Hot Shot (RID)

This article is about the RID Spy Changer. For the prominent Unicron Trilogy character, see Hot Shot (Armada).

Hot Shot is the leader of the Autobot Spy Changers in the Robots in Disguise universe.

The heat is on. It's on the street.

Hot Shot has served with Optimus Prime for many years. His gruff exterior hides the tender heart of a pretty girly-man that wants to prance through wildflowers.

Hot Shot's special jutsu is manipulating fire.

Japanese Name: Artfire

Fiction

Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Michael McConnohie (USA), ??? (Japan)

Toys

Robots in Disguise

• Artfire (Spy Changer, 2000)

Japanese ID number: C-005

A redeco of the Generation 2 Go-Bots Blowout mold, Counter Arrow transforms into a Porsche 959 sports car. His silver windshield has heat-sensitive paint that reveals an Autobot insignia, in a method similar to the original rubsigns.

This mold was also used to make the Generation 2 Go-Bot versions of Frenzy and Megatron.

• Spy Changer 6 Set (Multi-pack, 2000)

Japanese ID number: C-011

All six Spy Changers were not only sold as individuals in Japan, but in a six-piece gift set as well.

• Artfire clear version (Spy Changer, 2000)

An exclusive redeco of Artfire in clear-red and clear-green plastics, this version was only available at Jusco stores in Japan, as a giveaway with purchase (of what, though, is unknown at this time).

• Hot Shot & R.E.V. (Basic, 2001)

Available only in a two-pack with R.E.V., the Hasbro version of Hot Shot replaces the heat-sensitive insignia with a normal Autobot insignia tampograph on the roof of the car. The window-paint changed to metallic blue, plus the toy was slighty retooled to have a locking tab on the windshield bottom to keep the car front end in place.

• Hot Shot (Spy Changer, 2002)

All six original Spy Changers were redecoed in colorless-clear plastics (keeping their normal paint applications, though), and released on individual cards through Kay-Bee Toys chains.

• Hot Shot (Tiny Tins, 2002)

The normal Hasbro version of Hot Shot was released as part of the first assortment of Tiny Tins Transformers, coming with a carrying tin.

• Super Artfire (Spy Changer, 2003)

Long after the Robots in Disguise line ended in Japan, Takara put out individually-boxed redecoes of the Spy Changers. Artfire was given a reversed white and black deco.

In each case of twelve Super Spy changers, two were all-clear-plastic versions (but keeping their paint applications). All six Spy Changers had a clear variant.

• Hot Shot (Spy Changer, 2003)

A second round of Kay-Bee-exclusive Spy Changers was released on individual cards. This time around, he was done in clear-colorless and clear-blue.

Trivia

• In Japan, Artfire was a relative of Fire Convoy.

External links

Hot Shot at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.