Gallery: Henkei Vs. Universe Hot Shot

Wow. The differences there are actually ridiculously huge.

Disappointed that they didn't try to emulate either of his powerlink features.

alldarker wrote:I have Universe Hot Shot, and to be honest, even with the JaAm plate, he really is quite terrible. Car mode is ugly, no actual powerlink features, robot mode looks pretty good but holds together badly, Jolt is very back heavy in 'bot mode... Not much good to say about this mold except the plate.
Henkei Hot Shot does seem to look slightly better, although some flaws are impossible to correct on this mold, Henkei or not.

In terms of fiddliness and parts popping off-ery, how does he compare to Galvatron?

Editor wrote:Hot Shot has his flaws, i got pissed trying to transform him the first time do the flimsy connections on some of the pieces but he's not that bad.

as far as powerlinking goes, you can mimic his gripper claws but as they aren't automatic it is disappointing.

As far as being top heavy with Jolt, I haven't had any issues possing him or displaying him with Jolt linked to his shoulder.

It would be nice to have the weapons in bot mode but for vehicle mode i'd rather have JaAm than fart cannons.

Is it possible to put the Henkei cannons on the Universe toy, does anyone know?

tigertracks 24 wrote:One of the pictures shows cutout present on the Henkei rear bumper that are not present on the HASBRO one. Thus you probably could not, unless the launchers are contained entirely under the car, and only the 'flame' part goes past the bumper.

I doubt those launchers would fit. From that image it looks like the tip of the lancher is sitting almost flush to the back end, clearly enough that they extend right into the remoulded area on the universe one. Unless they can be stored backwards, but that would serve zero purpose.

I think I'm the only person who's absolutely in love with this figure. The only downside is the lack of JAam...which sucks. I love how the implemented the rocket launchers in car mode. I was worried I'd just have to have them laying around when displayed in alt mode.

I just have one question though...when the bloody hell are these figures going to be released. I preordered (and fully paid for) Henkei Hot Shot and Henkei Dinobot way back in December. Since then, I've seen pictures, but haven't heard a single thing about when they play on releasing these figures. I'm starting to get a tad impatient.

Caelus wrote:Wow. The differences there are actually ridiculously huge.

Disappointed that they didn't try to emulate either of his powerlink features.

I for one am glad they didn't, because both of them were pretty dumb. Then again, I was never really fond of the 'need a minicon to even USE weapon' gimmick in the first place.

It sucks that the Henkei version gets guns but the US version doesn't. I'd take the projectiles out in car mode for just the exhaust pipe effect though.

I like the chrome and the guns on the Henkei, I hate how many modern TF don't have guns.

But the mold and character aren't really good enough to warrant import prices... hmm.

with the peace cut out of the rear bumper I think the sholder pads will work better and not hit each other.

BBTS henkei hotshot shipping to me now!!!!! can't wait to see this guy with the guns...

Got the Henkeis of him and Dinobot yesterday; in short they make their Universe counterparts look like crap.