Well the Henkei version is my Hot Rod and my original "Classics" issue it my Rodimus. However I want a this United edition for my Rodimus Prime Winnebago display.
So the new Rodimus Prime with the smaller hand hole... Was that done so he wouldn't be able to hold any of the recent third party Targetmasters?
^ Huh? That mold has always had a 4mm hole. In fact, I'm surprised he can hold Smolder! And IN FACT both Sidearm and the MasterShooters are designed to be held by this Rodimus anyway. They can be held by 4mm and 5mm holes.
Okay, my mistake. Looking at some of the comparison shots, it looked (to me) like the opening of RP's hand was smaller than Rodimus'. But if not, good news.
I received my United Warpath, Thunderwing, and Windcharger/Wipe Out 2 pk set. I love these versions way better. Windcharger is basically the same but with tampoed symbol, Warpath is a much more anime accurate shade of red, and Thunderwing has his color layout from Stormbringer to the t. Looks much more menacing..... Maybe it's my luck and all, but every single Takaratomy version I have of these molds the joints and swivels all dem a lot more snug and smooth bermudas the hasbro versions. - Gregg
I find it funny that people have trouble justifying whether to buy Rodimus Prime when most wouldn't bat an eye lid if it was say... a Soundwave repaint into Soundblaster. I know it is the same mold and the colours are similar to the original, but this repaint is meant to be Rodimus Prime and not Hot Rodimus. That should be enought justification. As for me, I am just going to tell myself G1 Rodimus Prime is a different mold and shouldn't be a repaint of Hot Rodimus and save some money. Though seriously, would it kill them to package Rodimus Prime with a Minicon when they are giving them out for free at stores all the time?
And how many repaints has United/WFC Soundwave had so far? One? As opposed to about NINE for Rodimus? Well, that's why.
S I got mine today, I actually don't hat it as much in person as I did in the pics. Don't get me wrong, I still think the shades of red was a mistake, but it does have some cartoon charm to it, with the flames and yellow wing.
^ I like it! Which is could, cause it's in my PoL. I love how I have a Hot Rod in Rodimus colors to go with my Rodimus in Hot Rod colors, lol. Oh, and I have BiS Hot Rod...meh. Say, does this Rodimus have the "left arm problem"?
i love Hot Rod though but i still don't see the reason why they want to issue this Rodimus with such colour scheme,make no sense
The United line didn't have many villains, so I'm not surprised they skipped him the first time through. It's a filler line, so they redecoed him to evoke Rodimus Prime. The mold must be pretty popular in Japan (they've released it more times than Hasbro has). It's basically a way to pad out the line with figures that were not yet released in Japan with a very nice redeco. Randy
If the mold is really that popular in Japan, Takaratomy could have design a new mold with Hot Rod having trailer instead of this United Rodimus Prime
Did you miss the part that this is a filler line? Basically just releasing molds not yet released in Japan for Japan. Rodimus and the Sharkticon mold are the only repeats for Japanese collectors here. Plus Takara actually retooled the Rodimus mold just for this release. Expecting a new mold Rodimus Prime for this line (especially after making the Masterpiece last year) is really unrealistic. Randy
No offence but by releasing molds that are not yet released in Japan for Japan does not mean that the mold is popular,they are just releasing for the sake of releasing,that is all.