Some of us have been whining since the day it was revealed. Where've you been?
Some of us have been whining since the day it was revealed. Where've you been?
I'm not saying he's bad. If other Commanders are 10s, then Rodimus is a 9. Jetfire and Sky Lynx before him did A LOT more then just be updates. Armada Prime and Motormaster after him are pretty amazing at what they do with combining. Which is why I'd love to see a Commander PMOP. But Rodimus by comparison doesn't do anything "special" compared to others. Even Magnus I'd say is doing something interesting since he's they're attempt at copying the MP and giving a different take on Magnus so between Kingdom and Studio Series you have a modern Magnus that covers Toy and Cartoon bases.
I love that Rodimus is the G1 toy done right, I had to show a friend the G1 toy just to make them realize how bad it was, even for G1 standards. G1 Rodimus is the laziest figure imo. He barely transforms at all and doesn't even have any articulation; and I don't mean modern articulation. G1 Galvatron, his comtemporary, is incredibly articulated and not all of it was just for transformation purposes: Hips, Knees, waist, fairly universal shoulders, elbows. Rodimus could have at least had elbows, Hot Rod did, and hips and knees since his lower half did exactly nothing in any mode.
I actually like Rodimus Prime's vehicle mode, so the Commander is a bummer for me. It's close enough to be more frustrating than if they went with a total reinterpretation.
I was always going to be willing to pay Commander prices for a full Rodimus Prime, however unfavorably he seems to compare value wise to the immense Sky Lynx etc. Whatever. And do like so much about it.
But I'm with Coffee on this, the execution is maddening. Robot and base mode, great. Solo alt mode, wasn't expecting that, but fine. But the full combined altmode, with the car half sticking out juuuuuust enough to look out of place, and with no apparent way to remedy it, has annoyed me from the get-go. Like how in the hell do you deliberately greenlight that.
Conversely, I've always been fine with Earthrise Optimus; I've never cared very strongly for the trailer and its accoutrement, so seeing that minimized didn't bother me because hey, we got the stuff at all. And I like how they implemented the basic torso turn (that we'd see on the Core figure too) and the folding up of the upper half of the chest. It's solid.
But even though I'm less rankled by the proportion issues in the robot mode than I am by Rodimus' car half sticking out a bit much, I can't unsee them whenever I try to pose the thing. The wee arms, the high waist. It's not a deal breaker for this mold but any new take should address that.
Given all that I may skip the Commander at least at first, if it's just a straight Op And Trailer Except With More Bits. But we know so little right now. If it manages to get more interesting than that (and idk how given this is SS86 and Magnus was similarly ehh), I may consider it more heavily.
They did great with Armada Prime at this price point. I'd love to see a PMOP at this price point as well.
But I'm with Coffee on this, the execution is maddening. Robot and base mode, great. Solo alt mode, wasn't expecting that, but fine. But the full combined altmode, with the car half sticking out juuuuuust enough to look out of place, and with no apparent way to remedy it, has annoyed me from the get-go. Like how in the hell do you deliberately greenlight that.
Conversely, I've always been fine with Earthrise Optimus; I've never cared very strongly for the trailer and its accoutrement, so seeing that minimized didn't bother me because hey, we got the stuff at all. And I like how they implemented the basic torso turn (that we'd see on the Core figure too) and the folding up of the upper half of the chest. It's solid.
But even though I'm less rankled by the proportion issues in the robot mode than I am by Rodimus' car half sticking out a bit much, I can't unsee them whenever I try to pose the thing. The wee arms, the high waist. It's not a deal breaker for this mold but any new take should address that.
Given all that I may skip the Commander at least at first, if it's just a straight Op And Trailer Except With More Bits. But we know so little right now. If it manages to get more interesting than that (and idk how given this is SS86 and Magnus was similarly ehh), I may consider it more heavily.
They did great with Armada Prime at this price point. I'd love to see a PMOP at this price point as well.
I'd be more understanding if Rodimus were an inherently difficult design. He's really not.
I like Rodimus' design and overall, the Commander figure hits all of the right notes. But I am in agreement with the criticisms leveled at the vehicle mode. I understand that some compromises must be made even at this pricepoint, but I just don't see a reason why the vehicle mode should have ended up like it did. It feels like it needed just one more tweak before it was "ready for market", and they either couldn't or didn't want to address the wonky-looking trailer fitment. In my current display, I have Commander Rodimus in robot mode and PotP Rodimus in vehicle mode.
Absolutely, or like you said, if this were a novel attempt that isn't just straight
Carve out a sliiiightly bigger space for the car's rear block to fit back into the trailer. Let the spoiler slide forward or something. Maybe have a slide-down piece to complete the pipes. Done. Drop the accessory drawer or the exhaust blast effects if you have to. Just don't let this go into production looking like the two parts don't actually match.
There's a fanmade altmode shell of the front/car half that can plug into the trailer for the full altmode. If not for the cost I'd grab one, as it's not really that much different from what MP09 ended up doing anyway.
Maybe just a bigger trailer was needed, since I just remembered that it can barely close half the time when the gun turret is inside as it is.
That's due to user error I believe. If we transform it correctly, the trailer can close every time.
I’m also betting it’s going to be the G1 version that Takara just put out with minor changes and a new trailer.
That will definitely take the wind out of the Missing Link sails if true. I'd think there'd be a bunch of cancellations.
Yeah, I sincerely doubt that this Commander is going to be the same thing as the Missing Link toys. The one that comes with a trailer is way more expensive than the Commander class price point, while the one that lacks the trailer is a fair bit below Commander class price.
Well, the trailer-less one is colored screen-accurate.
I want a Missing Link Rodimus Prime. At least the vehicle mode would be pretty and I could stop complaining.
That actually feels a little insulting. It's a razor-thin margin of error, if that's all it is.
Look at Masterpiece Ironhide and Ratchet. It’s a box that transforms into stacked boxes and they fucked it up completely.
Seriously, it’s without question the worst MP they’ve ever done at this point and it’s outshined by MULTIPLE $25 Deluxes…
Yes, it was rather. I felt the same when I first discovered how easy it was to get it "wrong". Definitely poor design on their part. Some TFs (such as 3P ones) don't take into account the "stupidity" (if you will) of most of us who use different ways to problem-solve (in this case, to transform something). Good design will allow for that, or at least make it obvious which way to transform it.
Well, the trailer-less one is colored screen-accurate.
Yes, but that doesn't invaliadate it. If you do a toy colors of SS Ironhide; it doesn't suddenly make him an updated version of the G1 toy.
