you gotta see this...

dexom · Post by **dexom** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 12:37 am

i was searching for a brave maximus on ebay; when i spotted this auction. its gotta be worth a mint. i wonder how much its worth. and i gotta wonder what hes asking and if he'll get it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WDVW

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:48 pm

Alot of the stuff in that pic is too recent for me to bother with - besides, I think I've already got all of that (most of it at least, if my memory serves me correctly).
Cheap price though. And being boxed is always nice.

Just ask BF.

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:48 pm

Why are you looking for a Brave Max? For only about $100 more, you can get a complete Fortress Maximus, which contains many critical accessories that Brave Maximus doesn't have.

That's a nice lot, but it's an unusual combination of newer shelf-warming items and older classics that all TF fans with cash to spend already own. As a result, the lot may close a lot cheaper than it should. Also keep in mind that shipping is going to be a killer.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:13 pm

shaxper wrote:it's an unusual combination of newer shelf-warming items and older classics that all TF fans with cash to spend already own.

Like he said.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 4:58 pm

Now that's more like it. Even I'm tempted now.

Hey! Where'd the previous post go?

dexom · Post by **dexom** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:00 pm

shaxper wrote:Why are you looking for a Brave Max?

because i wanted it when i was younger and didn't know its name. it was the color scheme i saw in a magazine in base mode. and it was falsely advertised as "the control center" which is why it was never under my x-mas tree.

dexom · Post by **dexom** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:02 pm

oh and yeah i would like to own all the original combiners. and i do mean original; not reissue.

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:27 pm

But Brave Maximus was only first released in 2000, and then only in Korea and Japan. Fortress Maximus is the original that was released in the US and UK, and it has many more vital accessories.

Incidentally, why do you prefer vintage over reissues? Reissues are often perfect replicas, occasionally are slightly different, and sometimes are even slightly improved. I would take a fresh, MIB version for two thirds of the price rather than a dusty old vintage that's been in god knows how many dirty hands and mouths over the years.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:04 pm

I would love to just start a G1 collection over from scratch, buy a bunch of c6-7 or less figs, and restore them. I think it would be totally rewarding to get a cheap price on a cool figure, and then nurse it back to health, searching all over the world for his gun and missles and stuff.

I remember when I first started looking for accessories to fill the holes in my collection, I thought, "You can literally go searching around the globe for a little piece of plastic from the comfort of your own home. Internet Crazy."

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:31 pm

Pah! I can't even find a decent list of garden centres near me by using the internet.

I like both old and reissued TFs. I'm happy either way as long as the old ones aren't in too bad a condition.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 9:26 pm

Yeah, I like oldies too. I have a yellow Ratchet and EXTREMELY fragile and kinda broken Jetfire from childhood that I wouldn't trade for c10 figs for anything.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:09 pm

I traded some of my old boxed doubles for a load of reissues. I really regret it now, and wish I'd just stumped up the cash for the new TFs instead.

It was a good deal, but I just miss those spares in my collection.

dexom · Post by **dexom** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:45 am

well maybe it was fortress maximus, but i remember a different color scheme than white and grey. i remember blues and blacks and reds.

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:33 pm

dexom wrote:well maybe it was fortress maximus, but i remember a different color scheme than white and grey. i remember blues and blacks and reds.

Odd. Approximately what years are we talking about? Grand Maximus is an Asian exclusive rerelease of Fort Max that predates Brave Max, but only Brave Max has red in his color scheme. He was definitely first released in 2000, and only in Japan and Korea.