On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 3:50:23 AM UTC-5, Gustavo Wombat, of the Seattle Wombats wrote:
> Zobovor <
zm...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Images of the toy dropped today:
> >
> >
https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/09/19/velocitron-voyager-hot-rod-first-look-465599
> >
> > He's still got that same annoying yellow T-bar on the roof. He's a much
> > deeper red, this time, and it's close to the look of the Masterpiece
> > Targetmaster version (which was based on the undersaturated colors from
> > "The Rebirth"). No Targetmaster gun, but one supposes it would be easy
> > enough to just stick Siege Firedrive in his hand.
> >
> > Not the deco I would have personally chosen. I really though Evan Brooks
> > was gonna go to bat for us and give us a hot pink Hot Rod. The stickers
> > on the 1986 Hot Rod were by far the ugliest thing about the toy, so
> > slapping on paint applications to a toy that was never designed for them
> > just kind of uglies it up. And they kind of half-assed it, because he
> > gets the rainbow triangles on his legs, but not his arms.
> >
> > A bit of a disappointment, especially compared to what could have been.
> >
> >
> > Zob (John Warden would have given us a hot pink Hot Rod!)
> >
> At first glance, it looks the same as the original release — a little
> darker, but basically the same. Very skippable. Unimpressive.
>
> If there were people who didn’t get the toy the first time out, I guess I’m
> glad for them?
>
The first version is still in stores though, they're currently still shipping the windowless release of the first version that was repacked for BB Soundwave's wave.