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Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon?


1:00 PM on 12.02.2010
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo


It's.......no, really, who? I know the Targetmaster attached to it, but the little rolling thing? I have no clue. I've been combing TFWiki, asking all of my friends, nobody, nobody seems to know who that little rolling thing is. I'm pretty sure it's not even a minicon (but that would have ruined my "who's that pokemon" reference).

In any case, here are unboxed images of the Fansproject Protector armor for Generations Rodimus to effectively turn him into Rodimus Prime without buying the Masterpiece Rodimus Prime, but paying nearly as much. So, really, who wins here? I'm not sure. I'm still thinking about that little rolling thing.

The most I can figure, it's an analogue to Optimus Prime's Roller drone, which just makes Rodimus seem much more like the wannabe leader some would say he was in season three of Generation one.  Would I say that? Maybe, maybe not. Toy looks nice though. Might get it. Now excuse me, I'm off to consult many Simon Furman written comics and guides to see if I can get another clue as to what that little, rolling thing is. 

[via TFW2005]

Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo
Fansproject Protector Armor unboxed and- wait a tick, who's what minicon? photo





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The Pokemon ref only really works with a silhouette =x And looks like Psyduck to me.
"The most I can figure, it's an analogue to Optimus Prime's Roller drone"

Yea, pretty sure that's it. If I recall, their announcement about this figure had a little tie-in comic where they showed the drone deciding to join up with "Protector".
It's his Roller-esq drone. I thought that was pretty clear from just looking at it and its relationship to the trailer.

As someone deeply versed in TF lore, I can confirm that there is nothing in the past setting precedence for this.
...er, in terms of Rodimus. Of course Prime had his and all.
Yep just a "roller" and this isn't the first time we've seen it.

And it really bugs me that you have to pay extra for the Targetmaster "Sidearm" and chromed wings as a set since most of us probably want the little figure and have no use for the wings.
Just to clarify, I mean it's not the first time we've seen it in pictures of the set...
Man, that looks pretty good. Also, the comic he comes with says how he got the roller. And it's weird that you can't find anything on it. It was announced a while ago.
Nom nom Targetmaster nom nom nom

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