ultimate army builder

[GoktimusPrime]

RE: that youtube video

I only saw 2, maybe 3 armies... Sweeps and Sharkticons (can't remember if he had multiple Wreck Gars as Junkions). IMO buying multiple identical toys alone isn't army building - the toys need to "represent generic or mass-produced characters...with the intent of (using) them as an imposingly large cohesive unit." (TFwiki) - e.g. building an army of Legions Class Vehicons.

I have a few multiples in my collection, but unless that multiple represents a generic/mass-produced character (either officially or repurposed), then I don't consider it to be army building. For example, I have 2 Leader Class Sentinel Primes. Both are opened, one is displayed in robot mode, the other in vehicle mode. I don't consider that to be army building. The only time I've ever bought a second identical toy to use as a generic grunt was a second Generations Scourge. It was pegwarming for ages, so I got it. But with only two Scourges, I guess this doesn't count as army building since it's less than 3.

What about having lots of the same toy-character through owning multiple non-identical toys (i.e. variants, reissues etc.)? For example I own 9 G1 Insecticons, but NONE of them are identical. I have original G1, TFC reissue and the eHobby clone version of Bombshell, Kickback and Shrapnel. I also have 3 G1 Kups -- 1986 metal wheels/toes, 1986 plastic wheels/toes and TFC reissue Targetmaster. Do they count as armies? I'd personally count the Insecticons as an army, but not the Kups.

[griffin]

If the video contained a multitude of any one toy, then it is, by definition, an army of that toy... regardless of what any one fan may want as a definition, based on their personal opinion of those characters.

One person's opinion or wiki does not compare to an official dictionary definition of "Army" (a very large number or group of something; a great multitude), especially when people are trying to rave about a person's collection while you're spoiling it by downplaying that impressiveness.
People need to comment about what the video contains, or about multiples of toys (not characters), to remain on topic... not opinions of what the topic title's definition "should be".

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm gonna respectfully agree to disagree with you on that.

[mentok27]

sometimes i want to army build non-army build characters but i always give up since i cant justify it in my mind......

wreck gars, KO Air warriors, Gen Scourges and botcon sharkticons however? the more the merrier!!

technically though my Junkions are all named characters so they may not count....

[Demonac]

I don't see why you can't build an army of Fortress Maximus toys.
If your play involves a clone army, then why not?

[griffin]

I don't see why you can't build an army of Fortress Maximus toys.
If your play involves a clone army, then why not?

Depends on if you're talking about characters or toys. (or how you interpret your own toys when "playing")

Goktimus is correct that in the Official Transformers Universe, there haven't been a lot of (character) armies that were made into toys... but in that video clip, and in collections featured on this site, any toy collected in multiple quantities is an army of that toy.

[KalEl]

Depends on if you're talking about characters or toys. (or how you interpret your own toys when "playing")

Goktimus is correct that in the Official Transformers Universe, there haven't been a lot of (character) armies that were made into toys... but in that video clip, and in collections featured on this site, any toy collected in multiple quantities is an army of that toy.

yep, we're not talking show accuracy here, more the toys themselves and how impressive any one toy can look as an army, regardless of canon

[Sky Shadow]

I don't see why you can't build an army of Fortress Maximus toys.
If your play involves a clone army, then why not?

Or Fortress Maximi being gathered from around the multiverse: from the US cartoon, Japanese cartoon, Marvel comic, Blackthorne comic, Dreamwave comic, IDW comic, Armada generic, etc.