Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images)

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We reported on the possibility of a future Masterpiece Hot Rod, due to the tease shown in this article: /transformers/ ... oon/33914/

We're now able to confirm (yes, confirm!) it's legit! Takara Tomy is indeed making a Masterpiece Hot Rod and K-Hobby's Twitter feed is the first to show us the new proto in it's infancy.

As you can tell, this is still quite early in the process, but it at least gives you a good idea of what's coming and what we should be able to expect. Fantastic news for all of us!

You can compare MP-09 Rodimus Convoy to this new Hot Rod mold by checking out the 2010 release of Rodimus in our galleries by clicking here and here.

Transformers News: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed

UPDATE: Thanks to fellow Seibertron news staffer, LOST Cybertronian, we've found new images courtesy of the hobbylog.jp blog and you can see them below:

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Credit(s): K_Hobby, Hobbylog.jp

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Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728690)
Posted by Burn on September 24th, 2015 @ 9:57pm CDT

Wow that's a lot of detail missing. Very VERY much at the early stage.

I'm sure though SillySpringer will be adding it to his list of things to get. :-P

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728693)
Posted by ScottyP on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:01pm CDT

So does Hot Rod's thing say MP-28 or is it just question marks like Shockwave's card? Guess there's no telling with this batch of pictures.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728694)
Posted by phantom1592 on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:02pm CDT

Awesome!

NEVER liked Rodimus... but was a huge fan of Hot Rod. Started my mp collection with MP10, so didn't have a use for anything scaled before that

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728695)
Posted by EagleBot13 on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:03pm CDT

So far I think he looks good. It looks like the chest piece is intended to clip into place somehow and the shoulders may collapse in more. My only big concern is, from looking at what can be seen of the back pack, it looks like it will have a similar, if not the same, transformation as Mp-09; I was not a fan of that transformation.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728706)
Posted by Cobotron on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:19pm CDT

Man! I'm usually Mr. Hip Hip Hooray, Gimme Gimme Gimme, but he might be a little TOO toon accurate for my tastes. But I'm sure once they slap some flames on it, I'll forget I ever said that. :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728710)
Posted by Autobot032 on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:24pm CDT

Reload the page for new images.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728717)
Posted by It Is Him on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:39pm CDT

Already looks like an improvement over the last one. Those elbow joints look to be kibble free! It would nice if it had a lot of the same gimmicks and accessories as the last one, but I can live without them.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728728)
Posted by RSC on September 24th, 2015 @ 10:50pm CDT

Never cared for Rodimus, but after reading MTME comics, yeah sure, I'll take an MP Hot Rod. Also, just cancelled my Quakewave. I'll support TT! :KREMZEEK:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728735)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:10pm CDT

2 things I want to see:

The alt mode (I bet it is super sleek)
The price below those question marks

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728737)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:12pm CDT

Can't wait to pose him him next to Magnus.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728741)
Posted by Seibertron on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:36pm CDT

I'm excited for both figures! Just a couple of quick thoughts that come to mind regarding each one ... Shockwave seems a little short standing next to Rodimus. I would have expected him to be much larger. It seems like he's just about the same height (or possibly shorter) as the Seekers. Rodimus looks great, just hope they end up putting those screws at the bottom part of his arms on the other side of his wrists/lower forearms. It looks really bad just having a screw right there in the middle of some detailing.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728742)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:38pm CDT

Drift082111 wrote:Can't wait to pose him him next to Magnus.

Do you think it will be a better scale than this?

Transformers Masterpiece Ultra Magnus Gallery

Just a question, did they interact much in the movie before he became Rodimus Prime?

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728743)
Posted by Seibertron on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:41pm CDT

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728744)
Posted by Seibertron on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:43pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Drift082111 wrote:Can't wait to pose him him next to Magnus.

Do you think it will be a better scale than this?

Transformers Masterpiece Ultra Magnus Gallery

Just a question, did they interact much in the movie before he became Rodimus Prime?

Hot Rodimus/Hot Rod should be much smaller ... and will look much more in scale as Hot Rodimus, whereas Hot Rodimus is largely out of scale. As Rodimus Convoy/Rodimus Prime, he was pretty much properly in scale with Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime.

Hot Rod's big scene with Ultra Magnus was the death of Optimus Prime and the handover of the Matrix.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728745)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:43pm CDT

Wait a sec, I can use rodimus as a voyager for my classics collection and have him be the rodimus prime to the CW Ultra Magnus !!!!!!!!!

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728746)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:46pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:Hot Rod's big scene with Ultra Magnus was the death of Optimus Prime and the handover of the Matrix.

Cant believe I didnt think of that. All I could think of was Optimus dying trying to save Hot Rod, and of Ultra Magnus dying trying to open the matrix. Totally forgot about that gut wrenching scene between the two.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728747)
Posted by Seibertron on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:46pm CDT

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728750)
Posted by zodconvoy on September 24th, 2015 @ 11:51pm CDT

Bought. Takara just needs to tell me where to send my credit card to.

william-james88 wrote:Just a question, did they interact much in the movie before he became Rodimus Prime?

Aside form Prime's deathbed and Magnus' resurrection on Junk they had no scenes together.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728754)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 25th, 2015 @ 12:00am CDT

Definitely need to wait to see how this one turns out, but not too shabby for a prototype

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728755)
Posted by Cyberpath on September 25th, 2015 @ 12:01am CDT

Autobot032 wrote:

I hope the mold isn't final. This seems to have a "floating" pelvis like the old Kobayashi figures where you need to flip the panel up in order to pose.

Takara, please stick to the "Hasui" method, like you do with the hands.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728757)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 12:04am CDT

Seibertron wrote:Shockwave seems a little short standing next to Rodimus. I would have expected him to be much larger. It seems like he's just about the same height (or possibly shorter) as the Seekers.

Wouldn't being Seeker height put Shockwave at about the same height as Optimus and Soundwave, though? Sounds near right to me.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728759)
Posted by Burn on September 25th, 2015 @ 12:09am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:I hope the mold isn't final.

It's a VERY early prototype.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728765)
Posted by Cyberpath on September 25th, 2015 @ 12:53am CDT

A few more pix from the same source:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728775)
Posted by phantom1592 on September 25th, 2015 @ 2:04am CDT

zodconvoy wrote:Bought. Takara just needs to tell me where to send my credit card to.

william-james88 wrote:Just a question, did they interact much in the movie before he became Rodimus Prime?

Aside form Prime's deathbed and Magnus' resurrection on Junk they had no scenes together.

To be fair, that's a pretty decent chunk of 'Hot Rod's' entire Existence :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728781)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 25th, 2015 @ 4:01am CDT

Obviously, Hotrod will be his own mold... Still, IZZAT A MP SHOCKWAVE PROTOTYPE beside him?! :shock:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728783)
Posted by RodimusRex on September 25th, 2015 @ 4:21am CDT

Cobotron wrote:Man! I'm usually Mr. Hip Hip Hooray, Gimme Gimme Gimme, but he might be a little TOO toon accurate for my tastes. But I'm sure once they slap some flames on it, I'll forget I ever said that.

If it follows recent trends, there should be a couple of decos.

The idea of decoing him as Sideburn seems to be a U.S. thing.

I expect...

Standard Hot Rod (toon).
Black Rodimus (because this is pretty common).

And I may go out on a limb and suggest they'll do comic book color Hot Rod with alternate G2 faction stickers. (I'd like the Fleetway G2 color scheme as it's more distinct. But Marvel G1/G2 Rodimus would be pretty cool.)

He did have a slightly different coloration in Fleetway's comics and as a Targetmaster in Marvel's. Notable bluer purple and an orange collar.

I could see a collar sticker, alternate faction label, and targetmaster partner Firebolt.

This was a fast and dirty photoshop I did of the Fleetway G2 look (since you don't see too many clean shots of him, full body).

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728788)
Posted by RAR on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:32am CDT

Call me a horrible Cynic but I expect that Either Hasbro will make a version of this with a Targetmaster or Takara will make a version for a show like the Tokyo Toy show with a Targetmaster and many people will be conned into buying it twice - once to get the normal guns and once to get the Targetmaster.

I'd not put it past them to do the same with Kup & Blurr too - I would guess Kup and Blurr, Arcee, & Springer would all be desirable for them to do as they don't have to pay license fees on them.

I think They want to have their cake and eat it though - but if the make the two version they will inevitably make different shades of red I'll at least then be a little more understanding... I'd quite like a magenta Targetmaster Hotrod toy and yet a crimson Red looks better in Animated Movie toy terms.

I do feel a little sorry for Takara as the Third party scene has shot their fox on the Dinobots and Headmasters... It's not at all likely that a Takara Headmaster can be anywhere near as good as the existing large Chromedome is.

Not that I'd mind a smaller one however.

So treading the path of the 1980 Animated Movie and Targetmasters from the headmasters Show is actually a good idea as no one else seems to bothered the only decent sized Blurr is an IDW derived design for example. If they want to make MP scale Decepticon Targetmasters I'd be up for that. but I can't see that happening to soon - even though it would complement Titan Wars rather nicely.

I do sort of Expect them to do Springer and Arcee reasonably quickly - also one of the larger item slots must be reserved for the likes of Super Ginrai and Victory Leo too.

P.S.

I expect the chest is actually going to be that plain with the chest flames and logo all done via a tampograph.

The vehicle mode front end is a little odd looking though around the front bumper

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728797)
Posted by phantom1592 on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:17am CDT

Whoa... what is fleetway g2? I personally hate repaints and variety and only like the iconic versions, (I would not buy it again for the target gun)

HOWEVER that blue with yellow... I LIKE that look!!! Never seen a blue one before!

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728799)
Posted by sol magnus on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:28am CDT

Definitely a get.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728805)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:55am CDT

RAR wrote:Call me a horrible Cynic but I expect that Either Hasbro will make a version of this with a Targetmaster or Takara will make a version for a show like the Tokyo Toy show with a Targetmaster and many people will be conned into buying it twice - once to get the normal guns and once to get the Targetmaster.

I'd not put it past them to do the same with Kup & Blurr too - I would guess Kup and Blurr, Arcee, & Springer would all be desirable for them to do as they don't have to pay license fees on them.

I think They want to have their cake and eat it though - but if the make the two version they will inevitably make different shades of red I'll at least then be a little more understanding... I'd quite like a magenta Targetmaster Hotrod toy and yet a crimson Red looks better in Animated Movie toy terms.

I do feel a little sorry for Takara as the Third party scene has shot their fox on the Dinobots and Headmasters... It's not at all likely that a Takara Headmaster can be anywhere near as good as the existing large Chromedome is.

Not that I'd mind a smaller one however.

So treading the path of the 1980 Animated Movie and Targetmasters from the headmasters Show is actually a good idea as no one else seems to bothered the only decent sized Blurr is an IDW derived design for example. If they want to make MP scale Decepticon Targetmasters I'd be up for that. but I can't see that happening to soon - even though it would complement Titan Wars rather nicely.

I do sort of Expect them to do Springer and Arcee reasonably quickly - also one of the larger item slots must be reserved for the likes of Super Ginrai and Victory Leo too.

P.S.

I expect the chest is actually going to be that plain with the chest flames and logo all done via a tampograph.

The vehicle mode front end is a little odd looking though around the front bumper

Maybe an Amazon Japan exclusive with Firebolt?

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728817)
Posted by Burn on September 25th, 2015 @ 7:19am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, Hotrod will be his own mold... Still, IZZAT A MP SHOCKWAVE PROTOTYPE beside him?!

No.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728863)
Posted by RAR on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:11am CDT

phantom1592 wrote:Whoa... what is fleetway g2? I personally hate repaints and variety and only like the iconic versions, (I would not buy it again for the target gun)

HOWEVER that blue with yellow... I LIKE that look!!! Never seen a blue one before!

There was a Generation 2 Hardcover "Annual" back in the 1990's in the UK - I guess that is what they mean.
There was a UK G2 comic as well but I have no specific recollection of Hot Rod being in it - but then all I do really remember was it had the Decepticon Stormtroopers in it I've forgotten the rest of it by now - I tend to treat G2 more as an idea than a specific set of stories.

But yes purple is an interesting colour scheme for Hotrod. I'd buy that as a toy for sure (even more so if it was The Vintage mould).

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728866)
Posted by wilcosu35 on September 25th, 2015 @ 9:26am CDT

I shall have this!

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728945)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 25th, 2015 @ 1:28pm CDT

Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, Hotrod will be his own mold... Still, IZZAT A MP SHOCKWAVE PROTOTYPE beside him?!

No.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728952)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on September 25th, 2015 @ 1:47pm CDT

I am about to cry this looks so good.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1728968)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on September 25th, 2015 @ 2:24pm CDT

Hopefully his chest will snap together a little tighter, but other than that I love the look of him.

Also, my MP Offshoot won't be lonely much longer now. :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729019)
Posted by Burn on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:03pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, Hotrod will be his own mold... Still, IZZAT A MP SHOCKWAVE PROTOTYPE beside him?!

No.

...FFS man, did you even click the link there? Or even read the news? :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729021)
Posted by Cyberpath on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:22pm CDT

Source: http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2015/09/25/631/

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729022)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:24pm CDT

Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Obviously, Hotrod will be his own mold... Still, IZZAT A MP SHOCKWAVE PROTOTYPE beside him?!

No.

[img]Dashed_hopes.jpg[/img]

...FFS man, did you even click the link there? Or even read the news?

Waitaminit...

AWESOME!
It would crack me up if the space-blaster altmode have a huge-ass orange plug on the end of the gun's barrel. :lol:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729023)
Posted by Burn on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:27pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:It would crack me up if the space-blaster altmode have a huge-ass orange plug on the end of the gun's barrel.

That would be funny ... and also not unexpected.

But also best discussed in the other thread. :-P

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729024)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:35pm CDT

Burn wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:It would crack me up if the space-blaster altmode have a huge-ass orange plug on the end of the gun's barrel.

That would be funny ... and also not unexpected.

But also best discussed in the other thread.

Off I go then! ;)^

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729025)
Posted by Burn on September 25th, 2015 @ 5:39pm CDT

Cyberpath wrote:

That seems like an awful lot of back kibble for a figure that's always been on the sleek side.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729035)
Posted by Robogeek1973 on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:42pm CDT

Ouch, that back kibble is a LOT worse than initial pics made it out to be. :shock:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729038)
Posted by Fox Thiagarajan on September 25th, 2015 @ 6:57pm CDT

His kibble brings flashbacks of when I owned the Hasbro MP TRU Rodimus. I had some issues keeping the "wings" and back kibble in one steady piece if I'm phrasing that right.

Even still, I like the overall look of him quite a bit.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729083)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2015 @ 11:58pm CDT

The amount of altmode kibble stored inside his torso and on his back makes me think of this transformation of his:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729087)
Posted by fenrir72 on September 26th, 2015 @ 12:05am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:The amount of altmode kibble stored inside his torso and on his back makes me think of this transformation of his:

Not being a parts former so back kibble is a given. If Tt put too much on his shins, it would look like he's wearing a small tank boot then we'll all get even more complaints.

I just hope Hotrod's foot parts can support the weight similar to Legends Jetfire.

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729093)
Posted by william-james88 on September 26th, 2015 @ 12:42am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:The amount of altmode kibble stored inside his torso and on his back makes me think of this transformation of his:

Wait wait, so according to that transformation, his crotch (pelvic area) was never actually supposed to represent the driver's seat area?

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729098)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 26th, 2015 @ 1:00am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:The amount of altmode kibble stored inside his torso and on his back makes me think of this transformation of his:

Wait wait, so according to that transformation, his crotch (pelvic area) was never actually supposed to represent the driver's seat area?

Hot Rod had about a million different transformation schemes in that movie. He never transformed the same way twice:

Re: Masterpiece Hot Rod Prototype Revealed (Update: More New Images) (1729103)
Posted by william-james88 on September 26th, 2015 @ 1:21am CDT

woah, wtf? That more like morphing than transforming. Most of that car seems to come out of nowhere.
It reminds me of how the beast wars characters transformed in the video game (skip to half way in the video):