MP-09 Hotrod / Rodimus Prime not a true masterpiece?

Does anyone else that owns MP-09 feel he is not a true masterpiece? i mainly feel this way because A. he is floppy due to all the panels he consists of B. his arms have very little articulation considering his shoulders hit the chest and back panel.

He's probably the last true masterpiece actually, and at that scale definitely.

I take it you have TRU Roddy.

i have a toys r us roddy and takara version.... my takara one has never been transformed, thats why i got a us one. but on both of them to point a gun it has to be almost straight forward, they could have added more to the shoulder articulation, or shave down the corners in his inside back panel.

If you get the first edition MP9, then yes, the thing is anything but.

Hasbro\MP second revision\E-hobby black Rodimus, now that's a thing of beauty. Hot Rod's arms are only limited on the shoulders, the rest of the arm is exceptionally articulated.

Everything comes apart when between modes and locks together again in the final result. The only flimsy thing is the connection with the trailer.

A Masterpiece of Shit maybe.

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I'm no fan of the Hot Rod character and do agree the mold has serious issues but as far as design, I'd have to say that Mp-09 has thus far been the greatest interpretation of a character to date. The fact that they managed to engineer an exact toon likeness in robot and vehicle mode is astonishing. MP-11 being a close second.

Out of all my MP figures (I have five) I probably value Rodimus Prime the least.
Frankly, everything that was good about the Masterpiece figures wasn't good with Hot Rod. Sure, he comes with almost as many Accessories as Grimlock as well as an exclusive targetmaster figure, but his articulation leaves much to be desired. His elbows are floppy, fiddly Pieces of shit that require rotation of either Bicep or wrist to get into any real pose. His hands are just pitiful, barely able to hold his included weapons, Not even capable of pointing (Which every other Masterpiece figure I own can do). Two of the advertised features don't actually work (Offshoot cannot actually Plug into his engine block because the bottom post doesn't exist, and the big, chromey Matrix of leadership cannot be plugged into Rodimus' chest cavity like it says on the box). He is a massive pain in the ass to transform since his instructions don't mention that you have to sandwich his palms underneath his panels, Thanks for nothing Hasbro.
And this is all just for the American release of everyone's least favorite Turbo-Revvin punk.
The Japanese version, which comes with his combat deck, is even more prone to damage due to brittle plastics and a hip-plate that drags on the ground in vehicle mode.

I would have to agree with the OP. I bought a Hasbro version from a board member here and promptly sold it about three days after I got it. The plastic felt cheap, his hands looked and felt cheap, and he couldn't even hold his guns without them falling out. I lost about $5-10 on shipping costs and I'm calling that good because I couldn't stand him.

Roddy is definitely a MP. I was unfortunate enough to get the first run of it, and was truly upset at the QC issues. After doing a few fixes though all the complaints stopped. Now I look at it on my display and have to say they really did knock this one out the park with it's quad changing ability. It just looks so dead on in all 4 modes to how it appears in the cartoon. The only thing at this point I would change is the height difference between Hot Rod/Rodimus mode.

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I do not own MP Roddy but yes he is an MP, is he the best of the the bunch? Not by a long shot.