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Stuartmaximus wrote:We really need a TR Rodimus Prime

Weeeell, we are getting a Hot Rod - which for me is more than enough for my Lost Light display~

Aye but i would've loved or preferred a Leader Class Rodimus! & since his trailer opens up as a combat deck....they could've done something vaguely along the lines of PMOP's battlestation alt mode for Rodimus.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Aye but i would've loved or preferred a Leader Class Rodimus! & since his trailer opens up as a combat deck....they could've done something vaguely along the lines of PMOP's battlestation alt mode for Rodimus.

I think I might have said before, but I'd enjoy seeing the Leader class used for Voyager (or slightly bigger) sized Optimus, Rodimus, Thunderclash, Motormaster etc. with the rest of the leader mass going to a trailer, kind of like what we got with the Unicron Trilogy. Except without the super mode.
I'm not sure if that'd strain the budget, but... I dunno, if the extent of the trailers' engineering is that they just open up like MP10's and don't include anything like Roller I think it'd be fine.

Nah i was thinking along the lines, with winnebago Rodimus, to form an alt mode similar to that of PMOP & Blaster's battlestation modes, that way it could also connect to Fort Max.

Stuartmaximus wrote:Nah i was thinking along the lines, with winnebago Rodimus, to form an alt mode similar to that of PMOP & Blaster's battlestation modes, that way it could also connect to Fort Max.

Something like PMOP, hm...?

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Nah i was thinking along the lines, with winnebago Rodimus, to form an alt mode similar to that of PMOP & Blaster's battlestation modes, that way it could also connect to Fort Max.

Something like PMOP, hm...?

I fogot about Fire Rodimus Convoy! Or whatever the prototype was called.

itscramtastic wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Nah i was thinking along the lines, with winnebago Rodimus, to form an alt mode similar to that of PMOP & Blaster's battlestation modes, that way it could also connect to Fort Max.

Something like PMOP, hm...?

I fogot about Fire Rodimus Convoy! Or whatever the prototype was called.

It had the awe-inspiring name of "New Rodimus"

Kurona wrote:It had the awe-inspiring name of "New Rodimus"

You are correct Definitely Studio Ox style!

Aye, that New Rodimus could work

on another subject

Love this pic i found, of Fort Max holding a pillow
(maybe takara will include a pillow instead of a sword )

Overcracker wrote:Calling it now:

Apeface's monkey/jet, and (Sentinel Prime's)Infinitus repainted and packaged together as Optimal Optimus Titan Master.

It practically repaints itself.

You sir, are a genius.

Fellow Seibertronian itscramtastic has shared with us the official Hasbro booklet for Titans Return 'The Power of the Titan Masters' from San Diego Comic Con 2016 - now available digitally - containing a more or less fictional introduction to and the bios of the various characters released in the first couple of waves. It is a little odd to see Sentinel and Optimus work together, and Alpha Trion fighting Mindwipe on Eukaris, Soundwave attacking Cybertron and Fortress Maximus, but there you have it. Check it out mirrored below, or access the PDF here!

Wait, so Sovereign by himself is as strong as Fortress Maximus, Ravage is smarter than Highbrow, and Teslor is a Decepticon?

Okay then.

That is a very cool comic! I like reading the bios and the art is very cool.

I agree with those who want a Rodimus Prime. There aren't enough versions of Rodimus Prime, and plenty of Hot Rod- it seems that way to me anyway.

Who the heck is Rot-Gut? Did I miss something? 'cos he looks a heck of a lot like Horri-Bull/Terri-Bull to me.

That booklet was really stupid. Also, why is Terri-bull/Horri-bull called Rot-Gut and why is Teslor listed as a Deception?

Eh, I found it pretty fun. Reminded me of the cheesy cringeyness and weird treatment of characters you often found in G1 material in the mid-80s. Which made it all the more weirder when IDW elements like Eukaris, Caminus etc were brought up... and ESPECIALLY something like Mnemosurgery. Oh this is all kiddy and fun sudDENLY CHROMEDOME HAS THIS THING FROM THE COMICS WHICH PSYCHOLOGICALLY DAMAGES HIM AND CAN KILL HIM

Aplha Trion and Sovereign each have the stats of a fully loaded Fort Max. That means when Trion has his head screwed on that he's twice as powerful as Max.


I guess this is just Transformers comics-lite for kids or something? It's just so weird.

Well that was fun and kinda nuts at the same time, I like it

Okay okay, one second here. I'm having toruble actually understanding how headmasters work...

Hardhead = One bot when in tank form or bot form, without his head

Furos = Another bot, who's not Hardhead

I always thought that the smaller Headmasters were just the main bot in a smaller form, separated from the body, not a whole different entity. I would guess their names being different was just a way to address them when in that form...

Kurona wrote:Who the heck is Rot-Gut? Did I miss something? 'cos he looks a heck of a lot like Horri-Bull/Terri-Bull to me.

Early working name for Terri-Bull, perhaps?

mtma wrote:Okay okay, one second here. I'm having toruble actually understanding how headmasters work...

Hardhead = One bot when in tank form or bot form, without his head

Furos = Another bot, who's not Hardhead

I always thought that the smaller Headmasters were just the main bot in a smaller form, separated from the body, not a whole different entity. I would guess their names being different was just a way to address them when in that form...

The headmasters being the main bot in a smaller form was true in Japanese fiction, yes. But the being a different entity thing has always been a thing in American fiction since back when Headmasters were introduced in 1987. It does make a little more sense here since it's giving an actual reason for why the larger bots would have headmasters (super-powers given like healing, invisibility, super speed etc), but back in 1987 it... didn't make much sense. They tried to finagle around it by saying the smaller headmasters could provide different insights or whatever but it was really hamhanded. I'm glad it makes more sense here.

Mr Skram wrote:Aplha Trion and Sovereign each have the stats of a fully loaded Fort Max. That means when Trion has his head screwed on that he's twice as powerful as Max.


I guess this is just Transformers comics-lite for kids or something? It's just so weird.

Makes sense to me, what with the whole "power of the Primes" thing. Granted I don't see how a headmaster can be as strong as a city, but whatevs.

Kurona wrote:

mtma wrote:Okay okay, one second here. I'm having toruble actually understanding how headmasters work...

Hardhead = One bot when in tank form or bot form, without his head

Furos = Another bot, who's not Hardhead

I always thought that the smaller Headmasters were just the main bot in a smaller form, separated from the body, not a whole different entity. I would guess their names being different was just a way to address them when in that form...

The headmasters being the main bot in a smaller form was true in Japanese fiction, yes. But the being a different entity thing has always been a thing in American fiction since back when Headmasters were introduced in 1987. It does make a little more sense here since it's giving an actual reason for why the larger bots would have headmasters (super-powers given like healing, invisibility, super speed etc), but back in 1987 it... didn't make much sense. They tried to finagle around it by saying the smaller headmasters could provide different insights or whatever but it was really hamhanded. I'm glad it makes more sense here.

The biggest problem with their fiction here is that the main bot is headless. It'd make more sense if there was a default non TM head included. I just ignore that TM nonsense and go with the smaller bot is the main bot and the bigger body is an extension of that.

Fun toys though.

carytheone wrote:

Kurona wrote:

mtma wrote:Okay okay, one second here. I'm having toruble actually understanding how headmasters work...

Hardhead = One bot when in tank form or bot form, without his head

Furos = Another bot, who's not Hardhead

I always thought that the smaller Headmasters were just the main bot in a smaller form, separated from the body, not a whole different entity. I would guess their names being different was just a way to address them when in that form...

The headmasters being the main bot in a smaller form was true in Japanese fiction, yes. But the being a different entity thing has always been a thing in American fiction since back when Headmasters were introduced in 1987. It does make a little more sense here since it's giving an actual reason for why the larger bots would have headmasters (super-powers given like healing, invisibility, super speed etc), but back in 1987 it... didn't make much sense. They tried to finagle around it by saying the smaller headmasters could provide different insights or whatever but it was really hamhanded. I'm glad it makes more sense here.

The biggest problem with their fiction here is that the main bot is headless. It'd make more sense if there was a default non TM head included. I just ignore that TM nonsense and go with the smaller bot is the main bot and the bigger body is an extension of that.

Fun toys though.

Oh I'm not saying I enjoy the in-fiction justification; just that it makes a little more sense than it used to.

Well... I think I'll just go on with my own head-canon... It makes more sense for me. I imagine the concept in action in many scenarios. For example, maybe a bot who was not a headmaster got injured in battle and in order to avoid being lost in case the body ceased function, they were turned into headmasters and their bodies were repaired separately. That way the conciousness isn't lost.