15 cm Hot Rod

[Tilarta]

Uncertain about the scale matching of the PoTP inner Hot Rod, because of this comparison I created using my own toys and a screencapture from a video toy review:


The video review showed the inner Hot Rod as being leader/commander scale, which is a fair bit bigger then I was expecting or wanting.

I am curious, did they reclaim that trademark back later?
Because in Cyberverse and Titans Return Machinma, he's called Het Rod.

[KobyBNE]

POTP Rodimus Prime combined robot mode is Leader Scale ~23cm
The inner Hot Rod is voyager scale at ~17-18cm
Does not sound like it’ll meet your need.

They got the name “Hot rod” back in 2016.

I understand what you’re saying about aesthetics of hot rod v Rodimus but I still think Takara LG 45 is one the best iterations of hot rod

[Tilarta]

I wonder if it would be possible to remove the TakaraTomy chest piece and install in my Hot Rod?
That's the main thing I don't like about this figure, that his chest piece is too different. Also, that there's no Targetmaster port in his engine block, since I'm pairing him with Firebolt from the Siege line.
So I'm assuming that swapping the chest pieces would fix those problems.
But in order to investigate that, I'd probably need a cheap TakaraTomy LG45, preferably an unboxed second hand one, since I'll just be taking the toy to pieces for spare parts.

Also wondering if the TakaraTomy version would allow his head to stay attached while in vehicle mode, it looks like the solid panel blocking that in vehicle mode isn't there, due to the spinning engine block/panel design.

This is where I got the idea about Hot Rod's legs being mostly red:

Since these ingame designs are usually based on real world toys, if anyone knows which toys, I'd be interested to learn the answers.