Hunt for the Decepticons Deluxe Ironhide Review and Gallery
Thursday, May 6th, 2010 8:39AM CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News, ReviewsPosted by: Razorclaw0000 Views: 87,874
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Pascal wrote:-very, very, very nice truck mode with no obvious robot parts other than the huge feet sticking out from under the rear of the truck (not any worse than on Deluxe Ratchet though)
-tricky transformation, as complex if not more than on the voyager version
-some creative solutions on how to close the back (2 panels), hide the wheels (2 under the feet, 2 angled under the chest), hide the smokestacks, etc.
-a bit stubby for a deluxe (Bumblebee is much taller in comparison)
-elbows sit very high up on the arms
-knees also sit fairly high up on the legs
-some nice silver, bronze and blue-ish grey paint apps showing up in robot mode
-leg kibble (hip panels, upper lower leg panels, truck rear halves behind the lower legs... all can be positionned to your liking though
-nice little drone that turns into a cannon and that can also be stored inside the truck in alt mode thanks to that neat right cannon that split open to make room for it!
-clear blue windows (would have been easy to be lazy and just paint them over black plastic)
-movie accurate head (similar to the one found on the newer versions of Voyager Ironhide)
-good articulation overall, even has ankle swivels (no waist though)
-very nice toy overall, once you get a feel for the transformation, you'll love it (if you don't mind scale issues!)
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Posted by --B-- on May 6th, 2010 @ 9:26am CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on May 6th, 2010 @ 10:07am CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on May 6th, 2010 @ 11:54am CDT
Hubcap is less impressive than the early photoshopped images would suggest, but I still might get him.
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on May 6th, 2010 @ 12:19pm CDT
I have to say I'm disappointed at the head popping up from the car body, with the associated flap standing up behind the head. ROTF Dlx Ratchet suffers from this arrangement, as do Univ Ironhide/Ratchet. They need to do something different, at least make the flap fold backwards out of sight.
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on May 6th, 2010 @ 12:22pm CDT
Wish the now-ubiquitous brown plastic weren't present, small quibble.
Posted by Blurrz on May 6th, 2010 @ 12:26pm CDT
Posted by Pascal on May 6th, 2010 @ 10:18pm CDT
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:
Wish the now-ubiquitous brown plastic weren't present, small quibble.
The brown plastic isn't as noticeable as you might think. As a matter of fact, I only noticed it was brown when I looked at my own pictures. The flash makes it look more brown than what it really is.
Posted by Droptested Thrice on May 6th, 2010 @ 10:44pm CDT
But I can't see how it's "lazier" to paint over plastic to create windows/windshields than using clear plastic.
Posted by Pascal on May 6th, 2010 @ 11:34pm CDT
Posted by Mykltron on May 7th, 2010 @ 1:55pm CDT
Pascal wrote:-very nice toy overall, once you get a feel for the transformation, you'll love it (if you don't mind scale issues!)
What scale issues? He's in scale with Voyager Prime.
Brown? Why the brown legs and arms? What is wrong with these people?