Velocitron Voyager Hot Rod First Look

Mister D

I do like these. Am I correct that all we know about Wave 2 thus far is:

Shadowstrip
Crasher
Clampdown PR
Hot Rod

If this follows wave 1, we should get at least 1-2 more deluxes, a second voyager, and a leader. Have there been any rumors about the rest of the wave?

Other than Burnout, that's gotta be all, the deluxes already hit my Walmart and others and no new one unfortunately

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Hopefully we'll get Straxus and Xaaron too…
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Dinobot Snarl

Don't get your hopes up, if it comes it won't be that Shiny. Excellent digibash though. I wonder what process made it look shiny.

I think it's still possible, they like to repaint stuff after all, but the comic idea, that he was a fake Primus, hurts the prospects a tad.

It would be nice as a Leader without the trailer as…

Marvel Sentinel Prime… With slight remolding I think this could be great.
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Or Marvel Primus
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I think the problem there is that the other characters who use the name Sentinel Prime are all iconic in their own right.

Off the cuff:

Animated Sentinel Prime is probably the version with the most screen time and is very memorable.
IDW Sentinel Prime is an easy Astrotrain redeco and is more recent.
Bayverse Sentinel Prime is probably the most famous and could probably share part of a mold with Hot Spot, Pyro, or even Kingdom Inferno.
G1 Sunbow Sentinel Prime is a very Floro Dery design that would fit in with recent toys — and he shares elements with Animated Sentinel Prime, meaning you might get a dual homage by combining them.

By contrast, Marvel Sentinel Prime is kind of one note — and there aren't Marvel toys to pair him with.

Bravemaximike

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Saw this digibash awhile back.
I’d buy it.  

Don't get your hopes up, if it comes it won't be that Shiny. Excellent digibash though. I wonder what process made it look shiny.

T-Hybrid

I think, for a time, people were expecting Takara to do one with Kingdom Rodimus. But then the Selects comic (and "toyline") ended without one and now customizers have moved on to all the new stuff we've been getting.

I think it's still possible, they like to repaint stuff after all, but the comic idea, that he was a fake Primus, hurts the prospects a tad.

It would be nice as a Leader without the trailer as…

Marvel Sentinel Prime… With slight remolding I think this could be great.
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Or Marvel Primus
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Rodimus_Prime

I raised you a fake primus recolored (From the manga), lol.

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Meh. Nice for a Lucky Draw or something, but very uninteresting as a release.

Years ago when Cybertron Primus was released, there was a custom repaint of it in Rodimus Prime colours. That would be much nicer Rodimus/Primus crossover.

Rodimus_Prime

I raised you a fake primus recolored (From the manga), lol.

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If they did a Selects release of Primus as a Leader class from Commander class Rodimus sans trailer, I’d get it. Extra points if it came with a swappable head evoking Cybertron Primus and maybe even a reissued Rung as a gag.

Bravemaximike

Oh yeah, I love the episode! Just the Metroplex vs Trypticon fight alone makes it one of the best!!!
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The Ultimate Weapon is straight-up my favourite G1 episode. So much good stuff going on in it. It's a great character study episode for Rodimus, First Aid, and even a bit of Galvatron. It's got peak Swindle moments. Dynamic Combiner team action sequences. A big climactic Metroplex vs. Trypticon slugfest. It's just so damned loaded.

Dinobot Snarl

Wow Sideburn looks excellent, without even changing the head….. I'll take it!

Oh and that toy custom is much better than what we got…

That is just toyhax stickers.

RodimusRex

Generation 2 UK comics:

Aside from Hot Rod's new color scheme (and Kup's), everyone else (Jazz, Dinobots, etc.) has G2 toy decos and G2 insignia, whereas the US version was essentially an extension of Marvel G1 in a more extreme art style.

Oooh can I have that Kup with a new head???

Kamen Rider Decade

We definitely need a Cy-Kill from the SS86 Wreck-Gar mold, unless they pull a sneaky thing and revamp the RtS one or even the goofy PotP one that was already a repaint of CW Afterburner. As for others, we've already had Road Ranger in that Golden Disk Collection line (repaint of Huffer with a new head), and Bugbite in Generations Selects (Bumblebee head, Cliffjumper body). If they continue along that way, there's…:
Pathfinder (Cosmos repaint)
Tredz (Warpath repaint)
Badboy (CW Powerglide repaint unless they do a new mold to lead to a new Deluxe class Powerglide)
Smallfoot (T30 Gears repaint unless they do a new mold to lead to a new Deluxe class Gears)

There were others that only had convention exclusive stories but no toys…:
Staks (CW Optimus Prime repaint w/o using the head)
Hans-cuff (ANOTHER CW Streetwise repaint)
Turbo (CW Breakdown repaint w/new head)

Oh yeah, I forgot about Bug Bite and Road Ranger. I’m sure we’ll get those other repaints down the line in Selects releases, but I never really cared for those repaints because they don’t look anything like their original toys or show character models.