ThunderThruster wrote:Mechastrike wrote:Mkall wrote:
Mechastrike wrote:the trailer looks great on Rodimus but did the trailer have ANY purpose in the G1 cartoon? i don't think so. on the positive side, it's a must have like the City Commander trailer.
I've come to the conclusion that when one becomes a Prime, one gets a trailer. The trailer is a phallic symbol only, it is only used to keep the other Autobots jealous.
what i meant to say was that what will the trailer do? i mean Magnus' trailer turns into an armor, what will Rodimus' trailer do?
then again, it could turn into a command center like Optimus'
From memory, i can think of 3 different transforms that they did with his trailer in the toon:
1. The most common, was that the trailer is part of him, and they showed things like the rear wheels being hidden/revealed from his shins. Most notable episodes to mind are; Call of the Primitives and The Return Of Optimus Prime (we see him transform, jump over magnus, and transform again)
2. On one occasion i can think of (Only Human) they had him transform like the '80s toy, but we never saw the trailer transform.
3. the one that made me really start to pay attention though, was in Face of Nijika, where he gets forced over a cliff edge, and the trailer section disengages, we see the full 'Hot Rod' car, he transforms, hits solid ground, transforms back into the car, and the trailer comes racing up behind him.
Basically, the trailer was and wasnt useless in the toon. you've just got pick ur preference.
excellent and Informative assessment.. I am now feeling a bit better about this upgrade armor.. in my humble opinion, I think that Optimus Prime should have the trailer, while the trailer for Rodimus should just be his armor.. like Magnus has..
it makes it look as if Optimus Prime is from an older generation, while the newer Magnus and Rodimus are from a newer group whose trailers have now evolved into armor rather then a mobile command base and weapons platform..Like at some point the Autobots figured a Mobile command base would not help on the battle field as much as individual armor for their bodies..
it makes more sense then to give rodimus a trailer simply because Prime had one, and simply because he had one in the G-1 toy..rodimus and Magnus are from a younger generation, so why not give them armor instead of a mobile command base? Ultra Magnus already has Armor.. so I think this set makes perfect sense...I think it is fine the way it is, Fans Project doesn't need to make the armor a transformable base..and armor..