The latest IDW crossover title: Star Trek vs. Tranformers got the attention of fans of both franchises with a fun and entertaining story full of surprises.
And talking about surprises, artist Philip Murphy has tweeted his design for Fortress Tiberius. We bet most of you guessed it. A transformable Enterprise using part of Fortress Maximus design. Here’s what Phil Murphy commented on his tweet:
“It was an amazing opportunity to get the chance to design the ICONIC! Enterprise as a Transformer , if you want to see how Fortress Tiberius comes to be check out Star trek vs Transformers #3”.
You can check out the sketch after the jump. We are sure some of you are already asking for a figure of Fortress Tiberius to be released. Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Mkall
Do people not remember how badly the Marvel Transformers and the Star Wars Transformers ended up being? I'm fine with this being left as a piece of art.
MegaMoonMan
Looks cool but no way a toy made by Hasbro would look anything like that. They would make ship mode the priority and the bot would be a spindly mess, the ship mode would be a bulky mess if the robot looked right.
3rd party – unlikely, but a lot more possible.
Crim
Hasbro:
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But give him a new head, or at least a retool of it and deco to Titan Max. Or, if voyager/Leader sized do a full line!
IgnikaMarcus
He's copied the Enterprise. No humans in danger here.
Florgeysteve
Does anyone think that a third party company may try to make a figure based on this?
G.B. Blackrock
As has been said by others, that this design is intended to work within the design aesthetic of this series, specifically the simplified Filmation and G1 cartoons, a more intricate design would be out of place.
KraegorStark
I'm just seeing all those open decks and thinking about all the people that get spaced when he transforms.
Esquilax79
That is cool and done right. What I didn't like about Star Wars transformers was the Death Star turned into Darth Vader. What?!?! That's not Star Wars Transformers, that's Star Wars with transforming ships. It should've been Unicron as the Death Star. Starscream Tie Fighter, etc…. This works with the Transformers theme. Although this should've been Metroplex or Omega Supreme so Fort Max could be the Enterprise-D haha.
imranbecks
The warp nacelles would be top heavy in robot mode. Stability issues right there. That needs to be folded to the back.
AnonymousDwell
I demand that this exist in toy form post haste.
Oh and give the headmaster's bot mode a Kirk headsculpt.
bellpeppers
Unicorn 9 did something like this:
Heavy/Scratch: – Star Trek/Transformers Crossovers: Autobot E
Rated X
As much as I hate star trek, I must admit I like the idea of transformers turning into iconic movie vehicles. This is what the star wars crossover line should have been. Actual transformers instead of stupid chewbacca and solo heads on robot bodies.
skywarp-2
Never thought of that! Should have made it the enterprise and those Cybertronian giant omega Supremes, Tiberius Supreme, or Omega Tiberius. The arms, like Huffer, the glowing bulbs on the nacelles would be the hands where claws like omega supreme come out, and the nacelle ends are the shoulders. The glowing bulbs are energy canons in bot mode. The satellite dish on his chest. An omega supreme head, and yea. That would be way better.. Okay, now it's digibash time!!
3ps you're gonna want to take note for a Retooled KO enterprise omega supreme version.
artiepants
As Omega Supreme might say:
Effort. Minimal.
(Man I miss Don)
Chaos Muffin
Oversized Armada Wheeljack?
BATTLEMASTER
I never really imagined Fortress Maximus being the size of a Cybertronian city, but more like a part of a city, kind of like how people may believe Metroplex is only a part of a city. FWIW, I always imagined Metroplex making up an entire Cybertronian city, and thus Fortress Maximus, being a fortress, would be a fraction of the size of Metroplex.
As for Fortress Tiberius, the design doesn't bother me, especially whether or not it could transform. How many G1 cartoon transformations were toy-accurate in 1984, anyway? And why do the G1 cartoon models of Ratchet and Ironhide have heads and not a big windshield for a face?
combinerlover
Holy crap , this needs to happen .
Megastar
Why isn't that a thing? Maybe it'll happen in ST/Transformers 2 with the superior captain, Jean-Luc Picard.
Fallout
a lot of comments on how cheaty it is, but like… 90% of non-toy-original designs have been just as cheaty and nobody's batted an eye.