MP Rodimus Prime Concept Sketch

[Sky Shadow]

Because...?

He comes with a campervan?

Car Transformers don't interest me - we've seen hundreds and hundreds of them and they're rarely innovative or anything new. But a motorhome with a camper that potentially transforms into a defence bay has been done, like... once. Plus I like Rodimus Prime as a character more than I do Hot Rod.

[Tober]

He comes with a campervan?

Car Transformers don't interest me - we've seen hundreds and hundreds of them and they're rarely innovative or anything new. But a motorhome with a camper that potentially transforms into a defence bay has been done, like... once. Plus I like Rodimus Prime as a character more than I do Hot Rod.

Fair enough.

Although Rodimus Prime always struck me as dull compared to Hot Rod.

[Gutsman Heavy]

Although Rodimus Prime always struck me as dull compared to Hot Rod.

Talk about dull, Daniel!

[Sky Shadow]

Fair enough.

Although Rodimus Prime always struck me as dull compared to Hot Rod.

See, for me, we went straight from the leadership of the legendary Optimus Prime, to this guy who (and for me his first truly shining moment is possibly 'Five Faces Of Darkness' Part Four), in a scene where he's just seen his ex-girlfriend with the muscleman she's now hooked up with, Rodimus Prime emo-short circuits himself, because he is in fact as stupid as he looks. This is a dude whose idea of leadership is to let Ultra Magnus deal with it. I've always felt that Hot Rod was a predictable cliché, but that Rodimus Prime is something special and unique.