Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Fortress Maximus Manga and Box Art

Looks fun! Will someone please translate or at least provide a summary? It is cool to see Titan Metroplex in this story along with Fort Max. Bring on more Titans, I say!

Hmm...I guess that the Autobots don't have much of a clothing budget for T-Ai, unless they're just a bit too eager to see a nearly nude human female.

That was the best story I couldn't understand that I've read today

Basically, Fort Max decides to go out for a hamburger, he meets up with Metroplex who asks him to pick up a chicken sandwich while he's out, then at the end he realizes that he left his wallet on Cybertron.

Yep,......I can't read it either.

So what's with the beat up Brave Maximus early on? Seems a little out of place.

Via Facebook (by a fan)

Fortress Maximus In Hand

Railbomb wrote:So what's with the beat up Brave Maximus early on? Seems a little out of place.

Ehe... that's one of the many retcons from... wait for it...

Kiss Play Position!

Long story short, lots of time/dimensions traveling, RiD Fortress Maximus was used in the past to protect something, and G1 Fortress Maximus is based on him. The End.

Railbomb wrote:So what's with the beat up Brave Maximus early on? Seems a little out of place.

It's a reference to Kiss Players Position, in which Brave Maximus got sent back in time to crash-land on the Planet Master, where Fortress would see it crash and take inspiration from Brave Maximus to perfect his Headmaster technology and construct Battleship Maximus.

Sabrblade wrote:

Railbomb wrote:So what's with the beat up Brave Maximus early on? Seems a little out of place.

It's a reference to Kiss Players Position, in which Brave Maximus got sent back in time to crash-land on the Planet Master, where Fortress would see it crash and take inspiration from Brave Maximus to perfect his Headmaster technology and construct Battleship Maximus.

Hmmmm...and given that the Maximus battleship configuration and the Macross are probably loosely based on Whitebase, I believe that particular time travel trope is an Inverse-Macek-Loop.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Railbomb wrote:So what's with the beat up Brave Maximus early on? Seems a little out of place.

It's a reference to Kiss Players Position, in which Brave Maximus got sent back in time to crash-land on the Planet Master, where Fortress would see it crash and take inspiration from Brave Maximus to perfect his Headmaster technology and construct Battleship Maximus.

Hmmmm...and given that the Maximus battleship configuration and the Macross are probably loosely based on Whitebase, I believe that particular time travel trope is an Inverse-Macek-Loop.

BullsEye!

Kind of also a bit like how the Ark crashed into prehistoric Earth. Fortress reversed engineered the divine sourced technology into what would become planet Master's super science which G1 Optimus Prime didn't use back in the year 2000 up 'cause another retcon had Brave Max becoming the core of Autobot City aside from Metroplex being the mobile sentient portion of it. Just imagine if Optimus reversed engineered brave Max back then, then the war would have been over.

Logan. wrote:Via Facebook (by a fan)

Fortress Maximus In Hand

I'll be able to pay for him this Monday

Btw, sort of a reverse. In the original G1, Cerebros/Fortress is smaller than the regular Hm. Now, it's him who is taller (the head version compared to the deluxe Hms).

Fyi. Inspiration for Tai bikini armor archetype can be traced from these three especially the last one (US popular culture did,t add Jane Fonda ).

Leda

Princess Leia

Red Sonja

Except they do in bishoujo style

TF YUKI

Wait, I've never seen this done before. Is this something intentional that Hasbro/TT forgot to tell us about or is it just something he figured out? There's no real need for this, but it's strange coincidence if it wasn't intended. When one of TT's designers does this it feels intentional.

Emerje

Thanks to Loopaza Mega Store

Comparison In Hand (Thanks to Planet Iacon on Facebook)

More images, again and again (Thanks to @tagoal on twitter)

This is the first time we've seen this right? I had no idea the whole head was white and blue, I'm not sure how I feel about it. I mean the helmet covers it, and it's not a deal breaker but it's unexpected.

Images rain, again in hand, again Mr @tagoal on Twitter

I'm quite surprised that nobody is complaining about Broadcast's out-of-place blue hinge pieces. I take it everybody understands that's due to Twincast's blue?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm quite surprised that nobody is complaining about Broadcast's out-of-place blue hinge pieces. I take it everybody understands that's due to Twincast's blue?

I just didn't notice.

Molding Twincast that way was a dumb move, it really takes a lot out of the figure having all of those random blue hinges. Would have been smarter to just paint Twincast instead.

Is the face under the helmet supposed to look like Skyfire? Rather strange choice.

Emerje

Honestly? I like the blue hinges. I think it works.

Emerje wrote:Is the face under the helmet supposed to look like Skyfire? Rather strange choice.

Emerje

I think it's supposed to be Perceptor. At least, before Takara's recolour.

Well, Japan is presenting this Blaster toy as an evolved form from his Twincast body. Unlike Hasbro's version, Takara has cemented an in-universe purpose into it that ties it directly into pre-established fiction. Wouldn't it make sense for there to be some traces of his immediate previous form integrated into his newest upgraded form, as a small nod to where Blaster has come from to reach this point in his life?

Kurona wrote:

Emerje wrote:Is the face under the helmet supposed to look like Skyfire? Rather strange choice.

Emerje

I think it's supposed to be Perceptor. At least, before Takara's recolour.

I think I was the first person here to point out that it was a Perceptor face under Blaster's helmet. What I meant was did they paint the face to try to make it look like Skyfire. It looks like they did.

Emerje

Seibertronian Logan. has been hard at work hunting down almost 50 new in-hand images of upcoming Takara Tomy Legends figures! In order of appearance in this pictorial round-up, we have:

*3 Images of Fortress Maximus, as Tweeted by TFyuki
*3 Images of Fortress Maximus compared to G1 Fortress Maximus, courtesy of Planet Iacon on Facebook.
*23 Images of Broadcast and Rewind, courtesy of Loopaza Megastore
*5 Images of Fortress Maximus courtesy of @tagoal on twitter
*15 Images of Wheelie with Goshooter, Broadcast, Rewind with Nightbeat, and Weirdwolf, also from @tagoal on twitter"

You can check out all of the images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section!

Though people originally thought that Blaster's Titan Master head was based on Perceptor, it actually seems to sculpted (not colored, but sculpted) more in homage to the headsculpt of Binaltech Asterisk Broad Blast.




Blaster's pack-in Legends comic seems to agree with this as there's a close up panel of Blaster's helmet-less head that also contains a thought bubble that flashes back to his Binaltech Asterisk body.

why is blasters face white

I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

Bumblebee21 wrote:why is blasters face white

Because the head is in Twincast's colors. The larger body isn't the real Blaster, just a lifeless Transtector that Twincast, the head, controls.

I knew it wasn't a coincidence! The legends tablets confirmed to work with Fort Max's chest just made my day. I wonder why it wasn't mentioned on either TR legend tablets or Fort Max.

ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind

Bumblebee21 wrote:ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind

You mean Eject?

Sabrblade wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:ok, thats weird

who is that blue cassette next to rewind

You mean Eject?

its been soo long since ive seen him i forgot what color he was.

does that mean takara will make him

Terrsolpix wrote:I knew it wasn't a coincidence! The legends tablets confirmed to work with Fort Max's chest just made my day. I wonder why it wasn't mentioned on either TR legend tablets or Fort Max.

I'll just go with total design fluke.

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

The G1 cartoon of course, including the white face:

Bumblebee21 wrote:who is that blue cassette next to rewind

Eject, and completion's sake, the pink one's Rosanna.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Maximal Rainmaker wrote:I wonder what Legends Blaster's deco is meant to be accurate to...

The G1 cartoon of course, including the white face:

Though, for clarity's sake, this toy isn't being treated as Blaster's cartoon body proper, but is instead treated as an evolved form of that body, an upgrade from his Twincast body that he got in The Headmasters cartoon. A third form for Cartoon Blaster overall.

More Legends pack-in manga images - https://twitter.com/aonoseijakujp1/status/779750566058524672

LG28 Rewind & Nightbeat



LG29 Wheelie & Goshooter



LG30 Weirdwolf




Comments:

* So, Japanese Nightbeat is EVERYONE! (Specifically, Nightbeat is just a Headmaster Junior suit worn by... I guess all of the employees of the Axalon Trading Company, with Rattrap being the first one to don the armor via a pair of Master-Braces.)

* Uh, Wheelie, you do know that Arcee is usually naked 99% of the time, right? What you're peeking at is always exposed anyway.

* And Chromedome is still stuck inside Batora's mouth.

Wheelie hiking up Arcee's skirt is a sly reference to a similar incident in 15! 15! Go!

Why do they keep referencing that thing

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

There was a lot of continuity-rich material in both Kiss Players Position and Teletraan 15 Go! Go!. And Sakamoto is a continuity nut himself who loves filling in continuity holes and referencing other materials to add to the continuity overall.

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

Maybe because Kiss Play is one of the greatest stories ever told

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

Broadcast's transtector body mass shifts to the size of a Boombox?! Cool!

Galvatron's transtector body functions by itself and treats the head like a soccer ball? Weird and not surprising. Galvatron is a looney as you can get.

All this references and retcons by Takara is really eerie yet fits.........as if they really planned the connections years ago.

Somewhat related,if that Megatronia combiner eventually becomes, which looks to be, canon in the JP continuity, Convoy dies after 7 days, Galvatron gets stasis lock and is thrown back into the Arctic then leads to Return of Convoy then leads to eventual Metrowars etc

Really eerie coincidental with the product background connections.(No wonder in one of the G2 comics a few years back, Broadcast was already in his G1 mode (i.e. red)..........enough to make your head spin and yet now makes sense.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Why do they keep referencing that thing

i think one of them is a perv. cough cough kiss players cough cough cough.

By the same illustrator, no less. Mind you, he's also done Metro Wars, Train Wars, and done line work for FunPub. And skirt hiking is seemingly considered "humorous" over there as it incidentally pops up in manga, anime, and the occasional live action series.

...

Don't look at me like that!

In other words, it's kinda cultural as I mentioned in Unite Warriors. This can be seen in anime since like Gatchaman (1972) (or even earlier Astroboy( not Tatsunoko) episodes and even religious Superbook where one of the boy characters are seen swimming nude which was eventually edited in later shows also by Tatsunoko) where you see Jun the Swan keeps getting gratuitous upskirt shots.

Why? Well JZGR says it all.

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Nice comparison

The Sentinel head looks really big on that body. I don't know, I like him but I don't think I $90 like him.

Yamato delivered Fort Max this afternoon.

I love the robot mode. The sculpting. The colors. And especially how well-articulated it is. Fort Max was my "white whale" for a very long time, and this updated version does it for me. It's a few bits of metal and some extra paint applications away from being a Masterpiece.

I also dig that TakaraTomy apparently went to the trouble and expense of getting Fortress' original Japanese voice actor to record lines for this release. That's both awesome *and* unnecessary, what with the lines just being lines from Headmasters. Plus, they tossed in the theme song, which is fun.

The box is neat, too. Puts the figure squarely in the Legends line, instead of using the Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors style that Hasbro's version used. Unless I missed it, the box wasn't even revealed until yesterday. If not for a chance click on another TF board, I wouldn't have known what the box looked like until I opened the massive shipping package from Amazon.

But it's not all sunshine and rainbows. There are a few (mostly minor) complaints I've got about LG-31.

The lack of accessories kind of hurts it. Not so much Cog, but having at least *one* of Max's trademark guns would have been nice. This bad boy retails for 28,000 yen. Would it really have broken the bank to throw in an extra stationary bit of plastic?

The alternate modes aren't as, let's say "convincing", as the original. While I outright applaud them for making a giant Transformer that kids could conceivably have fun with (a nice contrast w/ Titans Return/UW Devy), the alt modes just don't do much for me. Which, really, is fine, since I display my TFs in bot mode, anyway.

So, yeah. Nice figure. Could be nicer, but what figure couldn't. Worth the 18,000 yen Amazon charged. Not sure I'd be in for the 28,000 MSRP. But I'm happy with it.