ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Qwan wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm still holding my breath for Deluxe Wreck-Gar and Springer, and a proper Rodimus Prime (Probably need to be a resurrection of the Ultra class, or else a Leader class with bulky accessories to keep the main toy's size down).
Bearing in mind that this is total speculation, I'd theorise that we'll see a proper Rodimus Prime in PotP - though maybe not the exact way you'd hope. My best guess would be a self-contained Voyager-sized figure, i.e. one whose trailer is part of the robot much like Titanium Rodimus or TR's very own Voyager Optimus. Personally I'd prefer it that way since it would allow for more mass to go to the robot without inflating the price for more-or-less a near-functionless hunk of plastic, so my bias might be affecting my judgement; but I think that's probably how it would go if/when we see a proper-sized Rodimus Prime.
(Though on the other hand, DOTM Jetwing Prime did basically the same thing with a significant increase in price caused by a near-non-transforming accessory, and it sold fairly well from what I can tell, so who knows.)
First off, I will say this right now: Integrated Trailer =/= Proper Rodimus Prime, in my book.
Second, you're seriously calling the trailer/camper shell that turns into a battle station "near-functionless" in the context of Titans Return/Power of the Primes, where we have small figures who can man the assorted stations of base modes and additional weapons that can be mounted at the additional ports there, and the gimmick of linking base modes to one another?Ultra Mad wrote:I think a Voyager size Rodimus with trailer (integrated to the figure or not) should work for scaling with the other 86 cast.
I severely doubt it, because Rodimus Prime is supposed to be around the same height as Galvatron in robot mode. Being a Voyager with a separate trailer/camper shell would almost certainly get in the way of that even with Roddy being less bulky than Galvatron, and being a Voyager with an integrated camper shell would make his vehicle mode look dinky next to the other toys.
My comment was based only on how he should scale. I can imagine that the integrated trailer might make it necessary to make him a Leader class instead of a voyager. After all, on the matter of scaling, Blaster would have been better as a Voyager. They probably made him a leader for the cassette/data padd gimmick.