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<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot"><img alt="" src="Grand%20Maximus_files/30px-Symbol_autobot_reg.png" border="0" height="30" width="30"></a></div></div> | |||
:''Grand Maximus is an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_%28technology%29" title="Headmaster (technology)">Headmaster</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretender</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/City-bot" title="City-bot">City-bot</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super-God_Masterforce_%28franchise%29" title="Super-God Masterforce (franchise)">Super-God Masterforce</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28franchise%29" title="Generation 1 (franchise)">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.'' | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:|right|350px|thumb|Grandmax cartoon.jpg]] | ||
'''Grand Maximus''' is the younger <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Relatives" title="Relatives">brother</a> of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Supreme_Commander" title="Supreme Commander">Supreme Commander</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28G1%29" title="Fortress Maximus (G1)">Fortress Maximus</a>. He was among the Autobot refugees who fled <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> four million years ago under the leadership of his brother, and like his sibling, became a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_%28technology%29" title="Headmaster (technology)">Headmaster</a> when they crash-landed on the planet <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Master_%28Headmasters%29" title="Master (Headmasters)">Master</a>. Grand Maximus's mental functions are contained in his smallest component, '''Gran''', who connects to a larger <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transtector" title="Transtector">Transtector</a> named '''Grand''' to boost his strength to normal Transformer levels. Just like his bro, he pilots a ''Maximus'' battleship, with serves as a second, immense Transtector with which Grand combines to form "Grand Maximus". | |||
Grand seems to be a bit of a loner, who prefers the solitude of | |||
outer space to being tied down to any one planet or team. After | |||
becoming a Headmaster, he opted not to remain on Master with the other | |||
Transformers, joining up with a group of Autobots under the command of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metalhawk" title="Metalhawk">Metalhawk</a> and travelling space with them. Alongside Metalhawk's crew, Grand crash-landed on Neolithic <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and adopted <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretender</a> | |||
capabilities, endowing himself with the ability to transform into a | |||
human form. After centuries of working with Metalhawk to battle a group | |||
of Decepticons on Earth and guide the evolution of the burgeoning | |||
humanity, however, Grand again felt the lure of outer space, and now | |||
operates among the space-based Autobot forces battling the Decepticons | |||
across <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Athenia" title="Athenia">Athenia</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaar" title="Chaar">Chaar</a>. | |||
:''English-Malay dub name: '' '''Fortress Maximus''' | |||
=== | <a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> | ||
<a name="Cartoon_continuity"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cartoon continuity">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Cartoon continuity</span></h3> | |||
<a name="Super_God_Masterforce_cartoon"></a><h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Super God Masterforce cartoon">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">''Super God Masterforce'' cartoon</span></h4> | |||
:''Voice actor:'' <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ikuya_Sawaki" title="Ikuya Sawaki">Ikuya Sawaki</a> (Japanese) | |||
=== | [[Image:|left|180px|thumb|Behold! With my pretender shell, I can disguise myself as... a robot. Wait, why did I bother again?]] | ||
Grand Maximus was | In the early 21st Century, when the space-based Autobot forces under the command of Fortress Maximus discovered that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28G1%29" title="Scorponok (G1)">BlackZarak</a> | ||
was headed for Earth, Grand Maximus was dispatched to alert Metalhawk's | |||
Autobots, still on the planet. Entering Earth's atmosphere with his | |||
battleship cloaked from sight, Grand met with Metalhawk, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lander" title="Lander">Lander</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diver_%28Masterforce%29" title="Diver (Masterforce)">Diver</a> atop a mountain, where he supplied them with the plans and materials to construct "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godbomber" title="Godbomber">Godbomber</a>". This drone would endow the Autobots' mightiest warrior, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ginrai" title="Ginrai">Ginrai</a>, with the ability to fly and fight in space, thereby allowing him to stop BlackZarak before he reached Earth. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Life%3F_Death%3F_Lightfoot_Must_Choose" title="Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose">Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose</a></span> | |||
Grand Maximus subsequently headed back into space to keep an eye on the | |||
situation, and as the "Bomber Project" was nearing completion, Grand | |||
radioed the Autobots on Earth to inform them that BlackZarak was headed | |||
for the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Moon_%28moon%29" title="Moon (moon)">moon</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai_-_Into_the_Sky%21%21" title="God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!">God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!</a></span> With the construction of Godbomber complete, Ginrai wasted no time in heading for the moon and engaging BlackZarak and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overlord_%28Masterforce%29" title="Overlord (Masterforce)">Overlord</a> | |||
in battle. Ginrai did not fare well, but soon Grand Maximus arrived to | |||
join the fight, and with their combined might, the Autobot duo was able | |||
to defeat the two Decepticons. BlackZarak fled back into space, and | |||
Grand Maximus gave chase, assuring Ginrai that he could take care of | |||
things. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai_-_Showdown_on_the_Surface_of_the_Moon" title="God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon">God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon</a></span> | |||
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|New Battleship Maximus - no really, that's what it's called]] | |||
In the weeks that followed, BlackZarak mastered the art of localized | |||
gravity manipulation, enabling him to create powerful black holes that | |||
he could use to teleport himself around the galaxy. While pursuing his | |||
foe, Grand Maximus was trapped within one of these black holes, | |||
exerting all his energy just to hold steady against its pull and | |||
prevent himself from being drawn into the heart of the singularity and | |||
obliterated. Down on Earth, meanwhile, the Decepticon had succeeded in | |||
destroying the Autobots' base, prompting Ginrai to contact Grand in | |||
hopes that his battleship could be employed as a new headquarters. When | |||
Grand, trapped in the black hole, did not respond to his communiqué, | |||
Ginrai headed into space to investigate, only to be pulled into the | |||
black hole as well and wind up trapped alongside Grand. Luckily, the | |||
pair were able to draw on the electromagnetic waves of the black hole | |||
to re-energize themselves, and they then combined their energy into a | |||
massive blast of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dkon_Power" title="Chōkon Power">Chōkon Power</a> | |||
that destroyed the black hole from the inside out. Freed, the pair | |||
immediately headed to Earth, where BlackZarak had already joined up | |||
with the Decepticons and cut a swathe of destruction across the planet. | |||
Merging their energies once more, Grand and Ginrai were able to defeat | |||
Overlord and BlackZarak again, and the villains pulled out of the | |||
fight. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/BlackZarak_-_Destroyer_from_Space" title="BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space">BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space</a></span> | |||
[[Image:|left|142px|thumb|Blink and you'll miss him.]] | |||
While the Autobots were searching Earth for the Decepticons, Grand | |||
Maximus detected the villains heading into space, and transported the | |||
Autobots in pursuit of them aboard his battleship. The Autobots | |||
discovered that the Decepticons were preparing to unleash the deadly <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Death_Para-Machine" title="Death Para-Machine">Death-Para Machine</a> | |||
against Earth, but thankfully, Ginrai was able to destroy the evil | |||
device before irreparable damage was done to the planet's atmosphere. | |||
As it exploded, however, a single blast escaped the Death-Para Machine | |||
and struck Grand's battleship, knocking its tachyon converter offline | |||
and sending it plummeting down to Earth. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sh%C5%ABta_G%C5%8D" title="Shūta Gō">Shūta</a> | |||
risked his life to save the day by donning one of the ship's jetpacks | |||
and repairing the converter, rescuing the ship at the lat moment. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis%21_The_Day_of_the_Downfall_of_Humanity" title="Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity">Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity</a></span> | |||
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|Left leg blue, right fist black...]] | |||
Grand Maximus later battled BlackZarak in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Moscow&action=edit" class="new" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai:_Showdown_at_the_Decepticon_Base" title="God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base">God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base</a></span> | |||
and then transported the Autobots aboard his battleship for a | |||
full-scale assault on the Decepticon base, during which BlackZarak and | |||
the Decepticon ruler <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devil_Z" title="Devil Z">Devil Z</a> fused into one being. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Combination%21%21_BlackZarak%2C_the_New_Lifeform" title="The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform">The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform</a></span> The merged BlackZarak/Devil Z entity soon began bombarding North America with his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devil_Power" title="Devil Power">Devil Power</a>, which Grand Maximus traced to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Canyon&action=edit" class="new" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Battle_to_the_Death%21%21_God_Ginrai_VS_Darkwings_Reborn" title="Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn">Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn</a></span> | |||
There, Ginrai was again confronted by Overlord, but Grand Maximus ended | |||
the protracted battle by blasting Overlord out of the sky so that | |||
Ginrai could focus on more important matters. The Decepticons retreated | |||
before the battle could go any further <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots%21_Desperate_Attack%21%21" title="Autobots! Desperate Attack!!">Autobots! Desperate Attack!!</a></span> but the Autobots quickly pursued them to the Matterhorn, where Grand Maximus held back to protect the injured Metalhawk and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_Juniors" class="mw-redirect" title="Headmaster Juniors">Headmaster Juniors</a> while Ginrai engaged BlackZarak in final battle. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Malevolent_and_Inhuman%21_The_True_Form_of_Devil_Z" title="Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z">Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z</a></span> | |||
As Ginrai clashed with BlackZarak, Grand lent his aid by opening fire | |||
on the villain, but was blasted out of the sky when he was distracted | |||
by the sight of Overlord's Transtector being brought to life by Devil | |||
Z's power. As the now-living Overlord attempted to join BlackZarak's | |||
battle with Ginrai, Grand Maximus transformed to robot mode and kept | |||
him occupied while Ginrai used his Final Fire Guts attack to finally | |||
destroy both BlackZarak and Devil Z. With the death of the villain, all | |||
the Autobots' Transtectors were also brought to life, and Grand Maximus | |||
soon transported them back into space to rejoin their respective | |||
factions. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Battle..._and_Then..." title="A Battle... and Then...">A Battle... and Then...</a></span> | |||
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===Super God Masterforce=== | <a name="Zone_cartoon"></a><h4><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Zone cartoon">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">''Zone'' cartoon</span></h4> | ||
Grand Maximus was seen onstage among other high-ranking Autobots when the injured <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_%28G1%29" title="Star Saber (G1)">Victory Saber</a> passed the mantle of Supreme Commander to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dai_Atlas" title="Dai Atlas">Dai Atlas</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enter_the_New_Supreme_Commander%2C_Dai_Atlas%21" title="Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!">Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!</a></span> | |||
<a name="Super-God_Masterforce_comic"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Super-God Masterforce comic">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">''Super-God Masterforce'' comic</span></h3> | |||
[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Insert random white space here]] | |||
After the Earth and space-based Autobot forces consolidated their | |||
power to battle the Decepticons on both fronts, Grand Maximus joined | |||
with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Raiden" title="Raiden">Raiden</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chromedome" title="Chromedome">Chromedome</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainstorm" title="Brainstorm">Brainstorm</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Highbrow" title="Highbrow">Highbrow</a> | |||
in pursuing Decepticon commander BlackZarak to Earth. Although the | |||
Headmasters didn't fare too well in battle with the mighty Decepticon, | |||
God Ginrai arrived to defeat BlackZarak and send him fleeing back into | |||
space. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai%27s_Amazing_Super-God_Combination%21" title="God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!">God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!</a></span> | |||
When Decepticons kidnapped Shūta and Cab, Grand Maximus was occupied battling BlackZarak and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darkwings" title="Darkwings">Darkwings</a> in space with the Autobot <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godmaster" title="Godmaster">Godmasters</a>, | |||
but was able to make it to Earth to help Ginrai battle Overlord during | |||
the rescue mission. Grand didn't beat around the bush, crashing his | |||
battleship straight into Overlord's face, and then giving Ginrai his | |||
Master Blade, with which he sent the villain fleeing. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Earth_Family_of_Good_and_Evil" title="The Earth Family of Good and Evil">The Earth Family of Good and Evil</a></span> | |||
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|Make my monster grow!]] | |||
Grand Maximus and the Autobots were required to depart Earth aboard | |||
Grand's battleship when the space-based Autobot forces developed a new | |||
weapon known as the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=VX_Bomb&action=edit" class="new" title="VX Bomb">VX Bomb</a>, | |||
and the Decepticons initiated a major attack in their absence. Grand | |||
Maximus sped back to Earth with the VX Bomb on board, and he and the | |||
Godmasters occupied BlackZarak while Ginrai used the weapon to defeat | |||
Overlord. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Live%3F_Die%3F%21_The_Desperate_Super-God_Combination" title="Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination">Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination</a></span> | |||
During a Decepticon attack on China, Grand Maximus transported | |||
the Autobots into battle, but then surprised everyone when he took an | |||
unexpected, unconventional hand in the fight by transforming into his | |||
human form ''without'' shrinking down. After defeating Overlord and | |||
BlackZarak with a "Big Mode Pretender Shell Power Kick," Grand | |||
explained to the surprised Ginrai that, in ancient times, the | |||
Pretenders did not shrink when they adopted their human forms, | |||
remaining gigantic and inspiring legends of giants among early man. | |||
Back then, Grand opined, mankind learned from the Transformers, but | |||
now, Transformers and mankind were truly equals. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots" title="Great Turn-Around! Autobots">Great Turn-Around! Autobots</a></span> | |||
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|My mini-me is me.]] | |||
During Ginrai's final battle with the Decepticons, the villains' | |||
evil ruler Devil Z turned upon his minions, seeking to drain their | |||
Jinchōkon in order to become the ultimate lifeform. The Autobot | |||
Pretenders arrived in time to save them, with Grand Maximus and the | |||
whole Autobot force in tow. The Decepticons joined with the Autobots | |||
against Devil Z, and both armies boarded Grand Maximus, combining their | |||
energies in the "Perfect Transform Attack." Charged with the energies | |||
of all the Transformers, Grand Maximus collided with Devil Z, | |||
destroying the evil alien once and for all. With Devil Z's death, all | |||
the Autobots' Transtectors came to life as true super-robot lifeforms, | |||
and Grand led them all off Earth to rejoin the Autobots and Decepticons | |||
in space. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Birth_of_the_Super_Lifeforms" title="The Birth of the Super Lifeforms">The Birth of the Super Lifeforms</a></span> | |||
<a name="Toys"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Toys">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Toys</span></h2> | |||
<a name="Super_God_Masterforce"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Maximus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Super God Masterforce">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">''Super God Masterforce''</span></h3> | |||
*'''Grand Maximus''' (1988) | *'''Grand Maximus''' (1988) | ||
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-311'''[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|All he needs is a Micromaster, Powermaster and a Targetmaster and he'll be PERFECT. Tech specs 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 STRINTSPDENDRNKCRGFPWSKL ]] | |||
*''Accessories:'' Gran Headmaster figure, Grand Headmaster | |||
Transtector, Grand's Pretender Shell, Onomus, Koka, "Proton Master | |||
Rifle", "Dual Laser Cannon", Grand's "Heat Blaster", Cog's laser rifle, | |||
2 "Laser Arms", "Master Radar", "Master Blade", "Grand Sword" | |||
: As a | : As a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco">redeco</a> | ||
of Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus shares the title of largest | |||
Transformer toy ever at two feet tall. Grand Maximus transforms from | |||
robot to city to battleship, with a wide array of pop-out (non-firing) | |||
guns and gimmicks available in all modes. His left leg hides a small | |||
prison cell, plus has a swing-out cannon/helipad. His right leg has a | |||
small "medical bay" storage compartment. His torso has a gear-activated | |||
spinner for the detachable radar array accessory, a "control socket" | |||
for Grand's "communications tower" mode, and a working elevator that | |||
can lift small toys up to the central ramp to be launched in his | |||
altmodes. (The crank for this elevator ends up in a very unfortunate | |||
position in robot mode.) Each arm had a long ramp on the back with | |||
sliding launchers for small vehicles. | |||
: Grand Maximus' head can be removed and transformed into a | |||
robot called Grand. This component also transforms into a | |||
communications room that combines with Grand Maximus' city and | |||
battleship modes. Grand can additionally fit inside an included | |||
pretender shell. This shell, unlike most other Autobot shells, was | |||
robotic in appearance rather than human, although ''Masterforce'' | |||
fiction gave the figure a human face behind a robotic visor to better | |||
fit in with the other Pretenders in the series. Grand's head can also | |||
be removed and transformed into a smaller robot, known as Gran. | |||
: | : Two smaller vehicles, Onomus and Koka, fit into the toe areas of the Brave Maximus robot. They can combine into the robot <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28Masterforce%29" title="Cog (Masterforce)">Cog</a>. | ||
Also included were a gun for Cog, a "Heat Blaster" gun and "Master | |||
Blade" sword for Grand, which could be held in either robot or | |||
Pretender mode, and two larger guns—the "Proton Master Rifle" and "Dual | |||
Laster Cannon"—and the huge "Grand Sword" for Grand Maximus. | |||
: This mold was used to make ''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robots_in_Disguise_%28franchise%29" title="Robots in Disguise (franchise)">Car Robots</a>'' <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28RID%29" title="Fortress Maximus (RID)">Brave Maximus</a>, and ''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robot_Masters" title="Robot Masters">Robot Masters</a>'' "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_Base_%28RM%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybertron Base (RM)">Cybertron Base</a>". | |||
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[[Image:|right|270px|thumb|Albino Maximus]] | |||
* '''Grand Maximus''' | |||
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-311''' | |||
*''Accessories:'' Grand Headmaster figure, gun, ramp, "laser block" | |||
: | :Like his larger counterpart, ''Transform Jr'' Grand Maximus is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco">redeco</a> of ''Transform Jr'' Fortress Maximus, and a heavily simplified version of the larger version of the mold. And we ''mean'' | ||
simplified – he only transforms to battleship mode, which involves | |||
little more than pulling the head off and laying the figure down. The | |||
head does transform into Grand, at least, although overall, the toy | |||
doesn't really ''look'' like Grand Maximus, decorated as it is | |||
solely in whites and red, without a hint of teal in sight. Grand | |||
Maximus is arguably the rarest and most sought after Transform Jr toy. | |||
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[[Image:|right|150px|thumb|Grandmax scf.jpg]] | |||
*'''Grand Maximus''' (2002) | |||
:Grand Maximus was the "Build-A-Figure" from the sixth wave of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Takara" class="mw-redirect" title="Takara">Takara</a>'s ''<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super_Collection_Figure" title="Super Collection Figure">Super Collection Figure</a>'' line of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plastic" title="Plastic">PVC</a> figurines. Naturally enough, he was a redeco of the previous year's Fortress Maximus Build-A-Figure, sans the Master Sword. | |||
:Grand was divided into six parts, each one packaged with one of | |||
the metallic silver "pewter" versions of the six individual figures in | |||
the line (the regular color versions of the figures did not come with | |||
any of Grand's parts). His head was included with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a>, his body with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod" title="Hot Rod">Hot Rod</a>, his left arm with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thrust_%28G1%29" title="Thrust (G1)">Thrust</a>, his right arm with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_%28G1%29" title="Ramjet (G1)">Ramjet</a>, his left leg with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_%28G1%29" title="Ratchet (G1)">Ratchet</a> and his right leg with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_%28G1%29" title="Soundwave (G1)">Soundblaster</a>. | |||
Each of the parts was available in standard full-color (at a rate of 8 | |||
out of every 10 cases), and rare "pewter" (only 2 out of every 10 | |||
cases) versons, making two variations of Grand Maximus to assemble. | |||
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*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Cybertron/GrandMaximus/grandmaximus.htm Grand Maximus at TFU.info] | |||
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- Grand Maximus is an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_%28technology%29" title="Headmaster (technology)">Headmaster</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretender</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/City-bot" title="City-bot">City-bot</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super-God_Masterforce_%28franchise%29" title="Super-God Masterforce (franchise)">Super-God Masterforce</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Generation_1_%28franchise%29" title="Generation 1 (franchise)">Generation 1</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
[[Image:|right|350px|thumb|Grandmax cartoon.jpg]] Grand Maximus is the younger <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Relatives" title="Relatives">brother</a> of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Supreme_Commander" title="Supreme Commander">Supreme Commander</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28G1%29" title="Fortress Maximus (G1)">Fortress Maximus</a>. He was among the Autobot refugees who fled <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_%28planet%29" title="Cybertron (planet)">Cybertron</a> four million years ago under the leadership of his brother, and like his sibling, became a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_%28technology%29" title="Headmaster (technology)">Headmaster</a> when they crash-landed on the planet <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Master_%28Headmasters%29" title="Master (Headmasters)">Master</a>. Grand Maximus's mental functions are contained in his smallest component, Gran, who connects to a larger <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transtector" title="Transtector">Transtector</a> named Grand to boost his strength to normal Transformer levels. Just like his bro, he pilots a Maximus battleship, with serves as a second, immense Transtector with which Grand combines to form "Grand Maximus".
Grand seems to be a bit of a loner, who prefers the solitude of outer space to being tied down to any one planet or team. After becoming a Headmaster, he opted not to remain on Master with the other Transformers, joining up with a group of Autobots under the command of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metalhawk" title="Metalhawk">Metalhawk</a> and travelling space with them. Alongside Metalhawk's crew, Grand crash-landed on Neolithic <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a> and adopted <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretender" title="Pretender">Pretender</a> capabilities, endowing himself with the ability to transform into a human form. After centuries of working with Metalhawk to battle a group of Decepticons on Earth and guide the evolution of the burgeoning humanity, however, Grand again felt the lure of outer space, and now operates among the space-based Autobot forces battling the Decepticons across <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Athenia" title="Athenia">Athenia</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chaar" title="Chaar">Chaar</a>.
- English-Malay dub name: Fortress Maximus
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- Voice actor: <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ikuya_Sawaki" title="Ikuya Sawaki">Ikuya Sawaki</a> (Japanese)
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|Behold! With my pretender shell, I can disguise myself as... a robot. Wait, why did I bother again?]] In the early 21st Century, when the space-based Autobot forces under the command of Fortress Maximus discovered that <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scorponok_%28G1%29" title="Scorponok (G1)">BlackZarak</a> was headed for Earth, Grand Maximus was dispatched to alert Metalhawk's Autobots, still on the planet. Entering Earth's atmosphere with his battleship cloaked from sight, Grand met with Metalhawk, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Lander" title="Lander">Lander</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Diver_%28Masterforce%29" title="Diver (Masterforce)">Diver</a> atop a mountain, where he supplied them with the plans and materials to construct "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godbomber" title="Godbomber">Godbomber</a>". This drone would endow the Autobots' mightiest warrior, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ginrai" title="Ginrai">Ginrai</a>, with the ability to fly and fight in space, thereby allowing him to stop BlackZarak before he reached Earth. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Life%3F_Death%3F_Lightfoot_Must_Choose" title="Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose">Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose</a></span> Grand Maximus subsequently headed back into space to keep an eye on the situation, and as the "Bomber Project" was nearing completion, Grand radioed the Autobots on Earth to inform them that BlackZarak was headed for the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Moon_%28moon%29" title="Moon (moon)">moon</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai_-_Into_the_Sky%21%21" title="God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!">God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!</a></span> With the construction of Godbomber complete, Ginrai wasted no time in heading for the moon and engaging BlackZarak and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Overlord_%28Masterforce%29" title="Overlord (Masterforce)">Overlord</a> in battle. Ginrai did not fare well, but soon Grand Maximus arrived to join the fight, and with their combined might, the Autobot duo was able to defeat the two Decepticons. BlackZarak fled back into space, and Grand Maximus gave chase, assuring Ginrai that he could take care of things. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai_-_Showdown_on_the_Surface_of_the_Moon" title="God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon">God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon</a></span>
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|New Battleship Maximus - no really, that's what it's called]]
In the weeks that followed, BlackZarak mastered the art of localized
gravity manipulation, enabling him to create powerful black holes that
he could use to teleport himself around the galaxy. While pursuing his
foe, Grand Maximus was trapped within one of these black holes,
exerting all his energy just to hold steady against its pull and
prevent himself from being drawn into the heart of the singularity and
obliterated. Down on Earth, meanwhile, the Decepticon had succeeded in
destroying the Autobots' base, prompting Ginrai to contact Grand in
hopes that his battleship could be employed as a new headquarters. When
Grand, trapped in the black hole, did not respond to his communiqué,
Ginrai headed into space to investigate, only to be pulled into the
black hole as well and wind up trapped alongside Grand. Luckily, the
pair were able to draw on the electromagnetic waves of the black hole
to re-energize themselves, and they then combined their energy into a
massive blast of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dkon_Power" title="Chōkon Power">Chōkon Power</a>
that destroyed the black hole from the inside out. Freed, the pair
immediately headed to Earth, where BlackZarak had already joined up
with the Decepticons and cut a swathe of destruction across the planet.
Merging their energies once more, Grand and Ginrai were able to defeat
Overlord and BlackZarak again, and the villains pulled out of the
fight. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/BlackZarak_-_Destroyer_from_Space" title="BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space">BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space</a></span>
[[Image:|left|142px|thumb|Blink and you'll miss him.]]
While the Autobots were searching Earth for the Decepticons, Grand
Maximus detected the villains heading into space, and transported the
Autobots in pursuit of them aboard his battleship. The Autobots
discovered that the Decepticons were preparing to unleash the deadly <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Death_Para-Machine" title="Death Para-Machine">Death-Para Machine</a>
against Earth, but thankfully, Ginrai was able to destroy the evil
device before irreparable damage was done to the planet's atmosphere.
As it exploded, however, a single blast escaped the Death-Para Machine
and struck Grand's battleship, knocking its tachyon converter offline
and sending it plummeting down to Earth. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sh%C5%ABta_G%C5%8D" title="Shūta Gō">Shūta</a>
risked his life to save the day by donning one of the ship's jetpacks
and repairing the converter, rescuing the ship at the lat moment. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Crisis%21_The_Day_of_the_Downfall_of_Humanity" title="Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity">Crisis! The Day of the Downfall of Humanity</a></span>
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|Left leg blue, right fist black...]]
Grand Maximus later battled BlackZarak in <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Moscow&action=edit" class="new" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai:_Showdown_at_the_Decepticon_Base" title="God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base">God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base</a></span>
and then transported the Autobots aboard his battleship for a
full-scale assault on the Decepticon base, during which BlackZarak and
the Decepticon ruler <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devil_Z" title="Devil Z">Devil Z</a> fused into one being. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Ultimate_Combination%21%21_BlackZarak%2C_the_New_Lifeform" title="The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform">The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform</a></span> The merged BlackZarak/Devil Z entity soon began bombarding North America with his <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Devil_Power" title="Devil Power">Devil Power</a>, which Grand Maximus traced to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Grand_Canyon&action=edit" class="new" title="Grand Canyon">Grand Canyon</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Battle_to_the_Death%21%21_God_Ginrai_VS_Darkwings_Reborn" title="Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn">Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn</a></span>
There, Ginrai was again confronted by Overlord, but Grand Maximus ended
the protracted battle by blasting Overlord out of the sky so that
Ginrai could focus on more important matters. The Decepticons retreated
before the battle could go any further <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobots%21_Desperate_Attack%21%21" title="Autobots! Desperate Attack!!">Autobots! Desperate Attack!!</a></span> but the Autobots quickly pursued them to the Matterhorn, where Grand Maximus held back to protect the injured Metalhawk and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Headmaster_Juniors" class="mw-redirect" title="Headmaster Juniors">Headmaster Juniors</a> while Ginrai engaged BlackZarak in final battle. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Malevolent_and_Inhuman%21_The_True_Form_of_Devil_Z" title="Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z">Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z</a></span>
As Ginrai clashed with BlackZarak, Grand lent his aid by opening fire
on the villain, but was blasted out of the sky when he was distracted
by the sight of Overlord's Transtector being brought to life by Devil
Z's power. As the now-living Overlord attempted to join BlackZarak's
battle with Ginrai, Grand Maximus transformed to robot mode and kept
him occupied while Ginrai used his Final Fire Guts attack to finally
destroy both BlackZarak and Devil Z. With the death of the villain, all
the Autobots' Transtectors were also brought to life, and Grand Maximus
soon transported them back into space to rejoin their respective
factions. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/A_Battle..._and_Then..." title="A Battle... and Then...">A Battle... and Then...</a></span>
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Grand Maximus was seen onstage among other high-ranking Autobots when the injured <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Star_Saber_%28G1%29" title="Star Saber (G1)">Victory Saber</a> passed the mantle of Supreme Commander to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Dai_Atlas" title="Dai Atlas">Dai Atlas</a>. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Enter_the_New_Supreme_Commander%2C_Dai_Atlas%21" title="Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!">Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!</a></span>
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[[Image:|left|200px|thumb|Insert random white space here]]
After the Earth and space-based Autobot forces consolidated their
power to battle the Decepticons on both fronts, Grand Maximus joined
with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Raiden" title="Raiden">Raiden</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Chromedome" title="Chromedome">Chromedome</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Brainstorm" title="Brainstorm">Brainstorm</a>, <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardhead_%28G1%29" title="Hardhead (G1)">Hardhead</a> and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Highbrow" title="Highbrow">Highbrow</a>
in pursuing Decepticon commander BlackZarak to Earth. Although the
Headmasters didn't fare too well in battle with the mighty Decepticon,
God Ginrai arrived to defeat BlackZarak and send him fleeing back into
space. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/God_Ginrai%27s_Amazing_Super-God_Combination%21" title="God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!">God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!</a></span>
When Decepticons kidnapped Shūta and Cab, Grand Maximus was occupied battling BlackZarak and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Darkwings" title="Darkwings">Darkwings</a> in space with the Autobot <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Godmaster" title="Godmaster">Godmasters</a>, but was able to make it to Earth to help Ginrai battle Overlord during the rescue mission. Grand didn't beat around the bush, crashing his battleship straight into Overlord's face, and then giving Ginrai his Master Blade, with which he sent the villain fleeing. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Earth_Family_of_Good_and_Evil" title="The Earth Family of Good and Evil">The Earth Family of Good and Evil</a></span>
[[Image:|right|220px|thumb|Make my monster grow!]]
Grand Maximus and the Autobots were required to depart Earth aboard
Grand's battleship when the space-based Autobot forces developed a new
weapon known as the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=VX_Bomb&action=edit" class="new" title="VX Bomb">VX Bomb</a>,
and the Decepticons initiated a major attack in their absence. Grand
Maximus sped back to Earth with the VX Bomb on board, and he and the
Godmasters occupied BlackZarak while Ginrai used the weapon to defeat
Overlord. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Live%3F_Die%3F%21_The_Desperate_Super-God_Combination" title="Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination">Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination</a></span>
During a Decepticon attack on China, Grand Maximus transported the Autobots into battle, but then surprised everyone when he took an unexpected, unconventional hand in the fight by transforming into his human form without shrinking down. After defeating Overlord and BlackZarak with a "Big Mode Pretender Shell Power Kick," Grand explained to the surprised Ginrai that, in ancient times, the Pretenders did not shrink when they adopted their human forms, remaining gigantic and inspiring legends of giants among early man. Back then, Grand opined, mankind learned from the Transformers, but now, Transformers and mankind were truly equals. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Great_Turn-Around%21_Autobots" title="Great Turn-Around! Autobots">Great Turn-Around! Autobots</a></span>
[[Image:|left|180px|thumb|My mini-me is me.]]
During Ginrai's final battle with the Decepticons, the villains'
evil ruler Devil Z turned upon his minions, seeking to drain their
Jinchōkon in order to become the ultimate lifeform. The Autobot
Pretenders arrived in time to save them, with Grand Maximus and the
whole Autobot force in tow. The Decepticons joined with the Autobots
against Devil Z, and both armies boarded Grand Maximus, combining their
energies in the "Perfect Transform Attack." Charged with the energies
of all the Transformers, Grand Maximus collided with Devil Z,
destroying the evil alien once and for all. With Devil Z's death, all
the Autobots' Transtectors came to life as true super-robot lifeforms,
and Grand led them all off Earth to rejoin the Autobots and Decepticons
in space. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Birth_of_the_Super_Lifeforms" title="The Birth of the Super Lifeforms">The Birth of the Super Lifeforms</a></span>
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- Grand Maximus (1988)
- Japanese ID number: C-311[[Image:|right|300px|thumb|All he needs is a Micromaster, Powermaster and a Targetmaster and he'll be PERFECT. Tech specs 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 STRINTSPDENDRNKCRGFPWSKL ]]
- Accessories: Gran Headmaster figure, Grand Headmaster
Transtector, Grand's Pretender Shell, Onomus, Koka, "Proton Master Rifle", "Dual Laser Cannon", Grand's "Heat Blaster", Cog's laser rifle, 2 "Laser Arms", "Master Radar", "Master Blade", "Grand Sword"
- As a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco">redeco</a>
of Fortress Maximus, Grand Maximus shares the title of largest Transformer toy ever at two feet tall. Grand Maximus transforms from robot to city to battleship, with a wide array of pop-out (non-firing) guns and gimmicks available in all modes. His left leg hides a small prison cell, plus has a swing-out cannon/helipad. His right leg has a small "medical bay" storage compartment. His torso has a gear-activated spinner for the detachable radar array accessory, a "control socket" for Grand's "communications tower" mode, and a working elevator that can lift small toys up to the central ramp to be launched in his altmodes. (The crank for this elevator ends up in a very unfortunate position in robot mode.) Each arm had a long ramp on the back with sliding launchers for small vehicles.
- Grand Maximus' head can be removed and transformed into a
robot called Grand. This component also transforms into a communications room that combines with Grand Maximus' city and battleship modes. Grand can additionally fit inside an included pretender shell. This shell, unlike most other Autobot shells, was robotic in appearance rather than human, although Masterforce fiction gave the figure a human face behind a robotic visor to better fit in with the other Pretenders in the series. Grand's head can also be removed and transformed into a smaller robot, known as Gran.
- Two smaller vehicles, Onomus and Koka, fit into the toe areas of the Brave Maximus robot. They can combine into the robot <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cog_%28Masterforce%29" title="Cog (Masterforce)">Cog</a>.
Also included were a gun for Cog, a "Heat Blaster" gun and "Master Blade" sword for Grand, which could be held in either robot or Pretender mode, and two larger guns—the "Proton Master Rifle" and "Dual Laster Cannon"—and the huge "Grand Sword" for Grand Maximus.
- This mold was used to make <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robots_in_Disguise_%28franchise%29" title="Robots in Disguise (franchise)">Car Robots</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Maximus_%28RID%29" title="Fortress Maximus (RID)">Brave Maximus</a>, and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Robot_Masters" title="Robot Masters">Robot Masters</a> "<a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Cybertron_Base_%28RM%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Cybertron Base (RM)">Cybertron Base</a>".
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- Grand Maximus
- Japanese ID number: C-311
- Accessories: Grand Headmaster figure, gun, ramp, "laser block"
- Like his larger counterpart, Transform Jr Grand Maximus is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Redeco" title="Redeco">redeco</a> of Transform Jr Fortress Maximus, and a heavily simplified version of the larger version of the mold. And we mean
simplified – he only transforms to battleship mode, which involves little more than pulling the head off and laying the figure down. The head does transform into Grand, at least, although overall, the toy doesn't really look like Grand Maximus, decorated as it is solely in whites and red, without a hint of teal in sight. Grand Maximus is arguably the rarest and most sought after Transform Jr toy.
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- Grand Maximus (2002)
- Grand Maximus was the "Build-A-Figure" from the sixth wave of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Takara" class="mw-redirect" title="Takara">Takara</a>'s <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Super_Collection_Figure" title="Super Collection Figure">Super Collection Figure</a> line of <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Plastic" title="Plastic">PVC</a> figurines. Naturally enough, he was a redeco of the previous year's Fortress Maximus Build-A-Figure, sans the Master Sword.
- Grand was divided into six parts, each one packaged with one of
the metallic silver "pewter" versions of the six individual figures in the line (the regular color versions of the figures did not come with any of Grand's parts). His head was included with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29" title="Optimus Prime (G1)">Optimus Prime</a>, his body with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Rod" title="Hot Rod">Hot Rod</a>, his left arm with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thrust_%28G1%29" title="Thrust (G1)">Thrust</a>, his right arm with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ramjet_%28G1%29" title="Ramjet (G1)">Ramjet</a>, his left leg with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ratchet_%28G1%29" title="Ratchet (G1)">Ratchet</a> and his right leg with <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Soundwave_%28G1%29" title="Soundwave (G1)">Soundblaster</a>. Each of the parts was available in standard full-color (at a rate of 8 out of every 10 cases), and rare "pewter" (only 2 out of every 10 cases) versons, making two variations of Grand Maximus to assemble.
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