ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:You're wrong about Roadhauler. Roadhauler is in fact a renamed-for-trademark-reasons version of Hauler from the cartoon's pilot - the crane truck guy who lifts Hound back to the road and who was likely the original plan for the toy that would become Grapple. The e-Hobby toy expands on him and ties him in with the extra Constructicons seen in the flashback to Megatron's construction.
Regarding Road Rage herself, and her face.. G1 Cartoon fembots do seem to have faces that are more tapered than the guys, and it helps her look more distinct from her mold-mate Tracks. And if we look beyond G1 stuff but still within the realm of more-or-less-normal proportions, Override and Thunderblast have tapered, pointy faces.
What was wrong with my statement Roadhauler being a Japan created fiction? e-Hobby is Japan based and the fiction/backstory was created by a Japanese Takara engineer/designer. Last I checked......Hirofumi Ichikawa was still Japanese.
Did you read that factoid in transwiki? I also know how to use google btw.And there's no mention of any trademark reason for his not being included in the show.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Roadhauler
More or less a too fast a release or premature release of the product who got forgotten in the mix. Maybe check your sources first before offering a know it all correction.
Btw, this discussion is not off topic as I initially mentioned, Roadrage's first fiction backstory was done by Takara. She had a mouth plate. Always been a mouthplate. The history/backstory was fixed in the G1 Japan centric universe (a mix of the Marvel/Sunbow production) with a sprinkle of their (Japan's) take on the franchise.
The "Wings" incarnation done with a fembot who looked like RR without the mask, well, another clam bake fanwank which unfortunately came to a hault as we have heard nary a peep from the creators.
The release of the fig came with Crosscut and Roadhauler. Whose fiction was created by a Japanese engineer/designer who work for Takara. Try giving the credit of Roadhauler's bio to the Sunbow/Marvel seems to be stretching it.