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Posted by Kurona on May 20th, 2016 @ 5:05am CDT
Also, here's a sentence I never thought I'd ever say - fuck Wheelie looks sexy.
Posted by Randomhero on May 20th, 2016 @ 6:42am CDT
Kurona wrote:That sum of 360's about as healthy as 49 meat feast pizzas in a row
Also, here's a sentence I never thought I'd ever say - **** Wheelie looks sexy.
For me IDW has redeemed him. Wasn't until he pulled a sniper rifle out and started taking headshots on sweeps that I finally went "well alright wheelie, you are officially awesome"
I'm excited to finally retire my GDO Jazz retool of wheelie and put this guy with the rest of my 86+ CHUG shelf. The slingshot however won't be retired.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 20th, 2016 @ 8:08am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 20th, 2016 @ 8:24am CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Damn, Australia is wasting no time with these guys
Yeah, but no one will be buying that Fort Max at that price aside from the desperate and rich. Would you (or anyone else here) buy a Fort Max if it was in the states right now at 260$ (that is the actual US$ price when you convert it)? At that price, might as well just get the takara one. So I am not envious in the least. To me this is no different than a scalper on e-bay getting early samples and selling them for close to double.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 20th, 2016 @ 8:35am CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Damn, Australia is wasting no time with these guys
Yeah, but no one will be buying that Fort Max at that price aside from the desperate and rich. Would you (or anyone else here) buy a Fort Max if it was in the states right now at 260$ (that is the actual US$ price when you convert it)? At that price, might as well just get the takara one. So I am not envious in the least. To me this is no different than a scalper on e-bay getting early samples and selling them for close to double.
Not saying I'm envious, more like shocked they got some so quickly. Like those ebay sellers who ot Victorion early and were selling her for about $30 more than she should be
Posted by Randomhero on May 20th, 2016 @ 8:36am CDT
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Damn, Australia is wasting no time with these guys
Yeah, but no one will be buying that Fort Max at that price aside from the desperate and rich. Would you (or anyone else here) buy a Fort Max if it was in the states right now at 260$ (that is the actual US$ price when you convert it)? At that price, might as well just get the takara one. So I am not envious in the least. To me this is no different than a scalper on e-bay getting early samples and selling them for close to double.
I'd guarantee if he was on shelf now for that price you'd still never see one because you'd still get the scalpers that will buy them all and jump on the bay and sell them for over $300 and people will buy them because they want to be first to own him.
I've actually ran into one once. He was buying all the masterpiece Soundwaves and I had to guilt him into giving me one. It was pathetic.
Posted by Prowl4 on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:19am CDT
Posted by JazZeke on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:37am CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:44am CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:55am CDT
The tech spec symbols all look so weird now
Posted by william-james88 on May 20th, 2016 @ 12:43pm CDT
Prowl4 wrote:Does this fort max have sounds?
Yes and if you get the japanese version, he will play the theme song.
Randomhero wrote:I'd guarantee if he was on shelf now for that price you'd still never see one because you'd still get the scalpers that will buy them all and jump on the bay and sell them for over $300 and people will buy them because they want to be first to own him.
Maybe for Fort Max, but it isnt the case for every toy. I had Optimus Primal Platinum edition on the shelves for 200$ before anyone else and no one bought him. He didnt appear on any of the scalper sites either. That was a scalper proof price. But for Fort Max, I dont know. Would the youtube generated money froma review really cover twice the price of retail? No clue.
And MP Starscream, Prime and Soudnwave were all heavily scalped because of their low prices (much lower than their Takara couterparts). This is very different from the huge price increase seen at retail here.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 20th, 2016 @ 12:44pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 20th, 2016 @ 12:49pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 20th, 2016 @ 12:55pm CDT
Wheelie wanted a taste of heaven:
got a burger, looked mighty fine,
Something's missing, but he's a seven!
Pop the cap, shake one time.
SPLURGE
Posted by Collector Canine on May 20th, 2016 @ 4:05pm CDT
Posted by JazZeke on May 20th, 2016 @ 4:51pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 20th, 2016 @ 9:17pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 20th, 2016 @ 9:21pm CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on May 20th, 2016 @ 9:22pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:09pm CDT
TF Fan Nathan wrote:I'll be real metroplex is the better toy, there's too much of him in Fort Max's design and it hurts the quality, playability and makes you feel like your transforming him wrong a lot of the time.
I really thought fort max was gonna have more guns, he doesn't even have the wrist gun that metroplex has. The back of the hand guns I can kinda forgive but when metroplex already had the gun? Weird choice hasbro.
Also I would gladly sacrifice the sounds in base mode to be able to have those hip guns. He just looks and feels a lot smaller than metroplex. For a guy called Fortress Maximus, I'm not getting that from his toy. The original had way more features in base mode than his updated counterpart.
Cerebros's shoulders are held in by two small tabs that pop out constantly due the rest of the joints being too tight I'm already starting to get some stress marks in the plastic and I got him yesterday.
I love this toy because I love the character and the line that he's going to be a part of and I was always a headmasters fan, it's just to me this whole figure screams missed opportunity. He's a great toy but when compared to metroplex comes up short in all three modes.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:14pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on May 20th, 2016 @ 11:25pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:'Missed opportunity' seems to pretty much summarize this guy quite succinctly - shame, the character deserved so much more
Let's all just hope that Takara has something great up its sleeve for their release of Fort Max in September. We still haven't seen the Master Sword, that we KNOW is coming, so perhaps there are a few more nice little touches we have yet to see from them?
Posted by Mindmaster on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:03am CDT
Posted by Mr Skram on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:55am CDT
Posted by Black Bumblebee on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:18am CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on May 21st, 2016 @ 1:27am CDT
Posted by Evil_the_Nub on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:08am CDT
Mr Skram wrote:Kinda sounds like a bummer, but would anyone think it might be worth it for someone who doesn't have Metroplex yet?
I skipped Metroplex because the only thing it had going for it was how big it was. The city mode just looks like a splayed out robot, and the land cruiser thing just looks like he's doing light yoga. Fort Max looks like the better figure to me, the city mode actually looks like buildings and roads instead of just a splayed out robot, and the cruiser hides the robot features a lot better. That review wasn't really any good to be honest. The only information I got was he wanted more guns on it, which is totally subjective.
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:29am CDT
Posted by Kurona on May 21st, 2016 @ 3:08am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 21st, 2016 @ 5:11am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 21st, 2016 @ 5:16am CDT
Mr Skram wrote:Kinda sounds like a bummer, but would anyone think it might be worth it for someone who doesn't have Metroplex yet?
If you have neither or Gen Metroplex nor G1 Fortmax, I say it would be better to double the money you are prepared to pay and go for Encore G1 Formax. They made way too many of him and he's been in clearance since about a year. He would cost around 300$US shipped for Canadians and Americans. If you can only afford or just want to pay 150$ max, got for the TR version. Either way, having a huge bot in a TF collection is always a good thing.
However, your money will defenitely be better spendt on the long run with Encore-23 Fortress Maximus.
Posted by Evil Eye on May 21st, 2016 @ 5:53am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 21st, 2016 @ 7:13am CDT
Mr Skram wrote:Kinda sounds like a bummer, but would anyone think it might be worth it for someone who doesn't have Metroplex yet?
I say yes, but wait for the eventual price reduction (like 20%). He sadly doesnt have the same functionality as Metroplex even though they use the same mold. Here is what Nathan wrote to me about how his legs still open:
they do open up but from underneath so its that back half that opens out not the gun half, means they don't really work in vehicle or base mode. hes really just lacking from not enough guns, i forgot to say the shin guns dettach and can go on his shoulder or have a fold out handle but they dont show that feature in the instructions. still dont know what that lil leg bit is meant to do though, its hollow and weird.
Black Bumblebee wrote:I've said it before, and I'll say it again. For the price, it just doesn't have what the original G1 Fort Max had. If you're willing to pay the money for this, just put a bit extra in, and buy the reissue of the G1 Fort Max. That figure had so much play factor built into it.
Yup. I just got CW Skylynx yesterday and thats another figure who's original version has a totally different kind of playability that makes it still as relevant to own as ever. What you wrote is something I totally stand by and something I did when I saw this new fort max. For 100$ more, you get one of the greatest TF toys of all time.
Kurona wrote:So... he's not taller than Metroplex?
Thats a major bummer, he also seems much smaller in width.
Posted by Roninx35 on May 21st, 2016 @ 7:40am CDT
Posted by SureShot18 on May 21st, 2016 @ 7:58am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 21st, 2016 @ 8:17am CDT
SureShot18 wrote:I think I'll hold out and wait until Trypticon is released and they get around to Omega Supreme. I have higher hopes for those two, they can be my big robits
Or you can do what I plan on doing and just wait and see how low this goes down in price. Would you say no to this toy for 75$? You would be surprised how good a deal you can get if you dont get things right away: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ale/35409/
Posted by fenrir72 on May 21st, 2016 @ 8:52am CDT
OKAY! G1 version despite being a brick still knocks the new version by lightyears
Blunt force trauma object!.................I think the G1 version still wins in that criteria
Posted by Starsaber468 on May 21st, 2016 @ 10:51am CDT
Posted by Sharkticon Soup on May 21st, 2016 @ 11:14am CDT
Posted by dragons on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT
Posted by Microraptor on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:41pm CDT
And I really don't care about him not having a sword. What would he even use it for?
Posted by Kurona on May 21st, 2016 @ 12:54pm CDT
Microraptor wrote:I don't understand the gun complaints. One, he's so massive he shouldn't need guns because he stomps entire armies with a single mighty stomp. Two, there probably wasn't enough room for the budget on account of the deluxe-scaled Cerebro. I mean let's face it, Cerebros is a bit more important to Fort Max than a bunch of superfluous guns.
And I really don't care about him not having a sword. What would he even use it for?
Well, I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark here... but I think the use he'd have for a sword would be killing things.
Posted by SureShot18 on May 21st, 2016 @ 2:20pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:SureShot18 wrote:I think I'll hold out and wait until Trypticon is released and they get around to Omega Supreme. I have higher hopes for those two, they can be my big robits
Or you can do what I plan on doing and just wait and see how low this goes down in price. Would you say no to this toy for 75$? You would be surprised how good a deal you can get if you dont get things right away: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ale/35409/
When you're a teenager 9 times out of 10 you have no money when those epic sales come around.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 21st, 2016 @ 3:05pm CDT
SureShot18 wrote:william-james88 wrote:SureShot18 wrote:I think I'll hold out and wait until Trypticon is released and they get around to Omega Supreme. I have higher hopes for those two, they can be my big robits
Or you can do what I plan on doing and just wait and see how low this goes down in price. Would you say no to this toy for 75$? You would be surprised how good a deal you can get if you dont get things right away: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ale/35409/
When you're a teenager 9 times out of 10 you have no money when those epic sales come around.
As an adult, it's not nessessarily better. Real life is pretty costly and very often, money must go elsewhere than into toys.
At least as a teen who (normally) live with his parents, you can get any Mc jobs to just pay for fun things without having to worry about food, rent, and other bullcrap life throw your way.
Posted by King Kuuga on May 21st, 2016 @ 3:43pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So... he's not taller than Metroplex?
Thats a major bummer, he also seems much smaller in width.
Did you guys even look at the pictures? He's clearly taller than Metroplex.
He's not taller than Metroplex's shoulder guns but if you expected that he would be, I don't know what to tell you. They were always going to be the same height from toe to neck, it was the size of the head that would make the difference, and Plex gets to cheat on his height by having some long guns sticking straight up out of his shoulders.
Posted by Kurona on May 21st, 2016 @ 4:15pm CDT
That Bot wrote:william-james88 wrote:Kurona wrote:So... he's not taller than Metroplex?
Thats a major bummer, he also seems much smaller in width.
Did you guys even look at the pictures? He's clearly taller than Metroplex.
He's not taller than Metroplex's shoulder guns but if you expected that he would be, I don't know what to tell you. They were always going to be the same height from toe to neck, it was the size of the head that would make the difference, and Plex gets to cheat on his height by having some long guns sticking straight up out of his shoulders.
It's a pretty hard call either way - the only thing that would make one taller than the other is the head and they're really close. Depending on how you look at it one can look like it has that slight edge over the other.
Posted by william-james88 on May 21st, 2016 @ 4:23pm CDT
SureShot18 wrote:william-james88 wrote:SureShot18 wrote:I think I'll hold out and wait until Trypticon is released and they get around to Omega Supreme. I have higher hopes for those two, they can be my big robits
Or you can do what I plan on doing and just wait and see how low this goes down in price. Would you say no to this toy for 75$? You would be surprised how good a deal you can get if you dont get things right away: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ale/35409/
When you're a teenager 9 times out of 10 you have no money when those epic sales come around.
Thats why toi put thé Monet s'est for qu'en Rudy come. Be or christmas or tout birthday, just take 75$ Abd put it aside
Edit: My phone was on french autocorrect. Here is what I said:
Thats why its best to just put what little money you have aside. Be it christmas (or any other holiday celebration) or your birthday, just put 75$ aside. Like instead of buying the latest call of duty, just put that money aside. And then within a year wait for one of these sales. If it never happens, thats fine you still have 75$ and you dont feel like you missed out on anything.
Posted by Microraptor on May 21st, 2016 @ 4:30pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Microraptor wrote:I don't understand the gun complaints. One, he's so massive he shouldn't need guns because he stomps entire armies with a single mighty stomp. Two, there probably wasn't enough room for the budget on account of the deluxe-scaled Cerebro. I mean let's face it, Cerebros is a bit more important to Fort Max than a bunch of superfluous guns.
And I really don't care about him not having a sword. What would he even use it for?
Well, I'm gonna take a wild shot in the dark here... but I think the use he'd have for a sword would be killing things.
Killing what? Mountains? Giving a city-sized robot an edged weapon to use is only efficient if you want half of your own troops obliterated.
Posted by Autobot N on May 21st, 2016 @ 4:32pm CDT
dragons wrote:Expected video review first not pictures video reviews don't have to be fancy and funny we all know what articulation is like thanks for pictures but I would have waited few more days to see video first compared to pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation
Posted by william-james88 on May 21st, 2016 @ 4:50pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:dragons wrote:Expected video review first not pictures video reviews don't have to be fancy and funny we all know what articulation is like thanks for pictures but I would have waited few more days to see video first compared to pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation
He<s not typing, he is using a voice recognition software.