For those wondering which version of Hot Rod will be the next Takara Masterpiece release, it looks like it will indeed be Rodimus Convoy. For now, all we have is a toy concept sketch, but the trailer is a total give away. To view the full picture, simply click on the title above. While you’re there, be sure to leave a comment!
MC Rap Throne
I actually want this to be smaller than Grimlock. All the others have design flaws, Tomy will have to redo them some day. Grimlock is the only true MP toy so far IMO.
Silk Spectre
I'm another that would prefer this character as MP Hot Rod, but either way, I'm interested.
The movie was my first introduction to him and at first I didn't like him. I was pretty much automatically biased against him because I hated how all the original Autobots got gratuitously killed off to make room for new ones – then the more I watched of seasons three and four, the more I liked him.
Now I love the character a lot more than Optimus Prime.
Tirade
I don't care if he is slightly smaller than Optimus or Megs. I more care about quality. I pray he's better than MP Megatron. That MP is a pile of crap.
And if you are so upset about size, why not try iGear's Faith Leader?
j/k, I know you will never buy something made by them.
guard convoy
and megatron came afterwards and was the same size as prime, i will be extremely disappointed if he is as tall as them…….prime shouldn't look down on rodimus
ZEGR
i think he will be as tall as grimlock and starscream….if i remember correctly after the release of starscream they said they were going to decrease the size of the rest of the figs of this line
guard convoy
i am praying that it is the same size as MP-01, i want my leaders the same size
unmc2001
Me too. It seems like it took a while for MP Grimlock scale to be known.
stevej
Hopefully they'll show him near the other 2010 Transformers which will include MP Convoy.
I seriously can't wait until this weekend. It's been way too long since I've been excited about anything TF related.
tgg7979
If the prototype does debut this weekend, I just hope we can get a sense of scale.
PoweredConvoy
The preorder isn't going to go up before a date and set price are announced. People can't determine what to charge when none of this information is known.
Randy
Wheelie
Fooking Aye! Where's the pre-order! I want it now!
Scourge_151
I'd expect a smaller robot mode with the trailer and probably minimal die cast for that cost.
Jaicen
Agreed, although Grimlock was a leader as well, but I can forgive that. I like that the seekers are shorter. Rodimus should be full size, and have a base mode trailer.
guard convoy
excited for this, takara had sense and did not make the masterpiece figure hot rod, i will always say no to cars in masterpiece
and i hope it is the size of prime, i want my leaders the same size
tgg7979
I would like it if a leader such as Rodimus were just as tall as the other 2 leader molds.
Jaicen
You can't say that for sure, just look at the size differential between the two modes of MP-05. With the amount of articulation I expect in the new Rodimus, it could easily be the height of Prime.
Having said that, I wonder if they're looking at downsizing the figures, given the height of subsequent molds.
Fort Max
Probably Starscream/Grimlock size, especially if it's coming with the van bits.
Looking at the numbers, Roddy is probably about 2-3k yen more then Grimlock and if he does include the van section (and I can't see why he wouldn't) then I'd expect a smallish toy to be honest, smaller then Grimlock in bot mode probably.
It certainly isn't going to be anywhere near Prime/Megs height unless the van section is either cardboard or sold separately.
regnator
no,
that's the question
Optimus Vader
Does anyone know if Rod will be MP Prime/Megs size or Seeker/Grimlock size for sure?
Fort Max
Fixed.