I could be wrong. How long ago was it?
Mainly by Artemis and Moon, since they were the only ones who knew its name at that point in the show.
Reasons why Grandus should be the next titan
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He a big boi who deserves a big toi
In all honesty, he's really not very tall. Star Convoy was the tallest of the group. Grandus is more stocky and stout:
He's certainly big when compared to the Micromasters, since he's meant to be a baseformer designed for Micromaster interactivity. But when compared to normal-sized Autobot Cars and Mini-Bots, he's not very large-scaled at all.
He's certainly big when compared to the Micromasters, since he's meant to be a baseformer designed for Micromaster interactivity. But when compared to normal-sized Autobot Cars and Mini-Bots, he's not very large-scaled at all.
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That's what I'm saying! Use that Titan budget to give us two big, wide bois instead of one inaccurately tall boi. Couple of very plussed up Leader classes that turn into these nice chonky bases.
Just give him the basics of articulation at last, and lots of attachment points and opening panels and pivoting guns and whatnot. I figure that with those joints, proportionally speaking he'd wind up shaped like Combiner Wars Long Haul.
Just give him the basics of articulation at last, and lots of attachment points and opening panels and pivoting guns and whatnot. I figure that with those joints, proportionally speaking he'd wind up shaped like Combiner Wars Long Haul.
Grandus was drawn as the tallest of the group though.
Well he's clearly the good looking one.
Grandus is just doing what insecure guys do when they marry taller women and then try to stand closer to the camera for their wedding pictures or political candidates insist on altering their podium height for debates.
I never actually looked closely at him before and I'm having flashbacks to the Battle Base from Wheeled Warriors.
"I'm a little Grandus, short and stout, here is my handle and here is DEATH..."
(opens fire with everything)
-probably one of those 'short sharp lesson'/'whole world of pain' Furmanisms or something.
I never actually looked closely at him before and I'm having flashbacks to the Battle Base from Wheeled Warriors.
"I'm a little Grandus, short and stout, here is my handle and here is DEATH..."
(opens fire with everything)
-probably one of those 'short sharp lesson'/'whole world of pain' Furmanisms or something.
Late '90s. I'd say '99 at the latest, but possibly/probably '98.
Hmm, then it's very possible it could have been Ctenosaur. Their name was always in the series logo during the theme song opening. Their subs were also yellow.
Broadside sounds like an easy Tidal Wave retool, and has in fact been mentioned in such threads forever. But he makes more sense to me as a Commander class figure at most, since he's never been "big enough to be a video game level", which might be the most memorable thing about Tidal Wave.
I think we should get a new Metroplex and a new Fort Max, borh redesigned from the ground up. Eventually, maybe soon.
But right now I'm all in on Grandus.
I think we should get a new Metroplex and a new Fort Max, borh redesigned from the ground up. Eventually, maybe soon.
But right now I'm all in on Grandus.
I assume Grandus would be a relatively small Titan. Grandus requires some complicated jointwork, but when Titans get too big, load bearing becomes the design concern above all else.
Depending on how hollow they make him for the base mode, he might make for a big Commander instead. Depends how sold they'd be on making him huge. I mean, he was one of the Big Toys of his year, but that same year was also a lot of Micromasters.
Heh heh.
But yeah, if they were to actually give him any more joints, the "open cupboard" altmode would present some challenges (the "just facedown" aircraft carrier mode would be easier). I imagine he'd be pretty demanding partswise after all.
Maybe the base altmode is just him sitting legs forward, and the lower legs unfold panels to cover the thighs and form one big flat panel on which the road based stuff can be mounted. Or maybe a similar setup where the knees are double jointed and also bend forwards so the base has some more height (the torso can contribute some paneling to cover the thighs for a unified vertical base). The gunfeet can either move to the sides on a bar, or he could just have duplicate ones deploying from the waist. The torso can open up on its own to have the platforms and base works and stuff.
I guess it'd come down to how big they'd like the aircraft carrier platform to be; the surface area of that squarish shape would be Grandus' overall proportions (give or take a bit if the legs extend).
In any case, maybe they can make the Titan a package of plussed up Commander class Grandus and, say, a Leader Sky Garry. They could come with a clutch of microtrailers and their partner micromasters, and maybe an additional patrol.
I am getting quite excited about a Grandus that does not exist.
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In a move that'll torque off everybody:
I suggest they could just heavily retool Legacy (Cybertron) Metroplex. It's 'worker' mode can pass Grandus' squat nature making it the default robot mode, leaving the extensions and decompressions free to be altered for his alt mode accommodations and play features.
And I say this as someone who has never handled LG Metroplex (even though I own one) and only know Grandus by the Allspark Almanac(s), a board members obession, and his "Oh LAWD he COMIN!" shape.
I suggest they could just heavily retool Legacy (Cybertron) Metroplex. It's 'worker' mode can pass Grandus' squat nature making it the default robot mode, leaving the extensions and decompressions free to be altered for his alt mode accommodations and play features.
And I say this as someone who has never handled LG Metroplex (even though I own one) and only know Grandus by the Allspark Almanac(s), a board members obession, and his "Oh LAWD he COMIN!" shape.
they should make grandus the next titan to give us a world record in terms of 'titan class going to clearance' because there's like 3 people outside japan who give a shit about grandus
No really. It is possible to keep the original base mode concept, but it requires some weird jointwork.