Was this a good idea for a toy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERuhks3GNk
>>11635624It was a great idea, but the mech design itself wasn’t great. It’s exactly what you could have if you have a big Godzilla, you can say the city has a mech disguised as a big tacky skyscraper that transforms to fight him.
>>11635624It looked cheap even by 1980s standards.
>>11635624Clearly not, but it doesn't matter what they come up with Americans can't make anything and Need Asians to do all the work and make the toy while fat cats in suits talk retarded shit like they always do.
>>11635624No. A regular building alternate mode is boring and does nothing. If it was a base for other figures it would have made sense. The concept sucked.
>>11635664>No. A regular building alternate mode is boring and does nothing. If it was a base for other figures it would have made sense. The concept suckedYes I agree however Fortress Maximus blocks your path.
>>11635666None of his modes is a rectangular gray office building, he turns into a military base brimming with guns, or into a spaceship, both infinitely more cool than the stock exchange building or whatever.
>>11635666What part of Fortress Maximus is a regular building? He's also a base for other figures. Reading comprehension anon.
>>11635666That fortress maximus toy sucked hard too, I own the original G1reissue and is way more fun with better alt modes and functions.
>>11635670>That fortress maximus toy sucked hard too,Proving that a toy corporation actually tried this idea IRL.
>>11635673Again, it's not a boring regular building so Fortress Maximus is a terrible example. The problems of that figure have nothing to do with a concept that worked perfectly on the original 86 toy, they just messed up its execution because they just remolded an already bad Metroplex toy.
>>11635667>>11635666The transformation is pure shit. Move arms and legs one way, and call it a base/city. Move arms and legs the other way, and call it a spaceship. Attach head to make it a robot. There was zero effort made in how it transformed or what it would look like in alt modes. The only cool thing about it was the massive size. Kids hadn't gotten a 2-foot-tall robot since 1978's Shogun Warriors.
>>11635682The original fort max looked great as a base.
>>11635624I think it's Dekaranger/SPD where their base turns into a giant robot, that's cool because it's more than just a building and there's a big flashy sequence of people getting into safe zones and the base eventually standing up. So the idea is sound, it just needs a bit of spit shine and effort.
>>11635692A base with weapon is actually playable and a completely different concept from a regular boring building, as people already said in this thread.
>>11635624If this toyline got made in universe do you think they would've made the twin towers?
>>11635698YES.>twin towers?Like did Americans really give a shit?I remember people online and also presumably american laughing about "planes into towers" jokes all the time especially online.~5 years after 9/11 I pointed to my friend>Look this graph looks like the twin towersAnd he made plane noises and flew a pencil into them.We laughed. PS: Not from america.
>>11635624I dont get it
Imaginext made dreams happen by finally making a toy of it, but hopefully someone makes a prop replica version one day.
>>11635624Regular building, no. But if it was an industrial or war factory, i would buy that shit instantly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wha_6Cd3XLc
>>11635760Those are cool but Muteki Shogun/Shogun Megazord already did the Japanese castle motif but with individual ninja-inspired robot modes so it's better in my book.
>>11635624Big huge fortress with lasers and missiles with little spots for the regular figures to sit in and use like a home base kind of deal, absolutely. Boring ol' big rectangle skyscraper with nothing special going on, not at all. It's boring and bland. It needs to be something bigger and better than a normal regular thing. Or at least partially transform into one like a flying aircraft carrier kind of thing. >>11635769Weren't these guys very quickly replaced by the more normal animal themed zords though?
>>11635624>Christmas morning 1988>There is that fucking HUUUUUGE present in the corner that couldn't even fit under the tree!>Excited for weeks! What could it be?!?!>Finally Christmas comes, open the present..>...it's some boring ass Empire State Building robot...>that's it....a normal fucking skyscraper that sprouts arms and legs. It's not even from a show. >It COULD have been Cat's Lair!>It COULD have been Metroplex or Trypticon!>It COULD have been Snake Mountain!>It COULD have been Rolling Thunder!>It COULD have been the Ghostbusters Firehouse!>What the fuck do I even do with this thing?
>>11635826>Weren't these guys very quickly replaced by the more normal animal themed zords though?It depends, in the original sentai this is the first robot and appears before Kakure Daishogun, in Power Rangers it's the second after the Ninja Megazord.
>>11635842>>It COULD have been Metroplex or Trypticon!Those aren't all that big though. Fortress Maximus was the real humongous toys of G1.
I always wanted that to be real, less for the robot part and more to use the building as a background/environment piece to play with. There's not many regular building playsets out there, that's what I always wanted as a kid, just a normal building for Spider-Man to swing on or something.
>>11635624There are worse things than a building that a toy could transform into
>>11635939>Worse That's way more fun than a building.
>>11635688It's crazy how much better that looks than the TR version
>>11635664>sweats in 9/11.
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>>11635939>worseHard disagree.
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>>11635688The original kicked all kinds of ass.
>>11636003Nice display
>>11636003it came with a urinal bot too. It was like $50 per figure. Not a bad deal
>>11635688>>11635666How’d they fuck up so bad?
>>11635632>>11635642>>11635664I always wanted one...
>>11635826>Weren't these guys very quickly replaced by the more normal animal themed zords though?Actually, having rewatched Kakuranger recently, it takes a VERY long time for the Ninja Zords to get introduced. Like roughly the last fourth of the series. The Shogun Zords are the main mechs for the majority of the show.
>>11636003M-O patiently waiting for the existential crisis to kick in is a nice touch.
>>11635891Same, I would've had king kong climbing all over it fighting my army guys
>>11635624No, needs more guns!
>>11635939You dont understand, thats the joke that it hides as something ridiculous. You just need a cool robot mode that can stand onmits own.
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>>11636769Sushi-bots actually look cool. >>11636784>>11636785That reminds me of the 1984 Select Convertors "Spies" that transformed into a cash register and pinball table.
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>>11636800Don't forget Optimus Prime as a shoe.
>>11636796Thats what i mean, you need an engaging alt-mode. The sushi novelty has a action figure posable bot alt-mode.So it works.The converter series is kinda odd and i can see that it doesnt sold that well enough.
>>11636802Cool robot mode and display mode. It works just because of the shoe brand being trendy collectibles.
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>>11635624https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USE86UbsV8c
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>>11636802or Optimus Prime as a Playstation
>>11635642Brownoid is really melting down over a fake toy from a movie lmao
>>11637181Its the usual asian who’s doing this
>>11635842>What the fuck do I even do with this thing?Insure it for twice it's value and then "accidentally" destroy it with thermite charges.
>>11636819The Robot mode looks very like any modetn action figure. The playstation is a good display decoration.The Skyscrapper is only a good display piece for kids who like buildings or dream to go into construction biz. Or Donald Trump.
>>11637395>Donald Blumpf
>>11635939>>11636003Where's his nemesis Hindubot?
>>11637427Hindubot refuses to face him.
Did people forget about transforming cans and bottles of soda?
>>11637432or the classic Titanic-bot?
>>11637434Can't forget the OG of robots that transform into mundane objects: Soundwave and his cassette minions.
>>11637434>his weapons of choice are ice picks.It's the little things.
>>11637337Stop laying out your fetish around sbubby
>>11637434>or the classic Titanic-bot?LOL did they also make a Hindenburg bot?
>>11637512No, just the Space Shuttle Challenger.
>>11637521Oh, so that's the Challenger of the Gobots I heard about.
>>11637521I like this GoBot a lot. It's just most surviving examples are yellowed to helll and back.
>>11637432Are they actually based on molds from Tenga Robo, or vice versa?
>>11635664If it's for something like an antagonist against Godzilla or a Kaiju it's awesome. Imagine Godzilla going into a city>fuck yeah some skyscrapers I'm gonna smash some shit upOnly for the skyscrapers to transform into robots and punch back. Use your imagination faggot.
>>11638894Probably not. The first transforming coke can came out in 1986.
i used to draw skyscraper robots when I was a kid but I'm not sure if I had seen Big before that
>>11636444your tastes are yours and yours alone, don't let these snobs discourage you
For me, it’s Postman Pat
>>11638896Giant maser cannon trucks that turn into robots would be way cooler than that as a Godzilla enemy.
I had a friend in the 80s who had like micro scale military transforming things, like a tank that unfolded to a base? He also had one that was a Katana? sword that also unfolded to like a helicopter pad I think. I forget the specifics but have not been able to find that toy line. Any thoughts?
>>11639254"Army Gear" from 1987.
>>11639255Fucking based, ty for the quick hit back.
>>11639256It's not a problem at all.
>>11636358The titan class was only recently introduced with Metroplex, and despite the fact that Metroplex was fairly well received by fans and sold well, the bean counters weren't convinced yet, and this was also around the time that mainline transformers were being hit with some heavy cost cutting, so Fort Max was just made as Metroplex remold which really just did not work (still did well enough to justify keeping the size class around though).Damn shame too considering every titan after that was a unique mold and the scale ended up being pretty successful in the long run. Fort Max needs a completely original do over but that's not gonna happen for years and years with the way Hasbro works.
>>11645208>Fort Max needs a completely original do overTrue, but even if him needs it the most, Metroplex should be redone too. That was OK for the first try at a Titan but I always hated the chest ramp that doesn't reach the ground, the hands that can't be hidden in alt mode and the lack of the city skyline that the G1 toy recreated so well. More stability and ankle tilts are also needed. Make both on par with the best Titans released after them.
>>11636796>>11636806>>11636807Ah. I got that slot machine one ans I wasnxt sure what it was from.>>11636769I stumbled across that salmon one on a Japanese site and got it
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>>11645208I don't know what Hasbro was smoking with that ramp.
>>11635624I havent seen big fully but whenever i saw this clip on TV it pissed me off cuz that robot was cool as fuck
>>11646310>that robot was cool as fuckI watched it as a kid and thought it looked like ass compared to most transforming robots back then. It's just a box with the dumbest of faces, that only worked in the 50s not the 80s.
>>11646327That's true, but some still found it to be cool-looking just the same. And the movie studio wasn't gonna spend a fortune producing a complex transformer for something that only had a minute of screentime.
>>11646348They probably simply tore up one of the cool vintage ones and glued its parts to a model kit.
>>11646348>And the movie studio wasn't gonna spend a fortune producing a complex transformer for something that only had a minute of screentime.The point was to make the toy look like shit, and they nailed it.Nothing against 50s robots though, they're cute. But 80s robots were supposed to be cool.
>>11635624It was. Anyone that says otherwise is full of shit. I even appreciate the mid century robot design as opposed to the usual japanese takes. We should have an entire line of transforming retro robots by this point.
I wish Walmart continued making exclusive holiday release toys like they did back in 2021 with Robby and the Iron Giant. We could have had Johnny 5, Skyscraper-bot, and who knows what else by now if they had.
>>11636765I approve of these alterations
>>11646474What about >>11646467?
>>11635624>only now do I see the dick-shaped entrance
>>11647456it's cool but I still want a full size recreation
>>11645208Also a funny story is that during the development of Trypticon, the main toy designer allegedly assembled a bunch of Metroplex/Fortmax parts into a vague dinosaur shape during a meeting to prove that they could produce him with the current titan class budget, and when that story got out everyone assumed that meant Trypticon was going to somehow be another fucking Metroplex remold.
