Hints of whats to come for the Encore series?

[Linthart]

+ and an e-Hobby Grand Maximus would be make me so happy that I'd need to change my undies

you know its not nice to be a tease.

oh how i dream about a Maximus display with my 3 originals in robot mode with the re-issues in city mode beside them.

[orionpax1]

Fort Max would be awesome but i would do a Scorponok first. I think they just made too many of Omega and Metroplex (my fav by the way) thats why they are shelf warming, they could still do a F/Max just dont produce as many, either way just keep bringing the G1 reissues.

[GoktimusPrime]

Skylinx is a curious shelf warmer though as correct me if i'm wrong, but this is the first time TAKARA have released him right?

That is correct.

they could still do a F/Max just dont produce as many, either way just keep bringing the G1 reissues.

They would need to produce a certain number of figures in order to make enough money to justify the cost of making the Fort Max reissue in the first place. Producing it in a very limited numbers wouldn't be worth it. That's why exclusive figures (e.g.: convention, e-Hobby etc.) are all repaints of existing and relatively recently used moulds. You could argue that the Fortress Maximus mould was recently used (Car Robot) but at the size and price point puts it in an entirely different league than say Buzzclaw-->Virulent Clones.