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Encore Ironhide and Ratchet Info: New Faces!

Posted by Professor Smooth Nov 26, 2007 at 9:58pm CST 39,935 views
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!

-Update-
AC Toys have posted an image of what the new paper heads will look like:



Seems that the Head is "clipped" onto the top of the windscreen in robot mode.

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Comment by Professor Smooth Nov 26, 2007
Looks like they'll just be stickers, unfortunately.
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Comment by skywarp-2 Nov 26, 2007
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??? :-?
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Comment by Sentinel Pax Nov 26, 2007
Stickers are better than nothing, I suppose, but real new head sculpts would be awesome.
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Comment by Liege Evilmus Nov 26, 2007
Didn't repro labels beat them to this?
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Comment by Cascadia Nov 26, 2007
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.
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Comment by King Grimrob Nov 26, 2007
Here's hoping the Classics get full bodies and not just heads if the Classics continue with them.
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Comment by Professor Smooth Nov 26, 2007
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.
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Comment by Dr. Caelus Nov 26, 2007
This makes me think a Classics incarnation is unlikely:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... &image=100
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Comment by gogleman374 Nov 26, 2007
Holy Shit.

Pre-ordered.
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Comment by sto_vo_kor_2000 Nov 27, 2007
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.
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Comment by shortround Nov 27, 2007
We can only hope that they figure something out. Although the sticker thing sounds the most logical out of all possible soulitions.
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Comment by timshinn73 Nov 27, 2007
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.
Re: Encore Ironhide and Ratchet Info: New Faces! (view post)
Comment by PrimeFan Nov 27, 2007
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
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Comment by Patrick Bateman Nov 27, 2007
I say it´s a plastic head piece to be put over the seat/sticker face.
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Comment by s250 Nov 27, 2007
it's a paper face
Image
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Comment by Ravage XK Nov 27, 2007
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.
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Comment by Silent_Magnus Nov 27, 2007
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.
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Comment by sto_vo_kor_2000 Nov 27, 2007
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.
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Comment by First-Aid Nov 27, 2007
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.
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Comment by Zeds Nov 27, 2007
Thank God for that!
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