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News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:27 pm

tformers has given us a look at the official pics of universe rachet a remold of universe ironhide. http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=album&a ... 00&start=0

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:59 pm

I'm not sure about the colors of universe rachet with the heartbeat symbol or whatever and red and white he reminds to much of last version of movie rachet that came out.

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:06 pm

I've preordered the Henkei version...

But this doesn't look bad. Better than an earlier shot I saw.
I like the "Help U 2" license plate.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:53 pm

I do very much like the Universe version, but the Henkei is nice too. I suppose it'll all depend on the economy when they're released which'll determine which version I get

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:54 pm

Like the color scheme much better than Ironhide's with the Allspark blue windows and blue face and weak red and etc, but the cracked mirror/fell, broke in a million piece, and glued back together alt mode still looks pretty crappy regardless of color.

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:06 pm

Wow, the official Hasbro photoshoped version looks alot better than the sample piece we saw last month. They were able to make the plastic and painted whites look the same shade.

I think that Henkei Ratchet is going to be my first Henkei figure.

by **Grimpoo** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:07 pm

nifty lil bot there. ill buy it the henkei isnt all that much better

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 4:34 pm

Still waiting for un-photoshopped pics.

Red crest on helmet is bad news though.

News Credits: 5 · by **Barrelass** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:34 pm

Looks really nice, I like it. I have a good feeling I am gonna feel like Homer Simpson at :45 of this video when I get this figure:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea ... D=46764231

News Credits: 4 · by **Firebird** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:54 pm

Sledge wrote:Still waiting for un-photoshopped pics. Red crest on helmet is bad news though.

We got that a few weeks ago.

I'm buying the Henkei version.

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:50 pm

He looks quite nice in those photoshopped pics... shame the real deal will have that aweful, milky white plastic.

Henkei wins this round.

by **olokin** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:17 am

The Henkei version looks so much better.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:23 pm

Our friends over at Tformers have official pictures of Transformers Universe Wave 6 Ratchet in both Robot and Ambulance mode.

Ratchet along with Universe Armada Series Hot Shot is set for release sometime around March.

To see the pictures of Ratchet click here

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblebeast** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:40 pm

Looks hot, but i had the same problem with Miss May, August and September. Photoshopped to death.

by **Swiftpaw** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:50 pm

It looks okay, but the 'heartbeat line' makes me think more about Movie or Animated Ratchet, which is really a bit too 'recent' to be part of the 'collectable homage' series. But it looks okay for the people that want to save money by just getting the domestic versions.

For me, I think Ratchet is going to be the first I actually spurge on getting the Henkei version specifically. Even with the chroming it looks better to me.

... Though I wonder if it would be possible with a bit of repaint and modding (specifically the head) to make a US Ratchet into a Universe/Classics First Aid...

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:01 pm

Sowndwave76 wrote:I like the "Help U 2" license plate.

No, it's "Help Us," a reference to the Marvel G1 comic in which Megatron and Ratchet were fused together.

I really don't care about the 'heartbeat line' nor Prowl's lightbar. Like Ironhide, this guy's going to STAY in robot mode.

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:05 pm

I hate the off-white that the test shots have used, but I'm not about to fork over fifty bucks for the Henkei version. But I'll be happy to finally have a G1-esque Ratchet, at least.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:11 pm

Damn, Hasbro is really good at making their products not look like crap in promo shots. Too bad the final product almost always does.

News Credits: 150 · by **GetterDragun** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 1:58 pm

Why did anyone ever doubt we were getting this? Universe IronHide has the bubble indentation for Ratchet light bar molded in.

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:18 pm

GetterDragun wrote:Why did anyone ever doubt we were getting this? Universe IronHide has the bubble indentation for Ratchet light bar molded in.

Hasbro said we wouldn't get characters of the same name in both Classics and Animated, lest parents be confused between Animated Ratchet and Classics Ratchet. Or some crap like that.
I just hope they make a Classics Jazz soon enough.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:25 pm

1337W422102 wrote:
GetterDragun wrote:Why did anyone ever doubt we were getting this? Universe IronHide has the bubble indentation for Ratchet light bar molded in.

Hasbro said we wouldn't get characters of the same name in both Classics and Animated, lest parents be confused between Animated Ratchet and Classics Ratchet. Or some crap like that.
I just hope they make a Classics Jazz soon enough.

Botcon 07 said they were going to try and get Jazz in there. Now I'm fully aware we have him as a Legends figure but I'm almost positive we'll see him as a deluxe in either wave 7 or 8.

One reason that sways me towards that also is that he's getting his own spotlight. I've noticed everyone that has a Spotlight has had a new figure come out almost indefinitely.

Plus it's another easy repaint figure into Stepper, and throw in Nightstick, who was the same figure used for stepper in Japan.

News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 2:34 pm

Down_Shift wrote:Botcon 07 said they were going to try and get Jazz in there. Now I'm fully aware we have him as a Legends figure but I'm almost positive we'll see him as a deluxe in either wave 7 or 8.

One reason that sways me towards that also is that he's getting his own spotlight. I've noticed everyone that has a Spotlight has had a new figure come out almost indefinitely.

Plus it's another easy repaint figure into Stepper, and throw in Nightstick, who was the same figure used for stepper in Japan.

As usual, I agree with ya, mate. I mean, hell, they could just repaint/retool the Bluestreak mould for Jazz if they really wanted to.

News Credits: 3 · by **Dread_Wing** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:58 pm

I think the Ratchet repaint looks OK, the Henkei scheme is better by far, but considering the flaws in the design, I will pick up the cheapest version possible just to have A Ratchet. A few drops of paint here and there will liven it up a bit, silver hubs, black crest, translucent red tail lights and light bar.

by **Booda** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:33 pm

Not gonna split hairs. Sold.

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:38 pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't lightbars with blue on them reserved for police vehicles in the USA, with red lightbars for other emergency vehicles?

So why is Ratchet's lightbar all blue?

Takara did not bungle this.

(Of course, Hasbro made Prowl's lightbar red, also incorrect for the US, though correct to the original toy.)

I'd be buying the Henkei version of Ratchet anyway because this deco is a train wreck, but it really gripes me when a toy company can't get a simple factual detail right when doing so would provide an educational benefit to the children the toy is supposed to be for in the first place.