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News Credits: 21 · by **Skice** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:08 am

Great News Rodimus fans! Fansproject has posted the long awaited pictures of their Protector armor upgrade set for Classics/Henkei Rodimus. Due out in December the Protector set a must have for fans of Rodimus and Fansproject alike.

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by **TimPilot** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:28 am

Totally friggin' awesome

Need more paint though

by **Captziltoid** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:34 am

damn. this is the year of awesome hot rod figures. not like i wasnt gonna get him but damn so much hot rod. with mp, and animated, and the sons of cybertron figs. :BANG_HEAD:

i never thought is spend this much in one year on one char besides optimus or megatron.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:46 am

Thankfully these aren't the final colours because the exhausts definitely need more detail done to them otherwise that's way too much unbroken red.

News Credits: 7 · by **alldarker** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 4:55 am

It looks like this doesn't have ANY of its paint applications yet: it's been assembled straight from the mold to show the finished product's base colors.

It's really too bad I don't have any version of the Hot Rod figure yet: the armor looks very nice indeed. I've got the Classics SoC set coming in in a couple of weeks, but I'm not sure how the clear Hot Rod will look in the armor.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:03 am

Even though theres much much details needs on his trailer, its still nice to see what it looks like in color. Cant wait!!!

by **Nujevad** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:04 am

Since the face looks like a separate piece of plastic from the rest of the head, do you think he'll come with several faces with different expressions as well?

by **starboykb** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:17 am

Hopefully able to get pre-order next month! love the super upgrade for Rodimus!

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:51 am

Man that's sweet! I wish I had the money, I'd pre-order 2 now.

Excuse me, I've got to go mop up my drool.

by **Prowl1529** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:39 am

That's awesome, my Henkei Hot Rod and me of course, we are becoming very impatient for this!

by **feeiq90** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:51 am

thank god tht is just the base color,..hope the real paint scheme will be more detailed...

oh n i do have challenge at cybertron hot rod,n i'll say it WILL look good with him..(except for rody painted window)..

by **ThunderThruster** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:59 am

Damn! This thing keeps looking better and better! So glad I pre-ordered 1 now!

by **JERRYUS PRIME** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:06 am

so wheres the pics of carrier? and sidearm? :???:

still it needs more paint job hopefully thats the case and we dont get a plane red box .so far so good .... only now fansproject needs to come out with a set of g3 trailer weapons set by themselfs i need more weapons for redalert,dragstrip,overtkill heres for hoping :grin:

by **JERRYUS PRIME** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:21 am

another thought the black pipes on his forearms gots to go it looks bad. also looking at it the yellow wings n chest plate does not match very well with the figure . and i forgot wheres the pics of shadow scyther??

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:33 am

ya know, the shade of red they chose may actually look good with challange at cybertron rodimus

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:38 am

Can't wait to see it painted. Looks awesome!

by **WeatherManNX01** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:38 am

Oh, that looks gorgeous, even in the base, unpainted form. Which, of course, means that the final product is going to look even better.

Score another for FansProject.

by **Mechastrike** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:54 am

nice but i'll pass. i mean i think i'll let Hot Rod remain Hot Rod and let Optimus stay as Prime.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:22 am

finally get to see wing exstension is it me or does the lighting make it look orangish/red lookiing

by **WeatherManNX01** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:33 am

dragons wrote:finally get to see wing exstension is it me or does the lighting make it look orangish/red lookiing

I'm thinking that the figure used is a Henkei Rodimus, meaning that the molded plastic wing extensions don't quite match the chromed wings on the figure. Plus, the pictures display an unpainted add-on, so it's possible there is a paint app that will help with that.

by **Joker'sRequiem** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:33 am

If only I had a Hot Rod to go with this. I can totally work this into my TF Budget, but the last thing I need is a trailer sitting around without a Hot Rod to pull it.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 9:59 am

Looks pretty good, even unpainted. Can't wait to see the finished product.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:00 am

Oh, yes it will be...

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:01 am

i thkink that the orange we see here is exactly what we will be getting on the wing extentions. sidearm will be coming with crome versions of the wing extentions and spoiler

by **Rated X** » Mon Sep 20, 2010 10:26 am

50 Bucks seems a bit much for a trailer, some shoulder pads, boots, and a chestplate. The funny thing is, the body armor makes the figure less G1 accurate. Seems like they wanted to justify a higher price rather than just giving a trailer with a reasonable price of $25-30. Will it be available in the new G1 Rodimus colors released in the 3 pack ???