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Excellion wrote:Every once in a while, someone does something really really cool. This is one of these times! Cheers Ryan! You are truely a god amongst men! Yet another fantastic gallery of another fantastic toy! I'll definately be getting Ironhide, even if all the other toys suck! Only question now is: will the Takara version be any better? Will I put my faith and money in Hasbro for once? Watch this space...

Blushing, I'm most certainly no God but thank you for the compliment about the gallery. Despite my personal opinions about the robot designs from the movie, the response has been tremendous each and every time I post one of these movie toy galleries. None of the other toy galleries get the response that the movie toy galleries have been getting. Love 'em or hate 'em ... the movie is hot stuff right now.

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Excellion wrote:Every once in a while, someone does something really really cool. This is one of these times! Cheers Ryan! You are truely a god amongst men! Yet another fantastic gallery of another fantastic toy! I'll definately be getting Ironhide, even if all the other toys suck! Only question now is: will the Takara version be any better? Will I put my faith and money in Hasbro for once? Watch this space...

Blushing, I'm most certainly no God but thank you for the compliment about the gallery. Despite my personal opinions about the robot designs from the movie, the response has been tremendous each and every time I post one of these movie toy galleries. None of the other toy galleries get the response that the movie toy galleries have been getting. Love 'em or hate 'em ... the movie is hot stuff right now.

Haha! Mearly a figure of speech old boy! I was under the impression you liked the movie designs? Am I way off the mark? I'm loving most of them because it's something different from everything that's come before. They certainly reinforce the idea that the Transformers are supposed to be aliens from another planet!! Ironhide and Prime are definately my favourites, pity about Starscream...

I can see why some people really like this figure, but like all the movie figures, I personally find it too messy & undefined in bot mode. Also a little surprised that he's smaller than Ratchet in bot mode since I expected each size class would be in scale with each other.

Excellion wrote:Haha! Mearly a figure of speech old boy! I was under the impression you liked the movie designs? Am I way off the mark? I'm loving most of them because it's something different from everything that's come before. They certainly reinforce the idea that the Transformers are supposed to be aliens from another planet!! Ironhide and Prime are definately my favourites, pity about Starscream...

I'm pretty torn actually. I feel like I'm going through Beast Machines all over again. The story sounds great. The characters sound great. But the robot designs are not what I had personally hoped for. It really comes down to the robot faces to me, moreso that their more alien-like bodies. I think once I see them in action that I'll have a better appreciation for the toys. Until then, I'm just buying the movie figures to be able to share pictures with all of you of the characters who will be a part of the biggest event ever in Transformers history.

It is so hawtsome. That is totally the first one i am going to get.

I wanna know...are those pics legit on the shelf versions of Ironhide or is it a proto in package from an eBay seller?

Seibertron, from wich eBay seller did you get Ironhide? Magic_ball_toys?
Could you send me a message 'bout that please?

He makes an awesome mech and car, so I'll get him for those reasons. I'll probably name him something else since I don't like these as Transformers. No, I'm not saying it sucks, I think it is a REALLY good design, just not for Transformers . Him and Prime are the only ones I'm liking so far.

Rodimus sucks wrote:Seibertron, from wich eBay seller did you get Ironhide? Magic_ball_toys?
Could you send me a message 'bout that please?

Here's the auction link ... right time, right place.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0088086971

sweetness

I can handle the face. It's the deco. Mind you it's great. It's just it's Irorhide we're talking about here: It shoulda been red, instead of black.

Fantastic figure. Damnit, I'm caving more and more to these designs.

I keep getting and seeing messages about Ironhide's chest/shoulders being mistransformed in robot mode. I came home from work today and tried messing around with it some more. When the shoulders are angled, it doesn't "feel" right. The shoulder pads aren't snapped into place. If you press on them, they bounce. When the shoulder pads are horizontal (like they are in MOST of the pictures in my gallery), the pads have snapped into place. It feels like how a normal Transformer feels when it's transformed. Do any of you have this figure yet? Do you have any suggestions?

Seibertron wrote:I keep getting and seeing messages about Ironhide's chest/shoulders being mistransformed in robot mode. I came home from work today and tried messing around with it some more. When the shoulders are angled, it doesn't "feel" right. The shoulder pads aren't snapped into place. If you press on them, they bounce. When the shoulder pads are horizontal (like they are in MOST of the pictures in my gallery), the pads have snapped into place. It feels like how a normal Transformer feels when it's transformed. Do any of you have this figure yet? Do you have any suggestions?

I think you have them right. This auction has them the same way as you:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformer-New-Movie-Voyager-Class-Ironhide-Test-Shot_W0QQitemZ220078613889QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4696QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And this news story has images with them both ways:

http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=9513

I think people get the impression that they should be angled because of FAB Ironhide:
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=9631

Interesting, I hate it's face, but it's an ok toy.

Seibertron wrote:

Excellion wrote:Haha! Mearly a figure of speech old boy! I was under the impression you liked the movie designs? Am I way off the mark? I'm loving most of them because it's something different from everything that's come before. They certainly reinforce the idea that the Transformers are supposed to be aliens from another planet!! Ironhide and Prime are definately my favourites, pity about Starscream...

I'm pretty torn actually. I feel like I'm going through Beast Machines all over again. The story sounds great. The characters sound great. But the robot designs are not what I had personally hoped for. It really comes down to the robot faces to me, moreso that their more alien-like bodies. I think once I see them in action that I'll have a better appreciation for the toys. Until then, I'm just buying the movie figures to be able to share pictures with all of you of the characters who will be a part of the biggest event ever in Transformers history.

I'm for the most part I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. The only thing I've seen so far that I truly don't like (as far as the toys are concerned) is the Leader Class Optimus Prime figure as pictured here. Didn't they say they didn't want the transformers to be too blocky? That's exactly what I feel happened here, and not in a good way. I think it's gonna look great in the movie, but it doesn't work at all as a toy.

Beyond that it's more the deco than the toy itself. With Ratchet and Ironhide, I can live with the deco they've been given, but they should have been given more G1-accurate deco. Also, I think I've said before the protoform version of Optimus looked more like it should have been an Ultra Magnus. Hasbro could also give it a Nemesis Prime deco (which would actually be even better imo). Ultimate Bumblebee's one the got right on the deco though. I'm finding myself wondering if I'm actually gonna bust off $90 for that thing.

I don't see what the big deal is about the heads though. I could see IDW team up with Dark Horse to do a Transformers vs. Predator storyline based on those heads, and they'd probably be better for when the figures' alt modes were beast modes. On these figures though they're actually pretty good.

I likey.. its cool, but I think he looks bvetter with the chest angled upwards slighty, just feels more right, then blocky horizontal..

Vile MK III wrote:O.O... Cool. Maybe if he had a different head he could be Alt. Trailbreaker.

I was thinking a similar thought. Does anybody else think "Alternator"?

Gallery owns, but the figure on the other hand...
Well, the real Ironhide says it the best:

Overcracker wrote:It's a really cool looking figure, but I just keep thinking Trailbreaker every time I see it.

Anyway, I like the Flat Shoulder pad better. The angled ones make him look like his ducking into his shoulders for cover, like when you're scared and you push your shoulders up. It just looks wrong to me. The flat Shoulders work better for him.

I'm also liking the big arm cannons. Its a great design but He's no been etched in stoner in my must have Movie list.

After looking at the images again in the gallery, i agree with you and retract my earlier statement, he does look better with them flat, and if he had a different head and a oval missle launcher in the back i would totally see aTrailbreaker, but if he were painted red, he would be a perfect ironhide, the features would probably coe out better with a red paint scheme, just like In my opinion Ratchet should be in white with red rescue markings..


My etched in stone movie List includes:

Optimus prime

Megatron

Megatron FAB, he's cool with Ice..no punn intended..

Starscream

Starscream FAB, much better with hands..

Ironhide

Blackout, he's like the instant fan favorite, and will be what Boba Fett was to Star Wars, or Wolverine was to Marvel, i think he'll actually steal the show..

Barricade, but not crazy about frenzy, i'll glue him to the grill of the car and never use him..


Not sure:

Ratchet

Bumblebe, the regular line figure just looks awful and not very well done at all, the chest is wrong, the legs are all wrong, the arms are ok, but the helmet doesn't come down and he's not proportionate

Ultimate bumblebee, not a fan of the design of the chest and one arm just being a gun with no replacement..and again the battle mode not included..

Protoform Optimus, just seems cheap and not as large as the regular line up..but he's in the comic so i just might go that way..

Protoform SS, same deal as Optimus...

Wreckage, though great in bot form, his alt mode leaves something to be desired..

and that's where I stand so far..