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JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

At0mic Cav3man wrote:I think its more overlooked on older toys because because the engineering wasn't anywhere near the level it is now.

Still, I think the choice of keeping that in the Universe figure was intentional, as a throwback, which I can accept.

I totally agree. It gives the line a certain nostalgic flair, which I like. You get that mix of old school design, but with better articulation and other bells and whistles. That's why the Universe/Classics lines are my favorite (and I'm sure a lot of people's).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The G1 toys had the same problem, but nobody seems to care about that...

Even in G1 it was not the norm that there was such a clear divorce between robot mode parts and alt mode parts. Not saying it never happened, but it wasn't like every other figure was like that.

G1 Silverbolt could probably be considered such, but yeah, things were simpler back then, and plus he had to work in a third mode for combining to make Superion. Also, much lower price point, much smaller figure, makes it more acceptable.

He also had the chestplate to pop on in robot mode for partsforming that goes nowhere in alt mode, but no one would put up with that in a modern figure either. So I don't think it's too out of line to complain about the lazy design even if the original may have been similarly guilty.

And I'm kinda sorry I hijacked the thread by mentioning Silverbolt in the first place, I didn't think that comment would take on a life of its own that way.

I just picked up a Specialist Ratchet after contemplating it for 2 months. It was sitting on the shelf all by itself because the hook that lets it hang off the peg was ripped off. So I felt sorry for it and picked it up. For $7, this is a really nice figure. I'm glad I got it. Now if I can get a TFP Deluxe Ratchet for a reasonable price, TFA Ratchet will have 2 guys to hang out with.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I just picked up a Specialist Ratchet after contemplating it for 2 months. It was sitting on the shelf all by itself because the hook that lets it hang off the peg was ripped off. So I felt sorry for it and picked it up. For $7, this is a really nice figure. I'm glad I got it. Now if I can get a TFP Deluxe Ratchet for a reasonable price, TFA Ratchet will have 2 guys to hang out with.

Specialist Ratchet is the only movie Ratchet that I own. I wish they'd done one of the Voyagers in this color scheme, but he still looks great as a deluxe. I love the oh so nice alt mode, and the transformation is very simple and fun. I would love to get a classics Ratchet head and swap it out on this character, since that's the weakest part of this design, imo.

Today's gush for me is Solar Storm GrappEL (he's French now, apparently ). He's so awesome, even with his Crane Arm of Doom permanently attached to his arm.

At0mic Cav3man wrote:Specialist Ratchet is the only movie Ratchet that I own. I wish they'd done one of the Voyagers in this color scheme, but he still looks great as a deluxe. I love the oh so nice alt mode, and the transformation is very simple and fun. I would love to get a classics Ratchet head and swap it out on this character, since that's the weakest part of this design.

I was gonna leave him in vehicle mode because I really liked it, until I put him on my eye-leve high shelf facing me, and realized his upside-down head under the hood was staring at me. That was just creepy, so I transformed him.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

At0mic Cav3man wrote:Specialist Ratchet is the only movie Ratchet that I own. I wish they'd done one of the Voyagers in this color scheme, but he still looks great as a deluxe. I love the oh so nice alt mode, and the transformation is very simple and fun. I would love to get a classics Ratchet head and swap it out on this character, since that's the weakest part of this design.

I was gonna leave him in vehicle mode because I really liked it, until I put him on my eye-leve high shelf facing me, and realized his upside-down head under the hood was staring at me. That was just creepy, so I transformed him.

The head... I usually leave the black flap part in the front down it solves that problem quite nicely imo.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

At0mic Cav3man wrote:Specialist Ratchet is the only movie Ratchet that I own. I wish they'd done one of the Voyagers in this color scheme, but he still looks great as a deluxe. I love the oh so nice alt mode, and the transformation is very simple and fun. I would love to get a classics Ratchet head and swap it out on this character, since that's the weakest part of this design.

I was gonna leave him in vehicle mode because I really liked it, until I put him on my eye-leve high shelf facing me, and realized his upside-down head under the hood was staring at me. That was just creepy, so I transformed him.

The head... I usually leave the black flap part in the front down it solves that problem quite nicely imo.

Love all the figures mentioned so far with the exception of Specialist Ratchet as I dont have it.

Years ago I had the Takara Galaxy Force Optimus Prime and I loved it but it was SO HUGE in bot mode that I decided to sell it. I actually made a profit on it on Ebay which was a nice surprise but then I started to miss the figure in my collection and sometime later as luck would have it I spied a single Hasbro version for next to nothing in a sale so I snapped it up.....now I am happy again.