Hardtop (Movie)


 * Hardtop is a Decepticon from the live-action movie continuity family.



Hardtop is a crack shot, a dedicated hunter, and an expert in espionage. He considers the Autobot Bumblebee his greatest rival and worst enemy. What started as professional rivalry turned into a bloody personal vendetta. Hardtop is less interested now in the hunt for the Allspark than he is in tracking down his foe across the cosmos and finishing the job once and for all.

Transformers (2007)

 * Hardtop (Scout, 2007)


 * A redeco of the Cybertron Hardtop toy, Hardtop transforms into a dune buggy of indeterminate model. Plugging a Cyber Planet Key into the butt of his rifle flips out an extended barrel for a "sniper" mode. He comes with a Planet X-style Key with a Sector 7 logo on it.


 * Hardtop (and the rest of the Scout wave) are exclusive to Target stores, where they are all part of a Robo-Vision promotion. Hardtop comes with a Robo-Vision Decoder which allows you to see the Robo-Vision Code printed on his cardback.  Starting June 2, 2007, Target's website will allow users to input those codes to access exclusive content.


 * This mold was also used to make Cybertron Swindle.

Trivia

 * Hardtop's bio notes that it was a shot from him that wrecked Bumblebee's vocal processors. This contradicts the events of the IDW movie prequel comics, where it's Megatron who does the throat-crushy. Alternate timeline, or does Bumblebee just have Cybertron's unluckiest neck?


 * Speaking of odd possible contradictions, Hardtop's bio pegs him as a Decepticon, where his toy's only "faction" marking is for Sector 7. It's possible Hardtop is hiding out among the Sector 7 motor pool disguised as one of their standard-issue assault jeeps.