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[Shadewing]

Motormaster remold: Thunderclash is fine, but the better option, that will NEVER happen, is Hyperdrive

Motormaster's transformation is perfect for making this guy. He'd need an all new trailer to be 100% accurate, but I'm personally willing to forgive the trailer not being accurate just to get this deep cut of a character into existance.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

I'm getting Jhiaxus for a few reasons.

1. He's a pretty obscure character, or at least this iteration of him his.
2. He has a cool, unique position within the Transformers mythos, as a Decepticon who broke away from cybertron only to go on to help found a new empire that now views both Autobots and Decepticons as unrefined throwbacks, still fighting their pointless little war.
3. He looks so comic accurate it hurts! Even the really dumb 90's era stuff they replicated so nicely!

 

[Sabrblade]

Motormaster remold: Thunderclash is fine, but the better option, that will NEVER happen, is Hyperdrive

Motormaster's transformation is perfect for making this guy. He'd need an all new trailer to be 100% accurate, but I'm personally willing to forgive the trailer not being accurate just to get this deep cut of a character into existance.

Best of both worlds: Motormaster into Thunderclash, but Menasor into Hyperdrive!

 

[unluckiness]

Out of the Commander molds, only Jetfire’s had a release as a different character, correct?

 

[Sabrblade]

Out of the Commander molds, only Jetfire’s had a release as a different character, correct?

His is the only Commander mold that has seen more than one use at all, yes.

 

[Echowarrior]

Out of the Commander molds, only Jetfire’s had a release as a different character, correct?

So far, though of the four released to date, Jetfire was likely the most flexible before Motormaster came along.

 

[Superomegaprime]

Out of the Commander molds, only Jetfire’s had a release as a different character, correct?

Not quite, he was released as Shattered Glass Jetfire, which is just a straight up repaint of the mold, no extra accessories! So far outside of that repaint, Hasbro has done NOTHING with the other commander class molds, thou I want a SG repaint of Rodimus, the Rodimus figure prior, has its problems due to the gimmick of evolution that they put in the leader class figures of that line, it works pretty well for Optimus and Primal, but not Rodimus, but that is merely my point of view

 

[Shadewing]

, it works pretty well for Optimus and Primal, but not Rodimus, but that is merely my point of view

I feel the complete opposite. Orion Pax is barely existent in the figure; due to having to be Optimus it means he turns into an Earth mode Semi Truck, rather then be his own thing. Meanwhile Hot Rod is a complete separate entity from Rodimus, he turns into his regular car mode, and not just half a weinebego. So even if you didn't want to use Rodimus, you still have a a perfectly fine Hot Rod. But if you don't want Optimus, you've got a kinda half-assed at best Orion Pax, quarter-assed if you include all the Semi-Kibble he totting around on his back to make Optimus mode work.

This is also why I wanted a leader Thunderwing, becuase like Rodimus both sides could be completely their own thing, without being compromised for the combined figure, unlike Primal who like Pax barely exists for the sake of the gimmick.

 

[Platypus Prime]

re: the new Inferno pics, am I the only one who wants to have him with his arms straight over his head with his mouth open doing a Kermit the Frog "YAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!"?

 

[Sabrblade]

This is also why I wanted a leader Thunderwing, becuase like Rodimus both sides could be completely their own thing, without being compromised for the combined figure, unlike Primal who like Pax barely exists for the sake of the gimmick.

I feel like if Hasbro had been more upfront back then about what the POTP fan vote was for, fewer fans might have voted for Optimus Primal over the more suitable choices for the gimmick like Thunderwing, Ultra Magnus, and Star Saber (as there were several people back then who were like, "Well, if I'd known beforehand what the Leader gimmick was gonna be like, I wouldn't have voted for Primal!").

 

[Undead Scottsman]

I still would have voted for Arcee just to see what she would have looked like.

Really liked the idea of filling her trailer up with guns and calling her Arsenal Prime.

 

[Sabrblade]

I still would have voted for Arcee just to see what she would have looked like.

Really liked the idea of filling her trailer up with guns and calling her Arsenal Prime.

A name Hasbro was considering for Arcee's evolved form should she have won the vote was "Arcana Magnus".

...Which sounds less like a name for Arcee and more like just the names of two other dudes mashed together, if I'm being honest.

 

[Superomegaprime]

She could be a Acrtron as the evolved form?

 

[Future_Erika]

A name Hasbro was considering for Arcee's evolved form should she have won the vote was "Arcana Magnus".

...Which sounds less like a name for Arcee and more like just the names of two other dudes mashed together, if I'm being honest.

Primus that would have directly targeted me

We live in such a cursed, fallen, timeline


I still want to pick up a potp Rodimus at some point even if studio series and kingdom blew it out of the water in terms of accuracy
I just find super modes too cool

 

[TheSupernova]

I still am really fond of PotP Rodimus. I've always treated it as less of an Evolution, and more of a hypothetical Powermaster Rodimus Prime.

But, more than anything, it's just a very fun toy!

 

[Shadewing]

I love POTP Rodimus, he's got his flaws, yes. Optimus probably does have the better Super mode of the two of them; but I agree that Rodimus works very well as a hypothetical 'Powermaster' Rodimus Prime. I almost prefer him to Kingdom Rodimus, just becuase I feel them just not doing anything interesting with the trailer after Sky Lynx had a base mode he didn't have before, and now even Motormaster has a base mode for his trailer. Like Kingdom Rodimus is a better version of the character, but POTP is a better /toy/.

 

[Future_Erika]

I want to become the next person to continually pester hasbro about making a specific gimmick Arcee toy.

We eventually got Titans Returns Arcee(still my favorite official Arcee) so clearly that strategy works, eventually.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

POTP Rodimus is unpolished gold. I would love to see that design get another chance.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

POTP Rodimus is unpolished gold. I would love to see that design get another chance.

I'd buy it again in a heartbeat if they got rid of the damn stickers

 

[Exatron]

I do love PotP Rodimus. There are a few things I would have liked to see done better, like the backpack and eliminating the stickers, but it's just a great take on the character overall. I like the Powermaster comparison. That's really appropriate. He doesn't fill in for the SS86/Kingdom toys, but he isn't replaced by them either.

My thoughts on the Prime poll haven't changed since when it first came out. Evolution gimmick or not, Primal is and always was the most boring possible option for that poll. The toy worked decently enough, even if I would have preferred not having an S1 Primal backpack as part of the Optimal robot, but there were at least 7 better options in that poll. (Hound is debatable, but I tend towards saying he was a better choice too.)