Toy Review - Titans Return Fortress Maximus

[UltraMarginal]

Nice review Goki, thanks for the detailed thoughts.

That's pretty disappointing about the voice clips. I don't get why they like toys yelling their names all the time. "I am Optimus Prime", "Fortress Maximus" etc etc I tell ya, if I were Fortress Maximus, I'd just assume that everyone knows my name. Y'know, coz I am bloody Fortress Maximus!!

I couldn't agree more, the same goes for calling out a weapon/attack before firing it. talk about a tell.

[MayzaPrime]

I couldn't agree more, the same goes for calling out a weapon/attack before firing it. talk about a tell.

Isnt that all of RID (2000)?

Right laser, Left Laser, Centre Laser... I love it

[GoktimusPrime]

That's pretty disappointing about the voice clips. I don't get why they like toys yelling their names all the time. "I am Optimus Prime", "Fortress Maximus" etc etc I tell ya, if I were Fortress Maximus, I'd just assume that everyone knows my name. Y'know, coz I am bloody Fortress Maximus!!

If you spent $250~370 on a toy and don't know its name, then it sucks to be you. I'd be curious to see if the TakaraTOMY version uses the same cheap voices or if they use a Japanese voice actor (maybe even Sawaki Ikuya ). They couldn't possibly do worse considering that the current voice chip has the vocal range of Dr. Stephen Hawking's voice synthesiser.

Cerebros nipple LEDS for the win though. Do the leds pulse and glow, or just flick on and off?

Flick on and off. It's also too high to be on the nipple line (the screws are more in line for nipples), and there's only one chest LED on Cerebros.

Speaking of comparative human anatomy, I've noticed that Fortress Maximus has this red panel on his pubic basin, but I can't figure out what it's supposed to do.

Nice review Goki, thanks for the detailed thoughts.

Thank you, good sir.

I couldn't agree more, the same goes for calling out a weapon/attack before firing it. talk about a tell.

Isnt that all of RID (2000)?

Right laser, Left Laser, Centre Laser... I love it

I don't know which is worse, hearing characters announce the names of their moves, or seeing their opponents failing to do anything about it. Cos this is how these fights would end in real life...


You guys should check out an anime series called Martian Successor Nadesico - aside from a very serious and emotional and character driven story, it also parodies super robot/mecha anime clichés, including announcing one's moves to the enemy.

[noel0leon]

As a Metroplex owner I'm pretty torn whether or not to get this guy. And the city/playset mode is the big clincher for me. I like how the arms and ramps are done on FortMax, but am very curious about the legs.

Can a kind Metroplex owner show him in city mode but with the legs opened up Metroplex style?
How does this work as a playset?

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

If you spent $250~370 on a toy and don't know its name, then it sucks to be you. I'd be curious to see if the TakaraTOMY version uses the same cheap voices or if they use a Japanese voice actor (maybe even Sawaki Ikuya ). They couldn't possibly do worse considering that the current voice chip has the vocal range of Dr. Stephen Hawking's voice synthesiser.

Cheers Goki.

IIRC, I have seen tweets ot blurb stating that TT intend to have original FM quotes from the va in it. Either they are re-recording or ripping them from the show.

[Batfan007]

Nice review Goki, thanks for the detailed thoughts.




I couldn't agree more, the same goes for calling out a weapon/attack before firing it. talk about a tell.

It's not a Japanese action hero/robot/whatever if they don't spend five minutes telegraphing every attack before they do it why their enemies conveniently stand around starry eyed doing nothing.

[1AZRAEL1]

I couldn't agree more, the same goes for calling out a weapon/attack before firing it. talk about a tell.

MEGATRON ATTACK!!!!

[noel0leon]

I reckon it would be awesome to put Titan Metroplex legs on FortMax

[Ozgardian]

I reckon it would be awesome to put Titan Metroplex legs on FortMax

Then Metroplex's firepower would be 100+! ...lol.

[GoktimusPrime]

Uh... some of the Autobot text on the stickers are so freakin' tiny and not helped by the reflective foil stickers that they're virtually impossible to read from the naked eye, and are often blurred in enlarged photos. If anyone hasn't applied their stickers yet, I'd really appreciate a high resolution scan of the sticker sheet.

In any case, here's what Dave and I were able to decipher...