What's with TFSource's labeling these Fall of Cybertron figures? They're not.

Force of habit.

And I spy with my little eye, something long and Maximus :lol:

by **necr0blivion** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 9:51 am

GTR Maximus and Sailor Jupiter, fan-fiction at its best!

Most interesting is the Metroplex release date: Takara release dates are a few months off from Hasbro's on this line. So if Takara is saying September... US should have this fella in stores mid-Summer? I think someone else mentioned awhile back that the timing might coincide with SDCC'13. Hasbro, your move.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:11 am

So 2 questions now come to me. The first is what was the speculated price of Hasbro MP...was it under $100? BBTS now has Takara's already posted to which I was expecting it to be much more.

My final question is if Takara chose to do a Metro Titan repaint would you pick it up? I don't know if this has been ask already. :VEHI:

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:43 am

F**k yeah I'd get Metrotitan. Not interested in the GTR, but Metroplex will be MINE!

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:49 am

Kapow also has them up http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/products_new ... 1bu6inejn5

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:51 am

Sabrblade wrote:Bumblebee looks shinier.

So does OP, at least his blue parts. Sometimes (like with BH Shockwave) the shiny Takara finishes look better. But for these two little guys, I think it's out of place.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:55 am

GuyIncognito wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Bumblebee looks shinier.

So does OP, at least his blue parts. Sometimes (like with BH Shockwave) the shiny Takara finishes look better. But for these two little guys, I think it's out of place.

But Bee was shiny in the FOC game.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:10 pm

Hel-loooooo, race girl! :lol:

Maximus has too much green, but okay.

I really hope the Hasbro version of Metroplex is significantly less, because damn...

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:56 pm

kirbenvost wrote:Hel-loooooo, race girl! Maximus has too much green, but okay.

I really hope the Hasbro version of Metroplex is significantly less, because damn...

I believe Canadian TRUs have him listed for $100

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:44 pm

BBTS has him listed for $20 less than TFsource, still way to much though...

News Credits: 1 · by **KNM2012** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:13 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:What's with TFSource's labeling these Fall of Cybertron figures? They're not.

Force of habit.

And I spy with my little eye, something long and Maximus

Well... Metroplex is. Then again, TFsource once posted Saber as "Savior". :lol:

But besides that, all my feels are going to GT-R Maximus! I have to wait until May to preorder him, and September to get him. But even then, he will fill out the first half of my collection-based project.

That, and covers my GT-R collection. But with Maximus, I feel compelled to play the overworld theme to Legend of Zelda. :-B

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:18 pm

Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer? :???:

Also, I will SO wait for the domestic Metroplex release.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:21 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?

GT-R Maximus = Fortress Maximus

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:35 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?
GT-R Maximus = Fortress Maximus

Her name is Fortress Maximus? That's... odd.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:44 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?
GT-R Maximus = Fortress Maximus

Her name is Fortress Maximus? That's... odd.

"Her"?

Oh, you mean the Race Queen figure. Didn't see the "with the" in your original post. :oops:

The Bot is Maximus. The girl is his Race Queen.

Website · by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:12 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?
GT-R Maximus = Fortress Maximus

Her name is Fortress Maximus? That's... odd.
"Her"?

Oh, you mean the Race Queen figure. Didn't see the "with the" in your original post.

The Bot is Maximus. The girl is his Race Queen.

It's cool.

And thanks. I'm getting this guy. Never owned an Alternity before, and the Race Queen looks rather interesting.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:22 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?
GT-R Maximus = Fortress Maximus

Her name is Fortress Maximus? That's... odd.
"Her"?

Oh, you mean the Race Queen figure. Didn't see the "with the" in your original post.

The Bot is Maximus. The girl is his Race Queen.

It's cool. And thanks. I'm getting this guy. Never owned an Alternity before, and the Race Queen looks rather interesting.

It's not Alternity.

It's Transformers: GT.

News Credits: 1 · by **KNM2012** » Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:54 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Okay, who is that with the Alternity transformer?

Also, I will SO wait for the domestic Metroplex release.

Just for the record: It's not Alternity. It is a collaboration with Super GT Racing, as a way to celebrate Super GT's 20th anniversary. And as we speak, GT-R Maximus is the 4th and final GT-R GT300 model. And we might see other models be added in a hopes of showing that it is more than a "simple" retooling. Namely because they have 12 more teams and around 2-3 more car models. And trust me, Alternity was just a way to wrap up Takara's original work. This is way cooler.

In all cases, the whole theme is a lot more interesting than me explaining continuities (which is a subject I have been studying for the last 16 years, thanks to RPGs). Because they have fast cars, racing queens, and four GT-Rs that are Prime, Saber, Megatron, and Maximus. All I have are cookies. :lol:

News Credits: 7 · by **alldarker** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:01 am

New hi-res pictures of GTR GT-04 Maximus (from Amazon.jp).

Not going to lie, that race queen figure just made me pre-order this

. Going to be my very first Alternity / GTR mold.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:39 am

As a follow up to the images they provided us earlier, our valued sponsor TFsource dropped by with some high res images of Takara Tomy's Super GT GTR-04 Maximus! Like all figures in the line he's a reuse of their previously released Alternity Convoy mold. These images give us a much better look at the figure's new head, weapon, and Race Queen mini figure. The TFsource pre-order page can be found at the following link or by click any of the images found below.

Transformers GT - Super GT - GTR-04 Maximus