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* Furthermore, instead of the intended name "Hyperlinq" for the Mini-Con, "Ape-Linq" is used on Sentinel Maximus's packaging, possibly because the trademark for the former had not yet been secured.  Curiously, there are no trademarks claimed, registered or otherwise, next to Sentinel Maximus's name anywhere on the box.  Trademark is claimed for Sentinel Maximus on the photocopied set of instructions included inside.
* Furthermore, instead of the intended name "Hyperlinq" for the Mini-Con, "Ape-Linq" is used on Sentinel Maximus's packaging, possibly because the trademark for the former had not yet been secured.  Curiously, there are no trademarks claimed, registered or otherwise, next to Sentinel Maximus's name anywhere on the box.  Trademark is claimed for Sentinel Maximus on the photocopied set of instructions included inside.
* Sentinel Maximus pretty much fails at everything he attempts to do.
* Sentinel Maximus pretty much fails at everything he attempts to do.
* The pure absurdity of an Earth truck cab pulling that large and ridiculous of a trailer makes it pretty hard to take his altmode seriously. Then again, it ''is'' a cartoon...
* The pure absurdity of an Earth truck cab pulling that large and ridiculous of a trailer makes it pretty hard to take his [[Altmode|altmode]] seriously. Then again, it ''is'' a cartoon...


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Revision as of 05:34, 27 July 2010

Sentinel Maximus is an Autobot from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
I was delivered to your previous mailing address.

When Primal Prime was critically damaged in a battle with Cryotek, Apelinq made the ultimate sacrifice, allowing the ancient supercomputer Vector Sigma to merge his Spark and Primal Prime's into Sentinel Maximus. Sentinel Maximus combines Primal Prime's power, charisma, and direct link to the knowledge of the Matrix with Apelinq's strategic genius and ability to download virtual objects into reality. When a smaller, more stealthy form is preferable, the cab portion of his armored transport mode can disengage and transform into Hyperlinq. He has no known physical weaknesses.

Despite all this, he sure gets beat up a lot.

Fiction

Universe: Featuring the Wreckers

You mentioned something about a creator's hand, Cryotek? Or the fist of Primus? Well here we are, tyrant!{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Sentinel Maximus's first words, from the unpublished Wreckers #4|Sentinel Maximus's first words, from the unpublished Wreckers #4{{#if:|, {{{3}}}|}}|}}

Deep within a newly reformatted technorganic Cybertron, the Wreckers battled Cryotek, mastermind behind and benefactor of a far-reaching plot to capture the Divine Light for himself and use its power to siphon the power of Primus himself. As Cryotek mutated himself into a gigantic entity with the abilities of a god, the empowered Predacon fired upon Apelinq, but it was Primal Prime who dove to take the shot. Instead of saving Apelinq, the two were fused together and fell, defeated.

But this was not the end for either. Apelinq and Primal Prime were merged by Primus into the mighty Sentinel Maximus.

The mighty Sentinel Maximus has arrived! ...and has to be rescued by Cheetor and Hot Rod!

Even still, Cryotek's powers were greater, and he and Sentinel Maximus fought a prolonged battle through the corridors of Cybertron. Their battle's path was directed according to instructions from their Quintesson guide, Al-Badur, which landed both of them within a Quintesson banishment chamber. Unfortunately for Sentinel Maximus, the Quintesson activated the chamber with all three inside, trapped in front of a dimensional portal with a powerful pull. As Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek fought each other while trying to keep their distance from the portal, help arrived. Cheetor and a battle-weakened Rodimus, both Matrix Templars, used their abilities to drain power from the Divine Light which was empowering Cryotek. While this did remove power from Cryotek and shrink him to a more accommodating size, he still possessed enough power to threaten Cybertron and its inhabitants. Selflessly, Sentinel Maximus shoved Cryotek through the portal, and the two vanished through it.

Both found themselves hovering in a dark, empty dimension, but before Cryotek could reach Sentinel Maximus, the latter was taken away by Primus to do battle elsewhere in the multiverse. Wreckers: Finale Part II


Cybertron comic

Sentinel Maximus, in armored transport mode, downloads tiny jets into reality to stop the end of the multiverse.

Fluctuations in the fabric of the multiverse caused by the Unicron Singularity pulled Sentinel Maximus out of the Universe war and into the center of the Unicron Trilogy's Cybertron near the beginning of the search for the Cyber Planet Keys. Recruited by Alpha Trion to assist Vector Prime, they were all suddenly under attack by Unicron's minions, Ramjet and Nemesis Prime. Sentinel Maximus fought back, but his adversaries retreated after destroying both Alpha Trion and Vector Sigma. Balancing Act

After discovering that his battle with the zombie Dark Scorponok was just a diversion, Sentinel Maximus, along with Vector Prime, hunted down the two deep within Cybertron near the chamber that held Primus's lifeforce. Balancing Act, Part 4 Vector Prime fought Ramjet, taking their battle far into Cybertron's atmosphere, while Sentinel Maximus tried to prevent Nemesis Prime from unleashing the Dead Matrix on Primus's lifeforce, which would allow Unicron to defeat Primus and consume the multiverse, ending all existence forever. Sentinel Maximus failed, and Nemesis Prime sealed himself into the chamber alone, Balancing Act, Pt 5 being stopped only by the chance appearance of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus from the Robots in Disguise universe. Revelations Part 1

After this battle, Vector Prime had defeated Ramjet, but was severely drained. He left the enigmatic Velocitronian Skyfall in the obviously capable hands of Sentinel Maximus, with instructions to take him far, far away and keep him safe, for Skyfall was very important for unspecified reasons. Revelations Part 2

Robots in Disguise characters save Sentinel Maximus from tiny Unicron.

A while later, Sentinel Maximus brought Skyfall with him to help end the violently dangerous Mini-Con civil war that had erupted on Cybertron's moons. Revelations Part 4 The civil war was actually constructed by the newly reborn Unicron, who wished to kill Skyfall and the likewise-important Landquake. Unicron attacked Sentinel Maximus, singling out the "Chosen of Primus," and Sentinel Maximus was unable to get the tinier Dark God off him. He cried for help from Omega Prime, who succeeded in blasting Unicron away from him. Revelations Part 5

While Sentinel Maximus was occupied, Skyfall and Landquake disappeared in a devastating explosion. Sentinel Maximus mourned Skyfall's apparent death and voiced an apology to Vector Prime. The war was ended immediately when Primus appeared in robot mode above them, causing Unicron to flee.

Months later, after the threat of the Unicron Singularity was removed and the war between the Autobots and Decepticons was ended, Sentinel Maximus and the rest of his crew met that universe's Optimus Prime and his troops. He learned of Vector Prime's death and told Override of Skyfall's demise. Revelations Part 6 It is not known whether Sentinel Maximus accompanied Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime on his mission to find Unicron or was returned to his own universe.

Toys

Universe

Featuring more paint than a Sherwin-Williams outlet.
  • Sentinel Maximus with Mini-Con Ape-Linq (Max-Con, 2004)
    • Accessories: 2 missiles
A retool of the Armada Overload toy, Sentinel Maximus's main body transforms into a Cybertronic carrier truck. The trailer portion can be pulled by Ape-Linq in his alt mode, the cab mode of Armada Optimus Prime, or attached to Optimus's trailer to form a double trailer. It can also transform into a dual spring-loaded missile-firing cannon pack for Optimus Prime's super mode, and can also attach to Prime's trailer in its "base" mode. The robot-mode's shoulders also have opening panels to reveal (non-firing) multi-missile racks.
Ape-Linq (aka Hyperlinq) is a retool of the Mini-Con Rollout, transforming into a Cybertronic armored personnel carrier capable of towing the Sentinel Maximus trailer-body, and also forming the central torso and head to Sentinel Maximus's robot mode. He also has a "gun" mode with flip-out (non-firing) rifle barrels. Both the small robot head and the larger Sentinel Maximus head were given new tooling.
An exclusive toy for OTFCC 2004, it also had the electronic sound gimmick from the retail versions removed in order to keep production costs down.
This mold-set was also used to make Energon Ultra Magnus.

Notes

  • Sentinel Maximus went through several names before he saw release, the most notable being "Vector Prime." Hasbro rejected the name because they didn't want to dilute the concept of Primes, but later used it themselves for Cybertron Vector Prime anyway.
  • Despite Sentinel Maximus's name change, his shipping carts still said "Vector Prime" on them.
  • Early on, Sentinel Maximus was to come with translucent redecos of the Cyberjet molds, meant to represent three sparks trapped inside the Divine Light for whom he downloaded digital bodies into reality. Instead, Hasbro decided to use those molds themselves for Universe.
Look reeeeeal close at the inside of his right arm.
  • Sentinel Maximus's paint mock-up featured the Wreckers faction symbol (the Autobot symbol with a hammer for its forehead) tampoed on his shoulder and the inside of his right arm (seen to the right). The production piece mistakenly had normal Autobot symbols instead. Additionally, his bigger head was originally sculpted to be much wider (also seen to the right), and feature Prime-like antenna, but these didn't fit well during transformation, so his head was narrowed to eliminate the antenna.
  • Due to 3H Productions' loss of the convention license, Hasbro mailed out the Sentinel Maximus toys to their owners, using old mailing lists that had many outdated addresses. Some buyers never got theirs at all.
  • Because of 3H's then-recent dissolution, Hasbro recreated an entire new packaging design, box art, and profile, presumably to avoid a potential legal battle. The packaging bio avoids mentioning details of 3H's Wreckers story, neglecting to note Primal Prime and Apelinq's union, and referencing Cryotek vaguely by describing a battle with a "diabolical and long-forgotten entity from the polar regions of Cybertron." Instead, Sentinel Maximus is described as a herald of Primus who emerges from the "shadows of Time to serve as a guardian over Cybertron during its darkest hour."
  • Furthermore, instead of the intended name "Hyperlinq" for the Mini-Con, "Ape-Linq" is used on Sentinel Maximus's packaging, possibly because the trademark for the former had not yet been secured. Curiously, there are no trademarks claimed, registered or otherwise, next to Sentinel Maximus's name anywhere on the box. Trademark is claimed for Sentinel Maximus on the photocopied set of instructions included inside.
  • Sentinel Maximus pretty much fails at everything he attempts to do.
  • The pure absurdity of an Earth truck cab pulling that large and ridiculous of a trailer makes it pretty hard to take his altmode seriously. Then again, it is a cartoon...
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