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*'''New Rodimus''' was the tentative name for an unproduced [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] toy concept revealed in the Japanese book ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]''. Unlike his predecessors, he would have transformed into a fire engine. According to the caption in the book, New Rodimus would have come out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Battlestars story pages and manga|Star Convoy]], and his transformation would involve splitting at the waist. Coincidentally, the ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' toy/character '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFHTcC5tlo Duke Fire]''' (デュークファイヤー ''Dyūku Faiyā'') used a similar transformation scheme<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Also talked w/TakaraTomy team. Brave's Duke Fire NOT based on "New Rodimus," per designer of Duke Fire. He was not aware of that Rod design.|link=https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/907253686023458817|site=Twitter|name=TFWiki interview with the TakaraTomy design team|year=2017|month=9|day=11}}</ref> | *'''New Rodimus''' was the tentative name for an unproduced [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] toy concept revealed in the Japanese book ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]''. Unlike his predecessors, he would have transformed into a fire engine. According to the caption in the book, New Rodimus would have come out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Battlestars story pages and manga|Star Convoy]], and his transformation would involve splitting at the waist. Coincidentally, the ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' toy/character '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGFHTcC5tlo Duke Fire]''' (デュークファイヤー ''Dyūku Faiyā'') used a similar transformation scheme.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Also talked w/TakaraTomy team. Brave's Duke Fire NOT based on "New Rodimus," per designer of Duke Fire. He was not aware of that Rod design.|link=https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/907253686023458817|site=Twitter|name=TFWiki interview with the TakaraTomy design team|year=2017|month=9|day=11}}</ref> For many years fans mistakenly assumed the similarity to be intentional; hence when Ask Vector Prime retroactively created an origin for the Fire Rodimus from [[Destiny, Part Three|''Regeneration One'' #93]], his body module was named in homage to Duke Fire. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:38, 3 November 2024
| The name or term "Duke" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Duke (disambiguation). |
- Duke Fire is an Autobot drone from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Duke Fire is Optimus Prime's power-up drone partner who would be used to save Rodimus's life.
Fiction
[edit]Ask Vector Prime
[edit]In Primax 092.0 Beta, Duke Fire was constructed as a power-up device for Optimus Prime's new form, Star Convoy. However in the conflict against Dark Nova, Rodimus was severely injured defending Zone from a Great Galaman invasion. Subsequently, Rodimus's essence was transferred into Duke Fire, and thus he became known as Fire Rodimus. Star Convoy and Fire Rodimus's powerful combined form, Supernova Convoy, defeated Star Giant and Ultra Megatron. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/15
Notes
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- New Rodimus was the tentative name for an unproduced Rodimus Prime toy concept revealed in the Japanese book Transformers Generations. Unlike his predecessors, he would have transformed into a fire engine. According to the caption in the book, New Rodimus would have come out after Star Convoy, and his transformation would involve splitting at the waist. Coincidentally, the Brave toy/character Duke Fire (デュークファイヤー Dyūku Faiyā) used a similar transformation scheme.[1] For many years fans mistakenly assumed the similarity to be intentional; hence when Ask Vector Prime retroactively created an origin for the Fire Rodimus from Regeneration One #93, his body module was named in homage to Duke Fire.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Also talked w/TakaraTomy team. Brave's Duke Fire NOT based on "New Rodimus," per designer of Duke Fire. He was not aware of that Rod design."—TFWiki interview with the TakaraTomy design team, Twitter, 2017/9/11
