Talk:Rodimus

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This article is currently pretty much a duplicate of Hot Rod (Transformers). JIP | Talk 07:18, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Sorta Merge We had this talk once before. At one point there was most of info was on the Rodimus Page with a notice to look at that page, but there is also a character from Generation 2 named Hot Rod, who wasn't ever called Rodimus, so he was on Hot Rod page. I don't know why the information on Generation 1 Hot Rod/Rodimus was put back here. Mathewignash (talk) 00:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
In my opinion, the Hot Rod-related section in this article should be cut out, due to the duplication; while the Rodimus-related section (Transformers: Energon) could be merge into Rodimus Prime.
OR, just merge Rodimus Prime, Rodimus into Hot Rod (Transformers). Well. --TX55 (talk) 02:17, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

It makes no sense to merge Energon Rodimus to Rodimus Prime, as he was NEVER called that name. G1 Hot Rod has been Called Rodimus in his most recent toy releases, so I say this - put Energon and G1 characters on the Rodimus page. Put the G2 character on the Hot Rod page. Rodimus Prime shouldn't have his own page, since he was just a form G1 Rodimus took for one year. You can have a forward from the Rodimus Prime page to G1 Rodimus. Mathewignash (talk) 00:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Even Hot Rod is released as "Rodimus" in recent year, but his in-fiction name is still "Hot Rod" in most fiction. So his article's title should remain "Hot Rod (Transformers)". Things of Rodimus Prime should be put under "Hot Rod (Transformers)" as a section or something else since he is the same person as Hot Rod in several continuity. For a page "Rodimus", its content should be something like:
==Transformers: Generation 1==
{{main(or see)|Hot Rod (Transformers)}}
==Transformers: Energon==
(Things form Rodimus#Transformers: Energon)

--TX55 (talk) 02:23, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Rodimus should be the main article, this is his official name now, with Hasbro no longer owning rights to the name anymore. 71.118.165.26 (talk) 04:49, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I suggest the title should be the "Hot Rod", because it is still his in-fiction name. It is not not necessarily take every thing's standard to toy/Hasbro. It only needs to note that his toy name was changed to "Rodimus" in the article. --TX55 (talk) 12:09, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Well since Energon the name "Rodimus" has been used instead of "Hot Rod" Markcambrone (talk) 03:44, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

The name Rodimus was used for the 3H and TFCC club comics for the G1 character. IDW still calls him Hot Rod. Mathewignash (talk) 04:19, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Energon Rodimus and G1 Hot Rod are not the same character. 3H/TFCC Rodimus is the upgraded version of Hot Rod (though there isn't significant difference on appearance), kinda like Optimus Primal's name was changed to Optimal Optimus. --TX55 (talk) 07:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Just merge Hot Rod into Rodimus and not the other way around. I mean the Bluestreak name was changed to Silverstreak and it was kept that!Markcambrone (talk) 03:37, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Frankly, I've ever though Silverstreak should be moved back to Bluestreak several weeks ago.(Because he is still called "Bluestreak" in most fictions) If we keep moving characters' names just because Hasbro lost the trademark. It will be very ... well, troublesome.

For example, nobody moved "Shockwave (Transformers)" to "Shockblast" then back to "Shockwave (Transformers)". (Note: Hasbro lost the name "Shockwave" before, that's why his Binaltech is released under the name "Shockblast". However, Hasbro managed to get "Shockwave" back eventually after someone else had claimed it.)

We don't have page named "Autobot Jazz" or "Constructicon Devastator" or something like that (By the way, "Skid-Z" is under "Skids (Transformers)" rather than a independent page. Maybe we could put Energon Rodimus as a section under "Hot Rod (Transformers)"), that's why I insist that we should keep "Hot Rod (Transformers)" page and move "Silverstreak" back to "Bluestreak (Transformers)". --TX55 (talk) 04:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)