Stop Motion Review 082 - Titans Return Fortress Maximus
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2016
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For people watching in 2021, there is a much better fanmode that does not involve unscrewing the legs. What you have to do is tuck the legs under the official city mode, bend the arms at the elbow so that there touching the ground and slide put the big red guns infront/onto the hands. Now the fortress mode sits much higher up like the original and it won't lead to stripping screws.
Do you happen to have a photo of this?
Or you could poke DNA design to do what they should have done ages ago and make replacement lower legs
I’m proud of you lazy, you gave this figure to a kid who would actually play with it and not some dude who will fiddle with it for 20 minutes and then put it on a shelf for the rest of its life.
Sad to see you haven't reviewed Titans Return Trypticon :/ probably the best reimagining of an old titans figure.
A head that turns into a robot that has a head that turns into a robot that has a head.... HEAD-ROBOT-CEPTION
nothing like Iron Gianting yourself together eh?
It’s ingenious
I have a tip to kinda hide those hands in the two modes. Turn them around until the palms are facing up. Then, bring the hand up and like wrap those fingers around that back part of the arm. Bring up the runway for clearance. The thumbs may still be there, but I like to think of them as chimneys.
I'm pretty sure hasbro looked at metroplex and said.
Hasbro employee #1: Hmmm how can we screw this up.
Hasbro Employee #2: We down grade him, decapitate him, paint him blue, and resell him as fort max.
Hasbro Employee #1: What about lights and sounds.
Hasbro Employee #2: We'll retool mostly sound effects from R2-D2. People like R2 still, right?
Hasbro Employee #1: But what about the voice.
Hasbro Employee #2: The Janitor is still here right?
it's not a opinion, he doesn't know how to appreciate something
Denis Mario I’m certain that’s an opinion. An opinion is defined as an individual viewpoint or judgement on something, NOT necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Opinions can be argued over like you are. Facts can’t.
The robot mode is good stop whining
Legends Fort Max:
OH GOD HASBRO WHAT DID YOU DO
“You know that dude who voiced him from the anime?
Bring him back!”
All it takes is a joke and every single retard flocks to the replies and cries over it...
And this is why I stick to my Takara G1 Fort Max Reissue. It's more of a brick, but a holy grail for collectors kind of brick. That is not to say that I won't get the Takara version of the LG Fort Max if I get some extra cash on my way around October or Christmas. Also why does MP Spike not being in scale surprise you? That Fort Max is a CHUG scaled not MP scaled.
Itxd be nigh impossible to engineer it, but i'd love to see a proper alt mode for cerebros
Tbh his communications room mode looks kinda like an AT-RT or AT-PT
Fortress Maximus' rolling/hovering battle more IS his fortress mode. Same with Metroplex. The mode you called his "fortress" mode is no such thing, that is his CITY mode. Same for Metroplex. That's why they are called "cityformers" because they form a so-called city mode. You could call it base mode if you like (since they aren't really large enough to be cities).
you had the battle station backward
yyeeeaaaahhh....I kinda realized that last night but it was too late to fix it. oh well. points regarding the mode still stand
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer hey is the next review powermaster optimus prime
+Jaybrien Torres not even anywhere nears close
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer OK thanks for the heads up
Are you going to review Mastermind Creations Hexatron soon, and I'm still waiting for a review of CW Bruticus and X-transbots Apollyon.
very nice video bro :D
You lol
I personally can't wait for Trypticon...
William Sherman Me too
I can’t wait for scorponok
It's a shame the Trypticon figure sucked
Cooperz Films @ yep
@@cooperbrown5597 I don't own it but it looks alright it's just so small compared to fortress maximus
great work in this, can't imagine how hard it was given his size..
Thanks = )
I'm loving all the new titan return figures! I hope to get fort max soon. 👍
as always a cool and extensive review, also looking forward to the hexatron review ;)
Haha thanks
Imagine The Lazy Eyebrow reviewed the Planet X or Fans Hobby figures
Another great review, as always!!!! Your stop motion is phenomenal!!!
thanks = D
Yeah, the city extensions alt modes Blaster, Optimus, and Soundwave become are how FortMax becomes an ACTUAL City.
Now I'm not sure if I want this toy. Also, toy fair in early October if you're interested in going again.
Haha I'll be there. selling stuff
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASP. (Psst, any TFP stuff)
nah not really. odds and ends. mostly CHUG
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer Like that MP Optimus you took away before I had the chance? (JK.)
Hey, I have it, I like it a lot, it's better in hand :)
Also the exclusive comes with a different Spike Head Sculpt
The battle station/battleship mode looks better when seen from the front lol. You were facing it the wrong way.
Of course, having the rifle and double laser would also help it but that's beyong the stock figure.
#BackwardsMaximusConfirmed
I bought this guy, mainly because Generations Metroplex is double the cost now ( I can't justify spending almost 400 bucks or more). I don't like the two other modes, so he's never left bot mode since I pulled it out of the box. The novelty of having something so huge pretty much wore off after I realized that the best place to have him is the floor. I've pre ordered the Perfect Effect gun upgrade, so I hope it will start growing on me.
yeah I sorta the feel the same way. i like Metro, but I haven't done anything with him in two years and then this review happened
Daww, Im glad that you found a nice kid to give him to. That would've made my childhood at that age
Apparently his dad was more than thrilled too = P
OMG I think you gave this guy to my cousin he said that he was given it by someone is this true?
If it was given to someone in Kamloops
Your review's are amazing man keep the reviews coming
Haha between baby, wife, work, friends and video games, I plan to = P
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer lol😂😂
On the subtitles, the “why hello RUclips! Greeting from the Lazy Eyebrow reviewer” translates to “i know RUclips recently stabbed a reviewer”
to be honest I beg to differ. his robot mode of all of them have gone great! the base sure but articulation and detail show they updated it. all it needs is an upgrade kit. maybe for his legs, as it is the flaw maker in base mode
Agreed. G1 Fort Max is great, in that G1 "I turned him into a robot and now his elbows go up and down and nothing else" sense. Having one that can ballet dance is miles ahead, base mode is good enough, any nobody uses that stupid spaceship mode anyway, which is exactly what HasTak knew going in.
Imagine a unicorn to scale with this... It'd be the size of my tv with its storage underneath!
and imagine the rainbow tail it would have! I love unicorns!
Super professional love it
Lol, I like the way you describe the toy, very funny......
Man I wish they would do a decent cost re-release of this guy. It's sucks that when you iss out on a Titan it'll cost you an arm and a leg to buy them on the 2nd hand market.
I hope at some point we get an official IDW for max. I still really the figure though
I was thinking that too. Sure the G1 figure was stilted but it was a titan nonetheless
Yeah, they really dropped the ball with Titans Return Fortress Maximus. Wish they made his city mode look more like the G1 original. With the hands visible, it looks like a robot doing a split.
You can do the fan tower version with the legs. Also the original did the city mode with the splited legs as shown in the transformer catalogue. Just look up the 1987 catalogue featuring fortress maximus so you can see it.
So does no one combine the other leader class figures with him? I haven't seen a single person do that.
Hope they make Fort Max a headmaster for a even bigger mega bot that’s like 9 feet tall
DNA design has made upgrade kits with more articulation tor the hands, better hip ratchets, ankle tilts, and some abdominal cannons...
ok so when you open his legs u remove the screws. then when transformed him to robot mode did you put the 2 screws back onto his leg? if you dont doesnt that put to much weight on the plastic knee joint? how is yours holding out?
7:04 yeah parts warming never bothers me but I can safely say that if it did I would be more than happy to overlook it if the end result would look this good.
Yessssss oh and you have inspired to do a custom two
I have G1 Fortress Maximus, is it better?
In the G1 cartoons 4th season of the American release, wasn't Cerebros' headmaster Spike Wittwicky himself?
I HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR ADD ONS TO BRUTICUS:
Vortex: 2 of the Grey MG Nail guns Vortex gets, Paint them Blue.
Brawl: If you have it, Take a Cybertron Scattershot gun, paint it Black, and put it on the top of Brawl to get a rotating MG turret on the Top
Swindle: Take a DOTM Optimus Mechtech Gun, Paint Black and Purple streaks, Shorten Peg, attach to Left Arm
Blast Off: Paint Rear thruster parts Blue or Orange
Onslaught: Take a DOTM leader Ironhide, take his gun, paint it Onslaught Est, and give it to onslaught. Vehicle Storage, you put in the Screw Hole next to the 2nd tire, give Onslaught a Missle Launcher
this is just a suggestion to make your bruticus look better, because I did the same things you did to my bruticus. THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTIONS BTW!!!! :)
Haha interesting idea, and you're welcome
Just got this figure love it! ❤️
the reason the base is bad is because u have to buy the leader class to add base modes. they made it a cash grab
I use the leftover arm joint and make the run-way upside down and use the arm as a tower, then I take one of the legs open it so the canon is facing down then I plug the canon into the cerebros tower.
I already have that Fort Max TR, and looks very good to me, now i'm close to buy a Vintage 1987 Fort Max G1 but without accesories, what do you think about it?
I think g1 fortmax is quite a bit more fun to goof with, especially since it's roughly the same size
I don't care what you guys say, I still know him as Head Master Spike.
The chad Metroplex vs the virgin Fort Max????
I use the leftover shoulder thing as a secret compartment
If fortmax was a headmaster........
OH BOY
in RiD 01 cerebros is the smaller headmaster and the larger one is called 'the emissary'
Can't wait to pick this guy up, sorry if you mentioned it in your review and I just can't remember but are his joints tighter than metroplex's? As in does he flop around on the legs as much lol
Haha didn't mention it, but just as unstable = P
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer oh poo, that stinks. Must've been hard to animate posing the legs lol
Are you going to review bruteicus again sorry i spelt the name wrong but i hope to see him when your done
yep
All the advancements in toy technology since the 80's and they can't even figure out a city mode. What a failure.
I am assuming emessary was named off of the body for RID cerebros, but since titans return uses the american interpritation of headmasters and not the japanese, they flipped the names, don't know why they didn't call him spike and save that for the RID repaint
just giving 2 solutions for fortress/city mode first one you can spread one leg out and rotate an arm upwards next to the tower for a better but less accurate city/fortress or basically re-arrange metroplex and have fort max just ly on top which looks not that bad
I agree they got lazy when it comes to the modes differentiation. But I do like this figure because like Metroplex, he's a giant canvass for customization.
Fortress Maximus is unable to ENLARGE, becuz he has used up his puhwurs to operate on Spock.
You could make the hands into fists for the alt modes.
So are you going to buy trypticon? For me this is a stupid question, of course i will.
If I had that kind of money I’d get the version with the mastersword
question: why didnt you reviewed generations metroplex?
lockout yt he just did, lol
Which Titans return will you review next?
0:56 -0:59 If you didn’t know a singularity is the thing that contains the mass of a black hole
This is so cool
Super cereal bros
I'm sure someone's mentioned this already, but damn do those shins look like Zoidberg.
"primetra magnus" XD So weird!
Wait, why would you have to remove the legs? Is it not possible to transform him the same way as Metroplex, since he's a heavy retool?
Wasn't a fan of Optibotimus' fan mode. you can do it tyat way but I didn't think it suited the figure
You totally lost the reason for that flap at the front. You know the red one. It's used to connect leader class figures onto it like Optimus and Blaster.
I'm really torn on getting this one or the original vintage one. I'm cool with the battleship mode and the fan mode for the city mode, but what really has me torn is that it comes with no freaking assessories! I know you can get a gun and a master sword for him from third-party companies on eBay but what really ticks me off is that he doesn't come for radar dish and those two big red hip-mounted cannons! Time will only tell which one and I will end up purchasing. Such is life.
Till all are one.....
Now I wonder where I'm going to put this guy if I get him...
Hahaha
3:30 Powdered Toast Man flies off to save the president again!!!
very cool
Maximus!!!! Love that name!
i'll bet! = P
Haha
Great review! I think I have the same dissapointment with the city mode and him not having a big gun like metro. (He comes with the two smaller guns but it ruins the look for me) I mean at this point for $150 (or what ever the price he's going for) I would probably pick up the encore as well since he has more features and looks better to me then this guy in all of his modes. Also sad he didn't get a gasket and grommet to make cog. (I think that would have been done great had they made him.) btw loved the Super smash bros reference and saw the fine print and can't wait for the Hexatron review! :)
haha thanks, and toally agree = )
+The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer No problem! :)
The reason the fortress mode is so lackluster and bare-bones is more to do with another gimmick in the line, than anything else... You’re supposed to connect other Leader Class figures that have their own base modes to the fortress mode, and they’re supposed to form some kind of Autobot city. Examples of figures that can be used are Blaster, Powermaster Prime, Soundwave, Overlord, Six Shot, and Sky Shadow. The same gimmick is also found in the fortress mode of Titans Return Trypticon.
the Comic-con version is to mirror the Japanese Headmaster series Fort. Max. who would draw a sword in order to transform in the Robot mode.
i totally get that. I justthink it's dumb that Hasbro skipped out on the Master Sword
I to but neither of us own hasbro or we would make better decision e.g. like sending more than one per box Combiner Wars Air Raid to Mandurah WA
Subspace Emissary
I wanted metroplex, but the cost was too darn high, so I had to settle for fort max. But it's a special edition....
The only Titans Returns figure I might get is Powermaster Optimus Prime, and maybe Blurr
a split and a facedown, you're a fortress. Okay.
That smash bros reference though
Hey are you getting trypicon to fight metroflex
since i no titan figures come to my country ,besides fort max doesnt really look cool.
but i WILL be getting triptycon
I called this thing on day one as a brickformer. And still hold strong to seeing their lazy engineering on this retooling. It has been pointed out that the arm that hinges for no reason, the cavity hole could be used as a jail. I really should pass on this, but holding out for the Takara version, just for that paint scheme, sword, and headmaster. I just can't buy the Hasbro version and have him next to the G1 version.
it really is a bit of a disappointment
you misspelled "nonsense" in the easter egg. How would you describe the color "impressed?"
huh. so I did. rascally little e got in there. also it's a sort of bluish greenish redish colour
$130 more than Metroplex? When? He was the same retail price. Unless you paid more for him than that, but I know I saw him in all the Toy R Us stores around me and didn't seem to sell well.
You forgot to mention that weird opening panel on his right arm
It's called Starship mode.
Thanks for this review. I, uh... I dunno how I feel about this. I REALLY would love a Fort Max on my shelf, but this figure is just... I ALREADY OWN THIS. AND IT'S CALLED METROPLEX. For robot mode, the retoolings are very clever, but the Transformation is SO lazy for his alt modes, it makes me sad. I don't think I'm gunna go after this one right now. I'd rather track down Devy first.
Great review dude!
yep, there are certainly better toys you cam spend your money on. thanks = )
I wish I could have this guy
Jon foy yeah your parents won't allow it at the ripe age of 45 in their home. living in their basement does not count as having a separate home bro
$130 more?! he was only $20 more in the US and I used a 15% coupon plus rewards bucks.
well, there you go then, even more reason to get him!
what i was referring to was an actualy G1 original, not an Encore. he was at a toy store for 400. fort max costs 270 here btw
Despite Tarka's figures being 'Just imports' almost everything from Prime Wars made by Tarka is better
My maximus is in a container
It's for head master vehicles
Unicron looks so sad
My largest transformer and my little cousins favorite transformer.
Well you be going to the Perfect Effect Titan Gun?
i answered that question in the video
The Lazy Eyebrow Reviewer
Oops, my question was at the start of your vid...lolz Sorry.
combiner wars that is cuz I have g1 devastator and a lot of devastators but sadly not Hercules and combiner wars