I'd still buy Getaway even though I already have Chromedome. I like to think of him (Getaway) as a spare body or an "Arctic Camo" upgrade for Chromedome. But then, I'm a weird guy. The Hot Rod looks great, and it's so faithful to the animation model. The opening cockpit is the icing on the cake. With that, you can re-enact his introduction scene in the 1986 movie. I wonder if they'll do an Arcee remolded from Blurr with Daniel as her Titan Master.
Those little pegs in car mode is to put any gun that have peg holes under the handle, so I fit rodimus guns from power of the primes and put his guns on the pegs.
My Hot Rod, has none of these issues. I also really like it, it helped bring me around to the idea of every Transformer being a 'Titan Master'. Just cause I liked the idea of the usable cockpit, which when you think on it, is a throwback to TF Diaclone past.
Can confirm actually the front bumper is suppose to lock into place, as mine does. It's a soft lock, but it DOES still pop into place and hold very well. I got lucky in that I only have one, slightly loose knee, and it doesn't even mess up posability since the other leg is enough to make up for it.
If ur having problems with figure joints take some plastic wrap and put a ring tiny bit in the loose point. Then cut the excess off. I did that with my ravage USB. It now looks and works fine. The fix acts as a grip.
the easy way heads are meant to go by twisting the tiny head 180° backwards, then he will fit. its the same way i ended solving titans return kup who was my first deluxe in this series. if you do "the angle trick" you're going to end up breaking the balljoint on the lil guys head sooner or later
1. turn the titan master head around. that's probably your issue there. 2. you got bad QC so it's not for every copy. I like your reviews but you do that a lot. you seem to think the QC you get applies to every copy.
the window opens the wrong way but i can live with that especially compared to classics rodimus who seems to fall apart every 5 seconds for me before i lost the arm
If I find this retail, let alone the Wave 2 deluxes, the first thing I'll do is repaint Firedrive to better resemble Firebolt. Also, fair amount of nail polish, I suppose. Any tips for pinned joints?
when I first saw this figure I thought that he would be a redeco of Blurr because of the general shape, and especially the hood on the chest, glad to see that isn't the case
Well, lets hope that down in production line; Hasbro would fix loos points from TR Hot Rod. If not, then Hasbro needs to check they assembly lines that who is the bonehead in assembly line.
My figure head won't stay on for nothing at times and I had to put sum polish on the hips joints to tighten his legs up as well one of the back wheels won't spin. Other then that.. I love the figure
I've watched all your Titans Return reviews thus far, and the two that I really want to get are Hardhead and Crashbash. The rest just haven't appealed to me as much as those two in particular (though Chromedome is a close second).
Nathan Sanderson then again baltmatrix gets the first figures made pretty much all the time meaning his figures will typically have worse QC than later batches of figures are made
You can fix all these problems you have with the figure such as the loose joints and so can I when I was 10 years old, it shouldn't be a problem but I do think it is worthy of mentioning but not worthy complaining about. I have quiet a few titans return figures including Hot Rod and I don't have that issue it may be just your copy but it seems this happens to you every other figure thats got to suck....
guess we can call this guy skullsmasher #2. If I decide to get this I might just import the takara version. And amen; no one should have to fix a new toy right out of package. After a few years fine; but not after a few minutes.
Matt TooFast4U well I hope so becuase he looks amazing. My only issue is with the headmaster being completely bare. I would have liked if the lower legs and arms were red at least.
OneZookNation No. My original G1 Sideswipe that i've barely touched has a super loose arm and my G2 Laser Optimus has loose knee sliding joints that causes him to collapse in on himself.
Noah Juarez No word on it from the rumours, so almost certainly not. I would have liked to see a Titan Master Sideswipe as a homage to that one Dairycon set that was a Sideswipe helmet and Autobot sticker to "make any Transformer into Sideswipe".
there was a box set that includes a titan master rodimus prime head and fastlane naunica i do not know how to spell naunica sorry and also there was laser prime and a guy i do not know and reprolabels set for hot rod
While I would also love to see a non-combiner Ironhide and Ratchet, the Titans Return toys seem to be mostly focusing on characters who were Headmasters, Powermasters, Targetmasters, etc. in G1. Or at least were roughly from that release period...
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird how so many normal characters are now essentially Headmasters? I understand some of them were Targetmasters, etc. but now they're all Headmasters... And because they're all Headmasters, the gimmick isn't as unique IMO.
Cyborgfox 24 except its not at all considering the fact transformers can have similar transformatioms and look even similar yet are completely different molds
I'm still really looking forward to this guy. Getaway is certainly the worst in my opinion, so lazy and just a complete repaint of a figure I already have (and only mildly am impressed with). I wanna just pass, but I've done a pretty good job of having every true G1 Classics/Generations figure that's not funpub, botcon, or 3rd party. So I kinda HAVE to get it... ugh.
Gami Cross You know what? I bought Blurr just to see if you were right. You were not. The transformations have similar elements but they are NOT identical.
I'd still buy Getaway even though I already have Chromedome. I like to think of him (Getaway) as a spare body or an "Arctic Camo" upgrade for Chromedome. But then, I'm a weird guy. The Hot Rod looks great, and it's so faithful to the animation model. The opening cockpit is the icing on the cake. With that, you can re-enact his introduction scene in the 1986 movie. I wonder if they'll do an Arcee remolded from Blurr with Daniel as her Titan Master.
I fully agree with you that we should not have to fix even our mass produced figures. Seems like Hasbro needs better QC department.
Mecha82 cough cough forgetting baltmatrix's bad luck with figures QC eyyyyy cough cough
Poor Balt....
Mecha82 Don't act like bad QC is something new. Bad QC has been around since G1.
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I might be wrong but im pretty sure your supposed to turn the titan master head the other way around and then it'll fit on just fine.
Ainselee Haroot you are correct
I saw peuagh's review of this figure as well and he didn't seem to have the same QC issues. maybe you just got a dud :/
Balt has the worst luck with his figures
Alexander Cabrera ikr I feel bad
Mine doesnt seem to have these issues either
it seems like he gets all the bad ones.... especially with skullcrusher, that figure is fine for me
my skullmuncher is pain parts always seem to be falling off of him
Aside from the joints, not a bad figure. I'm just wondering what will be the remold.
trustarscreamer maybe a Bumblebee
trustarscreamer I'm hoping for a Sideswipe.
trustarscreamer Seems like a Cyclonus to me.
trustarscreamer I got loose ball joints top
Those little pegs in car mode is to put any gun that have peg holes under the handle, so I fit rodimus guns from power of the primes and put his guns on the pegs.
have you tried turning the Titan Masters head 180 degrees? because that has fixed the trouble I've had with other figures
My Hot Rod, has none of these issues. I also really like it, it helped bring me around to the idea of every Transformer being a 'Titan Master'. Just cause I liked the idea of the usable cockpit, which when you think on it, is a throwback to TF Diaclone past.
i love this figure,its awesome,mine dont have any issue
Can confirm actually the front bumper is suppose to lock into place, as mine does. It's a soft lock, but it DOES still pop into place and hold very well. I got lucky in that I only have one, slightly loose knee, and it doesn't even mess up posability since the other leg is enough to make up for it.
got this guy a week ago...best TR deluxe yet....cant wait for the Takara one..
Great review and I love the look of Hot Rod!!! The QC issues are inexcusable at this point.
i bought the Hot Rod figure for my birthday a year ago and it only came with one gun not two. did i get a bad figure or no?
If ur having problems with figure joints take some plastic wrap and put a ring tiny bit in the loose point. Then cut the excess off. I did that with my ravage USB. It now looks and works fine. The fix acts as a grip.
the easy way heads are meant to go by twisting the tiny head 180° backwards, then he will fit. its the same way i ended solving titans return kup who was my first deluxe in this series.
if you do "the angle trick" you're going to end up breaking the balljoint on the lil guys head sooner or later
1. turn the titan master head around. that's probably your issue there. 2. you got bad QC so it's not for every copy. I like your reviews but you do that a lot. you seem to think the QC you get applies to every copy.
Once you do your fixes, would it be possible for a update video on how it went?
Digital Jacob I agree. It would be an informative video to see what Balmatrix does and the results for the fix.
so this is way better than the classics version
piplup2009 I disagree with you but everyone's entitled to their opinion.
I used the floor polish Technic you have been mentioning in the reviews and it worked great
I'm sold on hot rod.
you guys think we'll get a point blank out of this since they did it with triggerhappy and blowpipe?
the window opens the wrong way but i can live with that
especially compared to classics rodimus who seems to fall apart every 5 seconds for me before i lost the arm
Amazing figure. Too bad the usual Titant Return QC issues hold it down. Will the Takara version be better? We'll see.
Le Kanraposte I ain't sure it would have better joints cause takara having better plastic and always better joints is a myth
Jetfire48
Sometime, if a Hasbro figure have known issues Takara fix them with slight redesigns and remoldings. The other way around is also true.
Spader I think the people at the Factory are messing with you, you always get a figure that is a floppy mess lol. I just got Wave 3 in the mail today
Rodimus was part of my childhood. He is also my favourite prime. Hot Rodimus Prime, the true prime of my childhood.
balt you have QC issues mine is fine
If I find this retail, let alone the Wave 2 deluxes, the first thing I'll do is repaint Firedrive to better resemble Firebolt. Also, fair amount of nail polish, I suppose. Any tips for pinned joints?
when I first saw this figure I thought that he would be a redeco of Blurr because of the general shape, and especially the hood on the chest, glad to see that isn't the case
I tend to rotate the titan master's heads 180 degrees before I pop them into the main robot as its head. The fit is usually better.
Well, lets hope that down in production line; Hasbro would fix loos points from TR Hot Rod. If not, then Hasbro needs to check they assembly lines that who is the bonehead in assembly line.
That costs more money than Hasbro's willing to spend. -_- The plastic quality is shall we say way less than Takara's versions.
Sparkbomber Though, there have been some Hasbro TF toys that have good plastic quality.
Sparkbomber takara having better plastics than hasbros is a myth you know.....
Sparkbomber Takara and Hasbro use the exact same plastic. The myth that Takara uses higher quality plastic has been proven false many times.
My figure head won't stay on for nothing at times and I had to put sum polish on the hips joints to tighten his legs up as well one of the back wheels won't spin. Other then that.. I love the figure
just out of curiosity how does the floor polish make the joints tight?
Can't wait to get this figure in hand! ;)
This guy is beginning to look like the skullcrusher of this line though
Are you going to review the voyager Optimus prime and megatron
I've watched all your Titans Return reviews thus far, and the two that I really want to get are Hardhead and Crashbash. The rest just haven't appealed to me as much as those two in particular (though Chromedome is a close second).
Well Balt there is way to get the titan master just don't fold the wing which is his backpack fit the titan master first then fold up the back pack.
where did you get that?
It seems that every figure in this line is incredibly loose
Nathan Sanderson then again baltmatrix gets the first figures made pretty much all the time meaning his figures will typically have worse QC than later batches of figures are made
You could say the figure needs polishing?
His Targetmaster became his Headmaster.
Still have hope when it is released storewide
you need to turn the titan master's head around. that exact thing happened to my kup orion pax repaint.
Well, good thing I wasn't planning on getting this figure since I'm not a huge fan of G1 Hot Rod anyway.
Tyrannosaurus Rex then again this is baltmatrix fogures and it seems to be hes just gotten a very loose figure
I like G1 Hot Rod,but i prefer IDW Rodimus.
is there a chance takara would fix this and add it to their line?
i like him,i like seeing figures from the 1980's coming back for today's standards,yeah he can use some fixing to tighten up his joints.
Hey, Balt, your figure seems to have the Titan Master Joint backwards. Try putting his head in reverse.
so you hate hot rod?
I think the faults are just yours, mine is perfectly fine, has no wobbly legs and the head is easy enough to get on
how to fix the Titan master unpeg the wind shield for clearance and fixed
The one I got has not incredibly loose hips but came missing the exhaust on one of his legs.
Yeah. I'm also getting tired of having to fix these things. They cost too much to need repairs right out of the box.
I'm excited for the takara ver
my retail one didnt have any loose issues
it seems like you get cursed with qc issues, but still great reviews i always appreciate your honesty
You can fix all these problems you have with the figure such as the loose joints and so can I when I was 10 years old, it shouldn't be a problem but I do think it is worthy of mentioning but not worthy complaining about. I have quiet a few titans return figures including Hot Rod and I don't have that issue it may be just your copy but it seems this happens to you every other figure thats got to suck....
I'm curious to see what Takara will do. Magenta with black feet maybe?
I got this few weeks ago and mine was not loose at all
My hot rod doesn't have those problems
The car mode looks slightly too short, actually.
I will put some super glue on the joints for me since floor polish doesn’t work and I will cut some of the front off to let the head stay in.
guess we can call this guy skullsmasher #2. If I decide to get this I might just import the takara version. And amen; no one should have to fix a new toy right out of package. After a few years fine; but not after a few minutes.
Kaoslord Well, Balt is pretty much one of the only people to get this problem with Hot Rod...
Matt TooFast4U well I hope so becuase he looks amazing. My only issue is with the headmaster being completely bare. I would have liked if the lower legs and arms were red at least.
what i do is turn the gead around on the titan master it wirks great
Remember the days when new toys had tight joints and only through play wear did they eventually get loose?
OneZookNation No. My original G1 Sideswipe that i've barely touched has a super loose arm and my G2 Laser Optimus has loose knee sliding joints that causes him to collapse in on himself.
his alt mode looks like his MicroMaster Hot Rod from Return of Convoy
pretty good homage
although i think the robot mode is based on the IDW rodimus
Mixey Boy honestly if you want an micromaster homage get the legends class CW hot rod
my figure has loose hips but not as much as yours but other than that mine has no other problems
soon i will update a video of how to make a lego transforming firebolt. maybe thursday
I think that Hot Rod's head looks better on Twinferno.
Will we get a Titans Return Sideswipe?
Noah Juarez No word on it from the rumours, so almost certainly not.
I would have liked to see a Titan Master Sideswipe as a homage to that one Dairycon set that was a Sideswipe helmet and Autobot sticker to "make any Transformer into Sideswipe".
No Hot Rod's Left Buzzsaw Weapon?
The titans head is supposed to be the other way around
No intro? Huh.
there was a box set that includes a titan master rodimus prime head and fastlane naunica i do not know how to spell naunica sorry and also there was laser prime and a guy i do not know and reprolabels set for hot rod
i have this figure myself. and i dont have those lose joins. maybe you just got a bad one
RiderRyuuga He ALWAYS gets bad ones.
Matt TooFast4U i know and thats kinda sad for him
His transformation is the same as wheelie
Transformation definantly borrows elements from Classics Rodimus
mine is very solid, i think you just got an unlucky one
and try the reprolabels for hot rod
Balt literally has the worst luck with transformers
You always seem to have to get the really crappy versions of the figures for me my Hot Rot and Twinferno are really good like it was built right
I like the figure.. But I hate when the joints are loose...
hips on mine are a little loose, but that's it
I wonder what this could get repainted as....
try the takara version
You'd think we'd be seeing Titan's Return Ratchet and Ironhide instead of this....
While I would also love to see a non-combiner Ironhide and Ratchet, the Titans Return toys seem to be mostly focusing on characters who were Headmasters, Powermasters, Targetmasters, etc. in G1. Or at least were roughly from that release period...
Michael Bryant I feel the specific nod to the G1 toys would make Headmaster Ratchet and Ironhide all the more interesting :3
This is so accurate but he was made into a disappointment
john pata hot rod isn't taht bad of character and people need to get over the HOT ROD KILLED OPTIMUS PRIME thing
He always gets bad figures
I don't like how far the arms are from the body.
Hm. I'm still waiting for the SixShot figure.
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird how so many normal characters are now essentially Headmasters? I understand some of them were Targetmasters, etc. but now they're all Headmasters... And because they're all Headmasters, the gimmick isn't as unique IMO.
my hot rod dose not have those problems
hasbro should do a repaint based on the new lost ligh comic
I was watching the transformation and this is just a combiner wars dead end remold
Cyborgfox 24 except its not at all considering the fact transformers can have similar transformatioms and look even similar yet are completely different molds
I see the red dot on his face
Mine is not a mess
I have the same problem with alpha trion... what a mess:
cory powell though baltmatrix had loose joints on his figure the same couldn't be said for mostly any other reviewer
only his hot rod is loose mine not
I'm still really looking forward to this guy. Getaway is certainly the worst in my opinion, so lazy and just a complete repaint of a figure I already have (and only mildly am impressed with). I wanna just pass, but I've done a pretty good job of having every true G1 Classics/Generations figure that's not funpub, botcon, or 3rd party. So I kinda HAVE to get it... ugh.
Red Blurr... it's just a red version of Blurr.
Not even close
Yes even close (holds up the figure) It's a repainted Blurr from the same line! Except that Blurr isn't hot garbage like this Hot Rod is.
Gami Cross You know what? I bought Blurr just to see if you were right. You were not. The transformations have similar elements but they are NOT identical.
This is an entirely new mold. It's not even reusing any parts from other TR figures. Stop lying, Gami.
Yeah! Seriously Gami, how did you even come to that conclusion?
Destined to be idw Rodimus