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News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:58 am

Yeah the legends Optimus could work.

Looks pretty good.

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... 456531.jpg

Shoulder pads flip all the way down, BTW.

News Credits: 2 · by **Overloaded** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:27 am

So metroplex is not to scale with the deluxe generations figures?

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 8:10 am

Ultra Markus wrote:heroes of cybertron PVC figures would go perfectly with metroplex and fortress maximus just the right size and look

Yeah I did this once.. Need to find the pix but I transformed Max and had all of my SCF PVC figs (Japanese versions of HOC) around him and it looked cool and proper scale.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:05 pm

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Oh, boy! It's gonna be BIG!!!

He's only two inches taller than Fort Max.

Love Dragon wrote:Fortunately it's not the FOC version since that one's altmode was an insult. It was actually worse than Galaxy Force's one was. He just sat down and shrugged!

There are actual pictures of FOC Metroplex's city mode?

Overloaded wrote:So metroplex is not to scale with the deluxe generations figures?

A Metroplex toy correctly scaled to the Deluxe class toys would have to be at least twenty feet tall. :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:11 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Love Dragon wrote:Fortunately it's not the FOC version since that one's altmode was an insult. It was actually worse than Galaxy Force's one was. He just sat down and shrugged!
There are actual pictures of FOC Metroplex's city mode?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 3:24 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Love Dragon wrote:Fortunately it's not the FOC version since that one's altmode was an insult. It was actually worse than Galaxy Force's one was. He just sat down and shrugged!
There are actual pictures of FOC Metroplex's city mode?

I'd buy it. :mrgreen:

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 4:52 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Fort Max could just sit on Metroplex and it would be all over.

Hell yes I agree-gree! FM could totally spear Metroplex then just roll him over and sit right on his back...done!

The powers that be would be fools not to create a Titan Class Trypticon...hello HasTak...nemesis...? :VEHI:

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:09 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:Oh, boy! It's gonna be BIG!!!

He's only two inches taller than Fort Max.

Well, I never had the original Fort Max, nor do I care much for the character beyond IDW's comics.

And in any event, 2" will probably be more significant then we might assume. Only time will tell.

Also, I measured my tallest TF shelf, and 'Plex wouldn't fit on it. It's just over 6" too short!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:15 pm

Nemesis Maximo wrote:Well, I never had the original Fort Max,

Me neither.

The Encore one coming in a few will be my first time owning one of the Holy Grailiest of all TF figures. :lol:

News Credits: 4 · by **wewyllenium** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:49 pm

It still erks me that these hands do not hide anywhere in alt forms.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:16 pm

wewyllenium wrote:It still erks me that these hands do not hide anywhere in alt forms.

I'm with ya, Weweweweli...wellwellwelli...Dude. ( :lol:

J/K, li'l ol' me).

I'm with ya, Wewyllenium. My consolation is that he won't be in alt mode on my shelf. He's just too damn BIG!!! He might even have to find a spot on my floor. :roll:

News Credits: 4 · by **wewyllenium** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:30 pm

Same here Maximo. This will remain as a robot in my shelf and that's because I could not see how its alt modes can fie

Also I sure hope the plastic they'll use would not be like the plastic used on GIJoe reissued toys such as that on Wolf Hound. Please don't be cheap Hasbro/Takara Tommy.

News Credits: 2 · by **Overloaded** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:40 pm

I was going to collect the idw figures and metroplex to make a battle scene

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:42 pm

Such a tease! TFYuki has posted another teaser image of Generations Metroplex with Encore Fortress Maximus. This image shows off Metroplex's light-up eye feature.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:45 pm

Eerie.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:51 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Eerie.

Indiana? Seriously though that's awesome.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 4:52 pm

He's behind you Fortress Maximus! Just turn around! Oh, that's right you don't have any articulation.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:43 pm

I dont get the purpose of the teaser images.
Wasnt the WHOLE FAWKING BOT revealed at Toyfare a few montrhs back? The pictures are all over Google, even the base mode.

Anyway, I'm still looking forward to buy him for my Cyberverse display. I do hope this will be for a real a nd true WIDE release. Not some TrU exclusive bullshit.

by **Badboy4life** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:43 pm

Bow down to a player who greater than you fool. See you in September

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:20 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:I dont get the purpose of the teaser images.
Wasnt the WHOLE FAWKING BOT revealed at Toyfare a few montrhs back? The pictures are all over Google, even the base mode.

Anyway, I'm still looking forward to buy him for my Cyberverse display. I do hope this will be for a real a nd true WIDE release. Not some TrU exclusive bullshit.

I think they're just to tease the actual height of the figure vs Fort Max.

News Credits: 34 · by **Superwheeljack** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:52 pm

Face it guy's, we were right
Metroplex rocks, fort max is stupid

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:56 pm

Superwheeljack wrote:Face it guy's, we were right
Metroplex rocks, fort max is stupid

Not so, they're apples and oranges. They're both big and that's about it. They're designed for different audiences.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:16 pm

IMHO, I always found Fort Max to be a more appealing guy than Metroplex. Even before I started reading TF comics, Fort Max just seemed to have so much more going for him. Here's a rundown of all the things I saw each had going for them:

Metroplex

Large guy
Citybot
Battle Station mode
Slammer, Scamper, and Six-Gun

Fortress Maximus:

Large guy
Citybot
Battle Station mode/Battleship Maximus (Japan only)
Double Headmaster
Master Sword (Japan only)
Autobot Headmasters Commander
Autobot Supreme Commander (Japan only)
Pacifistic idealist
Binary-bonded to well known human ally Spike Witwicky (certain versions)
Gasket and Grommet --> Cog

Now, granted, I'm still very far behind in reading the IDW G1 comics, so Metroplex may come to wow me in that continuity. But as of now, the most this new Titan class Metroplex toy has over Fort Max IMO is both his height (two inches taller than Max) and his modern-day articulation.