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Uh, yeah, hasn't anyone noticed that,... HE HAS NO HEAD!!!!!!
WTF?!?!?!? Has anyone done a kitbash to give him a head? If he had a head, the figure would be actually good

Hmm, no, I never noticed.

I guess the reprolabels upgrade sticker set makes sense then.

WOW! Did anybody not know this?

He has no head because he was a Microman Mech. He was Piloted by tiny figures. Hasbro just used the Mold for their character, but never bothered to give him a head, only a sticker, with eyes.

As for Giving him a head, I'm sure someone has given him a head at some point somewhere.

Try Transtopia.

Just saw a botcon exclusive version, much better. Hope that if they make a classics Ironhide, it will be good.

Gojira Prime wrote:Just saw a botcon exclusive version, much better. Hope that if they make a classics Ironhide, it will be good.

Hasbro said that it's a definite possibility.

Overcracker wrote:WOW! Did anybody not know this?

He has no head because he was a Microman Mech. He was Piloted by tiny figures. Hasbro just used the Mold for their character, but never bothered to give him a head, only a sticker, with eyes.

As for Giving him a head, I'm sure someone has given him a head at some point somewhere.

Try Transtopia.

Diaclone my dear. Vehicles are Diaclone, objects and the Mini-Bots are Microman.

Hey, take it easy on the guy, it may be his first time seeing the real G1 Ironhide, or the first time in years depending on how old he is.

But yeah, there was actually a comic strip done with Ironhide headless, it was funny.

HASBRO needs to make an Ironhide and Ratchet the way DonFig draws them, oh so awesome.

And Nova and Sentinel Prime while they're at it.

Yeah he has no head, but remember the Cartoon was made around the existing toys not the other way around. So give these molds a break.

It's not my first time, but it irratates the hell out of me. The figure is good, except it doesn't have a proper head!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Overcracker wrote:WOW! Did anybody not know this?

He has no head because he was a Microman Mech. He was Piloted by tiny figures. Hasbro just used the Mold for their character, but never bothered to give him a head, only a sticker, with eyes.

As for Giving him a head, I'm sure someone has given him a head at some point somewhere.

Try Transtopia.

Diaclone my dear. Vehicles are Diaclone, objects and the Mini-Bots are Microman.

So true, my mistake, Diaclone Mech. sorry.

Wow. I just had to double check that this wasn't a thread from 1984 that had been resurrected.

yup, no head.

I do however wish that with all the repaints going on, I wish they'd do movie Ironhide in his original colors. I'd love to see how that would look. If I can find another one I may repaint him myself.

Why they chose blue with mud over a repaint of the original I can't imagine. They did Jazz, Starscream, Thundercracker, Ratchet and Prime in original colors. Ironhide in red seems like a no brainer.

*sigh*

Sledge wrote:Wow. I just had to double check that this wasn't a thread from 1984 that had been resurrected.

qft

are you trying to make the poor guy feel dumb?

So he didn't know and we did. Whoop de doo. I'm sure he'll feel so comfortable making a post in the future, and in the future it might be something you actually didn't know.

Ok, tell me to read his post as anything other than a pretty daft question. Does he seriously think no one in 20+ years had noticed Ironhide's lack of a head? Or is he suffering from the common internet ailment of not having a filter between random brain farts and his keyboard?

Ouch. Sledge by Knockout in the first.

Gojira Prime wrote:It's not my first time, but it irratates the hell out of me. The figure is good, except it doesn't have a proper head!

I hate having to repeat myself

If the head thing bothers you buy the reprolabel face for it:

Malikon wrote:yup, no head.

I do however wish that with all the repaints going on, I wish they'd do movie Ironhide in his original colors. I'd love to see how that would look. If I can find another one I may repaint him myself.

Why they chose blue with mud over a repaint of the original I can't imagine. They did Jazz, Starscream, Thundercracker, Ratchet and Prime in original colors. Ironhide in red seems like a no brainer.

*sigh*

i can imagin it this way;

the slots in the panels of the legs when they fold up in car mode is where the gins go. there is red roofing on the cannons so it looks like a minivan

Sledge wrote:Ok, tell me to read his post as anything other than a pretty daft question. Does he seriously think no one in 20+ years had noticed Ironhide's lack of a head? Or is he suffering from the common internet ailment of not having a filter between random brain farts and his keyboard?

There's a filter?? Anyway, I'm hoping the OP is new to the TFers and simply noticing something that is odd about a well known character.

If not <shrugs>...who cares. Welcome to the site. Speak your mind whenever you like.

<looks down>...OMG, I HAVE FINGERS!!!

Well, I've got a filter. I have to, or I'd continually be posting about how fantastic boobs are.

I know there was talk of a "clip- on" set of custom heads for Ironhide and Ratchet, a fan made some time back. Anyone got pics of this?

Eradicator wrote:

Sledge wrote:Wow. I just had to double check that this wasn't a thread from 1984 that had been resurrected.

qft

unfortunately... I'm with these guys... this is really really old news...

Sledge wrote:Well, I've got a filter. I have to, or I'd continually be posting about how fantastic boobs are.

ROFLMAO!!!!

If you think about it, Hasbro screwed up by not demanding the cartoon Ironhide and Ratchet look more like the toys.

The tank sled really adds some punch to them but kids stayed away because they didn't look like the cartoon.