A Look at Age of the Primes Liege Maximo and Nexus Prime

Funny how I saw these pics over 24 hours ago, but it didn't register that L.M.'s horns had all been transferred behind his head until reading this post. While I'm still happier about him than any other O-13-er, I'm suddenly more interested than usual in any potential 3P upgrades. Sure the collar is probably to avert a head-clearance issue, but any Gaia Unicron retool should have just as big a headdress, right?

And now that I'm thinking 3P upgrades, this confusingly underwhelming Nexus has oh so many more possibilities! Giving him a whole gestalt team could indeed get hella-expensive, but compared to acquiring a spare Commander's frame? Heck, give us an unofficial frame with ports to attach CW deluxes, and watch every fan build their ideal Nexus until we've got a whole multiverse-worth!

We all knew that if Hasbro scaled back actual toy releases enough then third parties would fill even more voids, but AotP Nexus might just be begging for it like Classics Magnus raised to the nth power!

Or if that doesn't happen...I've still got my Club Nexus Maximus, Jack.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Liege Maximo would be compatible with Combiner Wars? And he looks like a voyager based on the packaging.

Liege Maximo is not compatible with anything.

Nexus Prime is said to be compatible with the new frame combiners

Official reveal by Mark Maher of Nexus Prime and his Combiner mode:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUOa17xD9xC/

Sabrblade wrote:Official reveal by Mark Maher of Nexus Prime and his Combiner mode:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUOa17xD9xC/

Brownie points for using the layout shown here within limitations:


Shame we may not get redecos of those parts...

Rodimus Prime wrote:I get why they did that, but the difference in style of the skeletons just makes the legs look weird. Now, a Superion leg and a Menasor leg would make more sense. Then use a Bruticus arm and a (future possible) Defensor arm or vice versa, assuming Defensor will share the Bruticus skeleton design.

Of course, the beauty of this figure is that we can mix and match any way we like. Combiner Wars lives again!

I'm sure DNA Design or some other 3P smart-ass will come up with a 200$ "upgrade kit" to complete Nexus Prime.

Can someone please decipher the cybertron gibberish on Nexus Prime's box. Has something to do with the Matrix given it is captioned beneath it?
Thanks.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatran wrote:Can someone please decipher the cybertron gibberish on Nexus Prime's box. Has something to do with the Matrix given it is captioned beneath it?
Thanks.

It's a not a Matrix. It's the Enigma of Combination.

Well my bad. It's an enigma to me too.

I feel sorry for the box artist that was given a shoebox with stubby wings and a tacked-on cockpit and had to make it "look cool".

And does anyone else find it hilarious that Nexus Prime, the first combiner and one of the Thirteen, transforms into a torso and none of the other twelve can form limbs?!

Kyleor wrote:Does the Nexus alt-mode look like an upsized cassette-bot to anyone else?

Yet another botched unofficial attempt at Slamdance that went for a second combination in cassette mode, yes, agreed.

Maybe that's another reason I'm just assuming multiple third parties will pick up the dropped ball on this one.

And of course the Liege Maximo needs his miniature-sun-left-arm-cannon; not faulting Hasbro for skipping that.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Does the Nexus alt-mode look like an upsized cassette-bot to anyone else?

Yet another botched unofficial attempt at Slamdance that went for a second combination in cassette mode, yes, agreed.

Maybe that's another reason I'm just assuming multiple third parties will pick up the dropped ball on this one.

And of course the Liege Maximo needs his miniature-sun-left-arm-cannon; not faulting Hasbro for skipping that.

I'm sure DNA Design is already working on all of these very expensive upgrade kits.
Meanwhile, there will be 3D printed things from China, like that Maximo arm cannon.