Images of Kingdom Hot Rod who is now Out in Hong Kong

oof. guess where going back to the tradition of hot rod toys being not stellar. well, at least we got one good one out of kingdom!

I think the article title should be corrected lol

Immortal Starscream wrote:oof. guess where going back to the tradition of hot rod toys being not stellar. well, at least we got one good one out of kingdom!

You do realize this is a cheap, simplified, relatively tiny $11 toy, right?

ZeroWolf wrote:The hollow parts don't bother me, especially since the head won't be visible unless you're standing directly behind him and have the back part folded down.

Indeed.

That Hot Rod is not too bad, at least for $10. I'll probably pick him up and keep him in robot mode mostly, I'm not impressed with the car mode.

For a Core toy, I find that Rodimus pretty good.
I'll buy it as soon as I see it in store.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Seibertron has been mean lately with headlines, instead of posting pictures of hot rod and including the hollow head, you front paged the hollow head.

Nice,

I'm sure Hasbro wants to give you the next exclusive.

What's wrong with showing the toy for what it is? If it bothers Hasbro, they should make better toys.

Showing a toy for what it is? It is what you see, and nobody will display an $11 core figure from the back with the entire backpack unhinged and totally out of place. I don’t feel any need to defend hasbro, they’re just a company, but the frontline picture is weird and feels oddly subjective to someone who dislikes this figure and wants others to aswell lol.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:The hollow head is creepy. And why no blue paint for the windows?

Might be down to feeling white looks better at this size? Idk.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

jtanimator wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Seibertron has been mean lately with headlines, instead of posting pictures of hot rod and including the hollow head, you front paged the hollow head.

Nice,

I'm sure Hasbro wants to give you the next exclusive.

What's wrong with showing the toy for what it is? If it bothers Hasbro, they should make better toys.

Showing a toy for what it is?

The hollow head is part of the figure, yes.

It is what you see, and nobody will display an $11 core figure from the back with the entire backpack unhinged and totally out of place. I don’t feel any need to defend hasbro, they’re just a company, but the frontline picture is weird and feels oddly subjective to someone who dislikes this figure and wants others to as well lol.

Even if that were the case, seeing it like that shouldn't be a deal-breaker to anyone, unless hollow heads are a feature one absolutely dislikes on a figure. And if that's the case, the rest of the figure could look like a masterpiece and that person should still pass on it, because of the hollow head.

Point is, there's nothing wrong with showing the hollow head, or even highlighting it.

Overquoting to ask what's the issue with the hollow head again?
That's a small figure with limited budget and parts count. Furthermore, the hollow part on the head is only visible if you look for it unlike hollow limbs. So I think some people make a mountain out of a molehill.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

jtanimator wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SkyFire Prime wrote:Seibertron has been mean lately with headlines, instead of posting pictures of hot rod and including the hollow head, you front paged the hollow head.

Nice,

I'm sure Hasbro wants to give you the next exclusive.

What's wrong with showing the toy for what it is? If it bothers Hasbro, they should make better toys.

Showing a toy for what it is?

The hollow head is part of the figure, yes.

It is what you see, and nobody will display an $11 core figure from the back with the entire backpack unhinged and totally out of place. I don’t feel any need to defend hasbro, they’re just a company, but the frontline picture is weird and feels oddly subjective to someone who dislikes this figure and wants others to as well lol.

Even if that were the case, seeing it like that shouldn't be a deal-breaker to anyone, unless hollow heads are a feature one absolutely dislikes on a figure. And if that's the case, the rest of the figure could look like a masterpiece and that person should still pass on it, because of the hollow head.

Point is, there's nothing wrong with showing the hollow head, or even highlighting it.

Yeah, I have nothing against this figure. We are a news site and the news here was that these pics showed angles we had not seen before. So it only made sense to highlight the most newsworthy aspect.

I'm sure a lot of people appreciate seeing this figure fully like this. If I wasn't being a completist with WFC I'd certainly have second thoughts about buying it. I'd expect this from Authentics or Cyber Battalion, not Generations. If the head being hollow doesn't bother you then why get so worked up over it being highlighted in the article?

If you're fine with this then you'd have to also be fine with Hasbro if they started making Marvel or Star Wars figures with holes in their heads as well, right? Or maybe Hasbro should stop painting the back of figures, too, since nobody displays the back of figures, right?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I'm sure a lot of people appreciate seeing this figure fully like this. If I wasn't being a completist with WFC I'd certainly have second thoughts about buying it. I'd expect this from Authentics or Cyber Battalion, not Generations. If the head being hollow doesn't bother you then why get so worked up over it being highlighted in the article?

If you're fine with this then you'd have to also be fine with Hasbro if they started making Marvel or Star Wars figures with holes in their heads as well, right? Or maybe Hasbro should stop painting the back of figures, too, since nobody displays the back of figures, right?

Emerje

Personally I think people are getting too hot about this on both sides. I wouldn't want an "unfinished" Black Series figure, but in something like "Mission Fleet?" Yeah, that'd be understandable. I personally think people's expectations of Core class are too high, it's like Soundwave's feet all over again. This is the new Hasbro version of Legion class, not direct competition with Newage, which is five times as expensive.