Gallery of Transformers Movie Ratchet ... later today!!!
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Posted by City Commander on February 4th, 2007 @ 4:19am CST
Can't wait for this gallery. The figure looks awesome!
Posted by Powersurge on February 4th, 2007 @ 5:25am CST
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
Hell, not that I'm complaining mind
Posted by mattyc1007 on February 4th, 2007 @ 5:27am CST
and this is gonna be the first transforming hummer on seibertron
Posted by Kayevcee on February 4th, 2007 @ 6:12am CST
Er... unless there's a difference between a HumMER and a HumVEE that I don't presently understand.
-Nick
Posted by Nico on February 4th, 2007 @ 7:44am CST
But, is it a Prototype or a real finished figure?
Posted by Milanion on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:49am CST
Posted by Autobobby1 on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:11am CST
Posted by Alex Kingdom on February 4th, 2007 @ 11:32am CST
Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
eBay. It will be interesting to see this toy in detail, I look forward to seeing the gallery.
Yours AK
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 4th, 2007 @ 11:42am CST
Posted by Hotrod on February 4th, 2007 @ 12:25pm CST
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on February 4th, 2007 @ 1:08pm CST
Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
Hell, not that I'm complaining mind
Somewhere in Hong Kong, there's a Chinese warehouse worker laying facedown in a puddle of his own blood, with an Armada Unicron embedded into the back of his cranium. And with several TF movie toy items missing.
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on February 4th, 2007 @ 3:29pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 5:27pm CST
Posted by muswp1 on February 4th, 2007 @ 6:14pm CST
Posted by Anonymous on February 4th, 2007 @ 6:30pm CST
Posted by Powersurge on February 4th, 2007 @ 6:37pm CST
Alex Kingdom wrote:Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
eBay.
Well i kinda figured that , but how does Ryan always get them, he must have a shit load of money to keep winning the auctions, or a lot of bloody luck, or a big stick!
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on February 4th, 2007 @ 6:42pm CST
Thanks for doing the comparison pics with Armada Red Alert. Great pictures!
My opinion of this figure is mostly the same, only a bit more so: while I really hate that deco, that's not gonna stop me from buying this one when it's out. In spite of the deco this figure's very easily my personal favorite as far as what we've seen so far. Not that the others suck mind you. This one's just the best. Only the object-formers really compete so far.
Posted by Hotrod on February 4th, 2007 @ 7:02pm CST
Posted by Liege Evilmus on February 4th, 2007 @ 7:04pm CST
But much like IronHide, I need to come up with a name for him.
Posted by Windracer on February 4th, 2007 @ 7:47pm CST
I gotta also agree and say kudos on the comparison pictures with A. Red/Micron Legend Ratchet. Choice work!
Posted by Nemesis Cyberplex on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:00pm CST
Posted by Wheeljack35 on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:10pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:12pm CST
Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:That is a pretty neat TF. The automorph feature is pretty lame, though. Not because it's a lame gimmick, so to speak, but because his dosen't do much at all.
Which was my whole point when everyone was arguing about the "auto-morph feature". I was actually really glad that it had a very small part to do with the Transformers' actual transformation. Starscream's is more noticeable than Ratchet's. Starscream's chest "explodes" from the front of the jet to his chest. Ratchet ... it's just his feet making the knee cap and "calf" muscles going into place.
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:13pm CST
Wheeljack35 wrote:God I HATE the Stupid Bowl
???
Posted by sparkofchaos on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:38pm CST
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
Hell, not that I'm complaining mind
Somewhere in Hong Kong, there's a Chinese warehouse worker laying facedown in a puddle of his own blood, with an Armada Unicron embedded into the back of his cranium. And with several TF movie toy items missing.
I'm sorry but these factories are not in hk. Though you might have a sense of humor, you need to work on your understanding of the foreign economics and labor condition before using any jokes related to the subject. No offense, but to anyone who lives in Asia, it would be your lack of knowledge that is actually funny.
Posted by Anonymous on February 4th, 2007 @ 8:43pm CST
Wheeljack35 wrote:God I HATE the Stupid Bowl
me 2 its boring and retarded so i draw transformers. I will be uploading all of my work in a while
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:02pm CST
sparkofchaos wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
Hell, not that I'm complaining mind
Somewhere in Hong Kong, there's a Chinese warehouse worker laying facedown in a puddle of his own blood, with an Armada Unicron embedded into the back of his cranium. And with several TF movie toy items missing.
I'm sorry but these factories are not in hk. Though you might have a sense of humor, you need to work on your understanding of the foreign economics and labor condition before using any jokes related to the subject. No offense, but to anyone who lives in Asia, it would be your lack of knowledge that is actually funny.
Ok, then share with us your knowledge of the factory locations if you're going to critique someone else's knowledge.
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:07pm CST
Wheeljack35 wrote:God I HATE the Stupid Bowl
I don't hate the Super Bowl. I'm just not a fan a football in general. My real interest in the Super Bowl, however, is right here. I've already added my picks to my own myspace page, if you want my two cents worth, just hit the pause button on the song if you're not into it or you'd rather just check the promos right off.
And, just to keep on topic, my pick from the gallery.
Posted by Anonymous on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:23pm CST
Seibertron wrote:sparkofchaos wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Powersurge wrote:I have one question Ryan:-
How the bloody hell do you get your hands on fully painted movie toys before they have even been released
Hell, not that I'm complaining mind
Somewhere in Hong Kong, there's a Chinese warehouse worker laying facedown in a puddle of his own blood, with an Armada Unicron embedded into the back of his cranium. And with several TF movie toy items missing.
I'm sorry but these factories are not in hk. Though you might have a sense of humor, you need to work on your understanding of the foreign economics and labor condition before using any jokes related to the subject. No offense, but to anyone who lives in Asia, it would be your lack of knowledge that is actually funny.
Ok, then share with us your knowledge of the factory locations if you're going to critique someone else's knowledge.
I thought TF's were made in China, Taiwan and Macau. Pretty sure they're not in HK (even though it is part of China now) but I could be wrong.
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:48pm CST
Posted by dj_funk_gut on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:49pm CST
Posted by Greed on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:51pm CST
dj_funk_gut wrote:WHO Is that other transformer.. That looks like a Transformer's classic Rachet ???
That is a repaint of E-Towline.
Posted by Ninja Sixshot on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:59pm CST
Posted by TheMuffin on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:11pm CST
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:15pm CST
Posted by dj_funk_gut on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:16pm CST
Posted by Black_Convoy on February 4th, 2007 @ 9:51pm CST
dj_funk_gut wrote:
WHO Is that other transformer.. That looks like a Transformer's classic Rachet ???
That is a repaint of E-Towline.
is this repaint in the gallery.. crap how did i miss that one *LOL*
Now i'm trying to find this bot and buy it but opps i'm probably to late
Posted by Nemesis Cyberplex on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:47pm CST
One thing you have to remember, though, is that you've actually handled them, & untill today, very few of us had even seen much about how they work, so you were were seeing them from a "been there done that" perspective, where we others had not, so all there was to go by was speculation.Seibertron wrote:Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:That is a pretty neat TF. The automorph feature is pretty lame, though. Not because it's a lame gimmick, so to speak, but because his dosen't do much at all.
Which was my whole point when everyone was arguing about the "auto-morph feature". I was actually really glad that it had a very small part to do with the Transformers' actual transformation. Starscream's is more noticeable than Ratchet's. Starscream's chest "explodes" from the front of the jet to his chest. Ratchet ... it's just his feet making the knee cap and "calf" muscles going into place.
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:50pm CST
Powermaster Jazz wrote:The movie Transformers are the best Transformers ever! If you don't think so, then whatever...
I own them and I'm not sure if I agree with your statement. If Ratchet was colored something other than puke green and had a recognizable "Ratchet" head, then I would agree. The toy itself is a really awesome figure. It's very poseable. It has a very nice alt-mode. But it doesn't represent the character that I've grown to love over the past 23 years. AS much as I like this figure, it's not Ratchet.
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 10:53pm CST
Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:One thing you have to remember, though, is that you've actually handled them, & untill today, very few of us had even seen much about how they work, so you were were seeing them from a "been there done that" perspective, where we others had not, so all there was to go by was speculation.Seibertron wrote:Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:That is a pretty neat TF. The automorph feature is pretty lame, though. Not because it's a lame gimmick, so to speak, but because his dosen't do much at all.
Which was my whole point when everyone was arguing about the "auto-morph feature". I was actually really glad that it had a very small part to do with the Transformers' actual transformation. Starscream's is more noticeable than Ratchet's. Starscream's chest "explodes" from the front of the jet to his chest. Ratchet ... it's just his feet making the knee cap and "calf" muscles going into place.
Fair enough if you guys were arguing amongst yourselves. But people were arguing with me and I have handled these toys. I was hoping that you guys would look to my experience with owning 1800+ Transformers toys as well as various movie toys and knowing how these features work with the figures. I guess I'd like to think that I'm expert of some sorts on Transformers figures at this point. If I'm not, then I don't know what a Transformers toy expert is.
Posted by GetterDragun on February 4th, 2007 @ 11:08pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on February 4th, 2007 @ 11:14pm CST
GetterDragun wrote:I think it's a great gallery of a very nice figure. It looks very poseable and pretty fun to transform. But why green and why that head?
Honestly? I think Hasbro is doing the best they can with the source material they somehow approved. Part of me feels like all of this is an act of desperation on their behalf because they're trying to get their market share this year now that Star Wars isn't as big of a player. They're looking for the "next big thing". Hollywood told them "this would be it."
While I don't like the look of the robots in the movie, I hope Hollywood is right and that this is what Joe-Schmoe American guy is looking for in a big blockbuster action movie. I understand why they went with this look but I disagree with this approach.
I think they would have been better off doing things the way I think they should have done them. But what do I know? I only run one of the largest Transformers websites on the Internet and own about 1800+ Transformers figures. According to the way things are being done, I'm apparently NOT an expert in this field.
Posted by Alex Kingdom on February 5th, 2007 @ 1:14am CST
Seibertron wrote:Powermaster Jazz wrote:The movie Transformers are the best Transformers ever! If you don't think so, then whatever...
I own them and I'm not sure if I agree with your statement. If Ratchet was colored something other than puke green and had a recognizable "Ratchet" head, then I would agree. The toy itself is a really awesome figure. It's very poseable. It has a very nice alt-mode. But it doesn't represent the character that I've grown to love over the past 23 years. AS much as I like this figure, it's not Ratchet.
Agreed. It looks like a pretty cool figure, and if it were a new character in a new continuity I'd love it. However it's not Ratchet, and this movie is meant to be at least loosely based on G1, this design isn't even close. A better head design and a better colours and I'd be more inclined to sing its praises. As it stands it a nice figure designed to accompany what's looking to be a crap movie. Hasbro clearly did their best in designing this figure but it was too little too late, the damage has already been done. They should have put their foot down in when the movie designs were being made, made it clear how important it was that the character remain recognisable, that's my opinion anyway.
Yours AK
Posted by proximus on February 5th, 2007 @ 3:17am CST
BUT, I don't think big budget film will ever succumb to reason. They just rarely go hand in hand.
There's hope though, Look at TMNT. TMNT's origins with Eastman and Laird etc, were great. However any attempt at a feature was always off the mark. I think with the new CGI film it will finally be represented in a light that everyone can be happy with.
I hope at some point we can say the same about a Transformers film. In fact, i'm still waiting for a good fan flick CGI film to come out....waiting...waiting...anyone?
Posted by Anonymous on February 5th, 2007 @ 3:42am CST
Seriously though, both this version of Ratchet (and Ironhide if you've seen him) are definately cool figures and indeed the whole line is an interesting new take on the Transformers franchise. I would have preferred it if they had used the red and white on Ratchet that appeared last week as a concept (maybe he will be a future repaint?!) but I'll make do with what I get.
Posted by Kayevcee on February 5th, 2007 @ 4:06am CST
That's one reason why I like it- I've got a fairly hefty collection myself, but I don't have anybody who looks like that I think Ratchet's in a better place for a new look than Starscream was, mainly since original, Micron Denetsu, Botcon and Universe ratchets don't look much like each other, although the Micron Denetsu Ratchet (aka Armada Red Alert) is a similar veicle with a similar amount of red to this chap
The only thing I don't like about this fella (and there's a long list of things I do like which I won't bore everyone with) is the front wheels either side of the head. It's a shame there's nowhere to put them, and leaves him with zero peripheral vision. I hope he (and Blackout) have auxilliary cameras on his shoulders or something.
-Nick
Posted by Daxmajor on February 5th, 2007 @ 4:08am CST
Seibertron wrote:I own them and I'm not sure if I agree with your statement. If Ratchet was colored something other than puke green and had a recognizable "Ratchet" head, then I would agree. The toy itself is a really awesome figure. It's very poseable. It has a very nice alt-mode. But it doesn't represent the character that I've grown to love over the past 23 years. AS much as I like this figure, it's not Ratchet.
I think the key to happiness with the Movie line is to not see it as another Classics or homage line but rather as a fresh take on things. The Movie is clearly only very loosely based on G1, so it shouldn't matter so much if reused names represent radical new designs. Heck, it's not all that different from what they did with Armada except this time the toys seem to be well engineered.
Posted by D-340 on February 5th, 2007 @ 4:47am CST
Daxmajor wrote:Seibertron wrote:I own them and I'm not sure if I agree with your statement. If Ratchet was colored something other than puke green and had a recognizable "Ratchet" head, then I would agree. The toy itself is a really awesome figure. It's very poseable. It has a very nice alt-mode. But it doesn't represent the character that I've grown to love over the past 23 years. AS much as I like this figure, it's not Ratchet.
I think the key to happiness with the Movie line is to not see it as another Classics or homage line but rather as a fresh take on things. The Movie is clearly only very loosely based on G1, so it shouldn't matter so much if reused names represent radical new designs. Heck, it's not all that different from what they did with Armada except this time the toys seem to be well engineered.
You took the words right outta my mouth. New look for a new continuity, I suppose.
On to Ratchet, MY GOD! That is friggin' awesome, can't wait to get it. Nice gallery Boss.
Posted by Overloaded on February 5th, 2007 @ 5:28am CST
Posted by Milanion on February 5th, 2007 @ 8:15am CST
Is it just me, or does it kind of look like Ironhide and Rachet have lips?
Posted by Seibertron on February 5th, 2007 @ 9:40am CST
Alex Kingdom wrote:Seibertron wrote:Powermaster Jazz wrote:The movie Transformers are the best Transformers ever! If you don't think so, then whatever...
I own them and I'm not sure if I agree with your statement. If Ratchet was colored something other than puke green and had a recognizable "Ratchet" head, then I would agree. The toy itself is a really awesome figure. It's very poseable. It has a very nice alt-mode. But it doesn't represent the character that I've grown to love over the past 23 years. AS much as I like this figure, it's not Ratchet.
Agreed. It looks like a pretty cool figure, and if it were a new character in a new continuity I'd love it. However it's not Ratchet, and this movie is meant to be at least loosely based on G1, this design isn't even close. A better head design and a better colours and I'd be more inclined to sing its praises. As it stands it a nice figure designed to accompany what's looking to be a crap movie. Hasbro clearly did their best in designing this figure but it was too little too late, the damage has already been done. They should have put their foot down in when the movie designs were being made, made it clear how important it was that the character remain recognisable, that's my opinion anyway.
Yours AK
My biggest complaint is simply the heads. I don't understand why all of them had to receive such alien looking faces. Yes, I understand that these are alien machines. However, no one questions the fact that Han Solo and Luke Skywalker look human even though they're aliens. We just accept it. It seems like heads that resembled more traditional looking Transformers would have been a huge step for me.
I don't want anyone to misconstrue what it is that I'm saying. I really like these toys. I actually like the designs. It's just they're not the characters that I had hoped we would see on the big screen. Optimus is the exception. Bumblebee is a close exception.
I really hope that for the 2nd movie, assuming there is one, that the Transformers take on more human characteristics the longer they're here on Earth around humans. I think that would be a great way to introduce some of the more familiar characteristics that were used to about Transformers. ** crosses fingers **