Hi-Test (RID)
| This article is about the Robots in Disguise Mini-Con. For the Generation 1 Nebulan Powermaster, see Hi-Test (G1). |
- Hi-Test is an Autobot Mini-Con from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
An evil team always has a bad member, a least jaded player, a white sheep. Hi-Test is that weakest link. Among Soundwave's group of Mini-Con subordinates, Hi-Test doesn't succeed as the others do. Its not that he's dumb, it's just he lacks the heart for skullduggery his teammates have. Sadly for him, Soundwave is not having it. Sometimes, he works with a much better boss who understands his caring heart: Optimus Prime.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
Hi-Test surreptitiously observed Strongarm and Nightra patrolling a forest road. He attempted to steal Strongarm's Decepticon Hunter only to disturb some birds, prompting Nightra to run and Strongarm to follow. Hi-Test later opened a GroundBridge portal to report back to Soundwave, who berated him for his failure. Frightened, Hi-Test fled, with Soundwave threatening to offline him at the first opportunity. Guilty As Charged
Toys
Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Optimus Prime & Hi-Test (Activator Combiner, 2017)
- Part of the third wave of 2017 Activator Combiner toys, Hi-Test comes with the larger Optimus Prime. In robot mode, the cannons end up covering his arms, but can be folded up onto his shoulders to reveal regular arms sculpted underneath. Unlike those of other Activators Mini-Cons, Hi-Test's instructions give him separate and distinct vehicle and weapon modes.
Notes
- The script for the episode Railroad Rage called for Hi-Test to appear and steal Strongarm's Decepticon Hunter, even though he had left Soundwave's team of Mini-Cons three episodes earlier. Fortunately, the error was noticed before the episode went out, and Hi-Test was subbed out for new character Goldgear. As a result, the two share a body-type.
