Forget the rest of the imported Asian exclusives, Hot Spot is the one I really wanted! I love Hot Spot. He and his Protectobots were among the first Transformers I owned, and I had all of them. (Incidentally, I am also pretty big on Defensor.) Surprise, I am happy to have a new Hot Spot!
Yeah, there’ve been a few other Hot Spots through the years, but none of them have been terribly satisfactory to me. A Mini-Con was colored like him once. Later, Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was redone as Hot Spot, as was Titanium RID Prime. We would have gotten the best damn Hot Spot ever for OTFCC 2004, but OTFCC 2004 was kind of the Titanic and whatnot, so oops.
But this guy does it for me! He’s big and blocky and made from a toy I like. (Yes, my Dinobot Syndrome is strong for this mold. Once Artfire comes out, I’ll take a picture of all five uses of it. Though I still want a Hauler from it as well…) And he’s got a new head! Hooray for new heads!
My only complaint is that his robot mode needs some red. Well, more red. The lights on the roof aren’t nearly enough. This is solved for me, thankfully, by Reprolabels! (see below left) I already had Hot Spot’s “upgrade” sticker sheet waiting around the house for me to find this toy, so they went on him pretty quickly. The new red and silver hazard stripes not only call back to the original toy, but they add that red I so strongly desire.
He’s pretty hard to find at the moment because he’s one to a case and he’s the guy folks seem to be after the most. Hopefully he’ll saturate! Once I start spotting more of him, and after all my friends in town have gotten him, I wanna get an extra one to steal the head from. Spark’s Inferno head just won’t do.
The Titanium Hot Spot on my shelf is just a sad reminder that OTFCC Hot Spot never happened; I can’t wait to replace him with this. I just hope TRU actually starts getting these things more than a single case at a time, I’m sick of just finding Cliffjumpers and Swerves.
No group shot of the “Classics and Friends” protectabots?
It’d just be him and G2 Streetwise. I don’t have Universe Blades.
I WANT THIS TOY! I am immediately jealous of your having this toy, lol. However, next week on the 2nd of November, the province of PEI will be getting it’s FIRST ever Toys R Us! November 2nd is supposedly the “soft open” date, and oh my geeze do I hope they have those TRU exclusives in stock for their opening!
Also, the reprolabels upgrade for him looks great!
Things I remember about Hot Spot’s appearances in fiction:
1. Getting killed in the G2 comic.
Actually owned a G1 Hot Spot, that I got from a garage sale or a thrift store, without every having seen the cartoon. Then I learned that he was a combiner, and desperately wanted the Protectobots.
But I missed my chance. Sigh.
*cries*
My tru is so overloaded with dark of the moon crap: robo fighters, gravity bots, the bumblebee head shaped walky talkies, stealth force, and optimus prime helmets, that there isnt any room on the shelf for voyagers. I’ve been going to my local tru every tuesday and thursday morning (the morning after they get thier trucks in) when they open.
and all i see is the leftover junk. i was able to secure the gdo deluxes and scouts without issue, skipping the legends, but i highly doubt i’ll ever see the voyagers, and i refuse to pay ridiculous ebay prices for them, not for something i should be able to find at retail.
I still think he should have had red windows.
That is one hell of a Turquoise coloured Autobot.
I formally retract my previous outcry of nerdrage. I finally found a Hotspot (and his voyager class homeboys) at my local tru yesterday. oddly enough my Megatron had two left feet. not sure if this is common problem. methinks it could make a funny strip though