Quote Originally Posted by DELTAprime View Post
So Hot Rod in the '86 movie had a lighter, slightly pinkish shade of red to him and it is accepted by some that when he becomes Rodimus Prime it is an animation error that has him keep the Hot Rod character model's colour instead of changing over to the Rodimus Prime model from the TV series. That is the shade of red on both MP-9 and MP-29.

Rodimus Prime in the TV series has a darker more maroon shade of red and a couple of other deco changes.

Anyone else want a MP-9 based on the fixed version of the mould with good QC and TV series Rodimus deco or am I alone?

That right Takara, I'm willing to give you more money for a crappy mould.
I suppose TakaraTOMY were going with Rodimus Prime as he first appeared in the movie, where he still had Hot Rod's magenta; it wasn't until season 3 aired that Rodimus was maroon. Also, since a major selling point of MP9 was changing from Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime, it would be more 'acceptable' to have a magenta Rodimus Prime than a maroon Hot Rod, although the Rodimus Prime Winnebago on MP9 had maroon at the front.


Quote Originally Posted by philby View Post
regarding speculation on further releases, if they did do mirage and jazz, what other characters or paint schemes could they do for those vehicles? i can't remember if it was official or not but some people say they would want at least 2 uses for each mould. would there be just old diaclone schemes?
For Hound, TakaraTOMY could have the desert sand Detritus repaint.