First Images of Takara Tomy Transformers MP-26 Road Rage finished vehicle mode

That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

Va'al wrote:That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

I feel the same way but I have no clue who the character is, do you?

william-james88 wrote:

Va'al wrote:That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

I feel the same way but I have no clue who the character is, do you?

Nope. And I really don't care.


Also, as an Italian, the name Road Rage speaks to me on a cultural level.

william-james88 wrote:

Va'al wrote:That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

I feel the same way but I have no clue who the character is, do you?

Road Rage is Crosscut's bodyguard and part of his advisory staff. That's about it.

She seems to be a diplomat/ambassador with anger issues too..

MANY APPEAL
SO DEEP
VERY ROBOT

Va'al wrote:She seems to be a diplomat/ambassador with anger issues too..

MANY APPEAL
SO DEEP
VERY ROBOT

She needs a love that's gonna last

The car mode looks great!

Im having a hard time convinving my eyes to see and believe this looks like a "female" robot. Its just not there... the rounder thighs and arms just dont do enough, it looks more like a teenage transformer. I believe woman come in all shapes and sizes, and yes even robots, but this just does not look enough like a female... a total missed opportunity...

I will buy it though, mainly because I want to encourage Takara to make more female masterpieces, and have a stronger representation of strong female characteres in the transformers universe. I plan to display Road Rage in car mode alongside the "fembots" Arcee, windblade and chromia standing by it...

That is a damn fine shade of red. I have no connection to Tracks or Road Rage, but now I want Road Rage.

I want "road rage" - heh!

Va'al wrote:Also, as an Italian, the name Road Rage speaks to me on a cultural level.

Well, then you would fit right in here.

SO much pretty.

She also appeared in the BotCon 2012 script reading, in which she was voiced by Chris Latta's daughter, Abby Collins.

cramoptimus maximus wrote:Im having a hard time convinving my eyes to see and believe this looks like a "female" robot. Its just not there... the rounder thighs and arms just dont do enough, it looks more like a teenage transformer. I believe woman come in all shapes and sizes, and yes even robots, but this just does not look enough like a female... a total missed opportunity...

All she really needs at this point is a woman's voice coming out of her.

Was enough to turn this bot female:

william-james88 wrote:

Va'al wrote:That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

I feel the same way but I have no clue who the character is, do you?

I believe she's the Milton Bradley version of Tracks over in Europe during G1 days.

Mmm.... tiny twincast

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Rage_(G1)

Apparently, she's only got road rage in vehicle mode. Fiction is SLOWLY expanding for her.

Va'al wrote:That is a slick toy. A slick car. A slick robot.

Yup. May have to after all.

I agree, it really is nicely done, still I'm personally going to prefer the Alternator version over this when it comes to vehicle mode just because I think the C4/C5 Corvettes are a way better looking car than the C3's.

cramoptimus maximus wrote:The car mode looks great!

Im having a hard time convinving my eyes to see and believe this looks like a "female" robot. Its just not there... the rounder thighs and arms just dont do enough, it looks more like a teenage transformer. I believe woman come in all shapes and sizes, and yes even robots, but this just does not look enough like a female... a total missed opportunity...

I actually like the subtle differences they did to the model (smoother forearms/thighs, smaller face and waste) to distinguish her from Tracks, but I think you're right. Unless you display her next to MP Tracks you probably couldn't tell off the bat that she was a she. She's a lot like RID Strongarm in that regard in that her vehicle mode doesn't blatantly reveals her as female like pretty much every version of Arcee does, and that's what what I really like about the model.

In all honestly if it wasn't for Strongarm's "eyelashes or lipstick" (or fact you get to hear her voice) you wouldn't be able to tell she was a she right off the bat. Maybe they should've consider the same for Road Rage, although I can't help but chuckle at the thought of a transformer wearing bright red lipstick.

To quote Psy "...........ooooooooh sexy lady..............."

Bounti76 wrote:http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Rage_(G1)

Apparently, she's only got road rage in vehicle mode. Fiction is SLOWLY expanding for her.

Expect more then

fenrir72 wrote:To quote Psy "...........ooooooooh sexy lady..............."

I'm more old school. *Plays Chris De Burgh's "Lady in Red"*

I thought the price of the Masterpiece toys alone would fiance the production cost and new molds. Masterpiece toys are about voyager or leader size usually but always cost 4 times as much

I prefer bule over red, but hot damn! Is that a sexy looking beast!
Being MPs, I will barely be able to get one, so whether I go Tracks or Road Rage depends on which kne I can get cheaper, but both look reaaally nice!

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I thought the price of the Masterpiece toys alone would fiance the production cost and new molds. Masterpiece toys are about voyager or leader size usually but always cost 4 times as much

Masterpieces do cost a lot more individually but they also have far higher production and design costs, higher quality of packaging, greater amount of plastic colours and paint apps, and the target audience is by definition a lot narrower.

While I might argue that things like Year of the Goat MP Soundwave are sheer madness by and large I don't think anyone is complaining about these clever repaints or retools, and it's not like their existence is HINDERING new molds getting made; quite the reverse. Road Rage is not only an interesting choice that will appeal to fans of the obscure, those who are bored or 1984-85, and the increasingly large female fanbase, but it's also a great way of getting more profitability and thus survivability from the Masterpiece line.

MaverickPrime wrote:I prefer bule over red, but hot damn! Is that a sexy looking beast!
Being MPs, I will barely be able to get one, so whether I go Tracks or Road Rage depends on which kne I can get cheaper, but both look reaaally nice!

They're both pretty affordable if you go the Amiami or HLJ route

Is that red paint on red plastic!?
Where, oh where, is her faceplate?


Edit:
Honestly, in my eyes, she isn't Road Rage without that mouth plate. How many fembots have a hidden face? (Aside from the new IDW fembots.) I could totally deal with a hidden feminine face ala MP Wheeljack or MP Ultra Magnus with the hidden Minimus face. (Even MP Prime and Soundwave?) Come on.

@ Convoy

TT excels in both. Paint on plastic. If you got the iPod Optimus Prime color "Convoy", its just as beautiful.

This looks great.

If only Takara would repurpose the MP Seeker mold in the Three cone heads seekers.

Would love to see the MP seeker mold repurposed into Slipscream. remold the thighs curvy and the face feminine like MP Road Rage.

carytheone wrote:That is a damn fine shade of red. I have no connection to Tracks or Road Rage, but now I want Road Rage.

I want "road rage" - heh!

I already preordered Road Rage, I really hope the paint application is close to this sample. That red is so glossy and nice
It's just amazing looking.

Convoy wrote:Is that red paint on red plastic!?
Where, oh where, is her faceplate?


Edit:
Honestly, in my eyes, she isn't Road Rage without that mouth plate. How many fembots have a hidden face? (Aside from the new IDW fembots.) I could totally deal with a hidden feminine face ala MP Wheeljack or MP Ultra Magnus with the hidden Minimus face. (Even MP Prime and Soundwave?) Come on.

Good point, I forgot about the faceplate.

Diem wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I thought the price of the Masterpiece toys alone would fiance the production cost and new molds. Masterpiece toys are about voyager or leader size usually but always cost 4 times as much

Masterpieces do cost a lot more individually but they also have far higher production and design costs, higher quality of packaging, greater amount of plastic colours and paint apps, and the target audience is by definition a lot narrower.

While I might argue that things like Year of the Goat MP Soundwave are sheer madness by and large I don't think anyone is complaining about these clever repaints or retools, and it's not like their existence is HINDERING new molds getting made; quite the reverse. Road Rage is not only an interesting choice that will appeal to fans of the obscure, those who are bored or 1984-85, and the increasingly large female fanbase, but it's also a great way of getting more profitability and thus survivability from the Masterpiece line.

I like your posts. I like this post.

My first Masterpiece, pre-ordered at AmiAmi for $43 plus shipping. First time one of these beauties has passed within my price range...

...what? I've always had an obsession with Road Rage AND female Transformers toys. And she's BOTH!

I almost pre-ordered this from Kapow this morning, but I'll give it more of a thunk before I give in.

carytheone wrote:

Va'al wrote:Also, as an Italian, the name Road Rage speaks to me on a cultural level.

Well, then you would fit right in here.

I'm a good driver, I like to think. But I get angry. Especially in Italy.
That looks horrendous.

padfoo wrote:

Convoy wrote:Is that red paint on red plastic!?
Where, oh where, is her faceplate?


Edit:
Honestly, in my eyes, she isn't Road Rage without that mouth plate. How many fembots have a hidden face? (Aside from the new IDW fembots.) I could totally deal with a hidden feminine face ala MP Wheeljack or MP Ultra Magnus with the hidden Minimus face. (Even MP Prime and Soundwave?) Come on.

Good point, I forgot about the faceplate.

I think everyone forgot about the faceplate. Not really all that surprising when we're talking about such an obscure character, but still.
I may be the only one who cares and who is TakaraTomy to bend over backwards for me alone.

Convoy wrote:

padfoo wrote:

Convoy wrote:Is that red paint on red plastic!?
Where, oh where, is her faceplate?


Edit:
Honestly, in my eyes, she isn't Road Rage without that mouth plate. How many fembots have a hidden face? (Aside from the new IDW fembots.) I could totally deal with a hidden feminine face ala MP Wheeljack or MP Ultra Magnus with the hidden Minimus face. (Even MP Prime and Soundwave?) Come on.

Good point, I forgot about the faceplate.

I think everyone forgot about the faceplate. Not really all that surprising when we're talking about such an obscure character, but still.
I may be the only one who cares and who is TakaraTomy to bend over backwards for me alone.

In a rare example of me not pulling toy accuracy as the highest canon there is I actually dig the more human and obviously female face for aesthetics. It looks better to me than the faceplate (though I wouldn't say no to a removable one) but as far as I'm concerned the most important part is that RR here is a pioneer in the field of Female MPs, and making her obviously female, rather than could-be-a-dude-with-shapely-thighs is very valuable representation-wise. Otherwise we wind up in a Binaltech Arcee situation where there's a very weaselly "she's a girl because we say so, even though zero engineering effort was made to make her look like a girl" attitude. If we get three or four female MPs and they start making them look less distinguishable from dudes later that's more reasonable.

Diem wrote:

Convoy wrote:

padfoo wrote:

Convoy wrote:Is that red paint on red plastic!?
Where, oh where, is her faceplate?


Edit:
Honestly, in my eyes, she isn't Road Rage without that mouth plate. How many fembots have a hidden face? (Aside from the new IDW fembots.) I could totally deal with a hidden feminine face ala MP Wheeljack or MP Ultra Magnus with the hidden Minimus face. (Even MP Prime and Soundwave?) Come on.

Good point, I forgot about the faceplate.

I think everyone forgot about the faceplate. Not really all that surprising when we're talking about such an obscure character, but still.
I may be the only one who cares and who is TakaraTomy to bend over backwards for me alone.

In a rare example of me not pulling toy accuracy as the highest canon there is I actually dig the more human and obviously female face for aesthetics. It looks better to me than the faceplate (though I wouldn't say no to a removable one) but as far as I'm concerned the most important part is that RR here is a pioneer in the field of Female MPs, and making her obviously female, rather than could-be-a-dude-with-shapely-thighs is very valuable representation-wise. Otherwise we wind up in a Binaltech Arcee situation where there's a very weaselly "she's a girl because we say so, even though zero engineering effort was made to make her look like a girl" attitude. If we get three or four female MPs and they start making them look less distinguishable from dudes later that's more reasonable.

I can't argue with that. And it seems she appears in fiction without the faceplate more often than not.

Convoy wrote:And it seems she appears in fiction without the faceplate more often than not.

To be fair, she's only had two visual fictional appearance so far, in which she had no mouthplate in one and yet had a mouthplate in the other, so it's still pretty even.

Fellow Seibertronian Powered Convoy has kindly linked us to some high-res scans of two latest hobby magazines, Dengeki Hobby and Figure King. While we have seen pretty much all of the images within in a number of recent news stories (Such as Road Rage here, and Groove here, plus Q Transformers here), there are some nice new images of Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-26 Road Rage, especially of the face sculpt for the Tracks retool. Check them out mirrored below!

Her chin is so pointy.

I find her pouty lips strangely adorable.

...aaaand CUE more bitching about her lack of a faceplate, despite the total absence of complaints about Tracks ALSO missing his original toy's faceplate...

OK, OK, that was a cheap shot, sorry...

The more I see about this figure, the happier I am about preordering her. My urge to squee is rising exponentially..!

I wonder if this might prompt an appearance in the IDW books? ROAD RAGE ON THE LOST LIGHT 2015!

If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Heckfire wrote:...aaaand CUE more bitching about her lack of a faceplate, despite the total absence of complaints about Tracks ALSO missing his original toy's faceplate...

OK, OK, that was a cheap shot, sorry...

The more I see about this figure, the happier I am about preordering her. My urge to squee is rising exponentially..!

I wonder if this might prompt an appearance in the IDW books? ROAD RAGE ON THE LOST LIGHT 2015!

Cheap shot on target Heck! Especially those bellyachers who don't even have ANY intention of buying her anyway.........

MemphisR56 wrote:Her chin is so pointy.

Removed for those who cannot take a joke...

Uhhhhh...

Well, she's definitely on my "If I win the lotto or something" MP wishlist already.

I wonder if Takara's working on Mirage and Skids/Crosscut, and if they've got a "Powered Convoy" colors redeco of Mags planned.. That combined with Wheeljack and Road Rage would be lovely.

Rogueknight wrote:

MemphisR56 wrote:Her chin is so pointy.

Removed for those who cannot take a joke...

What I shoulda said was...

Rated X wrote:If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Again with the uber expertise retort. There is only so much you can do when you feminize a robotic humanoid face. Bandai has been doing this for years and it's for a non transforming robot





Try getting an engineering degree and submit a design better than this to Tomy Takara first before you start posting the "gospel truth" according to the book of X.

I think it's purposely not 100% feminine because the original toy (diaclone) was gender neutral and most people would want the figure based on that toy. Even though the ehobby character/toy was popular it was the original diaclone that made it all possible. The jp just made it better by adding some fiction. So, as is, it's a genderless robot, that may or may not identify as female depending on what you like.

fenrir72 wrote:

Rated X wrote:If they were gonna give her a dudes face, they should have just went with the face plate. Oh well I guess with that mouth she can chug some energon beer with the guys.

Again with the uber expertise retort. There is only so much you can do when you feminize a robotic humanoid face. Bandai has been doing this for years and it's for a non transforming robot





Try getting an engineering degree and submit a design better than this to Tomy Takara first before you start posting the "gospel truth" according to the book of X.

Fen, you know I love you buddy (in a strictly platonic, heterosexual way, so don't get any funny ideas ) but I think Takara could have done much better for Road Rage's face. Truth is, I've been modeling a custom Arcee face for a custom head project using ZBrush, and even my sculpt beats Road Rage's super-simple conical face by a mile--and it's my first ever ZB project!

The MP male bots' face sculpts we've seen so far (barring Bumblebee and Smokescreen due to source material) have been pretty good, and it's almost like Road Rage's face was given a very simplified reshape from Tracks's face.

That said, if I had the extra cash and liked the character enough, it's not going to stop me from buying it. I mean, it's kinda good enough for what it is (a retool), but it could be a lot better.

I know I'm probably in the minority, given the above statements, but I like it. It's simple, and the good kind of simple, like Godbomber's face sculpt. SOLD.