A Few New Masterpiece Hot Rod Images Plus New Preorders (Soft TF Nazo Nazo, TF Decoys and Q-TF)

Posted by Autobot032 Oct 6, 2015 at 1:44pm CDT 25,164 views

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More new images of Masterpiece Hot Rod? Is that even possible? Apparently it is.

Just when you think you've seen enough of Ol' Roddy, AmiAmi comes to the rescue to give you even more of what you've already seen. However, there are some new images to share this time, so it's a tad newsworthy. This news comes to us courtesy of fellow Seibertron staffer mooncake623.

First, clean images without the "DO NOT COPY" watermark. (As if it was going to work, anyway...)
Second, new comparison image with Masterpiece Ultra Magnus and Daniel. (You can see Magnus, along with Daniel, in all his glory in our gallery right here. Oh, and remember to pick up the reissue if you haven't, yet. Amazing figure!)
Thirdly (and finally) an image of his assortment of accessories in better detail.

You're going to say "We've seen these images before!" and for the most part, you have, right here in fact.

So, while they're wringing the photography for all it's worth, might as well feast your eyes on the paltry number of new images left to be seen on this guy. Heck, all we need now is a box image and we're good to go.

Clean images:

Transformers News: A Few New Masterpiece Hot Rod Images Plus New Preorders (Soft TF Nazo Nazo, TF Decoys and Q-TF)

New images:

Accessories:

Hot Rod is expected to be released sometime in the first quarter of 2016, but as with all Takara Tomy Masterpieces, don't be surprised if he's delayed. It's not the first time a Masterpiece has missed the target date.

This figure also went up at HLJ along with Shockwave (at both Amiami and HLJ) and the following new products:

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QTF07 Ironhide (Toyota Hiace)

Soft Transformer Nazo Nazo Optimus Prime

Soft Transformer Nazo Nazo Bumblebee

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LG19 Sprung

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Re: A Few New Masterpiece Hot Rod Images Plus New Preorders (Soft TF Nazo Nazo, TF Decoys and Q-TF) (view post)

Comment by Robogeek1973 Oct 6, 2015

fenrir72 wrote:http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/review?scode=FIGURE-014210&page=top

fave pic

See now in this shot he looks fantastic.

I guess he's gonna be one of those bots that looks good in one position but horrible in another. :BANG_HEAD:

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Comment by Nemesis Destron Oct 6, 2015

Yeah okay a fishing pole right, guess he'll be FISHING for compliments for leadership right? Cause he's got that fishing pole you know, so he could fish. Fish for that and umm, you know other things too right? -crickets- :-P

I guess the

better watch out now with this pole in Hot Rod arsenal huh, right? I wonder what he'll use for bate? -crickets- :-P

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Comment by procyon Oct 6, 2015

What... no Firebolt? Where's the Targetmaster love?

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Comment by SkyWarpt Oct 6, 2015

Nemesis Destron wrote:Yeah okay a fishing pole right, guess he'll be FISHING for compliments for leadership right? Cause he's got that fishing pole you know, so he could fish. Fish for that and umm, you know other things too right? -crickets-

I guess the better watch out now with this pole in Hot Rod arsenal huh, right? I wonder what he'll use for bate? -crickets-

Don't forget his spinning descaler

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Comment by galvatron00 Oct 6, 2015

procyon wrote:What... no Firebolt? Where's the Targetmaster love?

Hot Rod wasn't a Targetmaster user in Japan. Rodimus Prime, Blurr, and Kup were gone before they showed up in Transformers: Headmasters.

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 6, 2015

I have been thinking, I am really not sure about this guy for my collection. I want him, no doubt, but I dont want to spend more than the cost of a leader. He looks quite small next to UM and I am so unsure about that back pack. And I dont care for the sacrifice made so that Prime's matrix fits in his chest. I dont need the matrix to fit inside him and not that low either. This is now my stategy for this rodimus:

I will wait for video reviews and feedback. If I like it, I will then wait for either a takara rerelease or a Hasbro release. With unlicensed MPs (that arent guns), you can always be sure Hasbro will eventually release it. MY MP starscream is waiting for me at home and I much preffer having spent 60$ on it than 150 (and upwards). I will use the same strategy for this guy.

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Comment by Burn Oct 6, 2015

william-james88 wrote:I dont care for the sacrifice made so that Prime's matrix fits in his chest.

This is another one of those gimmicks that ruins figures. It's not something you expect in the Masterpiece line.

HLJ Pre-order is up.

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Comment by Shuttershock Oct 6, 2015

Nemesis Destron wrote:Yeah okay a fishing pole right, guess he'll be FISHING for compliments for leadership right? Cause he's got that fishing pole you know, so he could fish. Fish for that and umm, you know other things too right? -crickets-

I guess the better watch out now with this pole in Hot Rod arsenal huh, right? I wonder what he'll use for bate? -crickets-

Well, it wouldn't be Masterpiece without insanely meticulous homages to that thing character X did once. :-P

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 6, 2015

Burn wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I dont care for the sacrifice made so that Prime's matrix fits in his chest.

This is another one of those gimmicks that ruins figures. It's not something you expect in the Masterpiece line.

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I would expect it from Optimus Prime and Optimus Prime alone. Also, it doesnt look good. Is that actually where he store his matrix. For some reason I only imaging Rodimus holding it in front of him and not opening his chest flap and depositing it at the botton.

You know, I was thinking Burn. My favourite MPs are Lambor and Wheeljack. You know what they have in common? No gimmicks.

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Comment by REX-203 Oct 6, 2015

Burn wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I dont care for the sacrifice made so that Prime's matrix fits in his chest.

This is another one of those gimmicks that ruins figures. It's not something you expect in the Masterpiece line.

HLJ Pre-order is up.

I think the figure looks good, and I'm looking forward to getting him, but I have to agree with you guys here. What doesn't help, for gimmick's sake, he never actually put the Matrix in his chest as Hot Rod. Remember, he grew into Rodimus Prime while holding the Matrix open in front of him. So, in a way, it's inaccurate, or at least unnecessary, for him to hold it in his chest as Hot Rod.

Aside from that, the other little thing that nags me, design-wise, is how his hood/chest sticks out further than his collar. I was hoping it was just a slight mis-transformation on the prototype, but apparently it is that way. Just looks a bit off, to me at least.

On a positive note, I am glad we're getting a smaller normal sized Hot Rod.

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Comment by DedicatedGhostArt Oct 6, 2015

AWW THAT QTF IRONHIDE AND JETFIRE ARE SO KAWAII!!! Ironhide is my favorite QTF so far I'm sure! I also LOVE that Jetfire! AWW they're so cute!!!

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Comment by Agamemnon Oct 6, 2015

We do have Rodimus opening his chest to access the Matrix (at 2:45):

The yellow flame swings open sideways in the episode Dark Awakenings, where Optimus comes back the first time. (Now I need to look at the MP again to see how the chest opens....)

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Comment by REX-203 Oct 6, 2015

Agamemnon wrote:We do have Rodimus opening his chest to access the Matrix (at 2:45):

The yellow flame swings open sideways in the episode Dark Awakenings, where Optimus comes back the first time. (Now I need to look at the MP again to see how the chest opens....)

I stand corrected! I forgot about after Prime came back. Thanks for reminding us about that. Actually, I feel a little better about it opening now. :-P

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Comment by Burn Oct 6, 2015

REX-203 wrote:On a positive note, I am glad we're getting a smaller normal sized Hot Rod.

Yeah ... while my initial reaction was disappointment that they're doing a character that has already been done (in a way), I've accepted that I'll now be able to pose both characters.

It's such a shame though HR is the way he is. So many flaws.

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Comment by Agamemnon Oct 6, 2015

REX-203 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:We do have Rodimus opening his chest to access the Matrix (at 2:45):

The yellow flame swings open sideways in the episode Dark Awakenings, where Optimus comes back the first time. (Now I need to look at the MP again to see how the chest opens....)

I stand corrected! I forgot about after Prime came back. Thanks for reminding us about that. Actually, I feel a little better about it opening now.

Oh, not a problem. I remembered Roddy opening his chest, but it took me a while to figure out where I saw it. Now, the MP opens on the wrong side, but....

[Edit] And then, of course, it opens from the other side later in the same episode (about 4:20):

There were never this sort of animation errors in the TF cartoons, were there? #ExtremeSarcasm

At least in this shot, we get a bit more detail inside Roddy's chest....

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Comment by william-james88 Oct 6, 2015

Still seems to sit a bit too low. Am I being too nitpicky guys?

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Comment by Agamemnon Oct 6, 2015

william-james88 wrote:Still seems to sit a bit too low. Am I being too nitpicky guys?

I don't think so. I think it is just the reality of the physics of space involved in the toy. I don't know how they would get it higher in the chest to make it look right. I guess I would have preferred leaving the gimmick out all together.

On the other hand, we can just not play with Roddy's chest like that...

(Would have been a better double entendre if it was Arcee we were talking about?)

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Comment by Desslok2201 Oct 6, 2015

william-james88 wrote:Still seems to sit a bit too low. Am I being too nitpicky guys?

Something doesn't seem right here, but I'm not sure that's it. The whole upper torso just seems wrong, almost like it's mistransformed. I can't put my finger on it exactly, but yeah, it seems off.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Oct 6, 2015

Agamemnon wrote:We do have Rodimus opening his chest to access the Matrix (at 2:45):

The yellow flame swings open sideways in the episode Dark Awakenings, where Optimus comes back the first time. (Now I need to look at the MP again to see how the chest opens....)

Yes, Rodimus did. But Hot Rod didn't.

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Comment by Ironhidensh Oct 6, 2015

Wel, with the new pics, I can safely say that this figure is an easy pass.

Looks like I'm still waiting for a decent MP Hotrod

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