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RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

DTR69 wrote:LOOK AT THE HEAD, THE HELMET IS NOT PART OF THE FACE - INDICATING A FACE CHANGE GIMMICK - I'M 100% SURE IT'S TO CHANGE TO A YOUNG HOT ROD FACE. THE LOWER LEGS LOOK LIKE THEY CHANGE TOO. IF HE WAS SHORTER WITH A YOUNG FACE THAT WOULD MAKE A HOT ROD. THE WHEELS IN THE SHOULDER ARE NOT THE FRONT WHEELS, THE FRONT WHEELS ARE IN HIS LOWER LEGS AS THE SHOLDER PORTION IS ONE PIECE, LOOK AT THE VEHICLE MODE THERE IS CLEARLY A SPLIT JUST AFTER THE FRONT WHEEL ARCH. AND THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE MODE IS ON HS BACK. SO THE SECOND SET OF WHEELS ARE EITHER FOR DECORATION - OR A HOT ROD VEHICLE MODE.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION!!!!

Sorry, anytime I see all caps it makes me think someone is yelling in frustration. I'll be very interested to see more pictures and see if he turns out to be a triple/quad changer.

Maybe he was yelling in frustration. That's kind of how I feel about this toy at the moment. I'll reserve final judgement until we learn definitely whether or not it has a Hot Rod mode as well as the paint job scheme which at this point would have to be truly amazing and something unique/special in order to wow me.

I guess I'm really surprised that the flames aren't molded into his chest and trailer. Why would this be? The only reason i can think of is if they were going to reuse this mold for something else later down the road. However, this IS Rodimus Prime so I don't know how you reuse this mold.

Very lackluster and unexciting. I wasn't really that thrilled with Masterpiece Grimlock (though that was partially because of the insane and unnecessary initial markup in his price that was obviously unjustified considering his TRU price being the same as Starscream and Skywarp) but I feel like even that toy was leaps and bounds better than what I'm seeing here with MP Roddy.

Show us the gimmicks! That's got to be what makes this toy cool, right?

fenrir72 wrote:MP Megatron was initially planned to incorporate a chamber for the "Star of Cybertron" and come with the Key to Vector Sigma. But it wasn't implemented.

What would be great is if they implement a feature wherein Rodimus can fit MP Convoy's Matrix of Leadership into him. So there'd be some form of continuity in the series.

Seibertron wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

DTR69 wrote:LOOK AT THE HEAD, THE HELMET IS NOT PART OF THE FACE - INDICATING A FACE CHANGE GIMMICK - I'M 100% SURE IT'S TO CHANGE TO A YOUNG HOT ROD FACE. THE LOWER LEGS LOOK LIKE THEY CHANGE TOO. IF HE WAS SHORTER WITH A YOUNG FACE THAT WOULD MAKE A HOT ROD. THE WHEELS IN THE SHOULDER ARE NOT THE FRONT WHEELS, THE FRONT WHEELS ARE IN HIS LOWER LEGS AS THE SHOLDER PORTION IS ONE PIECE, LOOK AT THE VEHICLE MODE THERE IS CLEARLY A SPLIT JUST AFTER THE FRONT WHEEL ARCH. AND THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE MODE IS ON HS BACK. SO THE SECOND SET OF WHEELS ARE EITHER FOR DECORATION - OR A HOT ROD VEHICLE MODE.

THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION!!!!

Sorry, anytime I see all caps it makes me think someone is yelling in frustration. I'll be very interested to see more pictures and see if he turns out to be a triple/quad changer.

Maybe he was yelling in frustration. That's kind of how I feel about this toy at the moment. I'll reserve final judgement until we learn definitely whether or not it has a Hot Rod mode as well as the paint job scheme which at this point would have to be truly amazing and something unique/special in order to wow me.

I guess I'm really surprised that the flames aren't molded into his chest and trailer. Why would this be? The only reason i can think of is if they were going to reuse this mold for something else later down the road. However, this IS Rodimus Prime so I don't know how you reuse this mold.

Very lackluster and unexciting. I wasn't really that thrilled with Masterpiece Grimlock (though that was partially because of the insane and unnecessary initial markup in his price that was obviously unjustified considering his TRU price being the same as Starscream and Skywarp) but I feel like even that toy was leaps and bounds better than what I'm seeing here with MP Roddy.

Show us the gimmicks! That's got to be what makes this toy cool, right?

REMINATOR wrote:This is not MP Rodimus but MP John Kerry!!
I totally agree with the face. The minute I saw the face, I said this face looks like some politicians dude, hehee.

Ok, onto the prototype. Indeed, he looks skinny and scrawny. The side view is even worst. I just wish he was a little bit massive. Also, he looks short. Hopefully, he's the same height as either Grimlock or the seekers. Despite, the nagativism, I will definitely get MP RPrime. Personally, I still think he looks better than MP Seekers, can't stand that samurai hip kibble! As for the bottom part, it's okay and will be fine once it is painted. I assume his small chest cavity won't be having the same Matrix as Prime/Magnus since it look smaller. Last but not least, I hope he can stand on his own and not flimsy. I don't like that supporting rod on his back. This remind me of MP seekers.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:my guess is that rod is there to keep him standing if the case is bumped, and also, since it's a prototype, it probably isn't the most stable of materials.

Convotron wrote:Is the extremely high projected price of $200 the significant factor here in the reception? If it was $150 or less, would people have a different view of the prototype?