Sense when did American men ever become grown and wise? Hahahaha   I mean we still all play with toys.

I wonder if thats our stereotype in Japan, "Young grasshopper visit men in camper when get to America, he be very wise"

 

Thanks for the sig...that's hilarious. Never thought of it like that!

 

With all this 'growing up' nonsense, I can only assume the next version of Roddy Prime will come with a morgage and several ungrateful children.

Heh.

 

See, I kinda understand the intended metaphor with his vehicle modes.

A high powered sports car is the symbol of the irresponsibility of youth, of wild abandon. You just blaze past the world without settling down.

A camper van, on the other hand, represents a more introspective version of that. The sense of adventure is still there, but it also represents a slowing down of perception, taking in all of the experience around you, rather than just blowing by them.

So in a way, it does symbolize Hot Rod's growth into Rodimus Prime quite well.

 

i wanna see galvatron next and after that cyclonus...id looooove that

 

Galvatron is very likely. Cyclonus? Not so much.

 

I love how passionate those takara designers are about their transformers characters/toys. MP Rodimus prime's toy appears to be a example of this.

 

...this kinda explains why every time I looked @ Rodimus all these years, I've had the urge to build a Winnebago that looked like Rodimus in my golden years..with detachable electric "Hot Rod"...


maybe I shouldn't have shared that..