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Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

bluecatcinema wrote:Some awesome stuff there. My favorites are Mindwipe, Wheelie (surprisingly enough) and of course, Fort Max.

Wheelie is also one of my favourites And I too am surprised. I am impressed they wored in a cockpit that can work with the titan masters.

william-james88 wrote:

bluecatcinema wrote:Some awesome stuff there. My favorites are Mindwipe, Wheelie (surprisingly enough) and of course, Fort Max.

Wheelie is also one of my favourites And I too am surprised. I am impressed they wored in a cockpit that can work with the titan masters.

You have to admire their commitment to cross-selling that play pattern. Even the tape-bots feature connectors to sit the titan masters astride them.

Wheelie looks brilliant.

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Same. Someone might could finagle the classic look, but I'm not sure how. Also uncomfortable with how unarmed Fort Max seems to be. Even Cerebros doesn't appear to have any weaponry!

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Same. Someone might could finagle the classic look, but I'm not sure how. Also uncomfortable with how unarmed Fort Max seems to be. Even Cerebros doesn't appear to have any weaponry!

Same here too, though Fort Max's other modes make up for that.

Alright finally got caught up on all the posts since everything went down. I couldn't be happier with all the titans return stuff. I'm really glad they are using a different head for rumble and eventually frenzy instead of the one from the render. I'm still holding onto hope that there's more reveals tomorrow, preferably Computron and Liokaiser.

As for the letting g1 rest thing, I would have to disagree with it. I see no reason to stop doing g1 characters. G1 started the brand and also was released the longest ago so they would need updates more than other figures in my mind. That being said, it wouldn't kill them to do some other generation updates or just new characters in general.

Blur in robot mode to me kinda reminds me(now i never said he LOOKS like) of Generations Whirl! or at least the torso section does!

Prime still has those prominent looking Ultra Magnus legs!

Hardhead definitely looks the most like his original

Chromedome in vehicle mode looks ok! just his legs in robot mode look wrong to me! canny put my finger on it as to why?

Wheelie looks great(yeah....i've stepped up from ok to great)

Fort Max is a definite must! granted he's not G1 accurate(no tower cockpit for Emissary figure, no hip cannons, no accurate G1 city mode, no Gasket/Grommet or Scamper repainted as Cog! which i thought they might've done!) Oh....i take it it'll suffer from the same thing as the Hasbro Metroplex? only sound fx but no voice fx! & maybe only one gun!(if it comes with a gun? or guns).

Man, I'm really not feeling the overall aesthetic with these. Everything's so blocky and formless, with greebles for the sake of greebles. Nothing feels like a functional machine, just a mass of geometric forms. And this universal gimmick results in everyone having weird block heads -- Scourge and Chromedome's noggins don't work as cubes.

"But it's G1!" Bleh, count me as one who just doesn't care. Give me that stealth bomber Scourge any day of the week.

Is it allowed to make a new thread for TR Fort Max like we did with Devy?

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Same. Someone might could finagle the classic look, but I'm not sure how. Also uncomfortable with how unarmed Fort Max seems to be. Even Cerebros doesn't appear to have any weaponry!

Is that his final form? No city mode?

fenrir72 wrote:
Is that his final form? No city mode?

Wrong.

william-james88 wrote:

bluecatcinema wrote:Some awesome stuff there. My favorites are Mindwipe, Wheelie (surprisingly enough) and of course, Fort Max.

Wheelie is also one of my favourites And I too am surprised. I am impressed they wored in a cockpit that can work with the titan masters.

I agree. Wheelie was the surprise winner for me from the show. The Titan master integration in his vehicle mode is awesome.

I still think Hardhead is my favorite deluxe but Chromedome & Blurr aren't far behind. The titan master storage in Mindwipe's alt mode is pretty cool too.

fenrir72 wrote:
Is that his final form? No city mode?

It has a city/base mode too but it still doesn't resemble the G1's version all that much.

fenrir72 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Same. Someone might could finagle the classic look, but I'm not sure how. Also uncomfortable with how unarmed Fort Max seems to be. Even Cerebros doesn't appear to have any weaponry!

Is that his final form? No city mode?

City splits mode:

Fort Max head transformation vid(Periscope) + other stuff

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aY_orjFBbVF6 ... 4Nwu6PzQhu

Hellscream9999 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I don't think so. Look at the upper torso detail in this pic. Looks like he is on his back.

Yup your right. I think the robot mode is cool and I like the headmaster component, but am I the only one a bit let down by the base mode? It doesnt look like part of a city, just a sprawled out robot.

Unlike this:


Transformers G1 1987 Fortress Maximus Gallery

Same. Someone might could finagle the classic look, but I'm not sure how. Also uncomfortable with how unarmed Fort Max seems to be. Even Cerebros doesn't appear to have any weaponry!

Is that his final form? No city mode?

City splits mode:

i do think it's cool that grax can ride in skullcruncher's upside down tail with a gun like a boat

at least i think thats what that is on the center ramp of action master fortmax

Stuartmaximus wrote:Fort Max head transformation vid(Periscope) + other stuff

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aY_orjFBbVF6 ... 4Nwu6PzQhu

But I don't want to download the app to watch it...

Mindmaster wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Fort Max head transformation vid(Periscope) + other stuff

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aY_orjFBbVF6 ... 4Nwu6PzQhu

But I don't want to download the app to watch it...

I don't think you have to on computer, maybe use one of those

It basically does the same thing as the G1 head, except with ball joints, and he has titanic back kibble

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Fort Max head transformation vid(Periscope) + other stuff

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aY_orjFBbVF6 ... 4Nwu6PzQhu

But I don't want to download the app to watch it...

I don't think you have to on computer, maybe use one of those

It basically does the same thing as the G1 head, except with ball joints, and he has titanic back kibble

But I don't have a computer anymore...

Agamemnon wrote:

mbd88prime wrote:<snip>

also wondering what the hinged thing on his right peck hinges to.

<snip>

It looks to me that besides the hip area being reversed, the upper torso appears to be reversed. Isn't that hinge on the right peck the same as the hinge on the left shoulder blade of Metroplex?

unbelievable, you're right. they even left the hinge from an entirely different transformation and relating character on him on the FRONT. so, together with his legs opening fortmax can literally transform into metroplexe's city mode sans the flight deck and ramp.

i would rather see an add on kit for the g1 mold that gives it more articulation than this thing

mbd88prime wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

mbd88prime wrote:<snip>

also wondering what the hinged thing on his right peck hinges to.

<snip>

It looks to me that besides the hip area being reversed, the upper torso appears to be reversed. Isn't that hinge on the right peck the same as the hinge on the left shoulder blade of Metroplex?

unbelievable, you're right. they even left the hinge from an entirely different transformation and relating character on him on the FRONT. so, together with his legs opening fortmax can literally transform into metroplexe's city mode sans the flight deck and ramp.

i would rather see an add on kit for the g1 mold that gives it more articulation than this thing

But that means that he can use metro's land-crawler mode I hope

But I don't see any wheels on him

Mindmaster wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Fort Max head transformation vid(Periscope) + other stuff

https://www.periscope.tv/w/aY_orjFBbVF6 ... 4Nwu6PzQhu

But I don't want to download the app to watch it...

I don't think you have to on computer, maybe use one of those

It basically does the same thing as the G1 head, except with ball joints, and he has titanic back kibble

But I don't have a computer anymore...

That sucks almost as much as Armada's general lack of articulation; you have my sympathies

mbd88prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:City splits mode:

i do think it's cool that grax can ride in skullcruncher's upside down tail with a gun like a boat

at least i think thats what that is on the center ramp of action master fortmax

I dunno, I think it works alright. Besides, I bet you can swivel the legs up to be more tower-esque. Yeah, I don't think it'll be quite as close to a building as the original can look, but I think I'm willing to make sacrifices there when the bot mode is so spectacular.

By the way, how tall is he? About 2 feet, same as Metroplex; he certainly looks to be at LEAST that tall.

RAcast wrote:

mbd88prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:City splits mode:

i do think it's cool that grax can ride in skullcruncher's upside down tail with a gun like a boat

at least i think thats what that is on the center ramp of action master fortmax

I dunno, I think it works alright. Besides, I bet you can swivel the legs up to be more tower-esque. Yeah, I don't think it'll be quite as close to a building as the original can look, but I think I'm willing to make sacrifices there when the bot mode is so spectacular.

By the way, how tall is he? About 2 feet, same as Metroplex; he certainly looks to be at LEAST that tall.

He's said to be as tall as Metroplex with his black shoulder cannons pointing straight up, so technically taller than Metroplex.

FORT MAX IS TAKING BACK HIS WRESTLER BELT!

Mindmaster wrote:But I don't want to download the app to watch it...

Watch the first couple minutes of this