Customer Reviews

Transformers Deluxe Classic Rodimus

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With the original Transformers The Movie being released again in a few weeks and with another brand new movie to follow, new and old fans alike are delighting at seeing some cool new Transformers action figures on store shelves just in time for Christmas.

Hasbro is wrapping up the Cybertron toy line and needed some new figures to release until next July when the new movie premieres. Their answer was to create a line called "Transformers Classics" which features exciting new molds of many classic Transformers characters that first appeared in the 1980's. I know a lot of us who grew up with and collected the toys of those characters are pretty excited to see them reappear on store shelves. It's a great chance for us to relive our memories and to also share them with the children that are now in our lives.

Having said that, meet RODIMUS. He has gone by many names over the years, including Hot Rod, Rodimus Prime and Rodimus Major, and even had a similar character loosely based on him in the Energon toy line, but whatever you want to call him, he's one of the more well known figures of Transformers lore. An old school Transformers fan like myself can quickly tell this figure was based off of the original 1986 toy which was known as "Hot Rod". Of course, Hasbro no longer has the name "Hot Rod" copyrighted so Rodimus is the next best thing.

I always like the Hot Rod/Rodimus character because I saw a lot of myself in him. He was young and bold and a bit reckless at times, but deep down all he wanted was a chance to prove himself. I think a lot of us can indentify with that.

As for this toy, it obviously takes a lot of its design from the original, especially the futuristic car form. There are a few differences but not a lot. The robot form is also somewhat similar to the original, but a little more streamlined. One cool addition to this toy is a missile launcher which will actually fire a missile in both car and robot mode. In car mode, the launcher doubles as a tailpipe, giving new meaning to the term "backfiring".

As far as difficulty of transformation, it's actually rather easy compared to many Transformers. The instructions they give you aren't the best, but once you change him back and forth once or twice, you'll see that he is actually much easier to transform than the majority of Cybertron figures and also classic Transformers.

I would definitely vouch for this toy on a few levels. $9.99 isn't a bad price at all, especially when you consider that to find the original in any kimd of decent shape would cost you at least 3 times as much. There has been a re-issued version of the original but it too has become rare and again, is near impossible to find under $30. This toy is also quite fun. I mean, who wouldn't want to drive a futuristic red race car with orange flames on the hood? Of course, for us "old timers", there's massive sentimental value as well.

My advice is to pick this up while you can as I fully expect them to fly off the shelves.

He's been voiced by Judd Nelson, replaced Optimus Prime as leader of the Autobots, hated by fans, and called by a variety of names: from Hot Rod, to Rodimus Prime, to Rodimus Major. Through it all though, he still makes one sweet toy that longtime Transformers collectors will have a blast with. Since Hasbro no longer owns the rights to the name Hot Rod, Rodimus is here in all his glory in this Deluxe Classic figure, and he looks sweet. Looking pretty much like the futuristic sports car that debuted in the 1986 animated movie, Rodimus is, as a previous reviewer has already pointed out, surprisingly easy to transform back and forth from vehicle to robot. In robot form, Rodimus looks pretty good as well, albeit a bit bulkier than he ever did on the cartoon, but that's nothing new with Transformer figures though is it? He comes with a missle launcher that actually shoots and is easily put in his hands. All in all, Rodimus is a great Transformers toy that collectors young and old will love, and he deserves a welcome place in any collection.

I was a big fan of the original Hot Rod toy, and I've become a big fan of this rendition of Rodimus as well. The transformation isn't complete in the picture here, as the spoiler can be turned upwards as in the original toy. A lot of thought went into the design of the toy, and the detail on it is impressive. My three-year-old also loves playing with the toy. My only concern is that the legs lock into place when in car mode, and the tabs that hold it in place can bend the plastic on the outside of the vehicle if you're not careful. It's a great toy for a great price and comes highly recommended.

This renditionof Hot Rod (also known as Rodimus) is one of the gems of the Transformers: Classics toyline.

This toy is suprisingly solid in both forms and the attention to detail and quality is impressive. His car mode looks most like his G1 cartoon/movie version than any of the other Classics Transformers except perhaps Starscream.

I especially like the way his gun turns into a jet engine (like the one on the Batmobile) for the rear of the car in car mode. One of the worst things about the original transformers was keeping track of their accessories, but with this latest line of toys the weapons are usually integrated into the vehicle mode somehow. This is one of the best examples of that integration.

the only thing I could really find to nitpick about this toy is the lack of an Autobot symbol on the hood, but that isn't nearly enough to keep me from giving this toy 5 stars for its great transformation, solid feel and amazing poseability (especially compared to the original)

DAMN HASBRO TO HELL! THEY'RE RUINING THE TRANFORMERS GOOD NAME! WHAT THE HELL DO THEY KNOW ABOUT TRANSFORMERS?!! IF THEY HAD ANY SENSE AT ALL THEY WOULD BRING BACK THE GENERATION 1 TRANSFORMERS! THIS IS A HELL OF A TRANSFORMER. HOTROD; AS HE'S CALLED BEFORE HE OPENED THE MATRIX; ASSUMES THE LEADERSHIP FROM OPTIMUS PRIME AFTER HE MERGES WITH OPTIMUS'S SPARK. I HAVE THIS AND IT'S A HELL OF A TRANFORMER TO HAVE IN YOUR COLLECTION!!

I purchased this as a gift for my grandson. It was perfect. I was very pleased with the product.

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This is a surprisingly solid figure for a Transformer. Often Transformers can be flimsy because they're full of moving parts, but this stands well on a desk even after you've transformed the heck out of it. Rodimus' arm cannon accessory is cool and integrates into the vehicle as a jet engine thingy, but it's still going to get lost after a while. These things happen!

I'm one of the weirdos that liked Rodimus Prime. His character had depth, arguably the most in all of G1 next to Star Scream. So I had to buy this figure. Excellent. Transformation is very smooth. Acurate alt mode and robot mode. Love it. Definitely worth the $10 it'll cost you in a retail store. Look out in the wild first.

This Hot Rod does justice to his name, energon series he was a truck!

In armada he was Hot Shot, a yellow car....but this is the true Hot Rod..all G1 style right down to the flames and the saw exchanging hand!!

Rodimus is an homage to the Generation 1 Autobot Hot Rod, who later became Rodimus Prime in the Transformers animated movie from 1986. The transformation can be a bit tricky, as a few of the connections have to be finagled back and forth before they become lose. One has to be careful when putting the feet in position, as it is not readily obvious it has stabilizers within the main part of the feet to flip out behind the robot. Once done correctly, Rodimus stands quite nicely and stablely. The gun does shoot it's missle, but does not have more than an 18 inch range. All in all, a nice solid toy.