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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:16 am

Hasbro has posted a new image to their official t.sina.com Micro-blog of a previously unseen Deluxe MechTech Rathcet repaint. This version comes in a red deco and has the MechTech weapon originally packaged with Deluxe Skids. Also shown are high res images of Topspin, Shockwave, and Ironhide. The images have been mirrored below.

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:30 am

I never cared for movie Ratchet so I got no desire for this version but at least they gave him a decent weapon for once...'nuff said!

by **HELLZORBLADE** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:32 am

W.O.W!!!

This repaint rules!!! wish him was that color in the movie!!!

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:35 am

Is this the obligatory Ironhide repaint of Ratchet? :grin:

by **Traxus Prime** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:43 am

you know I don't care for that mold of ratchet as is but i am liking that repaint. I think he might be my classics First Aid.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon May 09, 2011 11:59 am

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Is this the obligatory Ironhide repaint of Ratchet?

More like Rescue Ratchet with the colors reversed. You know, this may be a throwback to the initial draft of Ratchet, which portrayed him as a red Fire Emergency vehicle. Those colors would end up serving as the main inspiration for Movie Inferno, a Toys 'R Us exclusive repaint of Armada Red Alert.

News Credits: 2 · by **Requiem Prime** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:03 pm

A little early isn't it? Usually they break out the repaints after everyone bought the first color.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:27 pm

God Im happy with any Ratchet. He's my fave Autobot. Curse you Michael Bay for making him a less cared for character! WISH YOU COULD PLAY AS HIM IN 2007 MOVIE PS2 GAME :sad:

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:28 pm

I like this, but I don't see a use for it in the collection.

I'll put it on the maybe list.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:41 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Is this the obligatory Ironhide repaint of Ratchet?

More like Rescue Ratchet with the colors reversed. You know, this may be a throwback to the initial draft of Ratchet, which portrayed him as a red Fire Emergency vehicle. Those colors would end up serving as the main inspiration for Movie Inferno, a Toys 'R Us exclusive repaint of Armada Red Alert.

Which was awesome I might add.

by **Xterminator** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:46 pm

I like the new color scheme. However, what I really want to see is a new voyager mold for Ratchet.
He deserves ...

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:58 pm

Not bad for ratchet..face looks a lil wierd but that could just be overly shopped pics... on the plus side, Shockwave looks like he might just have balljoints on his wrists... that.... MIGHT just sway me to get him... might....

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:03 pm

HFTD Ratchet was enough of a venture to get a proper version for this character. Even if DOTM offers better figures for Ratchet, I dunno, we've been two major and two sub toy lines deep, I've just had enough of him. Also doesn't help that I feel that I have the best Ratchet available (Best Buy Metallic Version).

Only going to get a DOTM Ratchet if I feel that I'm going to add a DOTM section to my shelves. Even then there's so many better choices.

News Credits: 2 · by **ubertenorman** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:11 pm

I don't have a Ratchet yet and was already planning on getting one of this mold. I REALLY like these colors--now I have to decide which to get.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon May 09, 2011 2:18 pm

now i know hasbro likes screwing with us, we all want a red ironhide but they decide to make ratchet red instead. Yes i know that was his pre-production paint scheme but still come on hasbro.

by **sentinelprime1234** » Mon May 09, 2011 3:26 pm

wow! I am annoyed of Ratchet repaints but that is gorgeous, I wish he looked like that in the movie, seriously OMG

I want dotm deluxe ratchet but if I get this I won't get that awesome mech tech saw that green ratchet comes with

by **The Variable** » Mon May 09, 2011 3:45 pm

The colors for the repaint not only are similar to Ratchet's initial concept design for the first movie, but it also reminds me of the actual rescue Hummers that were shown in an older news story, around the time that GM was supposed to have been selling the brand to a Chinese manufacturer. (I can't remember whatever became of that...)

I will have to say that I actually like the MechTech saw weapon, mainly because that was Ratchet's main display of badass in the first movie, using a saw to cut off one of Brawl's arms.

News Credits: 26 · by **MaverickPrime** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:28 pm

I don´t think that´s Ratchet, I think they´re gonna try to sell him as inferno :-?

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:30 pm

MaverickPrime wrote:I don´t think that´s Ratchet, I think they´re gonna try to sell him as inferno

Or First Aid.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:32 pm

Twitchythe3rd wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:I don´t think that´s Ratchet, I think they´re gonna try to sell him as inferno

Or First Aid.

Or Red Alert...

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:33 pm

Gyrotron wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:I don´t think that´s Ratchet, I think they´re gonna try to sell him as inferno

Or First Aid.

Or Red Alert...

Or some other Ambulance/Resuce Vehicle 'bot.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:47 pm

Twitchythe3rd wrote:
Gyrotron wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:I don´t think that´s Ratchet, I think they´re gonna try to sell him as inferno

Or First Aid.

Or Red Alert...

Or some other Ambulance/Resuce Vehicle 'bot.

Yea we got it, theres a lot of posibilities

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:40 pm

Repaints announced before the original is released... :-?

What's up with that Shockwave? He only has one monkey arm.

by **DJLazer** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:44 pm

shhockwave,topspin,and ratchet are bad ass

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:18 pm

Mykltron wrote:What's up with that Shockwave? He only has one monkey arm.

Either Photoshop chicanery, or we're actually going to get a ball-jointed wrist. I feel I would rememeber seeing it in a Peaugh review though... who knows.