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Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake

Posted by william-james88 Apr 11, 2017 at 10:09am CDT 62,474 views
Update: There is enough evidence gathered up online by the dedicated Transformers fans to show that the image this news was based on is indeed a fake. Below is the original article.


There were a few characters missing from the Transformers: The Last Knight toyline, most notably Onslaught and Hot Rod. We knew the line would just last for a quarter or two, with a similar amount of waves as Age of Extinction and most toys were accounted for when comparing to the list of codenames we have had since the beginning of the year. So where are those characters? Well, we had not accounted for Exclusives, which is how they will be released. The Transformers Peru Facebook page has a very blurry image of all the Toysrus Exclusive toys under the glyph decoder subline of Transformers The Last Knight. We see the previously revealed Deluxe Megatron, Voyager Nitro, Infernicus, Skullitron as well as, finally, Onslaught and Hot Rod. The image blurrier than a bigfoot video so we can't confirm if these are retools of prevous toys, like AOE Lockdown or ROTF Long Haul (which is what Onslaught's character model is based on). These are all Toysrus Exclusives and that seems to be worldwide, since this news does come from an international source. Then again, it could be a photoshop fake, which has been the case before, so please take this with a grain of salt.

Transformers News: New Toysrus Exclusive Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Revealed

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Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Apr 11, 2017
Autobot N wrote:Hot Rod's chest definitely reminds me of AOE Lockdown, but I'm not gonna jump to any conclusions. Don't recognize what Onslaught could be from.


This:

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Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Long Haul Gallery

Same torso
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Autobot N Apr 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.
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Comment by william-james88 Apr 11, 2017
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.

There is more. the shape and angle of the arms and the way the truck parts wrap around the thighs is the same as Long Haul.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Bumblebee21 Apr 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.

There is more. the shape and angle of the arms and the way the truck parts wrap around the thighs is the same as Long Haul.

i saw that too
is nitro a retool of anyone.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Autobot N Apr 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.

There is more. the shape and angle of the arms and the way the truck parts wrap around the thighs is the same as Long Haul.
Yeah, I'll give you those, now that I look at it more. I'd say he's probably a heavy retool.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Apr 11, 2017
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.

There is more. the shape and angle of the arms and the way the truck parts wrap around the thighs is the same as Long Haul.
Yeah, I'll give you those, now that I look at it more. I'd say he's probably a heavy retool.

it might not even be a retool. I was just saying who it could be if it was :)

And Nitro seems to be an original mold (although I think he is based on a leftover of the AOE line that never made it to production).
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Apr 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Autobot N wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Same torso
That's where the similarities end, though.

There is more. the shape and angle of the arms and the way the truck parts wrap around the thighs is the same as Long Haul.
Yeah, I'll give you those, now that I look at it more. I'd say he's probably a heavy retool.

it might not even be a retool. I was just saying who it could be if it was :)

And Nitro seems to be an original mold (although I think he is based on a leftover of the AOE line that never made it to production).
Though, the design that both Nitro and the KSI Boss are based on was originally a tutorial DVD design created by Josh Nizzi back in 2009. :-B
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Kurona Apr 11, 2017
I'll be rather surprised if Hot Rod isn't a retool of or doesn't share parts with Bumblebee.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by MaverickPrime Apr 11, 2017
Onslaught is almost certainly a Long Haul retool, Hot Rod reminds me of Roadbuster from DOTM, maybe Nitro IS a Shockwave retool as well.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Noideaforaname Apr 11, 2017
If Onslaught's a Long Haul retool, his transformation would have to be totally different now. It's not impossible, but he'd have to be basically backwards and probably do a couple other odd tricks (I'm not sure where the actual crane come it)...

Sabrblade wrote:Though, the design that both Nitro and the KSI Boss are based on was originally a tutorial DVD design created by Josh Nizzi back in 2009. :-B

Heh, I remember seeing that on his site listed under, like, "Personal Projects" or something obviously separate from Transformers, back during DotM or something. It was a little surreal seeing it posted again as "new" when the Age of Extinction concept art first started making the rounds.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Dankop Apr 11, 2017
They've been in Norway for a while. It's pretty weird, really, because all the TLK Deluxe Class figures in wave 1 are here, (as well as all of the Legends/Legions from wave 1) but the only Voyager is Grimlock... Optimus is no-where to be seen. :-(
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Emerje Apr 11, 2017
Strange seeing so many retools used strictly as exclusives, especially for key movie characters. Most likely these versions of Hotrod, Onslaught, and Nitro are repaints of figures that will be available in the main line. The rest, probably not. That's a pretty unusual thing for Hasbro to do.

As for Onslaught being a backwards Longhaul, don't forget that they're using that same trick with the new Drift being a backwards AOE Drift.

Emerje
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by RAR Apr 11, 2017
Hot Rod looks rather like Cogman to me.
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by AgentK2 Apr 11, 2017
Does anybody else find it a bit odd that Onslaught is green? I would've understood blue. Gray would've made the most sense to me, as it would fit in with the movie aesthetic.

Anyway, let's hope we get the other Combaticons. It wouldn't be the first Onslaught we've gotten that didn't combine...

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https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/view/classics-universe/onslaught/1550/1/88/
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by PeterPrime Apr 11, 2017
I'm just glad we are getting an Onslaught... I don't care if it is an exclusive or a retool, just happy one is being released.
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Comment by william-james88 Apr 11, 2017
Emerje wrote:Strange seeing so many retools used strictly as exclusives, especially for key movie characters. Most likely these versions of Hotrod, Onslaught, and Nitro are repaints of figures that will be available in the main line. The rest, probably not. That's a pretty unusual thing for Hasbro to do.

Emerje


its unusual, i will give you that. it was unusual for RID Starscream which was TRU exclusive at first. But he was eventually released wide (months later).

but here, what is odd is that we all know the rundown of all main line figures (in code names) and that list has been confirmed by multiple sources around the planet. Its the same breakdown everytime and the only one left unknown is one deluxe. and that list doesnt include these exclusives. So it really seems like they wont get a wide release. Could be worse, all AOE deluxe toys were TRU exclusives in England :(
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by Kurona Apr 11, 2017
So is there not gonna be a Helicopter Drift? Or maybe he dropped the triple-changing between movies?
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Comment by AgentK2 Apr 11, 2017
Kurona wrote:So is there not gonna be a Helicopter Drift? Or maybe he dropped the triple-changing between movies?

I don't exactly see why he would've dropped the triple changing. Seems pretty practical to me. Either way, I'd love to see the skyhammer mold in red!
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Comment by Emerje Apr 11, 2017
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:Strange seeing so many retools used strictly as exclusives, especially for key movie characters. Most likely these versions of Hotrod, Onslaught, and Nitro are repaints of figures that will be available in the main line. The rest, probably not. That's a pretty unusual thing for Hasbro to do.

Emerje


its unusual, i will give you that. it was unusual for RID Starscream which was TRU exclusive at first. But he was eventually released wide (months later).

And Megatronus, but he was also released in the main line with a new head at normal retail. So we've established a precedence with TRU.

but here, what is odd is that we all know the rundown of all mianline figures (in code names) and that list has been confirmed by multiple sources around the planet. Its the same breakdown everytime and the only one left unknown is one deluxe. and that list doesnt include these exclusives. So it really seems like they wont get a wide release. Could be worse, all AOE deluxe toys were TRU exclusives in England :(

But how many waves do we know? Just the first for sure and parts of what comes after from Toy Fair, right? As far as I know we don't know how many waves we're getting, so there's a chance of them being released later on. It isn't like the main TLK line is any stranger to repaints and remolds.

Something else to consider: We've been getting a lot of leaks for TRU, but nothing official, right? What about Walmart and Target exclusives, where are those? Can't imagine they wont have any at all. I think there's a lot we still don't know.

Kurona wrote:So is there not gonna be a Helicopter Drift? Or maybe he dropped the triple-changing between movies?

It's amazing that they haven't repainted Generations Springer into Drift yet.

Emerje
Re: Images of Hot Rod and Onslaught Toys from Transformers: The Last Knight Turns Out to be Fake (view post)
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 11, 2017
Yeah, I really hope they base Hot Rod off a Bumblebee instead of Roadbuster/Lockdown. I am done with that mold and Rod looks more like Bee
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