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I'm not crazy about the car mode; it looks kind of chopped up, like the various part don't fit together correctly.

On the other hand, I love the bot mode. Does that visor flip down over his eyes?

Someone please explain the "jaam" thing on his license plate. I wasn't into that line of toys, and I didn't watch the show.

Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:How's Hotshot's articulation, especially the arms?

Well, Peaugh doesn't have good things to say about the articulation and he's usually pretty fair/forgiving.

See his vid (about 3 mins in):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfFuoRX-5q8

And Jolt doesn't even seem to stand up straight, even in this photo you can see they are propping him up with a board:

typh0id wrote:

glazer wrote:like it a lot!- but do you think the Henkei's hotshot will have clear side windows- the painted ones- seem out of place when 70% of them are clear? i don't know maybe i'm just being pickyyyyyyyy.....

I'd say there's a 99.9% chance the answer is no...They chose to mold the door out of yellow plastic and then paint the window rather than mold it out of clear plastic and paint the entire door...As much as I hate when they make a toy with both clear and painted windows, it's probably for the best...Whenever they try to match paint with the same colour of opaque plastic it's always a fail...Look at Classics Bumblebee for a case in point...

Or movie CC Bumblebee. I have a couple different version of that toy and none of them have doors that match the surrounding plastic.

Craven Knight wrote:So the Henkei one has missle launchers, right?

Who said anything about a rocket launcher? As far as I know, neither version comes with one (sadly)

I've seen pics of the Henkei one with missile launchers that peg into the sides of his arms. They look awesome and seem like they're made of chrome. The missiles are a clear blue and look like their supposed to be jets of water or something.

From what I can tell, the Henkei one looks WAY better as far and paint and accessories go. I've heard his playability sucks and he can't pose. I don't really care about that since I never play with my TF's, and I'm sure I can find a decent pose with him with those awesome rocket launchers. Needless to say, I ordered to the Henkei version (along with Henkei Dinobot).

this is almost as awesome as my G1 Cosmos

SJ21 wrote:Someone please explain the "jaam" thing on his license plate. I wasn't into that line of toys, and I didn't watch the show.

Well to put it simply, HoT sHot liKs jAM. yuM!

I just read that link, and it all makes sense now. That was hilarious. Thanks for the help.

Overcracker wrote:We'll have to wait until we get in box shots of Hot Shot to see if he'll also have the missile launcher's or not.

Like on this page? http://www.hk-tf.com/discuz/upload/view ... ra=&page=2

Matters not a jot to me. If I buy this, it'll be for Jolt.

Overcracker wrote:

Mkall wrote:

Craven Knight wrote:So the Henkei one has missle launchers, right?

Who said anything about a rocket launcher? As far as I know, neither version comes with one (sadly)

The Henkei version apparently does according to a news story right here:
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... olt/14822/

We'll have to wait until we get in box shots of Hot Shot to see if he'll also have the missile launcher's or not.

Of course if he doesn't, Henkei Hot Rod's price tag will skyrocket, as everyone will want the one with missile launchers. Though I find it doubtful than Hasbro wold not include the missile launchers with him unless there's absolutely no place to put them in vehicle mode, Hasbro hates stray accessories in any mode.

I stand corrected, thanks!

Thundercrapper wrote:this is almost as awesome as my G1 Cosmos

Congrats on making the quote of the day!

I may be the biggest JaMm! comic fan ever, so this is like my crack.
Can you say "photo-comic?"

jAm cOpTor iS mY fReNd!!!
I liK jaAm!!!

WOW im liking this guy more and more so i guess my only complaint is why the heck did they not do this for armada instead of the more or less non-articulated piles we got?

looks good I'll prolly pick him up.

I have always loved hotshot in all his incarnations he is pretty cool and since I didn't own the original this will be a nice way to get him.

Cryo Prime wrote:WOW im liking this guy more and more so i guess my only complaint is why the heck did they not do this for armada instead of the more or less non-articulated piles we got?

Two reasons...

1 ) Improved toy design and engineering since Armada

2 ) The designers of Armada were trying to completely reboot, and that meant capturing the eyes of the REALLY young kids, the kids who were heavily into Power Rangers and Pokemon and the like. A mistake when looking with hindsight, but it's a valid reason from the point of view of a business to make simpler, brightly colored molds.

It's not selling itself to me. Somewhat ironically I think he looks too 'toy like'. lol