There was a picture in the previous thread that showed him standing next to the G1 Rodimus toy. Based on what we can tell he's roughly the same height as MP Grimlock, maybe a little shorter.
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Masterpiece Rodimus Coming to US, without Trailer
I didn't start a new thread for this because it's just a rumour at this stage.
This would be great news if it proves to be true. Surely a local release wouldn't be out of the question as well. Next year is also the 25th anniversary of TF:TM ;)
It's kind of bitter sweet news if true.
It will be cheaper and probably of decent quality given the track record of recent Hasbro MP releases. However it will still be 'incomplete'.
Since it's unlikely neither Hasbro nor TOMY would ever release the trailer by itself, the people who buy the Hasbro version would probably be reliant on a 3rd party to produce the trailer as it happened with MP-01.
It would be interesting if they did give him the Targetmaster instead, but seems unlikely as well.
I want a Targetmaster too, but i wonder how well Rodimus could hold him with his starscream style articulated fingers.
It would be pretty awesome, would be really cool if they have it up their sleeves and keeping a lid on it. Considering Prime and Megs came with extra stuff, maybe they will have something extra for Hot Rod? Who knows, but like you said, a 3rd party will most likely do Firebolt if HasTak don't.