Banjo-Tron wrote:LOST Cybertronian wrote:Metroplex is a large character. He is more than just a house. They don't throw around the term city former for nothing.
LOL I know Metroplex isn't a 'houseformer'! What I mean is, space is a premium in the UK, more so than the US. I think my dad's living room over there has similar dimensions to my house. There aren't many storage options for a 2ft Transformer available to me. I suppose I could put him in the spare bed...
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
Stormrider wrote:By bigget Transformers regret was not buying Fortress Maximus 30 years ago b/c I thought he was too big. And then waiting years for it to be reissued.
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:When I decided to get a better look (and not really liking all that I see), I realized that they announced this piece around 1-2 months BEFORE TOMY starts to ship out Fortress Maximus. I mean... It felt like they just had to make it 2" taller, as if they needed to compensate for not being able to reissue their version of Fortress Maximus.
Fanboy wrote:You need to see the figure, feel the figure , lick the figure , be the figure,
And only then can you love mp 01 the way I have.
aliasangel wrote:Has anyone though about his three "normal"-sized components: Six-Gun, Slammer and Scamper? I'm hoping that they will show those three additional characters at SDCC 2013 this year. If those bots doesn't come with it, then I hope 3rd parties should get right on it.
Another concern that I have is his articulation and if he has any die-cast parts? I hope he has some on his feet because I don't want this large figure tipping over all of my other figures.
What do you all think?
SJ21 wrote:How did this pass the dreaded drop test? Fort Max was never done again because he wouldn't pass the drop test (that's the rumor I always heard.) How is a, larger, Metroplex going to pass the same test?
Fanboy wrote:You need to see the figure, feel the figure , lick the figure , be the figure,
And only then can you love mp 01 the way I have.
GuyIncognito wrote:SJ21 wrote:How did this pass the dreaded drop test? Fort Max was never done again because he wouldn't pass the drop test (that's the rumor I always heard.) How is a, larger, Metroplex going to pass the same test?
What are you talking about? What drop test?
Fanboy wrote:You need to see the figure, feel the figure , lick the figure , be the figure,
And only then can you love mp 01 the way I have.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:SJ21 wrote:How did this pass the dreaded drop test? Fort Max was never done again because he wouldn't pass the drop test (that's the rumor I always heard.) How is a, larger, Metroplex going to pass the same test?
What are you talking about? What drop test?
The Drop Test is a Toy Safety test. A toy is dropped from a certain height, possibly breaking it (or not). It's to see if a toy will break, and how (like in sharp shards, little pieces, anything that could harm or kill a child). Needless to say, if it doesn't break, keep any heavy toy on the 1st floor of your house
Fortress Maximus is stated to fail the test since 2001, but how was never made clear to my knowledge, which makes Metroplex even more interesting. Keep the question handy for the BotCon Hasbro Q/A panel!
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:96 months is 8 years, so that's a good age to stop the more rigorous tests for IMO.
Just how heavy is Fortress Maximus anyway? I ask because I read that if a toy is over a certain weight limit, then it's introduced to a different test, the Tip-Over test (section 9.3.5.3). *poke*
This may explain how Metroplex was possible, by ironically making the toy bigger and heavier
Nice find btw
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Also, folks... Remember that this is still not Hasbro's biggest mass-produced toy made for a major toyline. That honor still goes to G.I.Joe's very own U.S.S. Flagg. It stands, from end to end, a whopping 5 feet!
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote: And it still not an accurate scale model for those figures. (And now you know. And knowing is half the battle. G.I.Joe!!!)
Fanboy wrote:You need to see the figure, feel the figure , lick the figure , be the figure,
And only then can you love mp 01 the way I have.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:aliasangel wrote:Has anyone though about his three "normal"-sized components: Six-Gun, Slammer and Scamper? I'm hoping that they will show those three additional characters at SDCC 2013 this year. If those bots doesn't come with it, then I hope 3rd parties should get right on it.
Another concern that I have is his articulation and if he has any die-cast parts? I hope he has some on his feet because I don't want this large figure tipping over all of my other figures.
What do you all think?
Last I heard a Legion Class Scamper will be included. As for die cast, that hasn't been used for a main US toy line in ages. The last recorded use stems from 1986 (tho Europe had some stragglers via the reissues in 1991), giving true meaning to the Beast Wars quote: "die cast construction, it's a lost art"
Bowspearer wrote:KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Also, folks... Remember that this is still not Hasbro's biggest mass-produced toy made for a major toyline. That honor still goes to G.I.Joe's very own U.S.S. Flagg. It stands, from end to end, a whopping 5 feet!
Actually, it's 7.5' long and it's spectacular (have one on display in my collection room) .
Actually it's not too bad. The runway could be a little longer and the conning tower could probably have a few more levels to it under the deck, but tbh, it actually works pretty well .
Anyway, going back to the drop test, maybe they did slap a higher age recommendation on this. If so, I wonder what that would mean for a stateside Fort Max reissue.
That Bot wrote:I think a Masterpiece-scaled Fort Max would cost at least a thousand dollars. Probably not happening. Metroplex is the best we're getting until they make a 2'2" Transformer in 2039 (26 years from now, as this comes 26 years after Fort Max. Yes, it's unlikely they would be that exact, but I'm allowed my fun).
That Bot wrote:Well, when I say Masterpiece-scaled, I mean a figure that is to scale with the current MP releases like Sideswipe is scaled to Optimus, not a figure that is the same size as them (which would actually be smaller than regular Fort Max). A Fort Max to scale with MP Sideswipe would be the size of a person, at a conservative estimate. The only way that's going to be $300 is if he's got minimal articulation and a bare-bones transformation.
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:That Bot wrote:Well, when I say Masterpiece-scaled, I mean a figure that is to scale with the current MP releases like Sideswipe is scaled to Optimus, not a figure that is the same size as them (which would actually be smaller than regular Fort Max). A Fort Max to scale with MP Sideswipe would be the size of a person, at a conservative estimate. The only way that's going to be $300 is if he's got minimal articulation and a bare-bones transformation.
Seeing as this is "supposed" to be FOC Metroplex toy...for it to scale in with even FOC Optimus, it would need to be even bigger than a human. In the game, Optimus was barely the size of Metroplex's fingernail (if he had fingernails) when standing on his hand in the beginning of chapter 3 (or was it 4?)
I honestly doubt Metroplex can scale in with any TF, except his fellow titans Fortress Maximus, Skorponok, Trypticon and Omega Supreme. The best one can hope for is maybe a mini-statuette of OP to be included with the toy, although it would have to be either 3rd party or the Takara Tomy version--such tiny figures would never get past Hasbro's toy safety regulations, as they'd be choking hazards.
CBratetron wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:That Bot wrote:Well, when I say Masterpiece-scaled, I mean a figure that is to scale with the current MP releases like Sideswipe is scaled to Optimus, not a figure that is the same size as them (which would actually be smaller than regular Fort Max). A Fort Max to scale with MP Sideswipe would be the size of a person, at a conservative estimate. The only way that's going to be $300 is if he's got minimal articulation and a bare-bones transformation.
Seeing as this is "supposed" to be FOC Metroplex toy...for it to scale in with even FOC Optimus, it would need to be even bigger than a human. In the game, Optimus was barely the size of Metroplex's fingernail (if he had fingernails) when standing on his hand in the beginning of chapter 3 (or was it 4?)
I honestly doubt Metroplex can scale in with any TF, except his fellow titans Fortress Maximus, Skorponok, Trypticon and Omega Supreme. The best one can hope for is maybe a mini-statuette of OP to be included with the toy, although it would have to be either 3rd party or the Takara Tomy version--such tiny figures would never get past Hasbro's toy safety regulations, as they'd be choking hazards.
Well Optimus does appear in the window at Plex's throat.
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