[Crazy Jetty]

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Originally Posted by bmorr

first time for me posting in this part of the forum. I didn't even know we had a thread for transformers here. Ive got a question for anyone here who've bought masterpiece rodimus: is he worth it? I've bought him but i've got the receipt so i can take him back. Is he worth the price I paid?

That's a loaded question that is more opinion based than anything else.

I personally don't think so. I was hugely dissapointed in him.
I don't think he looks very good. His transformation is waaaay too complex, and he looks terrible compaitred to the other MPs. All the MPs to date have been ultra detailed, reguardless if their robot mode is cartoon based (Optimus), Toy Based (Grimlock), or a new (Starscream). Hotrod's slavishness to the Floro Dery designs really hurt him because he has almost no detailing, when compaired to the others. Plus, he has no real scale to him. He doesn't fit in with anyone. He's way too big for Grimlock, and he's too big for Optimus. He's too small for Beast Wars.
Also, he can't hold his weapons well at all. He can barily hold his guns, and Offshoot? Fuggidaboutit.
Alternator Rodimus is a better toy, and a better fit to the MP and Alternator set.
But that's just my opinion. I know plenty of people who'd tell you I'm an idiot for feeling this way.
Firebolt/Offshoot is cool as all get out, though. I would like to see more Targetmasters if they have decent articulation and a better transformation like he does.

It's important to note that I'm also biased against the cartoon. And Takara's slavish adhearence hurts a lot of my opinions on a lot of stuff they do. Grimlock could have been an awesome toy if Takara didn't ruin it by basing him on the cartoon with the 50's T. Rex mode, the idiotic serving tray and apron. (At least they let him switch to the red eyes, and he eventually got his crown, and his robot mode was toy based)
Sadly, Hotrod gets none of those saves, though.