Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[KalEl]

I've had Fortmax for about 2 months now and didn't know that there was a flap on spike to cover his headmaster head in robot mode.

[DELTAprime]

I've had Fortmax for about 2 months now and didn't know that there was a flap on spike to cover his headmaster head in robot mode.

Thanks, I never noticed it either and I've had Max since the reissue came out. I feel dumb now.

[Hursticon]

Thanks, I never noticed it either and I've had Max since the reissue came out. I feel dumb now.

Don't feel dumb - Know though that with all of the regular Headmasters figures, that said Flap is present on all of them; I don't believe it was present on the smaller "Junior" Headmasters however.

If anything, it just shows that you guys haven't had a heap of experience with G1 Headmasters is all.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yep, except for the Horrorcons, all the 1987 Headmasters have those flaps, but the 1988 Headmasters don't. The 1988 Headmasters also don't have the "Cross Head On" gimmick that the 87 Headmasters have. i.e. if you switch Nebulans, it doesn't alter the tech specs meter stats since they're fixed, whereas with the 1987 Headmasters it does change. So for example if you put Spike onto Chromedome, Chromedome's tech specs meter will display Cerebros' Strength, Speed and Intelligence (so the idea is that Chromedome inherits Cerebros' traits) and vice versa if you put Stylor on Cerebros. And naturally you can mix and match all the 87 Headmasters' Nebulans and "Transtectors" around. The 1987 and 1988 Headmaster Nebulans are not cross compatible (the former are actually smaller).

[DELTAprime]

Yep, except for the Horrorcons, all the 1987 Headmasters have those flaps, but the 1988 Headmasters don't. The 1988 Headmasters also don't have the "Cross Head On" gimmick that the 87 Headmasters have. i.e. if you switch Nebulans, it doesn't alter the tech specs meter stats since they're fixed, whereas with the 1987 Headmasters it does change. So for example if you put Spike onto Chromedome, Chromedome's tech specs meter will display Cerebros' Strength, Speed and Intelligence (so the idea is that Chromedome inherits Cerebros' traits) and vice versa if you put Stylor on Cerebros. And naturally you can mix and match all the 87 Headmasters' Nebulans and "Transtectors" around. The 1987 and 1988 Headmaster Nebulans are not cross compatible (the former are actually smaller).

Thats another thing I didn't know about the Headmasters. I guess since Max is my only Headmaster I haven't ever had a chance to see any other Headmasters in person.

[KalEl]

Always a learnin'

[GoktimusPrime]

This little discussion inspired me to make this thread.