ToysRUS Only Rodimus Prime+Offshoot

I picked this guy up today at my local TRU and to my surprise there were no problems at all! Well... Offshoot's head's a little loose and some of the pipes don't really want to attach for vehicle mode, but nothing detrimental at all! I'd definitely recommend picking this guy up if you ever see him in stores and have the cash to shell out for it.

Originally Posted by TrueNomadSkies Hasbro is picking up where Micheal Bay left off & proceeding to rape our adulthood.

Originally Posted by Yaujta At least they took us to the movies first.

I was just about to put the arm stickers on when I realized they would be visible in car mode. Very visible. I don't think I'll like it. I feel so smart for noticing this months after the rest of the world.

Well, I got my reply from Hasbro. Basically the same as was mentioned earlier, they would replace it with a figure of similar value. I asked for a replacement part, but apparently they don't have any. Isn't Hasbro the maker of this figure ? They make it sound as if TRU has the only rights to it. Anyway, I'm going to try putting a screw through the joint and keep it.

Hasbro dont do replacement parts for TFs. And since its a TRU exclusive stock probably goes straight from the Factory to a TRU warehouse.

The equal value thing rarely works out well. They'd probably
send you some leftover Animated Voyagers.

I remember when companies used to send you replacement parts. It's sad that they can't or won't anymore.

Yes, I agree on this. My friend who is toy supplier once mentioned that Hasbro owed him quite some stocks due to the QC Defective returned stock.

And they are quite slow. Seem like Hasbro in Asia needs some improvement.

I got my MP Rodimus from my wife for Xmas - I sent her the link on Cyber Monday when it was still in stock, and marked down to around $50. I was very happy to get it, and even happier that my wonderful and patient wife loves me enough to encourage my toy collecting.

That said, after opening it and transforming it, I'm not all that impressed, and I'm considering returning or selling it.

I've never owned this mold before, and I know at the MP level there are usually engineering issues, but transforming him back and forth to vehicle mode is a mess, what with the shallow pins on the leg panels causing them to pop off, and the terrible way the ankles and feet have to bend around the interior of the car to put into place for vehicle mode.

I noticed after transforming him once or twice that there are cracks and stress marks in the feet and leg areas, and I'll have to repair that before the feet break off. He can hold maybe one of his guns in one hand, but not very solidly, and he can't hold Offshoot in either hand. The backpack is very fiddly and wants to pop off at any time.

One thing I am also having problems with is where the hands go in vehicle mode - they seem to get squished in along the leg panels, and I'm worried those little parts will get damaged. They don't seem to fit all that well, and I have to force in the chromed pipes, nothing seems to have good tolerances in the arm transformation. I'm probably not doing it entirely correctly, but due to the fragility of mine around the ankle and foot area, I'm not going to be doing much more transforming lest I break it.

So, is this just a bad one, or is this how the mold just is? I don't hate it, I like the guns and the head gimmicks, but I'm not feeling the overy fiddly and breakable transformation. I could keep or sell him, but he's already a bit damaged so I doubt I could sell him for full value.

Help me enjoy my MP Rodimus - am I missing something obvious about the feet and ankle transformation, about the hands in vehicle mode, etc?

Tim
"toy geek"

Re: The hands. I've found that folding the hands into the forearms and leaving the tool attachments exposed helps to solve the problem a bit.

You've got to have all of the ratchets in the legs - hips, legs, ankles - clicked to just the right degree. My first couple I times transforming him, I was disappointed that it all just barely held together with the little flaps behind the hands sticking out some and trying to jam them in there was frustrating. The last time, it all came together perfectly. I was probably too afraid of the joints the first times.

As you can tell, the bottoms of the feet should be somewhat parallel under the car. Try moving a knee one click, then moving the ankle one click in the other direction so that the toe once again points towards the nose of the car, then try either another click or going in the opposite direction that you started with. After just a bit of fiddling you'll find a position where the hands don't feel as though you're trying desperately to jam them in there and the car mode looks rather streamlined.

I kept the hands out rather than the tool attachments. There are some photos way, way back in this thread that show how the underside of the car should look. If the leg joints aren't all at just the right ratchet click, yours will still look just like the photos at a glance, but the hands will still give you trouble.

Well I broke mine last night.
Knee joint.




The whole ring is deformed. I'm going to try to glue it up and then drill the hole to make it concentric. I don't think he'll ever transform again.