![]() It's almost as if the toy wasn't a Headmaster at all. One new twist on the formula is how a simple twist of the waist converts the silver vents on the rear of the car into the Autobot's knee pads.Īnd one thing I really enjoy about the conversion process is how Firedrive can easily "leap" from within the vehicle cabin and form the robot's head in one smooth motion. Longtime Rodimus fanatics will find transforming the Titans Return figure a pleasingly familiar affair. In this form the blaster uses a pair of tabs to slot directly into Hot Rod's exposed engine block.įiredrive (or any other Titan Master) can sit in the combined weapon to be the world's most precariously positioned Death Race gunner. They can also be combined into a double-barreled gun that resembles G1 Firebolt's gun mode. These can be plugged into 5 mm ports on either side of the car. Hot Rod's weaponry consists of a pair of blasters meant to invoke the G1 toy's twin Photon Lasers. Honestly, this doesn't look particularly cool, rather, it looks like the Autobot's little partner just doesn't know how to properly ride in car. As a simple automobile, all Hot Rod can muster is a pair of trunk pegs for Firedrive and his ilk to plug onto. Unfortunately, certain vehicle types limit what can be done for added interactivity. The Autobot visage Firedrive wears as a backpack receives all the attention with white for the face a dark blue for the eyes.Īn interesting aspect to all the Titans Return figures is how each toy is its own "play set" for use with multiple Titan Masters. Hasbro's notoriously tight paint budget is most likely the reason Hot Rod's Titan Master is almost entirely bare silver plastic, save for the red face plate. Now as you may have noticed, Firedrive is a bit plain in terms of colors. In addition to curling up for head mode, they can all sit, move their arms up and down, and turn their tiny heads from side to side. One neat thing about Titan Masters like Firedrive, is they all have a decent amount of articulation despite being about an inch and a quarter tall. Sadly, he cannot be named "Firebolt" because Mattel has all the Harry Potter related trademarks, including the wizard boy's special broom. There is a little slot for the tab on the underside of any Titan Master's legs so the little drivers will stay securely in the seat.įiredrive bears a strong resemblance to G1 Hot Rod's original Targermaster partner. Sadly, there is no tiny steering wheel for Firedrive to grab. Once removed, you can see some cool tech detailing inside Hot Rod's cabin. ![]() ![]() Shown here is the TR turbo-revving young punk along with the Generation One, Classics (in United colors), and Masterpiece toys.įlipping up the clear blue windshield reveals Titan Master, Firedrive, at the controls. Weirdly, the addition of a clear windshield piece gives the Titans Return figure a lot more presence in a way that tricks my brain into seeing it as a larger toy.Īll in all, this new Hot Rod is a fine representation of the 2005 super car and goes well with his fellow cavaliers. Shown here is Hot Rod next to Combiner Wars Breakneck. Hot Rod is about five inches long in vehicle mode.Īs such, he fits in with most other Deluxe-class Transformers cars. He cuts a mean silhouette with the traditional side-mounted exhaust pipes and yellow spoiler grabbing your attention at every viewing angle. The recently renamed "Autobot Hot Rod" (for trademark reasons), starts off familiarly enough as a sleek, tuned-up sports car from the far off year of 2005. Racing in from the outskirts of the third wave of Titans Return comes the brash young Autobot cavalier, Hot Rod! Titans Return has brought back not only traditional Headmaster characters like Chromedome and Skullcruncher, but has also taken fan-favorites like Scourge and Blurr and re-imagines them as toys with transformable noggins. ![]() Last time, it was combiners, and now, an army of little men (or robot men) in armor have been unleashed on the Autobot / Decepticon war to help everyone get a head. Transformers: Generations continues its trend of taking established gimmicks and applying them on a line-wide scale.
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