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Hellscream9999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

Fortress Maximus.jpg

HUZZAH, WE ARE SAVED!
After Wingwolf and RiD Galvatron, I just had to hold onto the hope official parties making fan modes would pay off one day. And it did

Shame the hands are still blatantly there but ah well. Now the question is will it still connect to Blaster/Soundwave and PM OP?

It definitely will, the ramps are connected to his shoulders and chest, so, the clearances should allow

Niiiiiiiice. Still missing some important stuff like the hip cannons, but this is still starting to look well good.

Kurona wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

HUZZAH, WE ARE SAVED!
After Wingwolf and RiD Galvatron, I just had to hold onto the hope official parties making fan modes would pay off one day. And it did

Shame the hands are still blatantly there but ah well. Now the question is will it still connect to Blaster/Soundwave and PM OP?

It definitely will, the ramps are connected to his shoulders and chest, so, the clearances should allow

Niiiiiiiice. Still missing some important stuff like the hip cannons, but this is still starting to look well good.

Indeed, the knowledge that you can at least approximate the city mode should be changing several views about him

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Autobot N wrote:

HUZZAH, WE ARE SAVED!
After Wingwolf and RiD Galvatron, I just had to hold onto the hope official parties making fan modes would pay off one day. And it did

Shame the hands are still blatantly there but ah well. Now the question is will it still connect to Blaster/Soundwave and PM OP?

It definitely will, the ramps are connected to his shoulders and chest, so, the clearances should allow

Niiiiiiiice. Still missing some important stuff like the hip cannons, but this is still starting to look well good.

Indeed, the knowledge that you can at least approximate the city mode should be changing several views about him

Aye. Though now I'm a bit curious; did I miss something important because why do the legs open up?

Autobot N wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:This is the Hasbro version.

I believe what our friend Hellscream is saying that Hasbro didn't think about making that an official mode.

There's a lot of "unofficial" modes out there for Transformers. That's part of the fun, discovering these things.

But I guess there are some people who need instructions for everything in life.

Just realized; that picture doesn't even have Cerebros attached.

To anybody wondering, I just tried bending my Generations Metroplex's knee 90°. His knee actually CAN bend 90°.

Given that Max's legs can fold that way and open up, it's a shame there isn't something sculpted inside to make use of it, repairs bays or something.

Before they release these figures they really need to let a few fans play with them for a little bit. Look how fast someone figured out a better way to make Max look. I feel like a few figures could've been much better had someone fiddled with them for a minute and figured out where there were flaws.

While the fan mode does look really cool + closer to the original, keep in mind that it almost halves the surface area of the toy that can be used as a playset with the Titanmaster head-robots.

Hasbro is pushing the playset angle really hard, so a slightly uglier base mode with more playable space may have been preferable to a prettier base mode.

RevTibe wrote:While the fan mode does look really cool + closer to the original, keep in mind that it almost halves the surface area of the toy that can be used as a playset with the Titanmaster head-robots.

Hasbro is pushing the playset angle really hard, so a slightly uglier base mode with more playable space may have been preferable to a prettier base mode.

True, but... they could have advertised both.

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No wonder Asia and to some extent Australia gets the first dibs. Deep pockets!

RevTibe wrote:While the fan mode does look really cool + closer to the original, keep in mind that it almost halves the surface area of the toy that can be used as a playset with the Titanmaster head-robots.

Hasbro is pushing the playset angle really hard, so a slightly uglier base mode with more playable space may have been preferable to a prettier base mode.

That's true. I now can't decide whether I like more playable space or G1 accuracy. Actually, never mind, I prefer more play space.

Technically, you could go for the G1 guy as he has more play space and accuracy... to... itself.

Maybe a bit off-topic, but I just realized that so far, despite the obvious focus on the 1987-era characters, Titans Return also features toys and characters from 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988. It feels a lot more like a celebration of G1 itself almost rather than just the rebirth stuff.
And I like it.

Kurona wrote:

RevTibe wrote:While the fan mode does look really cool + closer to the original, keep in mind that it almost halves the surface area of the toy that can be used as a playset with the Titanmaster head-robots.

Hasbro is pushing the playset angle really hard, so a slightly uglier base mode with more playable space may have been preferable to a prettier base mode.

True, but... they could have advertised both.

Yeah, that would've been a good move. Even if they felt they shouldn't put the mode on the box/instructions for... some reason, showing pics/instructions of a "Classic Mode!" to fansites/on their social media would've been a pretty cool gesture.

But anyways; base mode play pattern!

Kurona wrote:Maybe a bit off-topic, but I just realized that so far, despite the obvious focus on the 1987-era characters, Titans Return also features toys and characters from 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988. It feels a lot more like a celebration of G1 itself almost rather than just the rebirth stuff.
And I like it.

There's not too many '84 or '85 characters. Really, the only major releases for those years is Soundwave and Blaster. The cassettes are only there because of them anyways. There is Brawn and Clobber as titan masters but I kind of feel like those are kind of giving us the middle finger like "You wanted these guys so bad and now you have them, happy?" This is kind of a '86 and on line. Honestly, Soundwave and Blaster do kind of fit into that too. Both of their toys were still being made in '86 anyways.

fenrir72 wrote:No wonder Asia and to some extent Australia gets the first dibs. Deep pockets!

Excuse me?

Kurona wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Indeed, the knowledge that you can at least approximate the city mode should be changing several views about him

Aye. Though now I'm a bit curious; did I miss something important because why do the legs open up?

Because Metroplex's could - for his city mode, and fort max is metroplex

And now instead of Fort Max's legs forming fortified towers, they form some open air walls.

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No wonder Asia and to some extent Australia gets the first dibs. Deep pockets!

I knew having every finger articulated was a bad idea...

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:I knew having every finger articulated was a bad idea...

He's far from the first TF to be able to do that.

Well if like you say....Takara isn't giving us one(Fort Max)....then maybe some 3p will make an add-on kit for it, i'll wait to see if such a thing occurs

Btw I still say that they'll revisit this mold for Scorponok!(if anyone remembers the pic of Generations Metroplex I put on here ages ago with trying to put him into some sort of a Scorpion mode)

But Trypticon & Omega will obviously be new molds

That Fortress Maximus city mode is a big improvement over the previously shown "spread legs" official transformation:

I know the Metroplex transformation scheme might limit what they can do about getting into the classic G1 layout, but this at least a decent compromise.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Well if like you say....Takara isn't giving us one(Fort Max)....then maybe some 3p will make an add-on kit for it, i'll wait to see if such a thing occurs

Takara is doing Fortress Maximus ...

Burn wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:I knew having every finger articulated was a bad idea...

He's far from the first TF to be able to do that.

I know, I never said he was the first.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw I still say that they'll revisit this mold for Scorponok!(if anyone remembers the pic of Generations Metroplex I put on here ages ago with trying to put him into some sort of a Scorpion mode)

Please no... I defend remolds and repaints a lot, but that'd be just a little too far than I could take.