Prototype Images Of Fansproject Protector

He's got the touch! He's got the power!

A definate must-buy! The proportions in robot mode are kinda odd with the addition of the armor, but not in a terrible way and definately no worse than what we've seen on regular TFs.

It looks like the main release will be for the Henkei version. Which is fine since I have both Hasbro's and takara's Hot Rod!

Hey.

Hey now.

That looks hella good.

This deserves applause. And my money.

Good work Fansproject.

About freaking time.

Wow. I am very picky with my money since I am unemployed (thank you Health Care Bill for that) but DAMN...if this looks as good when it is colored, I am SO buying it.

Sodan-1 wrote:Oh snap! I posted a message about this at the exact same time as yourself.

I know right. Looks like the exact time stamp! Hehe.

Now I want preorders for this to open up...NOW!! OK, Fans Project...please just chill with the awesomeness that are your toys and figures. (just for like a lil) My wallet is asking for a separation and I'm doing everything in my powers to not lose it. Oh what the hell...I'ma lock it up and put a lil ball and chain on it...that'll learn it!

I bought Classic Rodimus way back when FP announced the Protector..... Then no news....

Last week, i was thinking i need to get myself a Henkei Rodimus, due to that i want to pose Rodimus (hot rod) with Henkei version, and the classics Rodimus with the armor to become Rodimus Prime (Protector).

Yeah i got Henkei Rodimus, and this news.....

Sometimes you cant deny your six sense....

Pretty damn sweet. I can't really find much wrong with it. But since I need to scrutinize, wish it would have had a bit more bulk to it. Ya know? It's nowhere near as beefy as I figured it would be. Of course with color detail done it will probably look far more filled out. Everything's better with FansProject! Now make me a little Kremzeek that lights up, & folds up into an electric spark ball.

For those that have both Classics Rodimus and Henkei Rodimus, I think it'll be best to use Classics Rodimus in this. The armor will hide his inferior chest plate and you won't scratch the chrome when in vehicle mode.

That is frakkin' sweet! I can't wait for this. The only way to make that more awesome would be to have Judd Nelson photobombing the pictures!

I'm assuming the final head will not have that G1 Bumblebee-ish "plate" in the back, and that it is going to be trimmed down for the final.

I am surprised that the robot mode doesn't have a larger set of "fins" and it using the Rodimus ones.

I picked up an extra Classics Rodimus for this during the Bruticus craze and put a set of reprolabels on my original Classics Rodimus, so I'll be set!

Fantastic! I've been waiting for this since it was first announced. Best news all day!

Mach wrote:I bought Classic Rodimus way back when FP announced the Protector..... Then no news....

Last week, i was thinking i need to get myself a Henkei Rodimus, due to that i want to pose Rodimus (hot rod) with Henkei version, and the classics Rodimus with the armor to become Rodimus Prime (Protector).

Yeah i got Henkei Rodimus, and this news.....

Sometimes you cant deny your six sense....

I did the exact same thing when the news first broke about this what seems like over a year ago. I had Henkei Rodimus, then the news, bought Classics Rodimus in preparation of this to display

Finally! Can't wait for this one I wonder if he'll include a Matrix... I hope so.

Depending on the price, I'm saying yea! that looks good.

Yesssssss. So glad I picked up Henkei Hot Rod. Guess I can actually open him now. Assuming we're going to see this around September and cannot wait.

Counterpunch wrote:For those that have both Classics Rodimus and Henkei Rodimus, I think it'll be best to use Classics Rodimus in this. The armor will hide his inferior chest plate and you won't scratch the chrome when in vehicle mode.

For once, I agree. Everyone should expunge Henkei Rodimus from their collections and send them to me.

And am I the only one who thinks them using the missile area to extend the gun into a really much more rifle looking gun is a stroke of genius?

It Is Him wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:For those that have both Classics Rodimus and Henkei Rodimus, I think it'll be best to use Classics Rodimus in this. The armor will hide his inferior chest plate and you won't scratch the chrome when in vehicle mode.

For once, I agree. Everyone should expunge Henkei Rodimus from their collections and send them to me.

But the cool kids will use their Henkei Rodimus as Hot Rod and put him in front of their Rodimus Prime figures. This will show the evolution of the character into the not so beloved leader.

Yay! Rodimus will finally be taller!!!


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Counterpunch wrote:

It Is Him wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:For those that have both Classics Rodimus and Henkei Rodimus, I think it'll be best to use Classics Rodimus in this. The armor will hide his inferior chest plate and you won't scratch the chrome when in vehicle mode.

For once, I agree. Everyone should expunge Henkei Rodimus from their collections and send them to me.

But the cool kids will use their Henkei Rodimus as Hot Rod and put him in front of their Rodimus Prime figures. This will show the evolution of the character into the not so beloved leader.

Speak for yourself.. err... maybe most of the fandom, but I for one am a big fan of Rodimus Prime. It's not his fault he got a bum rap in the original movie... the writers are to blame

Rodimus Prime is totally underrated

OMG...Fansproject will you marry me (gets down on one knee), this figure is just as beautiful as the Ultra Magnus upgrade and will compliment my 86' post-movie squad, specially with my newly aquired Springer (defender), my Roadbuster with his upgrade, Ultra Magnus + armor,...really embarrased to say his name (although his robot mode is ok)...wheelie (sorry almost threw up a bit), now all that's missing is the Blurr figure Hasbro is planning on realeasing and hopefully an Arcee and an updated classics/Universe Kup figure...Fansproject someone needs to hose you guys down cuz' you guys are on FIRE!!!
"ok, Inferno, Hot Spot, Hose Head and any available TF-firetrucks...line up and water these guys down!!!"

HighPrime wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

It Is Him wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:For those that have both Classics Rodimus and Henkei Rodimus, I think it'll be best to use Classics Rodimus in this. The armor will hide his inferior chest plate and you won't scratch the chrome when in vehicle mode.

For once, I agree. Everyone should expunge Henkei Rodimus from their collections and send them to me.

But the cool kids will use their Henkei Rodimus as Hot Rod and put him in front of their Rodimus Prime figures. This will show the evolution of the character into the not so beloved leader.

Speak for yourself.. err... maybe most of the fandom

That's pretty much my M.O.

Oh that is damn georgous.

I'm glad I have both a Henkei and a Classics version to see which is better.

Tears of joy, FP, tears of joy.

I don't care what all y'all say, Hot Rod(imus Prime) is my favorite character. I've got like every version!

I think when this bad boy comes around I'm going to have to split my classics display in two: Pre- and Post-movie. It's getting way too full already, and I haven't even shipped my Defender yet.

Damn, I'm happy. This is a great year of collecting so far.

Release the Preorder!!



P.S. I think the battle base thingamajigger looks a little funky, but it's not the main attraction here. It's pretty cool for what it is anyway. Man, now I feel bad for passing on the G3 trailer, since I'm getting everything else FP.

P.P.S. Also I'm surprised his 'helmet' is a whole new head, complete with face. Makes sense I guess. His original pinhead's pretty lame.

P.P.P.S. Cool, I'm now a Guardian of Cybertron.

kirbenvost wrote:Tears of joy, FP, tears of joy.

I don't care what all y'all say, Hot Rod(imus Prime) is my favorite character. I've got like every version!

Hot Rod/Rodimus is my favorite character as well, if you couldn't tell from my screen name I'm glad I have 3 classic Hot Rods and Henkei.

Yes, we need the preorders for this now! and the preorders for Takara Animated Rodimus and the Clear Optimus/Rodimus 2 pack

Here's a quick 'shop of what the coloured version might look like (based on the colours of the concept artwork where applicable)

Quick someone Pass me a towel.

I'm glad I kept my Classic Hotrod. I'm so getting this when it's released.

Fans project stop making my wallet cry.

Yah, buddy! Lookin' sweet. Unfortunately I have to buy a second Hot Rod 'cuz the rifle stem got busted. Or maybe I can find a loose one somewhere out there and just drill out the hole in the back of the vehicle.

He's still going to have very limited shoulder movement and his legs will be very badly misproportioned. It looks good but won't be on my shelves.

Yesss.
I can't wait man can't wait.

HighPrime wrote:Speak for yourself.. err... maybe most of the fandom, but I for one am a big fan of Rodimus Prime. It's not his fault he got a bum rap in the original movie... the writers are to blame

Actually, the writing for the character(s) in the movie was actually pretty good. He totally came out of the movie looking awesome, and then Flint Dille and the rest of creative thought that a whiny, moping good guy leader would be popular with the fandom.

Movie - "This is the end of the road, Galvatron!"
Season 3 - "Why did I have to be the chosen one?"

As for what figure will look better in the armor, don't we really have to see the final colors on it first? City Commander is a little different as it covers most of the fig but on this one we're going to have see how it matches up. In a prefect world, Classics HR would become Rodimus because he's darker in color and that matches G1 Rodimus more (Hot Rod was always a brighter color in comparison)

Proving once again that Fansproject is the king of the hill here.

A couple things: his hands look a bit on the small side, and his trademark yellow 'wings' are not really visible with the larger bot mode.

Still very impressive though.

Must own!

I'm not even that big a Rodimus fan, but this is just too good not to get.

I was having a pretty crappy day until I saw this bit of news! Awesome. I CANNOT wait! I have the classics one, now I need the Henkei version!

My jaw was found in china five minutes after the post. It's great but the handle on the gun broke on mine and is hanging by a small piece of plastic because its a pain in the ass to remove from under the veichle. I'm afraid super glue will interfere with the hand.

Iacon sentry wrote:I'm afraid super glue will interfere with the hand

not really.. a small splotch of good ol' poly-cement will help fuse the bits back together and save the superglue nightmare

but blow me over with a sneeze..that is FRIKKIN awesome!

my only gripe is the same as originaldave77, the wings arent very prominent in robot mode. maybe they will give an addon clip for the wings?

or would that be part of a possible booster set released later on?

time will tell, although i was really curious to see how they would do rodimu... i mean protector after the original sneak peek teaser they did.

Ah thank Primus! Hot Ro-, er I mean uh 'Rodimus' was really starting to look like scrap compared to all the other classics on my shelf.
With this he'll finally have the pose-ability to get out of that permanent constipated look he has.
The way they fixed his ugly gun kinda made me laugh.

Delicon wrote:Actually, the writing for the character(s) in the movie was actually pretty good. He totally came out of the movie looking awesome, and then Flint Dille and the rest of creative thought that a whiny, moping good guy leader would be popular with the fandom.

Movie - "This is the end of the road, Galvatron!"
Season 3 - "Why did I have to be the chosen one?"

Ya know a good reason behind that could because, well a good portion fandom absolutely hated him.
It was his fault that Optimus prime died after all, or at least it would seem that way to the kiddies.

So they decided to make him look like an idiot after that, getting worse and worse up until Primes eventual revival. Which was the point where they made him look like the biggest moron ever.

"Ultra Magnus, we have to retrieve Optimus's body! Put him where he can rest in peace!"

"But that's what my father wants you to do! It's a trap!"

"I don't care..."

Of course, they also made Galvatron into a nut case by dipping him in plasma for some reason...

Vicalliose wrote:Ah thank Primus! Hot Ro-, er I mean uh 'Rodimus' was really starting to look like scrap compared to all the other classics on my shelf.
With this he'll finally have the pose-ability to get out of that permanent constipated look he has.
The way they fixed his ugly gun kinda made me laugh.

Delicon wrote:Actually, the writing for the character(s) in the movie was actually pretty good. He totally came out of the movie looking awesome, and then Flint Dille and the rest of creative thought that a whiny, moping good guy leader would be popular with the fandom.

Movie - "This is the end of the road, Galvatron!"
Season 3 - "Why did I have to be the chosen one?"

Ya know a good reason behind that could because, well a good portion fandom absolutely hated him.
It was his fault that Optimus prime died after all, or at least it would seem that way to the kiddies.

So they decided to make him look like an idiot after that, getting worse and worse up until Primes eventual revival. Which was the point where they made him look like the biggest moron ever.

"Ultra Magnus, we have to retrieve Optimus's body! Put him where he can rest in peace!"

"But that's what my father wants you to do! It's a trap!"

"I don't care..."

Of course, they also made Galvatron into a nut case by dipping him in plasma for some reason...

Actually pretty much all of season 3 besides "The Return of Optimus Prime" was already written by the time the movie hit theaters.

There was also no Optimus Prime toy out that year or planned for the near future, so sales of toys were going to depend on a lot on how cool Rodimus was or wasn't.

I liked Rodimus as a kid. Never had a problem with him and I thought the flames were totally rad.

Wow, I'm loving how the design of this add on looks less cumbersome than City Commander. I definitely think I'll be picking this up.

Valandar wrote:And am I the only one who thinks them using the missile area to extend the gun into a really much more rifle looking gun is a stroke of genius?

It's a pretty sweet idea that's for sure, although I'm not sure if it looks quite right. I realise it's not exactly a part of Rodimus Prime, but I'm still hoping for a Firebolt-style Targetmaster.

Sodan-1 wrote:

Valandar wrote:And am I the only one who thinks them using the missile area to extend the gun into a really much more rifle looking gun is a stroke of genius?

It's a pretty sweet idea that's for sure, although I'm not sure if it looks quite right. I realise it's not exactly a part of Rodimus Prime, but I'm still hoping for a Firebolt-style Targetmaster.

that would be cool to see...very cool.... and, if judging by the quality that FansProject churn out, he would have a good amount of body articulation

I noticed that a large portion of the trailer will not be used for anything other than the battle-station/cannon-mount.

Even though I know this isn't anything near accurate for Rodimus, but I do hope the cannons on the trailer/battle-station can be mounted on to the figure's shoulders or something. Rather than the battle-station being a large accessory.

Other than that really I guess I'm more than happy with the trailer and definitely all in for getting like two or three (since I have a bunch of Rodimus figures both Henkei and Classics, and got a classics version for my brother too).

I guess it's not fair to poke at how astonishingly little of that rig goes into the robot mode (what with Hot Rod being a deluxe and all). I think gun platform's missiles will fire (or at least come off ), and I really like turning his flamethrower into a rifle.

I like it & preordering the instant I know I can. I wonder if we'll see a Destroyer from the Defender mold?

Looks great. The only thing I don't like is the head. It just doesn't look quite right to me. I'll reserve judgement until I see it in the final colors, but so far, I'm digging it.

Awesomesauce.

Now I'm hoping Fansproject will also do an upgrade for deluxe Galvatron to match Protector... and turn a weak figure into something glorious on par with a City Commander or Protector.

Savage wrote:Looks great. The only thing I don't like is the head. It just doesn't look quite right to me. I'll reserve judgement until I see it in the final colors, but so far, I'm digging it.

could just be that its still in its "whiteform" before production. the photoshopped version gives me an excellent idea of how it will look - though the final will prolly have a tweak here or there.

must admit, for the amount of size - an over noggin is pretty impressive on that scale considering City/Nemesis/Powered Commander was a lot bigger n bulkier (i think somone mentioned that earlier?)

wish my car hadn't packed out and im having to pay through the nose to get it sorted

Oh, that is wicked awesome! FP, you are the gods of third-party companies.