


More information on Hot Shot at TFU.info.That retool was scheduled to be redecoed for Universe " Battle in a Box" Smokescreen, but that set was canceled. This mold was redecoed and retooled for the "Powerlinx" Hot Shot version of the character (see below). A retool (or vice versa) of Hasbro's Hot Shot, his right arm houses a light-up LED (for accommodating the translucent Star Saber sword) that glows when his side-view mirror is pressed, a feature that was dropped from the American version due to price-point concerns. Additionally, more of the belt straps on his chest were painted silver, his pelvis was painted a darker red, and there was clearer paint on his Autobot symbol. "Hot Rod," Takara's Legends of the Microns version of Hot Shot, was released in altered colors, with a more saturated yellow and some dark gray paint in places instead of navy blue. Although the show featured Hot Rod wielding it himself in robot mode as a double-barreled blaster pistol, the lack of a single dedicated peg or handle left the toy unable to do so. Jolt's gun also has its own Mini-Con socket, allowing it to activate any Mini-Con activated features. Hot Shot's visor can also flip down over his face, and Jolt's gun can attach to his chest as armor. When Hot Shot is in robot mode, attaching Jolt or any Mini-Con to the port on his butt flips his rear axle up over his head pushing up on the port then rotates the axle to face forward, automatically launching a spring-loaded missile, a gimmick fans have dubbed the "Axlezooka". Jolt's massive gun plugs into Hot Shot's hood, releasing a pair of "driving claws" from his front bumper these function as his feet in robot mode, so activating these is a necessary step in transforming him. He is packaged with the Mini-Con helicopter Jolt, who can peg onto the trunk of Hot Shot's vehicle mode to act as a rear-mounted "speed boosting" propeller. Part of the first wave of Armada "Super-Cons" (aka Deluxes), Hot Shot transforms into a modified yellow Audi TT. Accessories: Missile, engine-block/rifle.I have a shell the size of a fist in my head.
