So here’s the final part of my Fortress Maximus review – he’s a big guy after all! He’s from the new Titans Return line, out this year, where everyone and their friend has a transforming head (that transforms into a smaller Transformer, the aforementioned Titan Masters). He’s one of the ancient forces of nature in the Titans Return continuity and the Autobot Headmaster Commander in G1 continuity as well. He’s also one of the Supreme Commanders in Japanese G1 continuity, taking up the mantle after that irresponsible whelp Rodimus Prime flies off on a flight of fancy in Transformers: Headmasters.
So in this final instalment, I take a look at Emissary and how a stickered up Fortress Maximus looks like in robot mode.
Fortress Maximus retails for SGD $299.90 in stores, and is out everywhere. Thanks Hasbro for sending over Fortress Maximus!
Emissary
Emissary is the name given to the Titan Master (all of their partners have names) of Cerebros/Fortress, who also transforms into Fortress Maximus’ head. So call it what you will, double Headmaster, super Headmaster, ultra Headmaster, Titan Headmaster – it means that you really should take care of Emissary and make sure he doesn’t go the way of your future AirPods. For me, I store him in the top left green chest section of Fortress Maximus, which also happens to be the blasting platform where Emissary is supposed to sit.
It’s also horrendously difficult to take pictures of him, which has prompted me to buy a proper camera.
His mouthplate gives him the Optimus Prime look. Come on, you were thinking that, weren’t you? It’s a good counterpoint to the face of Fortress Maximus, where you can clearly see his mouth (and that’s how he will emote too, I presume). He’s a cute little fellow.
Robot mode with stickers
And here are the pictures that you’ve waited for four posts to get to – Fortress Maximus in all his amazing glory! As mentioned previously, his broader, stockier middle makes him look more imposing and powerful than his predecessor, Metroplex. Stickering him up also gives him more depth, in the sense that you can see which parts of him are contoured at a glance. Stickers are a little small though, but most of them are fairly easy to place.
As you can see, the stickers complement Fortress Maximus from all angles. So it’s not just the front that gets a cool deco, but the other sides as well (take a look at him from the top). Is it worth it, the hassle of putting stickers on? For a great looking robot mode, yes.
So here’s some closeups of his stickered look.
Some shadows and metallic details to his cannons.
This is the connector panel. Still haven’t figure out what’s the best way to connect them all!
Thankfully, no face stickers.
These engines really face downwards in both of his alternate modes.
Sigh. I stuck this wrongly. And I can’t remove them.
It’s small enough to hold a Titan Master on its own!
So here ends my regular Fortress Maximus posts! I’ll be checking out the STGCC/SDCC Fortress Maximus next, which comes with a Master Sword! And also the stickers are already placed on Fortress Maximus, hallelujah!
Check out my other Fortress Maximus posts here!
SDCC/STGCC Fortress Maximus is discernibly different in starship and city modes (Part 1 of 2)
SDCC/STGCC Fortress Maximus in robot mode revealed! (Part 2 of 2)
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