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News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Sun May 19, 2013 2:17 pm

A new player - Mach 5 is coming up with their rendition of Wreckers Ironfist. All silhouette for now.

https://www.facebook.com/mach5toys

by **Yotsuyasan** » Sun May 19, 2013 11:53 pm

That graphic is disappointing... The font style used for their wording makes me want an original "classics style" character who is a transforming Delorian... But the silhouette is obviously not that.

Someone make a transforming Delorian! And the robot mode must have a chest that looks kind of like an orange vest! And it must have an accessory (which would be especially awesome if it could be concealed somewhere on the alt-mode in a way that didn't detract from it) that is a hoverboard that can peg into the bottoms of his feet.

Someone from a third party company... make this happen! :grin:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:09 am

Yotsuyasan wrote:That graphic is disappointing... The font style used for their wording makes me want an original "classics style" character who is a transforming Delorian... But the silhouette is obviously not that.

Someone make a transforming Delorian! And the robot mode must have a chest that looks kind of like an orange vest! And it must have an accessory (which would be especially awesome if it could be concealed somewhere on the alt-mode in a way that didn't detract from it) that is a hoverboard that can peg into the bottoms of his feet.

Someone from a third party company... make this happen!

So...Swindler, but with an orange vest, eh?

I'm intrigued by this. I'd love to fill out my Wrecker shelf. Let's see some prototypes!

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:36 am

thought this was related to Mech Ideas at first read.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:21 am

by **necr0blivion** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:49 am

Kinda reminds me of the crossover Marvel/TF Iron Man and Captain America humvee people are using for Swindle.

Design looks alright, we'll just have to see how this plays out.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:53 am

Interesting, but I'm going to wait until I see something in plastic.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon May 20, 2013 1:28 pm

Based on the simple transformation that is evident in that line drawing, I'm thinking scout class. Might be too small for me. If it is deluxe or voyager, then the transformation's too simple...

Unless it's a $20 voyager... :-?

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Mon May 20, 2013 2:30 pm

Looks like a MiniWarrior version to me.

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:07 pm

Looking distinctly 'meh'!

by **MGrotusque** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:18 pm

Too fat and bulky for my liking. I would imagine the posability to be VERY limited.
One of the best TF names ever though. IRONFIST! (added for redundancy)
With that being said. The transformation is immediately obvious and with such a simple transformation i would expect it to be scout class. If any larger than that the asking price would more than likely be far beyond the value of the figure in proportion to it's complexity.

by **Rated X** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:20 pm

Who is Ironfist ? What continuity ? If he is a comic only character, thats probally why I dont know him. I dont read too much comics...

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:34 pm

There's a Wiki for that...

He's probably most well known for his part in Last Stand of the Werckers comic.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Tue May 21, 2013 12:39 pm

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue May 21, 2013 3:08 pm

Rated X wrote:Who is Ironfist ? What continuity ? If he is a comic only character, thats probally why I dont know him. I dont read too much comics...

he's a G1 character

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue May 21, 2013 3:58 pm

craggy wrote:
Rated X wrote:Who is Ironfist ? What continuity ? If he is a comic only character, thats probally why I dont know him. I dont read too much comics...

he's a G1 character

G1.5 I would say. He came out around the same time as Pyro and Clench did. I think he was G1 in Europe and G2 here in the states.

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News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue May 21, 2013 7:13 pm

It's a fun alt mode design and looks pretty close to the comics. The transformation, as someone mentioned, is disappointing. Curious about the size. It comes across as a iGear minibot like Hench, which I'm not too impressed with.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:08 am

Anyone fancy reposting the pictures as all Im seeing are little squares with a red cross!

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Wed May 22, 2013 6:47 am

They'll release another pic once they get 200 likes on their facebook page.

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed May 22, 2013 8:43 am

Thanks D!

I just found this on Allspark.com also...

News Credits: 2 · by **Banjo-Tron** » Wed May 22, 2013 3:40 pm

Posted on kapows facebook:

Looks pretty nice :michaelbay:

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:22 pm

The Enemy...

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Wed May 22, 2013 4:38 pm

I haven't been this excited about a 3rd party reveal since Topspin and Twin Twist oh so long ago.

I am saddened that there doesn't seem to be the turret that made his original toy unique.