20 thoughts on “Amusing Articulations: An Introduction to Fortress Minimus…”
On our recent trip to the Oklahoma City Lego Store, we stopped at a few stores that we don’t have here at home to see what we could find.
At a Gordman’s, we found a slew of Transformers bootlegs. They were all cheap, and cheaply made. I sorted through them and found plenty I liked. The ones I really wanted were shrunk-down combiners: Devastator, Defensor, Computron, Superion, etc. But I was only going to buy one I decided, and I knew which one as soon as I saw him. A shrunk-down version of a toy I had always wanted: Fortress Maximus.
He’s a neat little guy for $5. The bootleg people made plenty of weird decisions; each time you look at him you see a new little quirk. It’s partly because the original FM was crammed full of so many working parts and the bootleg actually kept more of them than you’d expect. I can take a few serious pictures of him to show off his detail (and sometimes lack thereof) if folks would like to see it.
A $5 figure can split into five parts and each of those parts can then transform into a vehicle. For $5. Maybe I should just start buying bootlegs.
If you can find ’em, there are some cool ones. I live in the midwest, so few good ones ever get close.
I think you should start a bootleg review feature. Bootlegs are awesome.
Well, maybe next week I can find an open spot for a Fortress Maximus. 😉
i’d like to see the review
Next week!
he’s so tiny….
Expert in this are you? 😛
I think Lord of the 1:18th shouldn’t talk to me about that?
Could be worse, he could only get 1:64 stuff…
At least I’m IN scale.
I have a feeling Fortress Minimus is going to be a reoccuring character
… could be.
the only problem is, you have to be uber gentle w/ those gordman’s boots… i bought my kids the insecticons set i found there and literally, they came apart pulling the card off the blister.
Yes, he’s a bit flimsy.
Gordman’s is my new favorite place.
It was pretty cool though.
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On our recent trip to the Oklahoma City Lego Store, we stopped at a few stores that we don’t have here at home to see what we could find.
At a Gordman’s, we found a slew of Transformers bootlegs. They were all cheap, and cheaply made. I sorted through them and found plenty I liked. The ones I really wanted were shrunk-down combiners: Devastator, Defensor, Computron, Superion, etc. But I was only going to buy one I decided, and I knew which one as soon as I saw him. A shrunk-down version of a toy I had always wanted: Fortress Maximus.
He’s a neat little guy for $5. The bootleg people made plenty of weird decisions; each time you look at him you see a new little quirk. It’s partly because the original FM was crammed full of so many working parts and the bootleg actually kept more of them than you’d expect. I can take a few serious pictures of him to show off his detail (and sometimes lack thereof) if folks would like to see it.
A $5 figure can split into five parts and each of those parts can then transform into a vehicle. For $5. Maybe I should just start buying bootlegs.
If you can find ’em, there are some cool ones. I live in the midwest, so few good ones ever get close.
I think you should start a bootleg review feature. Bootlegs are awesome.
Well, maybe next week I can find an open spot for a Fortress Maximus. 😉
i’d like to see the review
Next week!
he’s so tiny….
Expert in this are you? 😛
I think Lord of the 1:18th shouldn’t talk to me about that?
Could be worse, he could only get 1:64 stuff…
At least I’m IN scale.
I have a feeling Fortress Minimus is going to be a reoccuring character
… could be.
the only problem is, you have to be uber gentle w/ those gordman’s boots… i bought my kids the insecticons set i found there and literally, they came apart pulling the card off the blister.
Yes, he’s a bit flimsy.
Gordman’s is my new favorite place.
It was pretty cool though.
Your site just told me “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.”
O_o!?
LOL