Hot Rod Patrol
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| The name or term "Hot Rod" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Hot Rod (disambiguation). |
- The Hot Rod Patrol is a team of Autobot Micromasters from the Generation 1 continuity family.
(Left to right: Big Daddy, Trip-Up, Greaser, Hubs)
Sin Street, Little Iacon. Trouble hits hot and heavy when the Hot Rod Patrol roll into town. These are the children of violence, who live today as if there's no tomorrow. Hep cats, who learned the naked facts of life too soon. They're jazzed up and power mad! Witness if you dare, the ravaged lives in the adolescent jungles of Cybertron today. They are in your city, your town, your neighborhood. These... are the delinquents.
The Hot Rod Patrol—the hottest of hot rodders, the cool and the crazy—guys who've got what it takes. Starring:
- Big Daddy, that rockin'est, rollin'est of cats.
- Greaser, the lost boy, child of the streets
- Hubs, the nice kid who'd rather die than be called chicken
- Trip-Up, the bully-boy punk whose courage was a snap-open blade
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Fiction
Universe comic
Big Daddy was among the innumerable Transformers who was held captive within Unicron, and escaped in a mass jailbreak. Escape
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
They rebelled, came back, then rebelled again. There was much vacillation, angst, and shooting. Transformers: Micromasters
Commercial appearances
- The Micromaster Hot Rod Patrol were assigned their own semi-animated commercial in 1990. Standing in a rocky canyon, Action Master Jazz encourages Action Master Optimus Prime to "check out the new Hot Rod Patrol." Picking the tiny Detroit-made cars up from off what is perhaps a mesa or cliffside, the towering Optimus remarks that they're a "sharp looking bunch" and wonders if they can transform (for alas he and Jazz can't). One of them replies in the affirmative, stating, "You bet we can! We're Micromasters!" (as opposed to the giant Action Masters), and the team transforms into miniature robotic form. Note that in a shorter version of the commercial Prime tells the viewer to "check out [his] new Micromaster Hot Rod Patrol." Later in the same TV ad, Headmaster Scorponok attacks...
Toys
The Transformers
- Released in the seventh and final year of the original Hasbro Transformers toyline in the US (sixth and non-final year in Europe), the Hot Rod Patrol is a four-pack of robots who transform into vintage hot rod cars representing vehicles from four different decades: Big Daddy (black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air), Greaser (orange 1934 Ford "Deuce Coupe"), Hubs (green 1941 Willys Coupe), and Trip-Up (white 1966 Ford Mustang).
- Hot Rod Team (Micro Transformer Team, 1991)
- Takara ID number: C-362
- Accessories: Micro Trailer #2
- The Takara release of the "Hot Rod Team", released the following year in the Return of Convoy part of the original Takara Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline, included Micro Trailer #2 and a sticker sheet with optional stickers to add to the Micromasters.
War for Cybertron: Earthrise
- Trip-Up & Autobot Daddy-O (Micromaster, 2020)
- Hasbro ID number: WFC-E3
- TakaraTomy ID number: ER EX-03
- TakaraTomy release date: May 30, 2020
- Part of the first wave of Earthrise Micromaster two-packs, the Hot Rod Patrol consists of new molds of Trip-Up and "Daddy-O". The two Micromasters can also combine into a large blaster cannon that can be held by other toys via 5 mm post.
- Like all Earthrise toys, the cardboard back of the Hot Rod Patrol package includes an exclusive cut-out collectible piece of a larger star map. Unlike larger toy size classes, this piece does not include a named location.
- In Japan, Trip-Up and Daddy-O were released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Hot Rod Team (ホットロッドチーム Hotto Roddo Chīmu)
- French: Patrouille Routiere ("Road Patrol")
- Italian: Pattuglia Inseguitori ("Pursuer Patrol")
