Generations Darkmount (Straxus) gallery now online
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 9:02AM CDT
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Seibertron has posted a fantastic gallery of this figure. Click on the images below to see the full gallery.
Few robots achieve the same legendary status as Megatron, but Darkmount is one. He is just as famous on Cybertron as the impenetrable fortress that bears his name. From there, he ruled his small corner of the machine world with an iron fist, controlling his subjects with an equal measure of fear and pain. So terrible was his rule that even Megatron gave him a wide berth, and treated him with the respect due to an equal.
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Posted by Stockade on August 17th, 2010 @ 9:39am CDT
awesome job on the gallery too!!
Posted by Joker'sRequiem on August 17th, 2010 @ 9:44am CDT
So far though I've only seen Wave 1 near where I live, so hopefully Wave 2 comes out soon.
Posted by gothsaurus on August 17th, 2010 @ 10:00am CDT
Posted by Rated X on August 17th, 2010 @ 11:01am CDT
Posted by Sky-Quake on August 17th, 2010 @ 11:08am CDT
Posted by Seibertron on August 17th, 2010 @ 11:43am CDT
Rated X wrote:Why must Transformers continue to look more and more like comic book characters ??? I am not familiar with "Straxus". I have watched G1, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, and Beast Wars series and never heard of him. Exactly where does Straxus come from ??? If the answer is comic books then that is why I never heard of him. I dont read em very often.
Check out the gallery! Your answer is there.
Posted by Counterpunch on August 17th, 2010 @ 11:56am CDT
Rated X wrote:Why must Transformers continue to look more and more like comic book characters ??? I am not familiar with "Straxus". I have watched G1, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, and Beast Wars series and never heard of him. Exactly where does Straxus come from ??? If the answer is comic books then that is why I never heard of him. I dont read em very often.
There was a time where your perceptions of Transformers were derived from one of two sources, the cartoon or the Marvel comics.
Though for YEARS I was loathe to read through them due to the terrible art, I have recently been picking up the Marvel G1 comics and the stories are at least as enjoyable as the old cartoons.
They have their issues, but many of those are just symptoms of the comic industry at the time. There's some worthwhile storytelling in there though.
Posted by Seibertron on August 17th, 2010 @ 12:16pm CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Rated X wrote:Why must Transformers continue to look more and more like comic book characters ??? I am not familiar with "Straxus". I have watched G1, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, and Beast Wars series and never heard of him. Exactly where does Straxus come from ??? If the answer is comic books then that is why I never heard of him. I dont read em very often.
There was a time where your perceptions of Transformers were derived from one of two sources, the cartoon or the Marvel comics.
Though for YEARS I was loathe to read through them due to the terrible art, I have recently been picking up the Marvel G1 comics and the stories are at least as enjoyable as the old cartoons.
They have their issues, but many of those are just symptoms of the comic industry at the time. There's some worthwhile storytelling in there though.
And there was a looong time where we only had the Marvel comics. The comics lasted at least 3 years longer than the cartoon did. Not to mention the UK comics which were delivered weekly with your weekend newspaper if you had a subscription. The comics even had a stronger influence overseas. It's my perception that the comic was THE primary medium for Transformers during the 80s in the UK. Straxus ended up having a much more prominent role later in the UK comics than he did in the US.
I've recently gotten back into collecting the old UK comics. First, the recent trade paperbacks are no substitute for the actual books. There's something to be said for all of the extras that were in the UK comics outside of the actual books, not to mention that not all of the UK stories have been reprinted yet (not by a long shot). Despite having scans of the entire UK comic run on my computer for the past 8 years, I have refused to read them that way and waited until I owned the actual comics to read them. It has been a real treat reading the stories that "happened" between the US stories. I feel like I'm rediscovering the old school comics all over again. It's a really nostalgic feeling which I haven't felt in quite a while since I own all of the U.S. Transformers toys.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on August 17th, 2010 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by Shadowstream on August 17th, 2010 @ 1:45pm CDT
Posted by Tirade on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:08pm CDT
@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
Posted by Blurrz on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:09pm CDT
Posted by Shadowstream on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:22pm CDT
Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
Posted by Aladar The Outmode on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:24pm CDT
Posted by Tirade on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:30pm CDT
Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
Posted by Counterpunch on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:40pm CDT
Where Galvatron fails as a Deluxe, Straxus is nicely scaled to DL Blaster.
Posted by Seibertron on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:43pm CDT
Tirade wrote:How are the ankles, Seibertron? That's the one area of concern for me. Everything else about him looks great.
As you can see from this picture where he's standing on one foot, the ankles are just fine!
Many of the photos in this gallery showcase how flexible having an ankle ball joint is on this figure. He's really an extremely poseable figure.
Posted by Shadowstream on August 17th, 2010 @ 2:57pm CDT
Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
IDW Fort Max is a normal sized TF and likewise Thunderwing is enormous. Also, the scale of any given character in the Marvel comics varied at any moment.
Bottom line: scale = null.
Posted by Dead Metal on August 17th, 2010 @ 3:00pm CDT
Posted by Tirade on August 17th, 2010 @ 3:02pm CDT
Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
IDW Fort Max is a normal sized TF and likewise Thunderwing is enormous. Also, the scale of any given character in the Marvel comics varied at any moment.
Bottom line: scale = null.
*Sigh* I'm basing this off of the original toys, not their comic book appearances (and the odd IDW size choices). I only mentioned comics because of Darkmount/Straxus. The Marvel comics are the only reference material we have for him.
Posted by Mindmaster on August 17th, 2010 @ 3:05pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on August 17th, 2010 @ 3:10pm CDT
Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
IDW Fort Max is a normal sized TF and likewise Thunderwing is enormous. Also, the scale of any given character in the Marvel comics varied at any moment.
Bottom line: scale = null.
*Sigh* I'm basing this off of the original toys, not their comic book appearances (and the odd IDW size choices). I only mentioned comics because of Darkmount/Straxus. The Marvel comics are the only reference material we have for him.
I'll throw in my vote for a Leader Class or Supreme Class Fortress Maximus and Scorponok!
I think any size class that wouldn't allow for a base mode that interacts with Mini-Cons and maybe have gun ports for Scout class figures would be an insult to both of those characters -- Fort Max in particular.
As for Scorponok, I would settle for a G1 colored Energon Scorponok in the Classics line as well as a G1 colored Energon "Shockblast" toy. If they did a toy from scratch to honor G1 Scorponok and also had Fort Max as his direct box case counterpart, I'd have to hold out hope for a Leader Class toy.
Posted by Chupacabra Convoy on August 17th, 2010 @ 5:43pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
IDW Fort Max is a normal sized TF and likewise Thunderwing is enormous. Also, the scale of any given character in the Marvel comics varied at any moment.
Bottom line: scale = null.
*Sigh* I'm basing this off of the original toys, not their comic book appearances (and the odd IDW size choices). I only mentioned comics because of Darkmount/Straxus. The Marvel comics are the only reference material we have for him.
I'll throw in my vote for a Leader Class or Supreme Class Fortress Maximus and Scorponok!
I think any size class that wouldn't allow for a base mode that interacts with Mini-Cons and maybe have gun ports for Scout class figures would be an insult to both of those characters -- Fort Max in particular.
As for Scorponok, I would settle for a G1 colored Energon Scorponok in the Classics line as well as a G1 colored Energon "Shockblast" toy. If they did a toy from scratch to honor G1 Scorponok and also had Fort Max as his direct box case counterpart, I'd have to hold out hope for a Leader Class toy.
Personally, I think a leader class of either of those toys is possible, it just depends if you're willing to get them re imagined for whatever TV show they have at the time. Remember how there was an Animated Supreme Roll Command Optimus, but not an Omega Supreme? The reason why there was one of Optimus is that he was a part of the show, and was in almost every episode, while Omega was used more often as a location than a character. So in order for these guys to get re imagined, they have to be triple changers that plug into the larger figure, but be able to interact with other characters on a smaller scale, like Fort Max in the japanese head master cartoon.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on August 17th, 2010 @ 6:39pm CDT
Now as for this talk of a toy for the obscure Autobot debuting in #17, Scrounge was a beautifully tragic character, but since he turns into a wheel that rolls around on edge, I see 2 problems:
1) I'm not sure that's something the younger fans would deem exciting on sight. I mean, I'd have preferred Straxus's flying cannon mode over Darkmount's Earth tank, but realize they had to do it this way as his Cybertron mode wouldn't really look like anything to most newbies who haven't read issue #18.
2) He'd be tough to engineer, what with Scrounge's robot mode having no curvy alt-mode features.
Then again, we just got a toy that DOES become a little wheel, and it's Scrounge's old resistance teammate to boot: Cosmos! All they'd have to do to the Classics Legends Cosmos mold is slice off that tailfin and remold the head, and we'd have a pretty decent Scrounge. Sure it wouldn't have the finger gimmick, but any toy with that would be too big for the character. If Hasbro won't do it for these waves of Generations Legends coming out soon, maybe as a Botcon exclusive? Fans probably shouldn't kitbash too many themselves though, as Cosmos is likely the second most desired/expensive of those legends after Bumblebee, on both sides of the pond. Has this been suggested before?
Posted by Mindmaster on August 17th, 2010 @ 7:13pm CDT
Chupacabra Convoy wrote:Seibertron wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:Shadowstream wrote:Tirade wrote:@Shadowstream
Problem is, most of those other Autobot leaders were very large toys originally. They wouldn't fit well in the Generations line now as Deluxe figures. Plus I doubt we will ever see new molds larger than Universe's Ultra class. In Dai Atlas's case, an Ultra class mold would probably work. For Fort Max? No way. He deserves something bigger.
And the same couldn't be said of Galvatron, Straxus, or Thunderwing? Yeah, I don't think scale is an issue here, given they throw that out the window just to get a character released.
We all know Galvatron should have been switched with Powerglide. I'll grant that. As for Thuderwing, his toy was hardly towering. I think Deluxe sized fits him fine. With Straxus, we don't have much reference material outside of the comic. Based on the comics, I think Deluxe is a solid size for him. I can't imagine him being any larger than Voyager sized. The only way Fort Max is going to be done is as a Deluxe sized Cerebros figure. I don't see him happening in any other form.
IDW Fort Max is a normal sized TF and likewise Thunderwing is enormous. Also, the scale of any given character in the Marvel comics varied at any moment.
Bottom line: scale = null.
*Sigh* I'm basing this off of the original toys, not their comic book appearances (and the odd IDW size choices). I only mentioned comics because of Darkmount/Straxus. The Marvel comics are the only reference material we have for him.
I'll throw in my vote for a Leader Class or Supreme Class Fortress Maximus and Scorponok!
I think any size class that wouldn't allow for a base mode that interacts with Mini-Cons and maybe have gun ports for Scout class figures would be an insult to both of those characters -- Fort Max in particular.
As for Scorponok, I would settle for a G1 colored Energon Scorponok in the Classics line as well as a G1 colored Energon "Shockblast" toy. If they did a toy from scratch to honor G1 Scorponok and also had Fort Max as his direct box case counterpart, I'd have to hold out hope for a Leader Class toy.
Personally, I think a leader class of either of those toys is possible, it just depends if you're willing to get them re imagined for whatever TV show they have at the time. Remember how there was an Animated Supreme Roll Command Optimus, but not an Omega Supreme? The reason why there was one of Optimus is that he was a part of the show, and was in almost every episode, while Omega was used more often as a location than a character. So in order for these guys to get re imagined, they have to be triple changers that plug into the larger figure, but be able to interact with other characters on a smaller scale, like Fort Max in the japanese head master cartoon.
If they actually do make up at least 1-2 Leader Class molds for Generations, like my homie Seibertron, my vote's for Fort. Maximus and Scorponok. Just seems like the logical choice, abd if it's not gonna be Maximus, Metroplex is a good choice as well. C'mon Hasbro, you know you want my moola....
Posted by Rodimus Prime on August 18th, 2010 @ 2:19am CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 18th, 2010 @ 10:28pm CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on August 19th, 2010 @ 6:52am CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:So, apparently Darkmount's instructions accidentally revealed the Skullgrin head (like Axor and Cliffjumper have been). Could we get pics of that?
I think that's just Darkmount's online instructions.
Posted by Seibertron on August 19th, 2010 @ 10:03am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:So, apparently Darkmount's instructions accidentally revealed the Skullgrin head (like Axor and Cliffjumper have been). Could we get pics of that?
I think that's just Darkmount's online instructions.
The real ones do that as well. I forgot to take pics of it but Hasbro did the work for me apparently and posted the actual instructions.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ead/19578/
Posted by Seibertron on August 19th, 2010 @ 10:12am CDT
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery. ... 0&start=15