Warden (Perfect Effect)
Warden is a fictional character and third party Transformer created by Perfect Effect. He is a homage to the Transformer Autobot Fortress Maximus. Specifically, he is an homage to Alex Milne's concept artwork for the "More Than Meets The Eye" comic, who is large but not city-sized, more in scale with Ultra Magnus.
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Perfect Effect
Warden is a third part Transformer homage to Fortress Maximus made by Perfect Effect. In addition to being a Head Master himself, his body is able to transform into a replacement head for the original Fortress Maximus toy, replacing Cerebros.
Other third party Transformer homages to Fortress Maximus include Headrobots Centurion.
Development
In April 2013 Perfect Effect released a teaser image of PE-DX03.[1]
A prototype for PE-DX03 was displayed by Robot Kingdom at BotCon 2013.[2]
Prototype images of PE-DX03 were previewed at TFcon 2013's Third Party Panel.[3]
In September 2013 new prototype images were released with the announcement of the name Warden.[4]
Warden shipped in January 2014.
Reception
In the moonbase2 podcast for February 25th, 2013 covered images of PE-DX03 teaser in the news.[5]
In the Fwooshcast podcast for March 4th, 2013 the hosts talked Perfect Effect teaser images.[6]
In the moonbase2 podcast for April 1st, 2013 the Fortress Maximus homage set was covered in the news.[7]
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for April 1st, 2013 discussed PE-DX03 in the news.[8]
The Radio Free Cybertron podcast for April 3rd, 2013 discussed the upcoming Fortress Maximus homage on the show.[9]
In the Cybercast podcast for June 30th, 2013 the hosts talked about PE-DX03 in their BotCon 2013 coverage.[10]
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for July 1st, 2013 discussed pictures of PE-DX03 at BotCon 2013.[11]
The Fwooshcast podcast for July 7th, 2013 talked about PE-DX03 in the news. The hosts thought it looked to big to be a head for Fortress Maximus.[12]
The Good Morning, Cybertron! podcast for July 29th, 2013 discussed the Perfect Effect Warden in the news.[13]
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for August 31st, 2013 covered Perfect Effect Aranea and PE-DX03 in the news.[14]
The WTF@TFW podcast for September 19th, 2013 selected Star Emperor as one of the New Picture Picks.[15]
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for September 21st, 2013 covered the Perfect Effect Warden in the news.[16]
The Retro Robot Radio podcast for September 28th, 2013 mentioned the Perfect Effect Warden in the news.[17]
The WTF@TFW podcast for November 8th, 2013 selected Warden as one of the New Picture Picks.[18]
The TransMissons podcast for December 9th, 2013 discussed Warden in the news.[19]
Toys
- Perfect Effect PE-DX03 Warden (2014)
Gallery
Perfect Effect image teasers
Perfect Effect size comparison
Perfect Effect image teasers
Perfect Effect Warden prototype
Warden box contents
Warden toy
Warden box back
References
- ↑ http://tformers.com/transformers-perfect-effect-announce-pe-2013/19785/news.html
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-3rd-party-discussion/942057-perfect-effect-cerebros-fort-max-head.html
- ↑ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/tfcon-2013-3rd-party-panel-slides-178113/
- ↑ http://tformers.com/transformers-perfect-effect-dx-03-warden/21321/news.html
- ↑ Andy (February 25th, 2013). "moonbase2". http://moonbase2.libsyn.com (Podcast). moonbase2. http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/episode-231.
- ↑ Craig (March 4th, 2013). "Fwooshcast". http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/ (Podcast). The Fwoosh. http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/2013/03/episode-101-march-4th-the-sound-of-crickets/.
- ↑ Andy (April 1st, 2013). "moonbase2". http://moonbase2.libsyn.com (Podcast). moonbase2. http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/episode-236.
- ↑ blunghole (April 1st, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJvoP8ptqNM.
- ↑ Brian Kilby (April 3rd, 2013). "Radio Free Cybertron". http://www.tfradio.net/ (Podcast). TFRADIO. http://www.tfradio.net/podcast/2013/4/7/radio-free-cybertron-305.html.
- ↑ Craig (June 30th, 2013). "Cybercast". https://www.youtube.com/user/G1Hexatron?feature=watch (Podcast). Josh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lflbijeR5QM.
- ↑ blunghole (July 1st, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh6DvIv6oUA.
- ↑ Craig (July 7th, 2013). "Fwooshcast". http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/ (Podcast). The Fwoosh. http://fwooshcast.thefwoosh.com/2013/07/fwooshcast-117-july-7th-bad-clinton/.
- ↑ blunghole (July 29th, 2013). "Good Morning, Cybertron!". https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-Morning-Cybertron/147383341975239 (Podcast). blunghole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrgYVV0J1qw.
- ↑ Mathew Ignash (August 31st, 2013). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). Mathew Ignash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WV0OSUQm5Q.
- ↑ Vangelus (September 19th, 2013). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/958143-wtf-tfw-270-september-19-2013-a.html.
- ↑ Mathew Ignash (September 21st, 2013). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). Mathew Ignash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4a5YK1M4oE.
- ↑ Mathew Ignash (September 28th, 2013). "Retro Robot Radio". http://www.youtube.com/user/RetroRobotRadio?feature=watch (Podcast). Mathew Ignash. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WV0OSUQm5Q.
- ↑ Vangelus (November 8th, 2013). "WTF@TFW". http://www.tfw2005.com/ (Podcast). TFW2005. http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/wtf-tfw-transformers-podcast/963439-wtf-tfw-277-november-8-2013-a.html.
- ↑ Charles Shelton (December 9th, 2013). "TransMissions". http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/ (Podcast). TransMissions. http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2013/12/transmissions-episode-18/.
