New Dengeki Hobby Scans of Takara Tomy's MP Rodimus Convoy

Yippee! He has his hand saw. I know, a weird thing to be excited about. Maybe it's the Saw marathon on SyFy.

Now, if only we could answer the Matrix question.

And I have to disagree with MINDVVIPE. In many ways, there were some compromises made with MP Optimus that could be criticized as well. Compared to the G1 Rodimus Prime toy we have, this thing is pretty, well, pretty! Outside of FansProject's Protector, and Maybe Titanium Rodimus, this is a more than decent rendition for a Masterpiece.

Now if only it will only show up complete at Toys R Us in the states. Please keep the Trailer, Hasbro!!

Agamemnon wrote: Please keep the Trailer, Hasbro!!

I think it's already been confirmed that they wouldn't. Only Hot Rod will be released in the U.S.

His face is too white. Other than that, he looks good, but I'm starting to doubt if I want the Takara version.

i think i'm gonna cancel my pre order. Just not feelin the love for this one. Was stoked at first but i think it'll be easy to walk away from.
I honestly don't like the car mode.

at first i was sceptical but the more i saw the more i liked. Very disappointed with hasbro not releasing the full version

because that would be a masterpiece hot rod and not rodimus! Thing is.. he's a great mp rodimus but not the best rendition of hot rod in vehicle mode.

i'm more than satisfied with the classics hot rod rendition.

I have the original rodimus toy and even though i have all the pieces, he's such a crap robot that i keep him in alt mode with buzzsaw perced on him for decoration (he get's no respect!)

i'd be willing to pay a max of 100-120 euro/usd for the mp with the trailer... anyone need a spare kidney?

also.. are there any pics with a size comparison - haven't quite grasped the scale of this guy yet

I've watched the animated movie several times to compare the actual MP Hotrod vehicle mode to that of which the toy is based off of and it's dead on. I'm not sure if those who compare it are using the toy we received under the G1 line for comparisons or not but it's been my understanding that the MP line is to be based off of the G1 cartoon (or in this case the animated movie) for accurate representations of color schemes transformations and of course gimmicks/features.

The only variance I can see with the car mode of Hotrod to that of the movie is the spoiler. Outside of that given that this toy is 2 robots and 2 vehicles in one the approach idea and execution are spot on.

All things considered I think we all have to keep in mind the material used to produce the masterpiece line is subject to some interpretations and based on overall expense to produce these figures they will never be perfect as to how we the collector's or fans think they should be.

I mean lets be honest you're already bitching about the price of $200 being to expensive could you imagine what the cost would be if this or any other MP figure would be if it were "perfectly designed" in our eyes. None of us would buy them.

Every MP figure released to date has it's flaws and short comings. Grimmy is to short for scale comparisons (again money issues), the seekers have a samurai look to them with the waist kibble but in reality this isn't terribly bad, Magnus isn't Magnus simply because he's a straight repaint of MP Prime, and Megatron's legs aren't "anime accurate" (to thin).

Rumor has it Magnus is getting a second production run. Maybe Takara figured out how to produce the trailer and armor upgrade for him without making the price to ridiculous but again expect the price to be around $200 - $250 if this is the case.

All things considered these are my opinions based on the MP line and my interpretations of their executions. I really enjoy this line and hope to see it produced for a very long time. I also think the next several years are going to be very exciting for transformer fans as it seems an explosion is unfolding before us. I think with the emergence of the 3rd party companies like Fans Project, I-Gear Toys, etc etc producing such high quality figures and accessories/upgrades for current market transformers. This will make Takara and Hasbro rethink and ultimately produce a better product over all. We basically know if they these two want do it or at least attempt it a third party company will and do it very well. I think this is why you are starting to see more and more slight retool's of figure's instead of straight repaints like Hasbro use to do.

My wall of text is done, thanks for reading.

Snagglepus wrote:
Rumor has it Magnus is getting a second production run. Maybe Takara figured out how to produce the trailer and armor upgrade for him without making the price to ridiculous but again expect the price to be around $200 - $250 if this is the case.

This rumor is definitely new to me. I haven't seen any board talks about it so far excluding the previous MP2 Reissue (w/ Tomy logo) and newly release Igear Magnus w/ trailer to follow.

What is meant by mail-away base?

evers wrote:Ok so that base is the Mail away base you can get if you order all the 2010 transformers items? and what does this base do?

Oh that base! Geez I'm being dumb tonight. I thought it was talking about the base Rodimus' trailer transforms in to. I'll leave now.

REMINATOR wrote:

Snagglepus wrote:
Rumor has it Magnus is getting a second production run. Maybe Takara figured out how to produce the trailer and armor upgrade for him without making the price to ridiculous but again expect the price to be around $200 - $250 if this is the case.

This rumor is definitely new to me. I haven't seen any board talks about it so far excluding the previous MP2 Reissue (w/ Tomy logo) and newly release Igear Magnus w/ trailer to follow.

You mean third: he already had his second, along with Trailer MP Convoy.