Dead Metal wrote:Don't get too exited, remember what happened when the first sketches and prototype for MP Starscream where leaked and then officially released? Everybody loved it due to it being show accurate, just like this thing here, then they changed it.
The concept of it combining with the trailer to make Rodimus Prime from Hot Rod is pretty interesting, but I'll wait for the final pics before I get too exited.
The starscream situation was different. That was a fully working prototype, tey brought in a secomd designer, to help appeal to Macross fans. Why they did that knowing they were going to make numerous repaints, which TF fans wwould buy is beyond me. Thats why Starscream was released in green. It was all aimed for people outside of the TF fandom. I think they thought they could make an extra buck. Anyway we ended up with a more realistic plane mode, and a whole heap of people complaining about hip kibble.
Now here all we have is an almost revelotech looking sketch of what Rodimus should look like in either mode. You can clearly see that there has been no allowances for any engineering aspects that would be needed to make this a transforming toy. Let alone something ready for production.
If we are to receive this toy this year, which is what I thought, then they are way down the line, they must already have a working mock up. Usualy we see te finished thing by now, as this has been released makes me think, that it's either so brilliant they don't want ideas nicked, or its a complete joke and they don't want to dent sales, an will use this to generate pre orders. Remember Megatrons prototype sketch. Teh final toy was more or less the same, but some how the sketches proportions looked so much better, even the face was spot on, we ended up with something that looked so different but so the same.
These things move so fast, by the end of the week we may be treated to the first shots of the real thing. At least the ball is rolling, so we won't have to wait long now.
