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News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:21 am

woah, wtf? That more like morphing than transforming. Most of that car seems to come out of nowhere.
It reminds me of how the beast wars characters transformed in the video game (skip to half way in the video):

Like LegendaryAntiHero on Facebook · by **LegendaryAntiHero** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:24 am

I hope this version is easier to transform than the original

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 3:05 am

And also in addition to the those images from 'the show that revealed the existence of Takara Tomy Masterpiece Hot Rod', fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath's source has found some more angles, including close-ups of the prototype, over on news site mynavi.jp - check these out mirrored below too!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 4:33 am

That's one hell of a backpack.

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 5:15 am

LOST Cybertronian wrote:That's one hell of a backpack.

At least unlike Ironhide - his head isn't behind is own waist.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:12 am

Amelie wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:That's one hell of a backpack.

At least unlike Ironhide - his head isn't behind is own waist.

Where would you like parts go in not mode?

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:26 am

I know it's a prototype, but the chest just looks a little wrong. The sides of the abdomen with bare clear plastic on the outside edge looks a little weird, like it's mistransformed. I'm sure a paint job will take my eyes off of it, but it just looks like there should be colored plastic framing those headlights.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 7:27 am

dragons wrote:
Amelie wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:That's one hell of a backpack.

At least unlike Ironhide - his head isn't behind is own waist.

Where would you like parts go in not mode?

How to transform Hotrod in NOT mode:

Yeah yeah, I know it was a typo. I just couldnt resist!

News Credits: 1 · by **Alpha Dominus** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:05 am

With all the neat curvature on this guy I wonder what's goin' on with that ironing board chest piece. Hopefully that changes soon cuz it looks a little odd. Hoping for something a bit more aerodynamic and sexy(?). Can't wait to see him with his trusty fishing rod.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 8:23 am

Alpha Dominus wrote:Can't wait to see him with his trusty fishing rod.

The fishing rod is a must. No reel, no deal!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 9:50 am

zodconvoy wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:Can't wait to see him with his trusty fishing rod.

The fishing rod is a must. No reel, no deal!

He is said to come with the fishing rod.

by **Desslok2201** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:01 am

william-james88 wrote:
zodconvoy wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:Can't wait to see him with his trusty fishing rod.

The fishing rod is a must. No reel, no deal!

He is said to come with the fishing rod.

What about tiny rocket skateboard?

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:08 am

Desslok2201 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
zodconvoy wrote:
Alpha Dominus wrote:Can't wait to see him with his trusty fishing rod.

The fishing rod is a must. No reel, no deal!

He is said to come with the fishing rod.

What about tiny rocket skateboard?

Only if it comes with Daniel, pre-exo-suit.

by **Glarryg** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:12 am

Va'al wrote:

It looks like there's another set of exhaust pipes in that backpack. Wonder what that means... :-?

Glarryg

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:16 am

Glarryg wrote:
Va'al wrote:

It looks like there's another set of exhaust pipes in that backpack. Wonder what that means...

Glarryg

I think it's the side panels in vehicle mode folding back there during transformation. Remember, Hot Rod has pipes running down the length of his vehicle mode on both sides. His forearms only show the end sections of those pipes.

News Credits: 4 · by **padfoo** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:18 am

Seibertron wrote:I'm excited for both figures! Just a couple of quick thoughts that come to mind regarding each one ... Shockwave seems a little short standing next to Rodimus. I would have expected him to be much larger. It seems like he's just about the same height (or possibly shorter) as the Seekers. Rodimus looks great, just hope they end up putting those screws at the bottom part of his arms on the other side of his wrists/lower forearms. It looks really bad just having a screw right there in the middle of some detailing.

My first thought as well, Soundwave looks a little short!

News Credits: 4 · by **padfoo** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 10:30 am

[quote="Autobot032"]We reported on the possibility of a future Masterpiece Hot Rod, due to the tease shown in this article: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... oon/33914/

We're now able to confirm (yes, confirm!) it's legit! Takara Tomy is indeed making a Masterpiece Hot Rod and K-Hobby's Twitter feed is the first to show us the new proto in it's infancy.

As you can tell, this is still quite early in the process, but it at least gives you a good idea of what's coming and what we should be able to expect. Fantastic news for all of us!

You can compare MP-09 Rodimus Convoy to this new Hot Rod mold by checking out the 2010 release of Rodimus in our galleries by clicking here and here.

UPDATE: Thanks to fellow Seibertron news staffer, LOST Cybertronian, we've found new images courtesy of the hobbylog.jp blog and you can see them below:

Seeing this picture reminded me that we are going to get three Masterpiece vehicles with a primarily red and yellow color scheme within months of each other. In fact when Hot Rod gets colored his color scheme will be very similar to Road Rage with the flames on his hood instead of her phoenix.

News Credits: 372 · by **Cyberpath** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:19 am

We now have a look at his back:

Source: http://snakas.web.fc2.com/

News Credits: 1 · by **Alpha Dominus** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:42 am

Meh. Compared to Hot Rod, Shockwave's size is good enough for me. His forearm alone compared to Hot Rods... Yeah, even as prototypes we've got some winners here.

News Credits: 3 · by **Starsaber468** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:48 pm

So is the figure for hot rod a new mold or just remolded? I have just been wondering

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:49 pm

Starsaber468 wrote:So is the figure for hot rod a new mold or just remolded? I have just been wondering

New mold.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:52 pm

Aww man for me right now, looking at these two MPs is like a form of mental fapping. =P~

News Credits: 3 · by **Starsaber468** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:53 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Starsaber468 wrote:So is the figure for hot rod a new mold or just remolded? I have just been wondering
New mold.

Thx for letting me know just checked out images of the previous figure and i noticed that amost of the figure isn't anything like that but it does look a lot better than the previous figure plus i had forgot it was the size most normal small masterpiece autobits were

News Credits: 3 · by **Starsaber468** » Sat Sep 26, 2015 1:02 pm

Looks pretty good it was probably the best to make a new mold for hot rod overall but we still need an New Masterpiece Megatron (not remolded from the mp-05 figure) and a Victory Leo figure and probably a new mold for the seekers (i must ask takara why haven't you done the coneheads yet ,and yes i know it would be hard to mold but there a way they could do it