We Might be Getting a New Rodimus Unicronus / Shattered Glass Rodimus Toy

Nemesis Primal wrote:Remember when we found out Selects Magnificus existed because some guy sold an early copy on Shopee as "Shattered Glass Perceptor"? Well in a very similar vein, someone recently put up a new listing on there for "Rodimus Unicronus", using a picture of specifically the inner bot from the PotP figure and a price that falls between Voyager and Leader when converted to USD. Based on that, it seems to me like there's a solid chance that one of the other Shattered Glass figures for the year after Grimlock is Rodimus, most likely from the SS86 mold.

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Can you provide a link?

william-james88 wrote:Can you provide a link?

....well I can, but in the time between that screenshot being taken (which was on the 25th by a person on a different site) and now, said user has removed the "Rodimus Unicronus" option from their offerings: https://shopee.ph/Hasbro-Transformers-Legacy-Kingdom-Generation-Select-robot-Model-i.472500711.15384808354?xptdk=2852c725-eda2-48a4-9534-ff3765331341 That being said, looking through the seller's reviews and double-checking the original "SG Perceptor" article, I can 100% confirm that this is the exact same seller and the exact same listing that Magnificus first came from, the review the first pictures of Magnificus came from is even still there on page 22 of reviews.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:But the listing is selling that Rodimus Unicronus toy as "Rodimus Unicronus", not as "Shattered Glass Rodimus". There is no confusion/deception this time.

I get what he means, he is saying that the person doesn't really know what line his new toys is from. So while he may think it's Rodimus Unicronus, and lists it as such, it might actually be Shaterred Glass Hot Rod.

Exactly. This particular individual has not only sold stolen factory samples multiple times before (so they're not getting the packaging or instructions to get accurate names from), but we have a specific example of them getting a figure that technically could be released under 1 of 2 names, guessing which name is correct to use for the listing, and using an older existing picture as their stock photo instead of an actual picture of the new figure (for Magnificus they used a picture of him/SG Perceptor from one of the comics). This is literally Magnificus Leak 2: Rodimus Boogaloo.

Plus Hasbro themselves said when SG Grimlock went up for preorder that Grim was their "first SG figure of the year", which inherently implies the existence of more releases, and Rodimus does fit with their other SG releases all being the popular/evergreen characters, characters that were important in the original SG fiction, and/or characters who can double as updates to other more-obscure characters. Pretty sure he was in the recent MotG cards that got SG versions too.

Gearslide wrote:I hope this turns out to be a proper SG Rodimus.

I've been on the fence about getting Rodimus Unicronus for my SG collection, but it just doesn't hit the right notes for me.

So if this IS true, and we're getting Grimlock and then Rodimus, I wonder who else is on the table this year? We need some big Decepticons to fill in the ranks, like Shockwave, Cyclonus, and the other Seekers.

And however unlikely, I would LOVE a multi-pack featuring just a bunch of SG Cassettebots.

I'm still holding out hope for an Earthrise Dirge/Titans Return Repugnus two pack.




Emerje

I really wish a SG Rodimus would use the Kingdom Rodimus Prime base instead. That mold is so much better.

Shopee guy put Rodimus back up, now calling it "Black Hot Rod" and showing what appears to be someone's drawing of the SS86 Hot Rod mold in a mix of SG deco and Black Hot Rod/Lost Light colors instead of the PotP stock photo they had before. They've also put up a listing for the G2 Mirage we know his coming from Toxitron Collection, but their picture for that is literally just a digibash of that color scheme on the Siege mold (it's still watermarked even) that has been around since Siege, so I don't know if their picture for Rodimus is 100% indicative of the final mold choice, since I doubt Hasbro is going to randomly revert back to the Siege mold for that Mirage.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I really wish a SG Rodimus would use the Kingdom Rodimus Prime base instead. That mold is so much better.

Doesn't Hot Rod have better accessories for it though, between the saw blade and the optional visor for the PotP look? I don't remember SG Rodimus ever having the trailer.

Emerje wrote:Heads up, Grimlock is preparing to ship from Pulse!

Emerje

Yeah. Mine is confirmed to ship on May 16th now. That's quite a leap forward from August!

I'm holding out on Grimlock in case I like the g2 version more, hopefully a reveal or leak comes out soon

Most likely his gun is gang-molded with the rest.
But where's Sam?

Did anyone else encounter any QC issues with their SG Grimlock? My thanks in advance!

SS86 Hot Rod mold confirmed for SG Rodimus:
My Grimlock (who I'll be using as Trypticon) is supposed to get here today, after apparently being trapped in Portland for all of yesterday.