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News Credits: 119 · Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:28 pm

Available at iGear's store: PP05D Defence Specialist (Free Shipping!)

Fri Nov 29, 2013 3:15 pm

If the selling point is the First Aid head, then that is beyond weak. On the other hand this still has the Ratchet heads, doesn't come with the mass of extraneous accessories, and is marked down to boot... not marked down enough for my tastes, but it's something.

News Credits: 33 · Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:40 pm

Very weak indeed.

News Credits: 119 · Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:59 pm

TFS - http://tfsource.com/igear/defense-specialist/
BBTS - http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:38 pm

For $75, this is a good deal. I love this mold, fits in nicely with my masterpiece collection, AND you get your choice of heads to display.

Those of us who picked up Medical Specialist can use any number of weapons to arm DS. There is also a slight change with the red shoulders w/white cross; but for those who did not pick up MS the first time around, I HIGHLY recommend getting this version. You don't NEED all those weapons, and you're saving $45 off of the original price of MS.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Dec 01, 2013 8:44 am

necr0blivion wrote:For $75, this is a good deal. I love this mold, fits in nicely with my masterpiece collection, AND you get your choice of heads to display.

Those of us who picked up Medical Specialist can use any number of weapons to arm DS. There is also a slight change with the red shoulders w/white cross; but for those who did not pick up MS the first time around, I HIGHLY recommend getting this version. You don't NEED all those weapons, and you're saving $45 off of the original price of MS.

In addition to the shoulders, the thighs are now red instead of white as well.

I gotta admit I am a bit tempted by this considering how lacking that Has/Tak versions of Ratchet and Ironhide are. I'm still certain that Takara is going to do proper MP versions in short order, but for the Classics shelf these aren't bad stand-ins.

News Credits: 409 · Sun Dec 01, 2013 11:01 pm

This is a good deal for people that missed out on Ratchet.

News Credits: 119 · Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:44 am

News Credits: 461 · Mon Dec 02, 2013 9:52 am

Nice! this is showing that Igear is going to use a box this time!! instead of just bubble wrap envelope so that your box won't get crushed during shipping! that is excellent news I might consider this now...

EDIT:
I'm not sure if I'm being sarcastic or not.

News Credits: 119 · Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:03 pm

News Credits: 1235 · Sun Dec 08, 2013 7:00 pm

This is good for people who want the mold at a decent price. Had both PP05M and PP05W but ended up selling them because I feel the mold is flimsy with cheap plastic and I whole heartedly believe Takara will release their own MP Ironhide and Ratchet before too long which should be superior.

News Credits: 461 · Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:31 pm

BBTS has a one day sale on this $70

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=IGR10049&mode=retail

Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:49 pm

That's a damn good price, and $5 cheaper than buying off of iGear's site (which is where I got mine from). Now if only Patrol Specialist would be similarly priced... :-?

News Credits: 23 · Thu May 01, 2014 3:26 pm

It's in stock @ BBTS but back at it's $99.99 price. Glad I ordered it on sale.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=IGR10049&mode=retail

News Credits: 409 · Mon May 19, 2014 8:14 pm

It's too bad these were made larger and released as MP versions.

Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:42 pm

Picked one of these guys up on eBay last week for €57,5 and I was looking at the reprolabels website, is there a sepperate set of stickers for this guy or do I just get the PP05M set?

I've currently got him displayed with the red head, I do personally feel that the PP05M is a better figure simply because of the shoulders, legs and feet's coloring. Even in vehicle mode PP05M is clearly the better figure with it's painted windows, etc. Appart from that I think this is a great figure, personally prefer it over most of the smaller Masterpiece figures in fact. I like him more than for example Sideswipe... mainly because he has better articulation.