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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:01 am

YouTube reviewer, optibotimus, has uploaded a video review of Transformers DOTM Leader Class Ironhide. The review is embedded below.

by **prowl123** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:48 am

I love leader ironhide! He's awsome I am so getting him

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:05 am

Do yourself a favor and watch this review. I've been waiting for some side-by-side comparisons with the HA Autobots- he looks AWESOME with Bee and Jazz! And OMG, I didn't know the cannons were activated in alt mode like that, totally cool. The leg dagger is pure win, the little pistol somewhat less so.

I wish the feet were more accurate, such as having heels fold out of the rear of the foot instad of just a chunk of truck back there. And I'm pretty sure I'll be making his arm and back kibble removeable. And putting some black or silver/gray on some of that blue.

For me, it looks like the pluses far outway the minuses, an absolute must-buy. And the reviewer is hilarious, esp. his cat. Heh.

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:17 am

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Do yourself a favor and watch this review. I've been waiting for some side-by-side comparisons with the HA Autobots- he looks AWESOME with Bee and Jazz! And OMG, I didn't know the cannons were activated in alt mode like that, totally cool. The leg dagger is pure win, the little pistol somewhat less so.

I wish the feet were more accurate, such as having heels fold out of the rear of the foot instad of just a chunk of truck back there. And I'm pretty sure I'll be making his arm and back kibble removeable. And putting some black or silver/gray on some of that blue.

For me, it looks like the pluses far outway the minuses, an absolute must-buy. And the reviewer is hilarious, esp. his cat. Heh.

LMAO thank you very much for that...i really appreciate it

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:46 am

Ok optibotimus, you win, you've convinced me. I'm gonna pick him up over the voyager. Sad I didn't get to see the other HA figures in you group shot.

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:48 am

^^

Which ones did you wanna see and what modes? I could probably take a picture a little later for ya

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:52 am

optibotimus wrote:^^

Which ones did you wanna see and what modes? I could probably take a picture a little later for ya

Well, now that we seem to be getting all of the normal figures in Leader class or HA scale, I am thinking about picking them all up nowand making a new shelf for all of them. So to answer your question, just the rest of the HA autobots in robot form will do. I'm guessing that Sideswipe, Mudflap, and Skids look just as good with Ironhide, OP, 'Bee, and Jazz but a group shot of all of them would be epic. Looks like I'm going to be dropping some more money. lol

by **joeformer** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:45 pm

Ok so the figure looks great. If its so in scale with the human alliance line then why didnt they just make a human alliance ironhide with lennox in the first place????????????? :grin:

News Credits: 4 · by **Swiftknife24** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:36 pm

joeformer wrote:Ok so the figure looks great. If its so in scale with the human alliance line then why didnt they just make a human alliance ironhide with lennox in the first place?????????????

They might've been planning to do that...The Human Alliance boxes have WAY too much space for the cars on their own. They must have them at that size for a reason! (You never know, they may be planning to do a HA Ratchet, which I seriously want, seeing as he is slightly smaller than Ironhide!)

Anyway, they review was great! Peaugh may have some competition! Haha loved how it turned into 'CSI: Cat Scene Investigation' (But just to be picky, I know for a fact that the the Leader Prime is the same scale as Voyager Ironhide and Deluxe Bumblebee, etc)

But yep; that's another on my list!

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:36 pm

I'm much less impressed after the review. Excessive kibble in both modes (especially alt mode,) blue legs are a turn off, and so are the feet. Transformation is also lacking (IMO) for a figure of that price point. About the only things left I'm really impressed with is it scales decently with the larger figures and the knife is pretty sweet. I can see the gimmicks being a plus to some, especially kids, but they generally don't factor in too much with my decision to buy a figure as I don't really get much "play value" out of a figure beyond transforming it...I actually find the gimmicks a detriment to the figure much of the time. Anyhow, the figure went from one of the few of interest in the line to a fairly weak maybe.

by **SaTaN CoNvOy** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:09 pm

Ironhide is looking good so far aside from the fact that his arm cannon's are a bit lacking. As for the blue legs, aint nothing a lil bit of glossy black modeling paint can't fix. Too bad we never got a leader class Bonecrusher. :BOOM:

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:12 pm

Swiftknife24 wrote:
joeformer wrote:Ok so the figure looks great. If its so in scale with the human alliance line then why didnt they just make a human alliance ironhide with lennox in the first place?????????????

They might've been planning to do that...The Human Alliance boxes have WAY too much space for the cars on their own. They must have them at that size for a reason! (You never know, they may be planning to do a HA Ratchet, which I seriously want, seeing as he is slightly smaller than Ironhide!)

Anyway, they review was great! Peaugh may have some competition! Haha loved how it turned into 'CSI: Cat Scene Investigation' (But just to be picky, I know for a fact that the the Leader Prime is the same scale as Voyager Ironhide and Deluxe Bumblebee, etc)

But yep; that's another on my list!

I've actually been reviewing figures longer than peaugh has

But thank you hahaha

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:33 pm

Optibotimus's scale knowledge is off. Leader IH is NOT in scale with Leader Prime in any way. He is in scale with HA though.

I'm really unimpressed with this but I may pick him up if I see him on sale.

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:35 pm

Ironhide looks great; I'm getting this! I might also get the Takara version too if it turns out to be a really good paint job. And I agree we need a leader Bonecrusher as well as a leader Blackout, or better yet, a supreme Blackout! Probably won't happen but I can dream...

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:40 pm

Mykltron wrote:Optibotimus's scale knowledge is off. Leader IH is NOT in scale with Leader Prime in any way. He is in scale with HA though.

I'm really unimpressed with this but I may pick him up if I see him on sale.

Actually, my knowledge isn't as off as you might think it is...in interviews Optimus Prime is said to be, (according to ILM designers) roughly 32 feet tall. Ironhide is roughly 22-25 feet tall. When you scale it down to inches...10 inches that Optimus is compared to 9 1/2 inches that Ironhide is, really isn't too bad.

News Credits: 5 · by **alexison** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:57 pm

This is the best scale guide i could find:

So yes, It's a little off but as far as the toys go I think this is the closest we will get with the correct Ironhide build. The voyager's from the first movie are poor designs IMO, and the new voyager is too skinny. This guy is stocky, excellent articulation(minus the waist), and has pretty cool gimmicks. This is the winner for me, hands down.

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:19 pm

optibotimus wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
joeformer wrote:Ok so the figure looks great. If its so in scale with the human alliance line then why didnt they just make a human alliance ironhide with lennox in the first place?????????????

They might've been planning to do that...The Human Alliance boxes have WAY too much space for the cars on their own. They must have them at that size for a reason! (You never know, they may be planning to do a HA Ratchet, which I seriously want, seeing as he is slightly smaller than Ironhide!)

Anyway, they review was great! Peaugh may have some competition! Haha loved how it turned into 'CSI: Cat Scene Investigation' (But just to be picky, I know for a fact that the the Leader Prime is the same scale as Voyager Ironhide and Deluxe Bumblebee, etc)

But yep; that's another on my list!

I've actually been reviewing figures longer than peaugh has But thank you hahaha

Personally I think Peaugh is overrated. I was going to skip this guy, but you sold me on it. The only thing that really bothers me is the arm kibble.

by **+JetFire+** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:46 pm

Optibotimus awesome review unlike some other reviewers who really are boring :BANG_HEAD:

because of this great review :APPLAUSE:

I have to get him now! :ic$:

News Credits: 4 · by **Swiftknife24** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:38 pm

optibotimus wrote:
Swiftknife24 wrote:
joeformer wrote:Ok so the figure looks great. If its so in scale with the human alliance line then why didnt they just make a human alliance ironhide with lennox in the first place?????????????

They might've been planning to do that...The Human Alliance boxes have WAY too much space for the cars on their own. They must have them at that size for a reason! (You never know, they may be planning to do a HA Ratchet, which I seriously want, seeing as he is slightly smaller than Ironhide!)

Anyway, they review was great! Peaugh may have some competition! Haha loved how it turned into 'CSI: Cat Scene Investigation' (But just to be picky, I know for a fact that the the Leader Prime is the same scale as Voyager Ironhide and Deluxe Bumblebee, etc)

But yep; that's another on my list!

I've actually been reviewing figures longer than peaugh has But thank you hahaha

You're welcome! I only mentioned because I've been following his reviews for some time and this is actually the first review of yours I've seen, so very entertaining!

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:42 pm

I'm still not interested in this one.

I give you credit for making the backpack kibble look better, because the first pictures made it look awful, but it's still not the best look.

The arm kibble isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was, so that's a plus.

The legs really bother me. Really bother me. He's not squat enough, much like the new Voyager, but at least the new Voyager is much more in scale than this guy.

Plus the simplistic transformation. Geez. I expect some kind of a challenge out of my Leader Classes.

They don't all have to be Optimus difficult, but they need to be more like Starscream. Starscream wasn't complicated either, but he was very fiddly. He had enough steps and enough pieces to make it feel worthy. Ironhide is just giant chunks of truck moving around.

I'm just not impressed with this guy.

Voyager, if anything Ironhide out of DOTM.

EDIT: Okay, I just have to know one thing. +Jetfire+, who is that in your sig? That gif of her just makes her mesmerizing. It was hard to type without staring at her.

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:06 pm

+JetFire+ wrote:Optibotimus awesome review unlike some other reviewers who really are boring

awww lol that's mean

News Credits: 44 · by **optibotimus** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 7:07 pm

Swiftknife24 wrote:
You're welcome! I only mentioned because I've been following his reviews for some time and this is actually the first review of yours I've seen, so very entertaining!

Well thank you for that. Hopefully you enjoyed what you saw and i hope i'm able to continue to entertain in the future

by **80sgeek** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:03 pm

He's correct that Ironhide is close in scale to Prime. I've seen both real-world vehicles in person. Not like on a set, but an actual TF edition Topkick and a many 379 Petes. The LC Prime would need to be just a little bigger to be exact scale. The biggest tell is the 379 usually runs a 24.5 tires and Topkick a 22.5, with the comparison of the figures in vehicle mode, Ironhide's are bigger. For the robot mofe comparison, Watch ROTF with the Demolisher scene. You can see he comes up to Prime's shoulder, if not a little shorter.

I'm not dissin' this fig. He's awesome, I'm just wondering what they're going to do that we're not aware of (as long as they come out in the US unlike the last 3 waves that I've yet to see) since this Ironhide makes Prime look like a chump. And I'm a Prime fan, have been since '84.

by **Sideswiped643** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:35 pm

GREAT figure overall.....one thing i find ridiculous: i dont understand why he's going so crazy over the scale with leader optimus...the real movie ironhide is barely up to optimus's WAIST. not perfect scale, not perfect at all. Which is disappointing...correct scaling of first movie autobots: Leader optimus, voyager ratchet, voyager ironhide, deluxe bumblebee, deluxe jazz. There, i said it.

News Credits: 1 · by **vectorA3** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:09 am

Superb. Sold!!! Great review. Hilarious when the cat was in there -the babytalk -LMAO!!! :lol:

Hope these are out in good #s and the price isn't much over $45. Have no idea what the MSRP will be.

I must say that I've stood next to Prime/Peterbilt and the Ironhide/Topkick and the scale of the toys are pretty close. Esp. evidenced in 80sgeek's pic. I thought Prime was a lot taller, but not really. The topkick is VERY high. Almost need a ladder to get into it! I'll try & post some shots I took.

I have other Ironhide shots from '07 but can't find them right now.