Liegian Darts - Revision history

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Age of the Primes */ Out apparently!

2026-04-10T16:07:38Z

Age of the Primes: Out apparently!

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	::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''		::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

	~~{{comingsoontoy}}~~
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BluJayWarrior: /* Age of the Primes */

2026-03-03T02:58:19Z

Age of the Primes

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	[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]		[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
	{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>		{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

	:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.		:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory bearing Maximo's personal insignia which the darts can plug into.

			:The L''ie''gian Darts are misspelled as "L''ei''gian Darts" in [[alphabet\|Autobot text]] on his box and instructions.

	::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''		::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

AzimuthAcolyte: Undo revision 1895246 by AzimuthAcolyte (talk)Misremembered formatting

2026-02-22T19:21:19Z

Undo revision 1895246 by AzimuthAcolyte (talk)Misremembered formatting

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	===''Age of the Primes''===		===''Age of the Primes''===
	[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]		[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''~~[[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\|~~The Thirteen Liege Maximo]]''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
	{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>		{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Age of the Primes */

2026-02-22T01:09:25Z

Age of the Primes

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	===''Age of the Primes''===		===''Age of the Primes''===
	[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]		[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''[[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\|The Thirteen Liege Maximo]]''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
	{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>		{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

Arceespinkgun at 01:27, 13 February 2026

2026-02-13T01:27:57Z

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	[[File:LegacyofHope-LiegianDartAllSpark.jpeg\|thumb\|300px\|~~Aw, farts, they’ve tranquilized~~ the AllSpark!]]		[[File:LegacyofHope-LiegianDartAllSpark.jpeg\|thumb\|300px\|It changed the AllSpark's setting from "blow" to "suck."]]

	The '''Liegian Darts''' are the [[Artifacts of the Primes\|artifact]] of the [[Liege Maximo]]. The darts contained powerful toxins designed to incapacitate Maximo's foes in various ways once they entered the body.		The '''Liegian Darts''' are the [[Artifacts of the Primes\|artifact]] of the [[Liege Maximo]]. The darts contained powerful toxins designed to incapacitate Maximo's foes in various ways once they entered the body.

TheLastGherkin: /* Notes */ Smoking gun (dart)

2026-02-12T10:50:03Z

Notes: Smoking gun (dart)

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	[[File:Alignment Liege Maximo.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Alignment Liege Maximo.jpg\|thumb]]
	* ~~While we can only speculate, a possible origin~~ of the ~~Liegian Darts may lie~~ in a [[Geoff Senior]] illustration of the Liege Maximo produced for the unofficial "[[Alignment]]" story, as seen at right~~. This piece~~ depicts the titanic Maximo sending forth three pointed spacecraft from his palm, ~~and~~ was ~~notably~~ reprinted in an official capacity in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', a book which became the ''de facto'' reference text for the franchise for years afterwards. Out of context, could ~~this image have been~~ interpreted as a less enormous Liege Maximo firing dart weapons from his hand, ~~thus inspiring~~ the Liegian ~~Darts when~~ the ~~time came to establish~~ a signature artifact ~~for each Prime? Whether true or not~~, ''Age of the Primes'' ~~took it full circle and used the designs~~ of the ~~three ships for the Liegian Darts included with the line's Liege Maximo figure~~.		* The Liegian Darts originated as part of the so-called "[[Binder of Revelation]]"—an internal [[Hasbro]] document designed to align brand storytelling—and at the time they didn't seem to be taken from any of the Liege Maximo's previous (scant) appearances in fiction. Rather, it seems they were derived from a [[Geoff Senior]] illustration of the Liege Maximo produced for the unofficial "[[Alignment]]" story, as seen at right, which depicts the titanic Maximo sending forth three pointed spacecraft from his palm. Notably, this piece was reprinted in an official capacity in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', a book which became the ''de facto'' reference text for the franchise for years afterwards. Out of context, the image could be interpreted as a less enormous Liege Maximo firing dart weapons from his hand. We were left to speculate until, shortly after the ''Age of the Primes'' toy reveal, the fandom uncovered a wealth of artwork that went into the production of the ''Autobot Alliance'' Immersive Experience in China that included a Liegian Dart represented by the design of one of the spaceships,<ref>[https://www.richardsearsdirector.com/immersive-transformers ''Autobot Alliance'' artwork on Richard Sears' online portfolio]</ref> meaning that Hasbro had considered them one and the same since 2017 at the latest. The exhibition featured a touchscreen game which required pairing each Prime with their signature artifact and included the spaceship/dart artwork (dartwork), meaning the fandom at large could have discovered this nine years before the ''Age of the Primes'' toy, if any of us had made the trip to Chongqing.

	==References==		==References==

AzimuthAcolyte: /* Age of the Primes */ AOTP design notes!

2026-02-11T03:42:49Z

Age of the Primes: AOTP design notes!

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	:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.		:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.

			::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

	{{comingsoontoy}}		{{comingsoontoy}}
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TimeLord11 at 14:49, 9 February 2026

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	===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===		===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
	Liege Maximo ~~had Hot Rod use one of the Liegian Darts~~ to ~~recreate~~ the [[~~Emberstone~~]] ~~by drawing~~ the ~~power out of Robby Malto's and Mo Malto's~~ [[~~cyber-sleeve~~]]s. ~~Later,~~ Liege Maximo ~~used~~ the ~~Liegian Darts to battle Optimus Prime when he made an escape from Liege~~'~~s base~~.		Upon escaping the "lightless void" that he'd been imprisoned in, Liege Maximo returned to [[Cybertron (planet)\|Cybertron]] found the [[AllSpark]] and embedded one of his Darts in it, causing the AllSpark to begin leeching [[energon]] into itself rather than healing the planet. This allowed Liege Maximo to strictly control the Transformers' supply of energon and take control of the planet. {{storylink\|Legacy of Hope}}

	~~In order~~ to ~~control~~ [[~~Cybertron~~ (~~planet~~)\|~~Cybertron~~]]~~'s remaining transformers, Liege had also embedded one of the darts in~~ the [[~~AllSpark~~]] ~~in order~~ to ~~cause~~ it ~~to leach life~~ from ~~everyone on~~ the ~~planet'~~s ~~surface~~. ~~This allowed~~ Liege Maximo to ~~strictly control the transformers~~' ~~supply of~~ [[~~Energon~~]]. {{storylink\|Legacy of Hope}}		When the [[space bridge]] to Earth was reopened, Maximo sent [[Hot Rod (ES)\|Hot Rod]] through to retrieve the [[Emberstone]], the Autobot using a Dart to reconstitute it from the [[cyber-sleeve]]s. {{storylink\|Hometown Heroes}}

			When the other Autobots followed to Cybertron, Liege Maximo used the Liegian Darts to battle [[Optimus Prime (ES)\|Optimus Prime]] when he made an escape from Liege's base. [[Robby Malto]]'s group meanwhile found the poisoned AllSpark and removed the Dart, allowing it to start healing the planet and collapsing Maximo's plan. {{storylink\|Legacy of Hope}}
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AzimuthAcolyte: AOTP design credits!

2026-02-04T05:49:40Z

AOTP design credits!

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	[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]		[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
			{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

	:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.		:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.
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	[[File:Alignment Liege Maximo.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:Alignment Liege Maximo.jpg\|thumb]]
	* While we can only speculate, a possible origin of the Liegian Darts may lie in a [[Geoff Senior]] illustration of the Liege Maximo produced for the unofficial "[[Alignment]]" story, as seen at right. This piece depicts the titanic Maximo sending forth three pointed spacecraft from his palm, and was notably reprinted in an official capacity in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', a book which became the ''de facto'' reference text for the franchise for years afterwards. Out of context, could this image have been interpreted as a less enormous Liege Maximo firing dart weapons from his hand, thus inspiring the Liegian Darts when the time came to establish a signature artifact for each Prime? Whether true or not, ''Age of the Primes'' took it full circle and used the designs of the three ships for the Liegian Darts included with the line's Liege Maximo figure.		* While we can only speculate, a possible origin of the Liegian Darts may lie in a [[Geoff Senior]] illustration of the Liege Maximo produced for the unofficial "[[Alignment]]" story, as seen at right. This piece depicts the titanic Maximo sending forth three pointed spacecraft from his palm, and was notably reprinted in an official capacity in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', a book which became the ''de facto'' reference text for the franchise for years afterwards. Out of context, could this image have been interpreted as a less enormous Liege Maximo firing dart weapons from his hand, thus inspiring the Liegian Darts when the time came to establish a signature artifact for each Prime? Whether true or not, ''Age of the Primes'' took it full circle and used the designs of the three ships for the Liegian Darts included with the line's Liege Maximo figure.

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]		[[Category:Artifacts of the Primes]]

AzimuthAcolyte at 22:07, 3 February 2026

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	===''Transformers: Galactic Trials''===		===''Transformers: Galactic Trials''===
	The Liegian Darts were an artifact that could be acquired. {{storylink\|Transformers: Galactic Trials}}		The Liegian Darts were an artifact that could be acquired. {{storylink\|Transformers: Galactic Trials}}
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	==Toys==		==Toys==
	===''Age of the Primes''===		===''Age of the Primes''===

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	[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]		[[File:AgeofthePrimestoy-LiegeMaximo.jpg\|right\|thumb\|300px\|]]
	<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-pr11\|'''The Thirteen Liege Maximo''' (Leader Class, [[2026]])}}</ul>
	{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]] and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>		{{toydesigner\|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[February 3]], [[2026]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzWSj4wlnqM Transformers Age of the Primes Deep Dive \| In-Hand Look at the New Wave \| February 2026] on YouTube, with [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], and [[Nate Purswell]].</ref>

	:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory which the darts can plug into.		:The ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes\|Age of the Primes]]'' [[Liege Maximo#Age of the Primes\| incarnation of Liege Maximo]] comes with three of his signature Liegian Darts cast in translucent red plastic, designed to resemble the spaceships in the art seen in the Notes below, as well as a new launcher accessory bearing Maximo's personal insignia which the darts can plug into.

			:The L''ie''gian Darts are misspelled as "L''ei''gian Darts" in [[alphabet\|Autobot text]] on his box and instructions.

	::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''		::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/DUl9pzSlO6o/ Designer commentary on ''Age of the Primes'' Liege Maximo from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

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	[[File:LegacyofHope-LiegianDartAllSpark.jpeg\|thumb\|300px\|~~Aw, farts, they’ve tranquilized~~ the AllSpark!]]		[[File:LegacyofHope-LiegianDartAllSpark.jpeg\|thumb\|300px\|It changed the AllSpark's setting from "blow" to "suck."]]

	The '''Liegian Darts''' are the [[Artifacts of the Primes\|artifact]] of the [[Liege Maximo]]. The darts contained powerful toxins designed to incapacitate Maximo's foes in various ways once they entered the body.		The '''Liegian Darts''' are the [[Artifacts of the Primes\|artifact]] of the [[Liege Maximo]]. The darts contained powerful toxins designed to incapacitate Maximo's foes in various ways once they entered the body.