Hot Rod was always a personal favorite of mine. Optimus will always be number one, but I have extremely fond memories of the animated film. I balled like a baby, and I still can't help but get excited when "The Touch" comes on. Not surprisingly though, I'm not thrilled with Hot Rod's design. Hopefully this means we might be seeing Ultra Magnus and some of the others. Maybe even Springer or Kip's old crotchety ass. As long as I don't have to hear the Micro Machines man...I mean Blur...or "Dare to be Stupid" they can have my money. I'm REALLY hoping this entire space voyage is leading to the Quintessons and eventually Unicron.