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Encore Ironhide and Ratchet Info: New Faces!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:56 pm
by Professor Smooth
The latest issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine has a small blurb about the upcoming Transformers Encore reissues from TakaraTomy. It states that the figures will include "anime accurate" heads. Look for pictures soon!

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:57 pm
by Decatron
Real head sculpts? hope so.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:02 pm
by Professor Smooth
Looks like they'll just be stickers, unfortunately.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:05 pm
by skywarp-2
Professor Smooth wrote:Looks like they'll just be stickers, unfortunately.


whoa :shock: .... seeing this info, turn out to be nothing special, and seeing George Dubbya in your sig......


Now I know there's a joke in there somewhere??? :-?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:29 pm
by Sentinel Pax
Stickers are better than nothing, I suppose, but real new head sculpts would be awesome.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:30 pm
by Liege Evilmus
Didn't repro labels beat them to this?

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:32 pm
by Cascadia
I would like to see the pictures when they come out. It may help people decide if they would like to buy Ironhide and Ratchet.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:33 pm
by King Grimrob
Here's hoping the Classics get full bodies and not just heads if the Classics continue with them.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:38 pm
by Professor Smooth
King Grimrob wrote:Here's hoping the Classics get full bodies and not just heads if the Classics continue with them.


That's pretty much a guarantee.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:33 pm
by Dr. Caelus
This makes me think a Classics incarnation is unlikely:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... &image=100

PostPosted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:48 pm
by gogleman374
Holy ****.

Pre-ordered.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:55 am
by sto_vo_kor_2000
Its only going to be stickers anyway you see it.Unless they redesign the seat area theres not much they could do with that mold with out redesigning the whole thing.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:04 am
by shortround
We can only hope that they figure something out. Although the sticker thing sounds the most logical out of all possible soulitions.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:22 am
by timshinn73
Sentinel Pax wrote:Stickers are better than nothing, I suppose, but real new head sculpts would be awesome.


Agreed. I'd love it if they actually had new sculpted heads.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:28 am
by PrimeFan
This is welcome news. I have these on preorder and was planning on ordering the upgrade set from reprolabels. So, this saves me $12. :D

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:56 am
by Patrick Bateman
I say it´s a plastic head piece to be put over the seat/sticker face.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:20 am
by s250
it's a paper face
Image

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:12 am
by Ravage XK
I'd like to see the windscreen fold back flat with the glass section itself folding out of the way ( either flipped backwards or splitting in the middle and slotted either side of the body ) and then a proper head fold up from the cabin area through the glassless windscreen area.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:37 am
by Silent_Magnus
Caelus wrote:This makes me think a Classics incarnation is unlikely:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... &image=100

I don't see how a couple of botcon exclusives from a few years ago would effect the upcoming classics 2.0.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:46 am
by sto_vo_kor_2000
Silent_Magnus wrote:
Caelus wrote:This makes me think a Classics incarnation is unlikely:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... &image=100

I don't see how a couple of botcon exclusives from a few years ago would effect the upcoming classics 2.0.


I think its because at the last Bot-Con a roumer got around that we would see "one" better rendision of the Ironhide/Ratchet G1 character in the upcoming year.

This would now seem to be that one.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:35 am
by First-Aid
Personally, I never really liked the Ratchet/Ironhide mold...however, if they decided to at real head sculpts in place of those "seats" that would rock.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:56 am
by Zeds
Thank God for that!

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:07 am
by City Commander
!!!


Damn, stickers


Actual heads woulda been awesome.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 11:54 am
by City Commander
Stovokor- Encore are taktomy (?), and Hasbro were at botcon.


I don't think this is the IH/R thing we were told about













































At least I hope it isn't.

PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 12:08 pm
by Auto Bot
Any pictures of these?

Stickers will suck big time.

Should have remoulded the seats with a head scupt under it. Rotate it up, and presto!