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Post by rizuan76 on Aug 28, 2010 11:16:50 GMT -5
Here taken from the frontpaged news on TFW. it's true then... "In a move that is likely to please all Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime fans, TakaraTomy has revealed recently that the upcoming Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy will have 4 modes of transformation! They are as follows:
* Hot Rod * Car Mode * Rodimus Convoy(Rodimus Prime) * Space Winnebago(part of which in turn, transforms into a battle station like the original)
The speculation about the toy(being able to transform from Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime) since the revelation of the initial design sketches emerged turned out to be true. This figure is truly more than meets the eye!"www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generation-1-1/masterpiece-rodimus-confirmed-to-transform-from-hot-rod-to-rodimus-prime-170491/
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Post by robwhit1 on Aug 28, 2010 12:36:48 GMT -5
Wow, still alot of doubters. Well, this should help clear things up.
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Post by Lejam on Aug 28, 2010 12:52:27 GMT -5
Nhhhhhh..... ... Awesome !
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Post by droutmaster on Aug 28, 2010 14:03:26 GMT -5
so he becomes rodimus by some leg extension and head change? not bad i must admit, but still i don't like him.
but a good figure nonetheless.
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Post by southpawdragon on Aug 28, 2010 14:40:31 GMT -5
I am so happy I was wrong in thinking its just Rodimus. I feel like Luke Skywalker when Yoda lifted up the X-wing. i dont believe it...
i think i just screamed like a little girl inside when i saw the pic of hotrod
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Post by newtype78 on Aug 28, 2010 16:14:59 GMT -5
It's great that we have confirmation that MP Rodimus is a quadruple changer. I can't wait to see more news about its transformation design.
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Post by Cyrano on Aug 28, 2010 17:17:39 GMT -5
Looking nice!
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Post by emerje on Aug 28, 2010 20:15:27 GMT -5
so he becomes rodimus by some leg extension and head change? not bad i must admit, but still i don't like him. Yeah, that's basically the only difference in bot mode (wings are brought up as well and seem to be slightly more closed), but the big difference is in the alt mode. HR's front end is twice as long (with the motor sticking through) and wider which seems to involve flipping over the nose of the car since HR has clear lights and RP has yellow lights and there's a difference in the distance from the flames, the windshield is longer, the exhaust pipes are further back, and the wing is on the back instead of the top. What I thing is happening to form RP is the front end is flipped and compressed, the extra part of the hood drops inside and the windshield is brought forward, the back end with the wing lifts off and is brought down on top of the windshield to make it appear smaller, the part of the exhaust that ends up on the arm seems to spin or slide to change the distance from the front of the car (HR's exhaust in the back, RP's is in the front), the remainder of the exhaust probably hides inside the leg somewhere and the legs get stretched out and pulled together to fit under the trailer like the original. It's an extremely involved transformation for so little kibble, no wonder it's taken this long to show us. Emerje
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Post by jessedart on Aug 28, 2010 21:11:11 GMT -5
Robot mode looks pretty cool from straight on, but I'd kinda like to see a side shot. I'm hoping there's not a lot of kibble exposed on the sides.. I'm also wondering if this will be the final paint job, or if it will be a little brighter...
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Post by rizuan76 on Aug 28, 2010 23:02:32 GMT -5
Robot mode looks pretty cool from straight on, but I'd kinda like to see a side shot. I'm hoping there's not a lot of kibble exposed on the sides.. I'm also wondering if this will be the final paint job, or if it will be a little brighter... This is as best that I could get of a side shot or close angled view, as for the circled "A" & "B", those are rumoured/speculated gimmick for the matrix.. Credit to TFW2005
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Post by Nyonk on Aug 29, 2010 0:06:12 GMT -5
very worth waiting indeed... when it will be release? as tony stark said, "I WANT ONE"
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Post by emerje on Aug 29, 2010 0:23:19 GMT -5
It's the last of the "Welcome to Transformers 2010" campaign so it should be out in late December. Not far off at all.
Emerje
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Post by Dead-Man on Aug 29, 2010 1:44:37 GMT -5
will it come with a sound stage?
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Post by jessedart on Aug 29, 2010 8:01:13 GMT -5
Thanks for the video link, Dead-Man; I didn't realize how large the figure is! Pretty freaking cool! @ rizuan76 - Thanks for the side-view pictures, dude. I'm not normally a fan of transformer figures, but the more I see of this one, the more I think I'm going to have to try and pick one up.
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Post by emerje on Aug 29, 2010 12:15:45 GMT -5
will it come with a sound stage? No, the platform is a mail away for people who collected enough points buying other "Welcome to Transformers 2010" items. Notice the pictures of Predaking and Primus behind it. They were showing it off before they even announced the figure, but hadn't said what it was for. Emerje
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Post by blue devil on Aug 29, 2010 13:41:48 GMT -5
Hot Rod looks good. I'm down for one.
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Post by Chen on Aug 29, 2010 13:50:32 GMT -5
Nice, I like how you have options with height and faces so I'll probably display so it'll look good with mini Prime, but I do like the Hot Rod face a lot better though.
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Post by blue devil on Aug 29, 2010 14:07:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm really getting him just so I can have a MP Hot Rod.
I really don't have room for the base.
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Post by Dead-Man on Aug 29, 2010 14:47:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the video link, Dead-Man; I didn't realize how large the figure is! Pretty freaking cool! @ rizuan76 - Thanks for the side-view pictures, dude. I'm not normally a fan of transformer figures, but the more I see of this one, the more I think I'm going to have to try and pick one up. Same here, i'm still on the fence wether to pick this one up or not since there are so many awesome Releases this fall
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Post by jessedart on Aug 29, 2010 14:59:59 GMT -5
The sound stage is cool, but I have no clue what he's saying LOL. If I could swap out the sound-bite for the voice I remember from my childhood, I might consider picking it up.
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