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[The Mighty Mollusk]

Rodimus Prime finally gets a vehicle mode that isn't designed around Hot Rod's vehicle mode, and it's this non-transforming chibi thing.

Someone had to do it though. Let this become the norm again.

But I'm with you on wanting a non-Hot Rod take for a Rodimus Prime altmode, especially for the car/cab. I'd actually like to see a Rodimus Prime car/cab that keeps the G1 front -- shortened hood and cockpit, spoiler starting basically right after the cockpit -- but has for the back half a long, flat rectangular box that's the same height.

As someone who grew up with the original Rodimus Prime, I want the front to be able to work independently of the trailer. And if that means having a trucked-up version of Hot Rod's alt, then I'll take it.

 

[lastmaximal]

Absolutely. I do allude to the Titanium's leg transformation in my idea above. And for all its flaws this was at the time a very welcome design experiment, in my mind.

Let's keep doing this (Rodimus having his own non-Hot Rod Plus transformation) again so that we can eventually reach something that works the way we want it to. Make it exist now, work to make it good next.