Title:
Hot Shot with Jolt
Description:
Hot Shot (Super-Con Class, 2002/2003)
Takara ID number: MC-03
Takara release date: December 26, 2002
Accessories: Missile, engine-block/rifle
Part of the first wave of Armada "Super-Cons” (aka Deluxes), Hot Shot transforms into a modified yellow Audi TT. 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. 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. 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”. Hot Shot’s visor can also flip down over his face, and Jolt’s gun can attach to his chest as armor.
"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. 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. 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.
This mold was redecoed and retooled for the "Powerlinx” Hot Shot version of the character (see below). That retool was scheduled to be redecoed for Universe "Battle in a Box” Smokescreen, but that set was canceled.
Takara ID number: MC-03
Takara release date: December 26, 2002
Accessories: Missile, engine-block/rifle
Part of the first wave of Armada "Super-Cons” (aka Deluxes), Hot Shot transforms into a modified yellow Audi TT. 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. 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. 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”. Hot Shot’s visor can also flip down over his face, and Jolt’s gun can attach to his chest as armor.
"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. 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. 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.
This mold was redecoed and retooled for the "Powerlinx” Hot Shot version of the character (see below). That retool was scheduled to be redecoed for Universe "Battle in a Box” Smokescreen, but that set was canceled.
Theme:
Armada
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2002
Series:
Armada
Asst. Number:
AM18
Date Added:
2022-02-15 19:55:46
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-02-19
Date Added:
2022-02-15 19:55:46
