Hotrod
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| Hotrod | |||||
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| Basic Information | |||||
| Worn by: | Engineer | ||||
| Slot: | Head | ||||
| Equip region: | Hat | ||||
| Contributed by: | ...Smithy | ||||
| Released: | First Community Contribution Update | ||||
| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Uncrate #18, Uncrate (Unusual) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | No | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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Hotrod Level 1–100 Hat Mock the sun with streaks of flame as the UV rays bounce harmlessly away from your eyeballs. |
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The Hotrod is a community-created headwear item for the Engineer. It is a gray welding helmet with team-colored flame patterns. When the Engineer is holding a blueprint of a building or hauling a building, the Hotrod flips down over his face.[1]
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Update history
March 18, 2010 Patch (First Community Contribution Update)
- The Hotrod was added to the game.
- The Hotrod was made craftable.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.
- [Undocumented] This hat can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
October 27, 2010 Patch (Scream Fortress)
- [Undocumented] Added this hat to the Mann Co. Store.
December 15, 2011 Patch (Australian Christmas 2011)
- Changed the equip region from "Whole Head" to "Hat."
Bugs
- A Spy disguised as an Engineer who is wearing a Hotrod will have the hat flip down over his face upon switching to any kind of Sapper.
Trivia
- The name and flame design is a reference to custom-built American cars with large engines, also called hot rods, which stereotypically sport a fiery paintjob.
- Hot Rod is also the title of a 1979 movie in which Grant Goodeve, the Engineer's voice actor, starred.
Notes
- The hat description was written by Shapechanger for the Hat Describing Contest.
Gallery
 The Hotrod flipped down, worn by a disguised Spy with the Sapper equipped. |
 The Engineer wearing a welding helmet in the Engineer Update teaser video. |
References
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