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His vehicle mode canopy/ spoiler section is not affixed to the toy and is held on with friction, making it removable to transform the figure more easily. He is designed with a removable head, forearms, thighs, and lower legs, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint.
His peg holes were modified for the third time, enlarged once again to accommodate Firebolt, and his Photon Lasers' pegs were similarly widened to fit comfortably in the newly-sized ports.He includes a Matrix of Chaos accessory that has a removable center crystal, allowing any Prime Master to take its place. Similarly, caution should be used when uniting and separating the painted silver pipes on the arms and legs during transformation, as the clips that connect the arm and leg pipes are small and prone to snapping. Car Robots Speedbreaker (aka Robots in Disguise Side Burn) has a powered-up color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's.
This version of the figure also reinstates the die-cast metal feet of its earliest release, and finally recolors the stickers on either side of the vehicle mode so that they now feature an accurate red background to match to the rest of the figure. Studio Series Hot Rod is, surprisingly enough, NOT a retool of Lockdown from the same line, but rather his own dedicated mold, transforming into a licensed Lamborghini Centenario. His die-cast construction also results in a great deal of paint-chipping, even when delicately handled. Some methods attempted to fix this include brushing clear polish on the large silver clips at the front of the trailer, and/or placing stickers inside the slots on top of the trailer.The One-Step Hot Rod toy was later re-released individually by TakaraTomy, under the Turbo Change Series lineup.
Transform Jr Rodimus Prime is a downsized version of the standard toy, far less simplified than most figures in the Jr line (on account of how simple the regular toy is in the first place). The coin's package is shaped like his chest, and the inside is designed after the Matrix, with the coin as the core, and features Hot Rod's "my actions speak louder than words" motto. As for the regular release, he features the same default Premier Edition style box that most figures use, omitting the bio.
He was eventually shot down by Infernocus but survived and joined Optimus's charge on the control chamber, congratulating Sqweeks on his destruction of the enemy gun emplacement.
Studio Series has always allowed fans to reach past the big screen and build the ultimate Transformers collection inspired by iconic movie scenes from the Transformers movie universe. His face also appears to take visual cues from how he was drawn by Derek Yaniger in the Generation 2 comic book. Part of the second wave of Transformers Hero Mashers basic Action Figures, Rodimus is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about six inches tall. Strangely, unlike the case with Bumblebee, this does not appear to be a consequence of using Josh Nizzi's original concept art (at right), which depicts Hot Rod using distinctive vehicle parts from an M4 Sherman tank. Grey prototypes displayed at HasCon 2017 show he originally came with a cannon similar to Lockdown's, but with additional parts to add a peg on the side of the cannon and to fill in the gap for Lockdown's head.The torso was later reused for fellow die-cast Titan Masters Thunderwing, Ultra Magnus, and Scorponok. Notable paint omissions include the arm cuffs, collar, brake-lights, headlights, and the rear exhaust. Also, due to his transformation scheme, Hot Rod is a shellformer, with the majority of the vehicle shells hanging on his rear like a backpack. After transforming into robot mode, Hot Rod needs to transform back into vehicle in two steps: Push down the button again while clamping the vehicle parts together by hand to make it secure.
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