Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of 3rd-Party TFs (219) - 模匠 Arcisan Papa Toys PPT-04 Flame Warrior 火焰战士 a.k.a. G1 Transformers Hot Rod

Bought from Taobao, can't remember the price. Initially wanted to wait for the MFT version, but realized MFT seemed to be having too many on their hands waiting to be released. I pasted the Autobot insignia sticker on it. Very nice TF that is very close to the G1 Hot Rod robot mode. Car mode seem to be to "rounded" for my personal preference, will prefer the "sharper" MP car style, and the spoiler seem a bit too small in car mode, but still quite nice car mode overall. Some joints initially are super tight and needs a bit of fiddling and transform more times to get them to be smooth. I prefer to leave the spoiler nearer to the rear. The back-pack pieces can actually be folded and pressed literally down to get to a smaller and flatter back-pack. Overall a very nice Hot Rod TF figure.



Mine came with a chipped paint on the eyeball, hence disassemble and painted the eyes back with a navy-blue paint pen.



Notice the robot arms can be pulled slightly outwards for slightly more clearance when swinging the arms.


Also the backpack can be pressed downwards to achieve a slightly flatter back-pack. See video clip on how it can be done. Do it slowly and carefully at first though.


Robot mode. Very closely resemblance to the G1 counterpart. In fact, I consider it to be sort of a mini-masterpiece... sort of...


Robot mode comparison to MFT Kup and Studio Series SS-18 Bumblebee...



Car mode... Spoiler looks a little too small... I leave the spoiler position fixed nearer to the rear, too lazy to keep switching it between modes..



Car mode comparison with MFT Kup and SS Bumblebee...