[Original Review ]
I'm sitting here staring at Hot Shot.  I'm looking at the pictures in the box.  I'm looking at the pictures on this site.  I'm looking, and after the severe disappointment that was Cyclonus I don't feel like throwing away another $13.  I think I'll be taking this guy back first thing tomorrow when I get my comics.  I'm still cheesed that I won't be getting Armada #1 until tomorrow.  I guess Dia de Armada will have to wait.  I might give this guy a chance later when I see him for less in a store like Walmart or something, but not today.

[Additional]
I still don't like him.  There are some good things, and like Red Alert he has some good qualities, but not nearly as many.  The upper arms are atrocious, making Hot Shot look wholly ridiculous no matter what.  And that garrish yellow color...  Guh.  Except for those shoulders, he is quite poseable, and the Mini-Con gimmick is cute.  Pull down on the power-linx and the rear wheels pop out.  Pull farther and it rotates above the head and fires a missile.  Kind of silly that he would need a Mini-Con to use this weapon, but then all of the Mini-Con gimmicks are kind of silly.  I was really hoping that the rumors of the Mini-Con functionality were true -- that they would form armor for their partner Autobot or Decepticon, make more convincing weapons, or merge in more fascinating ways.  Right now only Demolishor and Cyclonus have Mini-Cons that do anything remotely close to that.  Of course, in order to do any of these wonderful things, the Mini-Cons would have to be much larger, say the size of a Beast Wars / Machines basic toy.  They could split apart and recombine as new vehicles or weapons and be a TRUE extension of their partner rather than unlocking something already existing in their bodies.  Perhaps the engineers found it too much of a challenge.  Maybe it never occurred to those in charge.  Who knows.  All I know is that this would have been a far more attractive idea.

And that's all I have to say about that.