Some new Transformers were shown recently for the next line, and the new molds are sort of a mixed bag for me. Some of them look really nice, some could go either way (Jazz looks good, but I admit I'd prefer his G1 Porsche to this car), and some kind of meh.
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The one I'm most potentially interested in is Rodimus Prime, but I admit I'm seeing issues with this figure. I don't want to seem too harsh or judgmental without getting a better look at the toy; when I first saw the renderings for the TR version of Hot Rod, the angles made him seem too curvy and off from his G1 form. However, TR Hot Rod is actually a very nice figure and not as unfaithful to his predecessor as one might think from the preview art, so it's good to be wrong sometimes.
It seems this version of the figure will have both, a Hot Rod that can turn into Rodimus in both forms. That being said, I'm not yet sold. I don't like that the figure looks in some ways like Hot Rod with kibble added, and especially don't like the Prime vehicle mode (something of seen on other renditions and third party elements - an attempt to make a Rodimus where the vehicle is basically Hot Rod's car mode wedged into a trailer). Rodimus' original vehicle design made his robot half a completely different vehicle essentially from Hot Rod's, and while I'd like to have a figure with both personalities, I also wonder if the best option would be to simply do a straightforward Rodimus as the G1 toy did (and a few since).
ETA: Someone managed to get some
back views of the new Rodimus mode, and apparently he has a whopping backpack/kibble which is an additional problem form me.
The pics are about 2/3 down the page.
I had the fun of attending a national jamboree years ago as a scout, and I admit to being jealous that we didn't have Transformers patches then. 
