Encore Ironhide and Ratchet Info: New Faces!

Looks like they'll just be stickers, unfortunately.

Professor Smooth wrote:Looks like they'll just be stickers, unfortunately.

whoa .... 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???

Stickers are better than nothing, I suppose, but real new head sculpts would be awesome.

Didn't repro labels beat them to this?

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.

Here's hoping the Classics get full bodies and not just heads if the Classics continue with them.

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.

This makes me think a Classics incarnation is unlikely:

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

Holy Shit.

Pre-ordered.

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.

We can only hope that they figure something out. Although the sticker thing sounds the most logical out of all possible soulitions.

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.

This is welcome news. I have these on preorder and was planning on ordering the upgrade set from reprolabels. So, this saves me $12.

I say it´s a plastic head piece to be put over the seat/sticker face.

it's a paper face

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thank God for that!

!!!


Damn, stickers


Actual heads woulda been awesome.

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.

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!

Agree with Sto_vo_kor - there would need to be a significant redesign in order to add heads. And for what ends? So we can have anime accurate heads on what are still less-than-stellar moulds? I think that would look worse than leaving them as they are.

If they were so signifigantly changed it wouldn't be a reissue anymore.

If they wanted actual heads, it's probably be a better idea to have heads that could "slot into" the seats.

Excelent, even if it's only stickers . I have both of them pre-ordered on HobbyLink Japan for some time, but I had already bought the stickers from Reprolabels... Anyway, still good news as they'll probably have better quality than those from Reprolabels. And I know some people don't like this 2 odd G1 molds, but I love them and both characters! It's great that they're being reissued finally as I've been wanting them for some time, but I don't like to get used stuff as it is really hard to get them impeccable and at good prices. And MISB vintage G1 toys... forget it... I'm not rich . So, thanks Takara Tomy! And do more please! ^^

Gauntlet101010 wrote:If they were so signifigantly changed it wouldn't be a reissue anymore.

If they wanted actual heads, it's probably be a better idea to have heads that could "slot into" the seats.

This will be a good compromise, if they can't remould the seats to include the head.

s250 wrote:it's a paper face

apparently no one else noticed this... but yes they are paper heads..

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/vbimghost ... imgid=6128

I like the idea of adding a head to fit into the seat slot as well. That way, you have the option to display the figure with the original sticker or with an anime accurate head.

Either way, I'm very excited to be getting Ratchet again. He was my first Transformer, and I've wanted a replacment for a long time.

Aww, crap! I knew it was stickers.

I am real enthused about the Encore Ratchet and Ironhide. Real faces, bah. Reprolabels, bah. I'm using Mr. Yuk stickers on mine.

This is a very nice news. Wonder if they will get new heads or labels. In either case its nice to see these two getting a "facelift" after so many years (though new, anime accurate molds would be better!)

They means cartoon accurate, right?

wow sweet

The Master Blaster wrote: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.

I know where there from but from what I remember hearing at Botcon they really didnt specify wether it Ironhide/Ratchet thing was going to be coming out of Takara or Hasbro.

I remembr the statement being a bit more general.....just saying that we would see something we've been wanting with the two characters but not who would be bringing it to us.

[size=24]cool beans [size/]


copy right 2007

I'll wait to see pictures before I get all excited.

I dunno, it look like a new plastic head, but at the same time it looks somewhat fake...even so, I'll at least be buying Ironhide since I don't have him. I rather like the Upgrade Ratchet from Reprolabels though, it's definately better than the ugly face we got in '84...

Whoops, double post.

Assuming they get real faces/heads, but the body is still ugly. Doesn't even look like a humanoid robot.

Hard Hacker wrote:They means cartoon accurate, right?

As opposed to?

I hope it's molded heads instead of sticker ones...

I don't see the point of doing Encore Ironhide and Ratchet. These 2 should be totally redesigned.

Auto Bot wrote:I don't see the point of doing Encore Ironhide and Ratchet. These 2 should be totally redesigned.

Well, the point of the Encore reissues is to reissue 20+ year old figures. I don't see the point of reissuing the same figures every time a series of reissues comes out. Ratchet and Ironhide were put out a coupla' years ago by e Hobby, but I think this is their first wide scale issue since 1984. Other figures though, like Jazz and Starscream, why do they need to be reissued every time a set of reissues comes out?

As far as the redesigning is concerned, I don't think there's really a point in that either. Botcon Ratchet and Ironhide are about as excellent as any toys bearing those names can get.

Have fans wanted paper heads for their old IH and Ratchet's THAT much?



I seriously doubt that this is what they were talking about. It's just too minor and...well, crap.

Dagon wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:I don't see the point of doing Encore Ironhide and Ratchet. These 2 should be totally redesigned.

Well, the point of the Encore reissues is to reissue 20+ year old figures. I don't see the point of reissuing the same figures every time a series of reissues comes out. Ratchet and Ironhide were put out a coupla' years ago by e Hobby, but I think this is their first wide scale issue since 1984. Other figures though, like Jazz and Starscream, why do they need to be reissued every time a set of reissues comes out?

As far as the redesigning is concerned, I don't think there's really a point in that either. Botcon Ratchet and Ironhide are about as excellent as any toys bearing those names can get.

I think they deserve updated designs.

While the botcon versions are quite awesome, being botcon exclusives they are pretty hard to get.

I'm hoping to see these characters redone in Classics 2.0. I'd be very happy if they did a wide release of the botcon versions, but those who bought the exclusives would be PO'd!!!

while i really dislike the mold im thinking of picking one or even both of em up

All this nagging about new head sculpts.Remember the TFC series, the minibot set had an anime/cartoon accurate Bumble head sculpt. No complaints there, I'll be satisfied if its an official label/sticker(though I already got the reprolabel upgrade.)

rpetras wrote:

Dagon wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:I don't see the point of doing Encore Ironhide and Ratchet. These 2 should be totally redesigned.

Well, the point of the Encore reissues is to reissue 20+ year old figures. I don't see the point of reissuing the same figures every time a series of reissues comes out. Ratchet and Ironhide were put out a coupla' years ago by e Hobby, but I think this is their first wide scale issue since 1984. Other figures though, like Jazz and Starscream, why do they need to be reissued every time a set of reissues comes out?

As far as the redesigning is concerned, I don't think there's really a point in that either. Botcon Ratchet and Ironhide are about as excellent as any toys bearing those names can get.

I think they deserve updated designs.

While the botcon versions are quite awesome, being botcon exclusives they are pretty hard to get.

I'm hoping to see these characters redone in Classics 2.0. I'd be very happy if they did a wide release of the botcon versions, but those who bought the exclusives would be PO'd!!!

True, true. I'm not saying not to update them for Classics 2.0, I just think the Botcon Ironhide is probably the best possible Ironhide iteration. I don't have Ratchet, but the Ironhide is really something to behold. Yes, too expensive and limited for everyone who wants one to have one, but that doesn't detract from their near-perfect status.

Dagon wrote:I'm not saying not to update them for Classics 2.0, I just think the Botcon Ironhide is probably the best possible Ironhide iteration. I don't have Ratchet, but the Ironhide is really something to behold. Yes, too expensive and limited for everyone who wants one to have one, but that doesn't detract from their near-perfect status.

I think it does detract from their status ... mainly because I don't have 'em