FansProject TFX: Protector Comic

Who is the "Guardian" that is mentioned by Rodimus? Another FansProject product? Springer is Defender and Ultra Magnus is City Commander, right?

I love the idea of Roller moving from Prime's trailer to Rodimus' trailer. Brilliant!

Maybe Guardian is the name of Protector's trailer? Like G3 was the name of Prime's. Maybe it is referring to the upcoming Broadside-esque figure, or maybe it is a mis-translation of Defender?

Just stabs in the dark here

I know FP changed the names of things to keep from being chewed out/sued by HasTak, but there were so many in this thing all at once I couldn't help but laugh!

That and the onomatopoeia "EHRRP..." like the trailer belched

Omg, Protector whines just as much as Rodimus Prime did. Grow a damn backbone mate.

Well, at least he finally admits it was his fault Prime died. Other than that, pure epic.

Seems like "Protector" is reffering to Roller as "Guardian".

And "Protector" should be a whiney bee-yoch if he holds true to character. I like the brooding Rodimus Prime, personally. He has courage, but is filled with self doubt. I think many of us can relate to that.

Dude if I can get that Rodimus Roller with Protector, this set will surpass the City Commander and its Upgrades for me! Still no release date yet
What's wrong Fansproject? Don't want our money yet?

HUGE EDIT:

The Guardian Roller thingy is already part of the Protector set! The rear of the battle station has the wheels and the shape and, upon farther inspection, looks detachable!

Mindmaster wrote:Well, at least he finally admits it was his fault Prime died. Other than that, pure epic.

After Prime drops Megatron off the edge and collapses, the first thing Hot Rod does is rush over and ask Optimus to forgive him. He knew and admitted to what he did before Optimus even died! What holds him back as Rodimus is the lesson he learned: rushing in can get people killed. Every time he holds back, he's fighting his natural instinct to charge in which may get his friends (that now must follow his orders) killed.

Rodimus Prime is a much deeper character than we could realize when we were kids.

zodconvoy wrote:The Guardian Roller thingy is already part of the Protector set! The rear of the battle station has the wheels and the shape and, upon farther inspection, looks detachable!

I believe at BotCon they said that the roller with Protector would be a targetmaster-correct?

DevastaTTor wrote:I believe at BotCon they said that the roller with Protector would be a targetmaster-correct?

I didn't know that. I wasn't there and didn't have the internet at the time. If it's old news, yay I'm caught up!

DevastaTTor wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:The Guardian Roller thingy is already part of the Protector set! The rear of the battle station has the wheels and the shape and, upon farther inspection, looks detachable!

I believe at BotCon they said that the roller with Protector would be a targetmaster-correct?

No, they said that it would FIT the targetmasters, I believe they used Nightstick as an example. Vange1us has a video talking to FP about Protector on his YouTube page, i'm pretty sure that's where I heard it.

Yay! Roller!

Oh Rodimus, so emo.

Man, I cannot wait for this set. Well, I can, I still need to pay for the Bruticus add-ons.

zodconvoy wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Well, at least he finally admits it was his fault Prime died. Other than that, pure epic.

After Prime drops Megatron off the edge and collapses, the first thing Hot Rod does is rush over and ask Optimus to forgive him. He knew and admitted to what he did before Optimus even died! What holds him back as Rodimus is the lesson he learned: rushing in can get people killed. Every time he holds back, he's fighting his natural instinct to charge in which may get his friends (that now must follow his orders) killed.

Rodimus Prime is a much deeper character than we could realize when we were kids.

...Oh, yeah. Completely forgot about that. My bad.

*edit*
Forgot to log this out.

Forgotten wrote:

DevastaTTor wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:The Guardian Roller thingy is already part of the Protector set! The rear of the battle station has the wheels and the shape and, upon farther inspection, looks detachable!

I believe at BotCon they said that the roller with Protector would be a targetmaster-correct?

No, they said that it would FIT the targetmasters, I believe they used Nightstick as an example. Vange1us has a video talking to FP about Protector on his YouTube page, i'm pretty sure that's where I heard it.

Ah, I knew I heard something in that video-that must be it.

Like i needed another reason to want this set so hard!.. Bring it on FP BRING IT ON!

LiKwid wrote:Like i needed another reason to want this set so hard!.. Bring it on FP BRING IT ON!

In Vange1us video on YouTube, the Fansproject rep said in our hands by Christmas.

And the Roller is clearly detachable in the video, you just had to be looking for it I guess. YAY I was right!

Wow, it's like they already have my money, but they just want to keep selling it to me, which is a good thing in this case.

So quick questions:

1: I'm guessing that Protector's gun will be able to be mounted on Guardian/Roller, in that case, can the barrel extension be mounted on Guardian/Roller separately from Rodimus' gun?

2: If so, is that where it is supposed to be mounted in Truck/Winnebago mode? On Guardian/Roller?

I may be wrong, but I don't think Guardian is the name of Protector's equivalent of Roller. Protector seems surprised that the scout unit is alive, and this comes after he mentions Guardian. Probably a reference to a later project. FansProject's Broadside hasn't actually been given a name yet. Might be him. But then again, Omega Supreme is traditionally referred to as a "guardian". We can but hope.

Sodan-1 wrote:I may be wrong, but I don't think Guardian is the name of Protector's equivalent of Roller. Protector seems surprised that the scout unit is alive, and this comes after he mentions Guardian. Probably a reference to a later project. FansProject's Broadside hasn't actually been given a name yet. Might be him. But then again, Omega Supreme is traditionally referred to as a "guardian". We can but hope.

Yeah, you might be right about roller. I re-read it and I like your interpretation.

Maybe Kup? (Wishful thinking?)

Hmmm, looking good FP. I'd love to see some colored pictures of this set. *hint hint

Sodan-1 wrote:I may be wrong, but I don't think Guardian is the name of Protector's equivalent of Roller. Protector seems surprised that the scout unit is alive, and this comes after he mentions Guardian. Probably a reference to a later project. FansProject's Broadside hasn't actually been given a name yet. Might be him. But then again, Omega Supreme is traditionally referred to as a "guardian". We can but hope.

Based on the picture of the "Guardian" and the fact he refers to OP's Roller as G3, I'm pretty sure Guardian is Hot Rod's roller.

DevastaTTor wrote:

zodconvoy wrote:The Guardian Roller thingy is already part of the Protector set! The rear of the battle station has the wheels and the shape and, upon farther inspection, looks detachable!

I believe at BotCon they said that the roller with Protector would be a targetmaster-correct?

I don't believe Roller is the targetmaster but I have read from people that went to Botcon, that he is suppose to come with a Targetmaster. I hope so.

I'm sure I could be way off, but I think Guardian is Wreck-Gar, which was a silhouette quite awhile back at a convention last year. I can't find it to confirm my theory, but I do believe Guardian is the next figure they make, plus their comics are set up to introduce their next custom, based on city-commanders and Protector in Defender's comic. Again, I'm sure I am WAY off. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I'm sure I could be way off, but I think Guardian is Wreck-Gar, which was a silhouette quite awhile back at a convention last year. I can't find it to confirm my theory, but I do believe Guardian is the next figure they make, plus their comics are set up to introduce their next custom, based on city-commanders and Protector in Defender's comic. Again, I'm sure I am WAY off. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Nevermind, I found that link. The silhouette based on Wreck-Gar is named Collector, so now I feel like a fool

One_Universe wrote:I'm sure I could be way off, but I think Guardian is Wreck-Gar, which was a silhouette quite awhile back at a convention last year. I can't find it to confirm my theory, but I do believe Guardian is the next figure they make, plus their comics are set up to introduce their next custom, based on city-commanders and Protector in Defender's comic. Again, I'm sure I am WAY off. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

They're calling the Wreck-Gar figure "Collector". comes in young male, elder male & young female. And they can ride each other.

One_Universe wrote:I'm sure I could be way off, but I think Guardian is Wreck-Gar, which was a silhouette quite a while back at a convention last year. I can't find it to confirm my theory, but I do believe Guardian is the next figure they make, plus their comics are set up to introduce their next custom, based on city-commanders and Protector in Defender's comic. Again, I'm sure I am WAY off. Just thought I'd throw that out there.

FP aren't doing Wreck-Gar as far as I know, I heard they were doing other Junkticons. A male, female and another (older male?). Anyway, I think they were titled Collector, so I would assume it is just Collector-1, Collector-2 and Collector-3. This was a year ago or so though so maybe the name has changed.

Edit: I was beaten to it

Seems to me that G3 was the name of OP's trailer, it WAS the G3 trailer. He is also CLEARLY next to the G3 trailer when he puts a hand on it and talks to it, referring to it as G3, this is also where he mentions that he and Guardian will do their best, so logically I would infer that Guardian is his trailer.

That's how I see it anyway.
- DF

DangerousFat wrote:Seems to me that G3 was the name of OP's trailer, it WAS the G3 trailer. He is also CLEARLY next to the G3 trailer when he puts a hand on it and talks to it, referring to it as G3, this is also where he mentions that he and Guardian will do their best, so logically I would infer that Guardian is his trailer.

That's how I see it anyway.
- DF

I can get behind this theory. I usually get too wrapped up in the thought that the trailers are extensions of that leader and therefore don't have a name of their own. But given that this trailer is both additional armour AND a battle station, this makes sense.

Damn you DangerousFat! I was dreaming of FansProject Omega.

Sodan-1 wrote:

DangerousFat wrote:Seems to me that G3 was the name of OP's trailer, it WAS the G3 trailer. He is also CLEARLY next to the G3 trailer when he puts a hand on it and talks to it, referring to it as G3, this is also where he mentions that he and Guardian will do their best, so logically I would infer that Guardian is his trailer.

That's how I see it anyway.
- DF

I can get behind this theory. I usually get too wrapped up in the thought that the trailers are extensions of that leader and therefore don't have a name of their own. But given that this trailer is both additional armour AND a battle station, this makes sense.

Damn you DangerousFat! I was dreaming of FansProject Omega.

I hope they don't ever make an Omega Supreme. If Springer ran me $80, Swindle $45, Blast-Off $45. Omega would probably weigh in around $215. The wife will NEVER allow that, so it's best that they don't put the temptation there.

Forgotten wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

DangerousFat wrote:Seems to me that G3 was the name of OP's trailer, it WAS the G3 trailer. He is also CLEARLY next to the G3 trailer when he puts a hand on it and talks to it, referring to it as G3, this is also where he mentions that he and Guardian will do their best, so logically I would infer that Guardian is his trailer.

That's how I see it anyway.
- DF

I can get behind this theory. I usually get too wrapped up in the thought that the trailers are extensions of that leader and therefore don't have a name of their own. But given that this trailer is both additional armour AND a battle station, this makes sense.

Damn you DangerousFat! I was dreaming of FansProject Omega.

I hope they don't ever make an Omega Supreme. If Springer ran me $80, Swindle $45, Blast-Off $45. Omega would probably weigh in around $215. The wife will NEVER allow that, so it's best that they don't put the temptation there.

Yeah, at that price range it might just be worth it to make one out of scratch instead. I kept on wanting to get a Thundercracker but the prices that he goes for meant it was just cheaper to repaint an Acidstorm that I have. I would love to heavily modify the hell out of a Tidalwave toy and turn it into Overlord.

Chupacabra Convoy wrote:I would love to heavily modify the hell out of a Tidalwave toy and turn it into Overlord.

That's exactly what I've been doing today. The hardest part you're going to have is if you use different arms. I'll post wip pics in a kitbash thread if you want.

Nice to see Protector's still a whiny puss.

Other than that, Helsinki yes. FansProject continues to outdo themselves.

zodconvoy wrote:

Chupacabra Convoy wrote:I would love to heavily modify the hell out of a Tidalwave toy and turn it into Overlord.

That's exactly what I've been doing today. The hardest part you're going to have is if you use different arms. I'll post wip pics in a kitbash thread if you want.

Dude, hell yes, and we total got to talk.