I still want a proper Quickswitch.
Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: Gen Selects Trypticon Reissue
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Maybe one day, prehaps when Thunderwing finally gets a new toy, a major Marvel Comic villan and yet he only had two offical toys, G1 & Generations, Hasbro really missed a chance to use the TR Skyshadow mold as Thunderwing
If you're going for a multi-changer mold for Amalgamous, I'd point out that we're due for a CR/RiD Mega/Galva/Gigatron to go with Omega Prime.
And this is why we're getting three more incremental Galvatron redecos that year.
I don't know if they'll make Nexus' torso a Commander class or if they'll just release Nexus as a five bot gift set ala toy colours Menasor but... I'm fairly confident he's happening. They'll get all thirteen of the... Thirteen... done before it's all over.
Techically they haven't stopped celebrating the 35th anniversary.
every year is an anniversary celebration if you don't give a jive
I dont know anything about them, but The Norse gods have some of that as well.
Pedantic: I mean anniversary does mean yearly...
Beast Wars having to share an anniversary with TFTM is so unfortunate.
I suddenly get why they made Optimus the 13th Prime.
It isn't because they wanted to deify the big hero of the franchise, it's because dying and coming back is basically his superpower! Kill him, and he just gets back up like an inflatable bop bag!
"Behold my power to arise... and arise again!"
Yeah, now I finally see where they were going with Chumbawamba Prime here.
I Rise! You Fall!
I Fall! I Rise!
There’s B5 Sheridan line that’s perfect for this.
I thought you died?
I did. I’m feeling much better now.
EDIT: Also, chumbawumba Prime is a bit of merch I never knew existed. I mean I should have expected it. But I didn’t. Neat.
I Fall! I Rise!
There’s B5 Sheridan line that’s perfect for this.
I thought you died?
I did. I’m feeling much better now.
EDIT: Also, chumbawumba Prime is a bit of merch I never knew existed. I mean I should have expected it. But I didn’t. Neat.
So unfortunate Hasbro doesn’t have a second collector line they could use for that since they’ve already done so many under said banner
More stuff that could have helped Rodimus.
Give him a more unique design once he becomes a Prime. Hot Rod and Rodimus just look too similar and it may be hard to sell the idea that he's become Optimus' successor if he still looks like Hot Rod to a kid. Kids aren't stupid necessarily (well some are
) but their brains aren't fully developed and they tend to be very visually oriented with their understanding of storytelling. Make it seem like Rodimus really is the new Optimus with a design that sells that. He doesn't have to be a cab over truck but like... something that makes him seem like more than just a taller Hot Rod with wrinkles. On that note? Give him an Optimus-style faceplate. I'm serious. You don't have to change his personality one bit from what we got, but give him an Optimus-style face plate to further sell the idea that Hot Rod has "become" Optimus' successor.
First thing would be to not call him Rodimus.
For all my fondness of the character, that's something I'll always be nonplussed at having made it through all the levels of approval to the final product.
It parallels forcing him into the role of the next Optimus Prime, right down to forcing the name to "work".
For all my fondness of the character, that's something I'll always be nonplussed at having made it through all the levels of approval to the final product.
It parallels forcing him into the role of the next Optimus Prime, right down to forcing the name to "work".
Someone once joked to me that "Rodimus Prime" sounds like a Transformers porn name and it's like... yeah.
I think it's too late to change that, he's Rodimus for better or worse.... but if we're talking about what could have been changed in 1986... Excellion Prime? Pyro Prime? Ignitrus Prime? I donno, just spitballing.
Or just Hot Rod Prime; Prime can be a title (as it ended up anyway).
In terms of design:
I do want to keep the fiery space Winnebago. Maybe change the front a little bit so it's not still basically Hot Rod under a camper shell.
This can lead to a slightly different robot mode, maybe one where the windshield and roof form more of the chest. I'd be interested to see a take that was distinct enough but still kept the forearm pipes, flames, and spoiler wing somehow.
In terms of design:
I do want to keep the fiery space Winnebago. Maybe change the front a little bit so it's not still basically Hot Rod under a camper shell.
This can lead to a slightly different robot mode, maybe one where the windshield and roof form more of the chest. I'd be interested to see a take that was distinct enough but still kept the forearm pipes, flames, and spoiler wing somehow.
Could have been worse. Could have been... "Hotimus Prime".