Sabrblade wrote:For Ironhide, I agree that the Deluxe is not the most screen-accurate mold. I'd say the Leader is.
But for Ratchet, by a large margin is that Deluxe the most movie-accurate Ratchet mold there is. The Voyager, while a decent figure in its own right, is far more blocky and disproportionate to the leaner, sleeker look of Ratchet's CG model. Thus, it only makes sense to go with the Deluxe mold for maximum movie-accuracy.
Which then brings me back to Ironhide. Because they used the Deluxe Ratchet mold, maybe Takara felt that it was only fair to use Ironhide's Deluxe mold too to keep him and Ratchet in the same size class.
I agree. The Deluxe is closer to the thinner lankier proportions of movie Ratchet.
As for Ironhide, perhaps they thought a line composed almost entirely of Voyager sized figures would be too boring?
Outside of Bumblebee and Strafe, everything else would have been a Voyager or voyager sized. Adding a couple more deluxes sort of evens it out? Maybe?