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Sat Mar 24, 2012 8:24 am

The title says it all. I have been trying to get a Ratchet to sit in my classics collection for a while. I see the Universe ones usuall going between $55 - $80 on eBay. Just seems way to expensive. Yesterday I saw the new RID Ratchet at Wal Mart. It looked really nice, thought it might be able to work. But I left it since I don't collect Prime figures. But do you think it could work in a Classics Collection?

News Credits: 2 · Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:51 am

I think the Prime style fits a little better in Classics than Animated did. I'm not sure it really works though-Prime is just as distinct as Animated is, just a little less stylized. If you did a head swap and maybe some paint work, maybe...

Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:56 am

It's really up to you, but IMO, the aesthetics are just WAY too different for him to fit in with a Classics collection. Transformers Prime figures are very stylized and contrast between smooth curves and pretty sharp angles, something the Classics line doesn't attempt to do. The Classics aesthetics lends itself to a smoother style.

Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:32 pm

Go for it. If you decide it doesn't fit, oh well, you got something else to find a place for.

It's not like that mold in the Classics/Universe/Whatever is that good. I only have Ironhide, but it's pretty flawed, def. not one of the best classic renditions around. *stares at toes*

News Credits: 5 · Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:44 pm

It's all personal preference man. I don't think it works for me but I don't hate the classics version as much as a lot of guys seem to.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Mar 25, 2012 5:45 am

ubertenorman wrote:I think the Prime style fits a little better in Classics than Animated did.

I agree but he's still obviously TFP rather than Classics.

Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:19 am

Mykltron wrote:
ubertenorman wrote:I think the Prime style fits a little better in Classics than Animated did.

I agree but he's still obviously TFP rather than Classics.

Ditto. I tend to let certain things about aesthetic go just to have a more filled out classics shelf, but this tended to work better with certain movie figures since they didn't have defined faces that could clash with the other neoG1ers standing around them. Ratchet doesn't have that benefit.

News Credits: 10 · Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:51 am

I also face the same problem... I decided to go with Galaxy Force (Cybertron) Red Alert as a Classics Ratchet stand-in... works decently, since Cybertron shares that classic chunkyness.

Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:47 pm

While I don't think it's gonna match all that well with the CHUG stuff, if you're only gonna own one or two Ratchets, this is a good one to get. With a little bit in the way of custom paint apps, this guy could look spectacular.

News Credits: 8 · Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:15 pm

This is funny because I have Classics Ratchet standing with my Prime figures :lol:

Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:37 pm

I went ahead and picked it up. A little small but overall not to bad, plus it is nice having a different mold.

Thoughts......

Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:52 pm

That's actually not as bad as I thought it'd be. Vehicle mode really fits in with the Classics Autobots quite well. The bot mode also doesn't look terribly out of place. The only aspects of the bot mode that don't work, in my opinion, are the feet (far too rounded) and the head sculpt (too long). If he were given an alternate head, it'd actually work, though.

News Credits: 97 · Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:09 pm

Hmm, that does look pretty good. I've been considering Prime RiD Ratchet for my Classics shelf, the separate mold would differentiate him from Ironhide. Or I might just leave my Universe Ratchet in his place and pick up RiD Ratchet just for fun. He really does look like a great figure.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:45 pm

The robot mode works, but the alt mode doesn't fit in. It's too small and movie inspired.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 26, 2012 10:34 am

This is what I'm gonna do as well.

If you think he fits in your own universe, go for it. Wait, there were pictures. See, I think he fits well. Only the alt mode is kind of small, though. Well, blame that on Hasbro.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:16 pm

It fits well enough. Many of the later classics have a different sort of feel to them anyway, like G2 Prime and Perceptor.

News Credits: 23 · Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:50 pm

I've seen this done before and the alt mode is just a tad small, but I don't keep my TF's in alt mode. Bot mode is nicely sized, but there is one lil thing that made me NOT get him and do the swap. My classics display does have a certain look to them, you can see parts of their alt modes in their bot modes. Ex. Sideswipe's car hood is his chest. Or the roof of the car the chest like BB. With PRiD Ratchet, as fine of a figure as it is, there is nothing about his alt mode that is represented in his bot mode. It's just that little detail that made me not to this. So close, really! I am not a fan of classics Ratchet/Ironhide and would love to swap them out, but I will have to wait for a more suitable figure.

Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:34 pm

It looks good to me. I think certain Prime figures could fit it, if you feel that that version fits well in. Not many, but yeah, that works.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Apr 01, 2012 4:54 pm

the ambulance looks pretty tiny, but I do like him in robot mode. works fine with the rest of them.

Wed Apr 04, 2012 4:04 pm

I did the swap this past week. Found the Prime Ratchet & he's just a better figure overall. The Universe Ratchet was kind of a rush job on turning Iron Hide into Ratchet. At least now on my classics shelf Ratchet has a different look then just a repainted Ironhide. I liked the new Ratchet so much I sold my Unverse one on ebay. Hope I don't change my mind & regret that...

News Credits: 273 · Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:24 am

I really wouldn't have picked Ratchet up for that purpose, but based on those pics it might work.

Btw, for those of you who didn't buy Universe Ratchet based on not liking Ironhide, Ratchet actually came out much better.

Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:37 pm

Delicon wrote:Btw, for those of you who didn't buy Universe Ratchet based on not liking Ironhide, Ratchet actually came out much better.

The deco might be better, but with all the things wrong with that mold, the deco isn't even in the top 5.

News Credits: 273 · Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:01 am

Dark Optimum Supreme wrote:
Delicon wrote:Btw, for those of you who didn't buy Universe Ratchet based on not liking Ironhide, Ratchet actually came out much better.

The deco might be better, but with all the things wrong with that mold, the deco isn't even in the top 5.

Maybe I'm in the minority, but the smurfy blue Ironhide face was more annoying to me than the head tilt.