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Thanks to Toy-World HK, we get to see basically most of the Figure King issue 144 contents on Transformers toyline.
As expected, focus will be mainly on Takara Version Transformers Animated. Others include ROTF NEST figures, Disney Label Donald Duck, EZ Collection G1 colour Devastator etc..

Interesting to note is this issue also shows the early prototype of Transformers Animated Hot Rod and Rhinox.


Check out below for all the Figure King 144 scanned images related to Transformers:

Man, that Rhinox looks pretty damn sweet.

I don't think we'll be seeing it though, animated's time is nearly up.

still nothing about leader starscream
i wonder if that toy is ever coming out

even if the jet mode for it was crapy the robot mode looks awesome

Mkall wrote:Man, that Rhinox looks pretty damn sweet.

I don't think we'll be seeing it though, animated's time is nearly up.

You never know.

In past interviews they stated the restarted Universe line would cover the whole history of Transformers.

It would be a great excuse to produce unused designs collectors would like to see.

That's Rodimus and Rhinox?! I think Rodimus was a fembot. Possibly Flare Up. And Rhinox looks like Sentinel Prime on steroids. Sentinel Magnus maybe? Either way, I want to see these released.

Ya know, with those big tires for shoulders, it almost looks like Rhinox transforms into a Tractor....

Hmmmm.... That Rhinox looks like an early version for Sentinel Prime. Still, they are more TF:Hero figures than Animated.

I was just thinking about that last scan. Could we be getting a Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in 2010?

UltraPrimal wrote:I was just thinking about that last scan. Could we be getting a Masterpiece Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in 2010?

Possible.... thats what the rumuors are...

Rhinox and Rodimus don't look like animated....still epic want though

Umm...maybe this ams a stupids question but doesn't rhinox looks a lot like marvel cross over hulk?I sees a seibertron grimlock customs in the work.

I don't really dig the animated TFs but,YEAH, Rhinox looks massive! I'm just worried about the snall feet, though!!! I hope he can actually stand up with them.

These TFA figures(especially BB and Bulkhead)look much greater than Hasbro's.What a pity I was born in Europe and not in Japan....

Am I the only one who sees the new Autobot? ROTF page directly above Mindwipes robot mode. Blue guy with a alt/robot mode I dont recognize.

Mkall wrote:...animated's time is nearly up.

You never know with the Japanese. Remember BW II and BW Neo?

Samurai Bludgeon wrote:Am I the only one who sees the new Autobot? ROTF page directly above Mindwipes robot mode. Blue guy with a alt/robot mode I dont recognize.

You must be! I only see Scattorshot

Any chance that that interview has been translated?

Wow nice.. needs to decide which to get..

Im confused... i thought we WERE getting a animated hotrod or was that cancelled?

Blurrz wrote:Yes... Leader Starscream is still on schedule for a release this mid-year. You can check out the gallery of it's prototype, if you haven't already, on our website

i really hope that is just a prototype of starscream and the jet mode looks different when its release
but thanks for the gallary link

here it is dumb question i havnt seen season 3 of animated was hotrod in season or mentiond.?

i get construcicon vibe from rhinox bot mode looks very menacing loking & top heavy hot rod looks like blurr almost like to see bigger images them both in future to judge more accuatly though but i buyem if we get him here its funny series is cancelad but they still toys of this series

dragons wrote:here it is dumb question i havnt seen season 3 of animated was hotrod in season or mentiond.?

It was Rodimus Prime who appeared in only the first episode of TFA season 3. His name was only spoken as "Rodimus", but his official TFCC profile gives him the name and rank of "Rodimus Prime".

He did not transform in the episode at all, but his altmode was seen on Derrick J. Wyatt's blog and is based on the form of G1 Hot Rod (meaning it's a sci-fi sports car instead of a sci-fi winnebago like G1 Rodimus Prime).

His toy will also have the sportscar altmode, but will be released under the name "Rodimus Minor" because of there being too many "Primes" in the TFA toyline. Yet the character is still named "Rodimus Prime".

This "Hot Rod" prototype (as well as the "Rhinox" one) is something of an enigma to me, as it wouldn't make sense to make a different "Hot Rod" when A) there's already a "Rodimus Prime" character and toy in the same line and B) Hasbro doesn't hold the rights to use that name. As for "Rhinox", since he doesn't seem to resemble the Beast Wars character in any way (besides being big and strong-looking), I don't see the point of it either.

Yeah, where does one get the idea that those are animated figures? They don't really match the style of the other figures, and has been said before, we already have a Rodimus Prime. As much as I want new Animated figures, I'm not seeing Animated in them.