Brave and patient, he has been undercover on Earth for a long time after having been assigned to watch over Viviane Wembly, who he has grown very fond of. Dark of the Moon Rodimus was developed independently of Hot Rod, but shares the same article for simplicity and because they are both based off Generation 1 Hot Rod. After things had calmed down a bit, he formally introduced himself to Viviane, though she found understanding his accent very hard. The box features original art by Marcelo Matere [14] of Hot Rod in robot and vehicle mode laid over a scene of the interior of one of the Autobot shuttles featured in the film.

Other international exclusive venues include Asda in the United Kingdom; Prisma in Finland; Líder in Chile; and ICA Hemma in Sweden. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Some reports also indicate the existence of "transitional" versions with a stub on one arm and a full peg on the other. This was fixed by a running change in two steps: First Misfire's name was covered with a sticker that contained the correct name "Hot Rod"; later shipments then came in boxes that had the correct name printed on them.

His accessories have also changed in plastic color, with his welding tool now being maroon instead of gray, his buzz saw being smoky transparent blue instead of smoky colorless transparent plastic, and the Photon Lasers being cast in a different color. Just behind the inner tray you’ll also find the instruction leaflet, which documents both the transformation and various other features the figure has.

He does however include Offshoot, a Targetmaster figure, as well as all the other accessories from the Takara release. He was only available in a box set named "Chaos on Velocitron" that includes Quickswitch and Dynamus, Laser Prime and Refractor, Nautica and Parsec, and Fastclash.

The included display base/stand is the generic 2013 Retaliation version, with a tampographed Autobot insignia. In the WWII flashback of The Last Knight, Hot Rod is shown to transform into a Steyr truck, but his robot-mode kibble is from an M8 armored car. Following the disappearance of Optimus Prime and the impending awakening of Unicron, Burton tracked him down and told him the time to recruit Viviane to fulfill her destiny had come.