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This thread is for all lovers of Fortress Maximus - past, present and future. :)
All legit versions of Fort Max are welcome here (no KOs please), and content about Grand and Brave Maximus are also most certainly welcome. :cool: So yeah, feel free to drop a comment, share a story, post photos... anything to share our love for Fortress Maximus and his kin! :D
15 days to go until Encore Fort Max comes out! Who's excited? ;)
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The only time i've ever seen one was at Akihabara, locked in the cabinet. Even then it was a "wow" moment. Serious wow moment.
Fast forward to little Kabaya Fort. Snapped him up and now I'm waiting for the big boy, the grand-daddy of them all. Generations Metroplex? Let Fort Max show you what a cityformer should be.
this is the 1 thing i want most in my collection.As long as i get 1 i'll be a happy camper but i haven't pre ordered 1 so fingers crossed that ebay stores or online stores have him for a reasonable price.
My Fortmax stamper. Hes huge :D
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I wonder what the stamp print looks like. :)
He probably my favourite TF mould. Love him!
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Its just his face and what I expect is his name underneath.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Nice Shape - got another cabinet ready for encore?Quote:
Originally Posted by theshape
Hehe, nah i wont be getting it, happy with the original one, way to many expensive things i need insteadQuote:
Originally Posted by Skullcruncher
theshape: have you ever considered displaying each of your Maximi in a different mode?
e.g. Fort Max in robot, Grand Max in battleship, Brave Max in city?
Hey, yeah I have, but I'm limited by my detolfs size. I may but grand back in the box to make room for other stuff.
Really want someone to sell me their original g1 us box :). Still don't think I'll get one cheap
I wasn't planning on getting it , but the more i think about it, i think i will if there's one floating around and if it comes in the US style box, all the better.
You can't pack them away Shape! I did that once. They had to move rooms because they didn't clear the ceiling anymore (twas a tight fit to begin with)
Then this happened.
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Slowly but surely. :( they have been boxed in
time for a re-shuffle me thinks, for the threads sake at least .
I think hes coming with the japanese box (takara release), so it will make a US box more elusive.
Nice display Grock, half the fun is rearranging things anyways (gotta bring C-311 to the front!)
I remember the time I got my korean Brave Max in the house. I dont think I'd seen it in person, and after about an hour of un-twisting those darn ties, (clippers FTW!) I brought him out. Swore quite a bit and proceeded to have a massive robot fight with all my other toys. TFS and other randoms.
It was a great time! Can't wait to be able to have a fully weapon bearing Maxx!
bugger!... oh well:oQuote:
Originally Posted by theshape
Having only ever played around with other peoples Fort Maximus's I am so looking forward to receiving my Encore. For the first time ever I'm at a cross-road as to whether or not I'm going to open him up :confused: I know what the majority of people here would say but it all comes down to available space.
trying to sell off half my video game collection so i can grab one.
Fort Max - gotta love him =)
You know my vote. ;) Opening would save you more space too, cos that box be huuuuuuuuge. If you wanna keep the box and space is an issue, you could fold the box up and chuck out the tray. Or if you really don't wanna do that, have the box encased in really strong perspex or glass and use it as a small coffee table. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Remember that preordering gets you an earlybird discount. :) (Amazon Japan is still taking orders with a really generous preorder discount; you'll need to use a Japanese residential address to order through them)Quote:
Originally Posted by Skript
Actually, it would save me more space by keeping it MISB. If I were to open it, I would want to have him on display in one of my cabinets (mainly to keep him dust free) and he would no doubt take up a full shelf meaning everything else would have to go into storage. The second option is a table next to the cabinet. Either way, it's a good problem to have :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
How about just keeping him loose in box? i.e. open it, take it out and have a fiddle/play/wateva, then just slip him back in the box when you're done.
I'm going to stare lovingly at his MISB form on the first day. Second day, I'll be ripping that bad boy out
I have his space ready for him in my G1 shelves :D:D. It's been allotted since the change in shelves. Im so going to enjoy seeing that space filled up when he gets delivered :D. If only they reissue Overlord next ;P..... then that other space opposite would be filled as well hehehe. With the box.... hmmmm Id wanna keep it, but Im running out of shelf space...floor mebbe heheheheh
Long time admirer here, used to think that Fortress Maximus would always be out of my reach so the news of the encore reissue was exciting to say the least.
Got mine pre ordered but have no idea where to put him, I unfortunately don't have much space to work with, but I just couldn't pass up this opportunity :D
I will be left with a conundrem when i get mine. Take my other one off display, or find room for this one too and having the other one in base mode taking up so much Damn room? The sole reason i wanted the encore was because it was cheaper to buy this complete one rather than forking out so much to complete mine. And a new minty fresh max too heh. Either way i cannot wait to get it. And the preorder bonus is quite nice too :D
What is this pre order bonus of which you speak, is it something that only certain stores have?Quote:
Originally Posted by 1AZRAEL1
Yea it's a die cast headphones jack in the shape of fort max. There is a thread for it here somewhere. Some stores have it as a bonus yea.Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHyren
It's an Asia exclusive. Pretty neat looking :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkHyren
10 days to go until Encore Fort Max! :cool:
Same here! Only replace "day" with "minute". ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Same here! (great minds think alike*, gentlemen! :D) I made space for this baby shortly after I preordered him! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
Hopefully the online survey will give us the option to tell TakaraTOMY which character we want to see reissued next. I've noticed that they've been bringing this question back in some recent customer feedback surveys, such as MP. And considering that Bluestreak and Prowl were among the characters you could nominate, it appears that TakTOM are going back to the good old pre-TOMY days when they actively listened to customer feedback. Here's hoping. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
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*and fools seldom differ :p :p
Yeah but even if I answer the survey, would they still consider it since I didn't buy it in Japan nor do I have a Jap address :p
Just use any address (I've provided a sample one on the thread that shows you how to do the survey). They never send anything to you anyway. :rolleyes: As for where you bought it, you can choose "online store" -- they don't exclude that. Worse case scenario just tick "other." It's all purely for TakTOM's marketing research purposes anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
Hmm, interesting, I pre ordered from HobbySearch but didn't see anything about it, wonder if I'll get one :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
I wish that their 'exclusive' was something more. Perhaps a headmaster with an alternate deco controlled by a Decepticon. Every time it merges with Fort it takes over his Autobot personality and gets him to commit acts of mayhem.
-Biggu modo! Head On!
-hee hee hee!
-Raaaaah. Fortress CRUSH!
An exclusive I'd love to see would be a second Spike that's retooled so that his head mode better resembles the way it looked in Anglophone canon! ;)
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I've decided to order a Fort Max off RK when I get paid next week. He will be my first Headmaster, so I guess I'm starting with the best. But I have no idea where he or Titan class Metroplex for that matter are going.
'Fortress Maximus'—come on. What kind of a name is that? But everyone's like, 'Oh, Fortress Maximus, you're my hero! You've got guns in your legs and you killed tons of 'Cons at Simanzi...' And I'm like 'That was a thousand years ago!' He's a relic! He's a has-been!
(That said, I would be totally down for a Leader/Ultra IDW Fort Max.)
I'd appreciate this figure more if I HADN'T PAID OVER A GRAND FOR THE COMPLETE G1 VERSION OF HIM 4 MONTHS BEFORE THEY ANNOUNCED THERE WOULD BE A REISSUE!
Imagine all the figures I could have bought with the $700 I would have saved by buying the reissue :eek:
Is your heart set on only having an original G1 Fortress Maximus, or would a reissue suffice? Because what you could do is buy a reissue Fort Max now, then wait until the reissue is sold out and then sell off your original. Although I reckon if you want to sell the original for the high price you paid, you might need to wait a few years (because a lot of collectors will want to hunt for reissue on the secondary market). Basically once the reissues become scarce, even on the secondary market, then you've got better odds of selling an original Fort Max for a king's ransom. So yeah... there is a way to get a cheaper Fort Max and recoup the cost of the original if you're willing to be patient (and if you have the storage space for a 2nd Fortress Maximus ;)).Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
But people who prefer originals over reissues would probably prefer to see you keep your G1 Fort Max. It depends on your personal preference as to whether or not you're dead set on only collecting original G1s (which I can understand) or if you're willing to accept reissues in your collection. :)
Yeah, but you still have an original Fort Max and no one can ever take that away from you. IMO, that's much cooler than a reissue.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Yeah dont worry mate, original is always king.
Ex-actly. They don't and probably never will make them like they used to.Quote:
Originally Posted by theshape
Matters for the future my friend. Fort Max needs to be somewhere awesome. The middle of the lounge room for example. ;) Then Everybody can enjoy himQuote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
I agree. I find the attachment to toys I have is often through the story that comes while attaining it over the actual toy itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP