In Hand Titans Return Hot Rod & Twinferno/Doublecross

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by payres, Oct 21, 2016.

  1. DesertDog

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    Well Hot Rod is good enough for me but Sweet Primus I need that Doublecross! Wrist swivels would have been great but I'll live.
     
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    Twinferno looks good. He's on the planning to get list. Hot Rod...not so much. Not really digging the proportions and he could use some fold out panels on his spoiler to make it more pronounced on his back in robot mode. I think I'll pass on TR Hot Rod but it's good for those who don't have or don't like the Classics 1.0 mold. :) 
     
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  3. artiepants

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    This might be a tad silly, but i am REALLY impressed by how clean Doublecross is on his back, all detailed and filled out: he actually doesn't seem to have any obvious visual hollowness anywhere. bravo.
     
  4. Autobot Burnout

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    Hot Rod's shoulders are a bit too big compared to the standardized head, probably will not replace the old Classics I use.

    Twinferno is fucking bought on sight.
     
  5. ex dtw2003

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    It's the back of Hot Rod. Where there should be rear windows is just lots of red plastic. It just looks...off.
     
  6. shamanking282

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    Hot Rod gives me a similar feeling to Getaway. Needs. More. Paint.
     
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  7. SouthtownKid

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    lol what?

    But I think I put my finger on what's bothering me about this figure. The wide upper torso, ape arms and narrow waist make Hot Rod look like a late entry into the Transformers Prime line. Just remove his nose, and you have a TFP character.
     
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    Man, I can't think of a single reason for wanting that Hot Rod. It looks like an oversized KO McDonald's toy..


    ....but sign me up for a Doublecross!
     
  9. Feralstorm

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    Hot Rod has some potential, but the shoulders overpower the thing and I'd have preferred the old 'pointy' spoiler wing. Rather clean-looking design otherwise though.

    Double... Twinferno looks nice, with pretty good detail all around.
     
  10. 03Mach1

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    The lack of 'real' hands on Doublecross is a real shame. I despise TF's without hands. Everything else about him I'd superb, though.
     
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    I could excuse Doublecross being shorter than Rodimus had they both been voyagers, this is disturbing though.
    Having said that i'll probably get both because they do look great, but i'll go Takara for Hot Rod.
     
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    Twinferno could use better arm-ticulation for weapon wielding, but I figure he's more about shooting fire out of the dragon heads anyway. :) 
     
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    I wish Twinferno's dragon head could at least be twisted so he doesn't need to stay gorilla arm pose all the time...
     
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    So is Hot Rod tall or Doublecross short? Or both?
     
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    I'm getting a bit of a Spotlight Hot Rod feel from TR Hot Rod.
     
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  16. ex dtw2003

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    It's too barren back there. Simple.
     
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    That hot rod looks like x, but if it were y then it would be xy, if only it looked like xyz, then maybe I might think about buying it, but it would have to have an M upgrade kit and be repainted by M C Escher.
     
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    So you have a problem with Hot Rod's original design. Okay.
     
  19. ex dtw2003

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    Uh no, I'm saying that there's no visual interest which exacerbates the feeling of lots of unpainted red in that mode.
     
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  20. Murasame

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    Hot rod seems to have gorilla arms. And I can see several things that I hope are improved in the Takara version, like paint on the head and face, exhaust pipes, rims, color of the lower legs abdomen area and hood. I'd love chrome, too. Hope we will see him soon. Colors here look like challenge at Cybertron colors. But other than the gorilla arms and paint work the mold looks cool, but needs the little extra work to really shine.

    Ah yes, the spoiler screams for an upgrade kit. What happened to Dr. Wu? He had the best upgrades.