Title:
Transformers G2 Volt Laser Rod
Description:
Volt (Laser Rod, 1994)
Takara ID number: TRF-4
Accessories: Sword
Volt transforms into a Ford Coupe hot rod with flame detailing. As a Laser Rod, pressing a button on his hood causes a red LED to light up, making his clear plastic engine glow red. In robot mode, this LED could be moved around at the end of a wire, and could plug into the bottom of either of his fists, allowing his light saber to be similarly illuminated. Also like other Laser Rods, he had a number of different hinges in his limbs and a rubber band waist similar to those of G.I. Joe figures, giving him an unusually large amount of articulation for the time. He could in fact go totally limp in several different ways.
Notes
Probably changed him so he wouldn’t be confused with Hot Rod.
Volt appears to have been given last-minute changes before his toy was released, namely, his torso went from being the car’s hood to being the car’s roof. This change happened late enough that his boxart, instruction art, cross-sell picture and comic appearances all still showed him sporting the hood-chest.
A crossword in The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual indicates that Volt and Electro are brothers.
Volt shares his Japanese name with Cybertron Crosswise.
Takara ID number: TRF-4
Accessories: Sword
Volt transforms into a Ford Coupe hot rod with flame detailing. As a Laser Rod, pressing a button on his hood causes a red LED to light up, making his clear plastic engine glow red. In robot mode, this LED could be moved around at the end of a wire, and could plug into the bottom of either of his fists, allowing his light saber to be similarly illuminated. Also like other Laser Rods, he had a number of different hinges in his limbs and a rubber band waist similar to those of G.I. Joe figures, giving him an unusually large amount of articulation for the time. He could in fact go totally limp in several different ways.
Notes
Probably changed him so he wouldn’t be confused with Hot Rod.
Volt appears to have been given last-minute changes before his toy was released, namely, his torso went from being the car’s hood to being the car’s roof. This change happened late enough that his boxart, instruction art, cross-sell picture and comic appearances all still showed him sporting the hood-chest.
A crossword in The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual indicates that Volt and Electro are brothers.
Volt shares his Japanese name with Cybertron Crosswise.
Theme:
Generation 2
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
1994
Country:
United States
Series:
G2
Model Number:
Red Car
Date Added:
2021-11-28 13:58:24
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$20.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-03-21
Date Added:
2021-11-28 13:58:24
