This man wins.

 

Manufactured in 1988 ... mine still looks good to me:







And I'm 99% sure it's a straight-up reissue. No significant tooling changes so therefore no change in articulation.

 

That sir, is indeed a beautiful sight.

 

Greasy Chubby Man Fingers Degrade Plastic.

 

Sorry but that aint happening. The reissue will never hit the vintage levels of worth. The reason is that there will be more reissues to choce from in MIB/MISB state as there are more collectors now. There are far far fewer MISB Max's or heck even minty MIB ones.

This goes for all reissues and not Max alone. The really good specimens of vintage items will in 99% always hold their value because there are so few of them. Especially when you are starting to look a the MIB/MISB area of G1.

however I am sure Encore Max will rise in value once he is sold out. How much is another thing but it wont be near vintage levels. So for those who really want one I suggest you take one now before he gets more expensiv. I already have a boxed vintage oen so I dont care for one, but its a nice opertunety for many, dont waste it.

Now ehobby were is my Grand Max..you absterds  

 

EC, I second you on your quote above.  

 

who is buying a reissue fortress maximus to keep it in a box? i am confused.  

you buy the reissue, so you can keep your original in the box!  

 

That is a thing of beauty right there.

 

oh you and on the "articulation" thing, g1's were cool enough, to never need articulation.  

 

that looks sooo sweet! hope the encore looks just the same like that.
nicely packed in foam!  

 

Enough to make a grown man cry.

I hope you hug that thing every now and then, cause if I had that, I totally would.

 

That Grand Max is damn mint,feel with envy man

 

And third parties: Where are our Pretender shells?!

Don't get me wrong, I love that this is being reissued and think Grand would be great as well. I just don't know that I want to give up twice the shelf space, to say nothing of the additional cost, for 1 accessory.

 

Fort Max has all the articulation he needs…. Stand there looking as powerful and pimp as possible.

 

I don't think I have a hat big enough for his noggin.

These bowler hats might fit on Fortress/Cerebros tho.

 

That's when you get one of these hats for Max  

Damn, hard to believe this guy's release is soon. I need to hurry up and get more ebay stuff posted so I can have the funds to get him.

 

+1 to that  

Does anyone know Fort Max's dimensions in city and spaceship mode? Trying to get an idea of where I can display him.

 

<gets Brave Max out the cupboard>

Battleship

Length 85 cm
Width 35 cm
Height 30 cm

City

Length 50 cm
Width 35 cm
Height 30 cm

Robot

Height 60 cm
Width 35 cm
Depth 18 cm

all aproximate

 

Very much appreciated mate, cheers  

 

I'm psyched for Fort Max, but may need to wait till a time where I have more money lol.

EDIT::though thinking about it, I have NO IDEA where I'm gonna put a behemoth like him...