Kurona wrote:We rarely get bigger than Deluxe for any carformers. The only exceptions that come to mind are T30 Springer - who is more of an armoured car than anything street-legal - and various Bumblebees because, well, Bumblebee.
And the Human Alliance versions of Bee, Jazz, Skids, Mudflap, Barricade, Sideswipe and Soundwave.
skywarp-2 wrote: You're right tho.. Blackout desperately needed a Leader Class.. but that ship sailed long ago me thinks.
Still hoping that Movie Edition thing Hasbro registered may include such items. They could do at least two releases of it (Blackout and Grindor... maybe three if including the strange Chopter from the Tiny Turbo range cos I do like his green colour scheme). There's certainly demand from many collectors for a Leader Blackout mold but dunno if enough to support the costs of producing it. Still amazed Brawl got a Leader class figure so early on in addition to his deluxe.
Yea, Bee has Recognition.. but I have to say, I really love this rendition of Hot Rod.. Almost got the same giddy kid feeling I had back in the 80s with the original. Tho less Confliction over him, unlike the original only because Prime was killed.. still going to therapy over that! LMAO!
Yeah I like him. He's nothing like G1 Hot Rod at all but he's still a fun character with a cool design (I've even grown fond of the face since my initial reaction to it) and slick car mode and colour scheme and i love the time gun (seriously hasbro why you no include it?) and his partnership with Bee in the WWII scene is one of my personal fave moments from any TF fiction.
DeathReviews wrote:I see the movies continue their penchant for making popular characters look very little, if anything, like they looked in the cartoons. Looking at this figure, it doesn't say 'Hot Rod' to me....
No one said characters sharing the names of G1 characters have to resemble them in any way. Prime and Bee are recognisably similar is various ways to the G1 originals (Prime moreso) probably cos they are so iconic in the franchise. And hey I often would get disappointed the cartoon models didn't look much like the toys even when they were supposed to be the SAME character. Some fans felt the opposite way having to settle for toys that didn't look like their fave cartoon characters.