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News Credits: 23 · by **1337W422102** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:51 pm

metaphorge wrote:I hope they give Jazz/Stepper/Ricochet a new mold. I'm not all that fond of the Universe/henkei Prowl/______Streak/Smokescreen mold anyway, and there traditionally have been a number of differences in Jazz's auto mode every time the character has appeared in a line.

Absolutely. That'd be great.

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 4:53 pm

Down_Shift wrote: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.

Man, I hope you're right!

metaphorge wrote: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.

You are correct, emergency vehicles have red lights usually.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 5:05 pm

Firebird wrote: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.

Hahaha. I was thinking the same thing.

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:12 pm

metaphorge wrote: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.

Well, the lightbars are not standardized nationwide. In some areas, blue lightbars are used for fire/rescue and red for police. In some states tow trucks have red lightbars. I've seen GREEN lightbars on fire apparatus. So the lightbar kinda becomes a non-issue...it just depends on where you live.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:19 pm

It will be mine

by **Booda** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 11:45 pm

metaphorge wrote:So why is Ratchet's lightbar all blue?

As someone mentioned, standards are not consistent. A lot of places are switching from red fire trucks to the sickly greenish yellow that movie Ratchet had, but it isn't a nationwide standard.