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Possible Transformers the Movie Ratchet original concept art?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:43 pm
by Air Commander Starscream
TFW2005.com has put up a image that is suposedly the first draft of Transformers Movie Ratchet. In this form he is a more traditonal Red smaller firetruck. The picture shows both Alternate and Robot form of the figure. To see the image please click here.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:52 pm
by Arcadius-Prime
It still looks silly but much better than the one produced, a less alien insect looking face and actual hands.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:59 pm
by Lunarabbit
Yep, I too like the head and hands on this one much better than the actual movie Ratchet.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:03 pm
by Ironhidensh
looks rather fan made.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:10 pm
by 1337W422102
Glad they didn't use that.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:33 pm
by Liege Evilmus
To everyone who said it couldn't get worse...



I like the head though :-?

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:33 pm
by zoso504
Too bad that can't be Ironhide.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:38 pm
by Kayevcee
I think it looks spiffy, in a "level guardian from Megaman" kind of way. Emerald Twilight over on the 2005 boards (who I gather is in the know about such things) said that the second Ratchet voyager in the new set of movie toy listings was in "G1 Inferno colours". Could it be this? Passed off as a "previous form" or suchlike? I'd buy it.

Post 23, if anyone's wondering:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=121720&page=3

-Nick[/url]

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:41 pm
by Phasewing
Looks more appealing than Birdie-Canary Ratchet. :P

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:46 pm
by Autobobby1
Wow. That looks pretty cool. Make it a van and it could be Ironhide. A little slim, though.

I give it a 7/10.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:47 pm
by Dark Ops
Looks like design cues from Bubblegum Crisis, or Ghost in the Shell.

I rather like it!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:18 pm
by Alex Kingdom
It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:20 pm
by TheMuffin
Looks horrid compared to the one we actually got.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:27 pm
by Nico
Much better....

One a second thought, this could do a good Red Alert! Dunno why, but Brawl is the Police car so....

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:29 pm
by dragons
this is much better looking has some g1 style to it head and hands are good decent now if only the others looked more like this it really be a big hit it really is sad on how things turn out for the worse maybe if they were smart they would have had true transformer fan on the set designs would be better than the ones we have now its ironic two americans created transformers and now transformers might be trashed by one american.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:31 pm
by HitsugiKun
one word fugly.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:31 pm
by Lunarabbit
Alex Kingdom wrote:It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK

My sentiments exactly.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:47 pm
by Greed
I think he looks a lot better than the design they went with but then again, it doesn't take much to look better than a pukey green/yellow rescue hummer that turns into a giant bird-headed monster.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 6:52 pm
by Head Shot
I like it, the head is still throwing me off though...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:06 pm
by Rodr-Evil
it's like a mix between power rangers, gundam and something else :shock:

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:43 pm
by skywarp-2
Alex Kingdom wrote:It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK



I completely agree, i felt the Movie Ratchet was too brawny and bulky and not like the original.. I wish this was the design chosen

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:48 pm
by 1337W422102
83457W422102 wrote:Glad they didn't use that.

I'm a dumbass. When I had posted my quoted comment, I had forgotten just how bad the Ratchet design they ended up using is.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:25 pm
by Skowl
The only things I like better with this one is the colour scheme and the head.

The filmmakers probably thought another red autobot would clash with Prime...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:10 pm
by Zeds
I like that better than the puke green thing that we are going to get.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:11 pm
by jgilkinson
that actually looks pretty good... which is why i think it was a fan creation