I-Gear Ironhide & Ratchet Revealed!

Looking good - what size class, voyager?

Oh yes, I like that Ironhide - so much for a simple retool of Inferno!

Very, very nice....

These are looking nice. But shouldn't Ratchet's head be red?

Feh...No matter how good or cool iGear's stuff...I will NEVER EVER buy any of them cause most of the time all they do is just copy HasTak's work or make another headsculpt for a RIDICULOUS price.

I mean like seriously...Kup's head literally costs around 12 dollar which I'm sure you know is the EXACT price of Kup...I mean that's just CHEATING,HasTak made a complete figure,with alt mode and transfomation and even a weapon for just 12 dollars and then iGear make a brand new headsculpt and sell it for 12 DOLLARS!?

Sure it's 2 heads but really? 6 dollars each? And it's not like you could attach both at the same time and the two heads is pretty much the same mold except the other one have a tiny hole to put a piece of crap called "cygar"...

I plan on supporting some 3rd party products such as Perfect Effect and Fansproject but I will NEVER buy any of iGear's products...

Squawk'n'talk wrote:But shouldn't Ratchet's head be red?

Sorta, Ratchet has a lot of color variations for his head, I think iGear went with the logical choice with using the cartoon colors.

CrimsonPrime wrote:Feh...No matter how good or cool iGear's stuff...I will NEVER EVER buy any of them cause most of the time all they do is just copy HasTak's work or make another headsculpt for a RIDICULOUS price.

I mean like seriously...Kup's head literally costs around 12 dollar which I'm sure you know is the EXACT price of Kup...I mean that's just CHEATING,HasTak made a complete figure,with alt mode and transfomation and even a weapon for just 12 dollars and then iGear make a brand new headsculpt and sell it for 12 DOLLARS!?

Sure it's 2 heads but really? 6 dollars each? And it's not like you could attach both at the same time and the two heads is pretty much the same mold except the other one have a tiny hole to put a piece of crap called "cygar"...

I plan on supporting some 3rd party products such as Perfect Effect and Fansproject but I will NEVER buy any of iGear's products...

These resemble the cartoon design of Ironhide and Ratchet however, they have never appeared in toy form this way. These are not copies of another companies work. People have thrown around this attack on iGear in the past. However, I don't believe that is fair. Aside from Faith Leader, repaints of Faith Leader and the Conehead Seekers, which I agree are blatant KO's, take a look at their catalog. You will see a deluxe sized Arcee, a G1 sized Autoscout, an upgrade for City Commander, an upcomming Nightbird, a reshell for Legends Bumblebee and Cliffjumper (you need to have the HasTak product to use it), better looking heads for Kup (again useless without the HasTak product), new heads for Masterpiece Prime (again...). Who have they copied those products from? They saw a gap in the market or things people complained about and have supplied those things. I have the Arcee that they released and have absolutely no complaints about that toy aside from the price (I actually got it for free but that's a story for another day). Just holding it your nightmares of Valkyrie just melt away. IGear's Arcee can actually stand. If you look at the stuff that isn't a blatant rip off, what have they done that is different from Fansproject or Perfect Effect?

Ironhide and Ratchet look amazing and just what everyone has been asking for since the lackluster HasTak versions. G1 accurate vehicle modes while fitting in with your Classicsverse toys. Ok, there are a couple of paint apps I wouldn't have chosen but I can fix that when I get them. Bring em on iGear, you have a willing buyer here.

RA'JOE!!!!!!!!

Trikeboy wrote:

CrimsonPrime wrote:Feh...No matter how good or cool iGear's stuff...I will NEVER EVER buy any of them cause most of the time all they do is just copy HasTak's work or make another headsculpt for a RIDICULOUS price.

I mean like seriously...Kup's head literally costs around 12 dollar which I'm sure you know is the EXACT price of Kup...I mean that's just CHEATING,HasTak made a complete figure,with alt mode and transfomation and even a weapon for just 12 dollars and then iGear make a brand new headsculpt and sell it for 12 DOLLARS!?

Sure it's 2 heads but really? 6 dollars each? And it's not like you could attach both at the same time and the two heads is pretty much the same mold except the other one have a tiny hole to put a piece of crap called "cygar"...

I plan on supporting some 3rd party products such as Perfect Effect and Fansproject but I will NEVER buy any of iGear's products...

These resemble the cartoon design of Ironhide and Ratchet however, they have never appeared in toy form this way. These are not copies of another companies work. People have thrown around this attack on iGear in the past. However, I don't believe that is fair. Aside from Faith Leader, repaints of Faith Leader and the Conehead Seekers, which I agree are blatant KO's, take a look at their catalog. You will see a deluxe sized Arcee, a G1 sized Autoscout, an upgrade for City Commander, an upcomming Nightbird, a reshell for Legends Bumblebee and Cliffjumper (you need to have the HasTak product to use it), better looking heads for Kup (again useless without the HasTak product), new heads for Masterpiece Prime (again...). Who have they copied those products from? They saw a gap in the market or things people complained about and have supplied those things. I have the Arcee that they released and have absolutely no complaints about that toy aside from the price (I actually got it for free but that's a story for another day). Just holding it your nightmares of Valkyrie just melt away. IGear's Arcee can actually stand. If you look at the stuff that isn't a blatant rip off, what have they done that is different from Fansproject or Perfect Effect?

Ironhide and Ratchet look amazing and just what everyone has been asking for since the lackluster HasTak versions. G1 accurate vehicle modes while fitting in with your Classicsverse toys. Ok, there are a couple of paint apps I wouldn't have chosen but I can fix that when I get them. Bring em on iGear, you have a willing buyer here.

The Bumblebee is a full figure, it's a re-shelled KO of Legends Bumlbebee.
The MP Prime heads are KOs of a Japanese kitbasher's MP Prime resin cast upgrade set, only missing the articulated hands (which they did KO and resize for the Faith Leader).
Arcee and Nightbird are produced by a French fan and distributed by i-Gear, and I heard that Arcee was produced to be a USD50 toy, including i-Gear's expenses and profits, but i-Gear decided to sell them at 100 each.
The worst thing is, that their original designed products are so much better than their lazy KOs.

I'm impressed i-Gear, these do look really good, now surprise us and price them at a reasonable price like you did the Kup heads.

Dead Metal wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:

CrimsonPrime wrote:Feh...No matter how good or cool iGear's stuff...I will NEVER EVER buy any of them cause most of the time all they do is just copy HasTak's work or make another headsculpt for a RIDICULOUS price.

I mean like seriously...Kup's head literally costs around 12 dollar which I'm sure you know is the EXACT price of Kup...I mean that's just CHEATING,HasTak made a complete figure,with alt mode and transfomation and even a weapon for just 12 dollars and then iGear make a brand new headsculpt and sell it for 12 DOLLARS!?

Sure it's 2 heads but really? 6 dollars each? And it's not like you could attach both at the same time and the two heads is pretty much the same mold except the other one have a tiny hole to put a piece of crap called "cygar"...

I plan on supporting some 3rd party products such as Perfect Effect and Fansproject but I will NEVER buy any of iGear's products...

These resemble the cartoon design of Ironhide and Ratchet however, they have never appeared in toy form this way. These are not copies of another companies work. People have thrown around this attack on iGear in the past. However, I don't believe that is fair. Aside from Faith Leader, repaints of Faith Leader and the Conehead Seekers, which I agree are blatant KO's, take a look at their catalog. You will see a deluxe sized Arcee, a G1 sized Autoscout, an upgrade for City Commander, an upcomming Nightbird, a reshell for Legends Bumblebee and Cliffjumper (you need to have the HasTak product to use it), better looking heads for Kup (again useless without the HasTak product), new heads for Masterpiece Prime (again...). Who have they copied those products from? They saw a gap in the market or things people complained about and have supplied those things. I have the Arcee that they released and have absolutely no complaints about that toy aside from the price (I actually got it for free but that's a story for another day). Just holding it your nightmares of Valkyrie just melt away. IGear's Arcee can actually stand. If you look at the stuff that isn't a blatant rip off, what have they done that is different from Fansproject or Perfect Effect?

Ironhide and Ratchet look amazing and just what everyone has been asking for since the lackluster HasTak versions. G1 accurate vehicle modes while fitting in with your Classicsverse toys. Ok, there are a couple of paint apps I wouldn't have chosen but I can fix that when I get them. Bring em on iGear, you have a willing buyer here.

The Bumblebee is a full figure, it's a re-shelled KO of Legends Bumlbebee.
The MP Prime heads are KOs of a Japanese kitbasher's MP Prime resin cast upgrade set, only missing the articulated hands (which they did KO and resize for the Faith Leader).
Arcee and Nightbird are produced by a French fan and distributed by i-Gear, and I heard that Arcee was produced to be a USD50 toy, including i-Gear's expenses and profits, but i-Gear decided to sell them at 100 each.
The worst thing is, that their original designed products are so much better than their lazy KOs.

I'm impressed i-Gear, these do look really good, now surprise us and price them at a reasonable price like you did the Kup heads.

Ok, I'm the first to admit when I'm wrong. The last I heard Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were just a reshell but that is apparently not the case. I was also unaware the MP Prime heads and hands were from another kitbasher.

They. Look. AMAZING!!! I may have to rethink my opinion of iGear. Robot modes look spectacular. Vehicle modes not so much. If Ddave's earlier post about these figure's size is correct then they're near as dammit makes no difference ultra class. A little too big for the Classics line, me thinks. May have to get Ironhide just because he has always been a favourite of mine.

I'm pretty impressed. See, iGear, THIS is what'll earn you respect. Not easily breakable MP KOs and poor attempts at a diarama set.

I don't think I'm impresssed to buy these (they'll probably be $110 for each), but I'm impressed with the work.

Well, well, well, looks like I have some words to eat from page 1.

Now to find out how much.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I'm pretty impressed. See, iGear, THIS is what'll earn you respect. Not easily breakable MP KOs and poor attempts at a diarama set.

I don't think I'm impresssed to buy these (they'll probably be $110 for each), but I'm impressed with the work.

From what I was able to gather while searching around yesterday before this news hit, the figures should be around 7inches I think and that the cost should be around the $80 mark. Not so bad. Think most company's are gonna try and keep their stuff around that price range.

THOSE LOOK AWESOME!!! My classics shelf is overflowing with goodness already, but MAN I WANT THESE! I hope they dont do anything stupid, like make them scout sized. Come iGear, don't drop the ball!

Don't forget that there will most likely be repaints to these guys as well. Green and Black possibly. I wasn't sure if I was going to replace Ratchet at first, but after these pics, both of my classics Ratchet and Ironhide are done.

3 more figures to reveal!!

OMG so excited! :bay: TILL ALL ARE FUN :bay:

I hope they are classics size.

Prime Evil wrote:From what I was able to gather while searching around yesterday before this news hit, the figures should be around 7inches I think and that the cost should be around the $80 mark. Not so bad. Think most company's are gonna try and keep their stuff around that price range.

$80? For reals??
It's like I'm looking at a strangers thinly disguised as people I know. Whoever you truly are, color me IMPRESSED.

SOLD!!!

I'll take one of each please!

After a little rework, classics Ratchet and Ironhide are really pretty nice figures.
I agree the alt modes have odd panel lines, but still.

But these appear to blow them out of the water!

According to iGear, they are 19cm, 7.5 inches tall

Well, DAMN.

And to think I've been planning to get a henkei Ironhide to replace the one I lost.

First Igear figures I'm buying.

Prime Evil wrote:

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I'm pretty impressed. See, iGear, THIS is what'll earn you respect. Not easily breakable MP KOs and poor attempts at a diarama set.

I don't think I'm impresssed to buy these (they'll probably be $110 for each), but I'm impressed with the work.

From what I was able to gather while searching around yesterday before this news hit, the figures should be around 7inches I think and that the cost should be around the $80 mark. Not so bad. Think most company's are gonna try and keep their stuff around that price range.

These are the same guys who charged 100+ for Arcee, a much smaller figure. I'll believe this piece of good news when I see it.

But $80 would be quite reasonable. I don't know if it'll sell me on these guys (like I said the ones we got are passable already), but that'd be a reasonable price.

Oh, how the tides turn.

Yes! Yes! Yes!

These are so much better than the terrible classics versions that didn't look classic at all. Superior!

Now please bring on a awesome Galvatron!

Holy crap, iGear is finally releasing an original figure?

I guess the apocalypse is coming after all...

Prime Evil wrote:3 more figures to reveal!!

Wha?!?!?!

juxtapose519 wrote:Holy crap, iGear is finally releasing an original figure?

I guess the apocalypse is coming after all...

Autoscout and MGT-01 (Arcee) would like a word with you.

FINALLY.

I wait to see full details and price, but I would be proud to put these alongside my G1!

Trikeboy wrote:

juxtapose519 wrote:Holy crap, iGear is finally releasing an original figure?

I guess the apocalypse is coming after all...

Autoscout and MGT-01 (Arcee) would like a word with you.

From what I understand, iGear only distributes MGT-01.

iGear has my attention with these figures & their other reveals. I hope they turn out to be a little smaller than the 7-8" assumption. Regardless, I will have to read and watch a few reviews before I put money down on them.

If they're deluxe-sized, then I will get them.

I haven't support iGear in their rip-offs but for legit new creations I will get them.

More proto pics are up on the igear fb site. Looks to come with alot of weapons. Sorry, can't post pics, on my phone.

Wow, those little curvy pieces are screaming "break me!" I hope they're softer plastic than the rest, or they'll be the first to go.

Any indication of size? If these are Voyager class size and in scale with my Classics i'd definately get them.

I've got to admit, these look pretty friggin' amazing.

I'm liking what I see, man it's good to see i-Gear finally being back to what I liked them for, really cool product designs.

Holy guns, batman. Looks awesome but I bet it'll be insanely expensive. And those guns probably won't be able to store inside for vehicle mode.

amcgrath929 wrote:

Trikeboy wrote:

juxtapose519 wrote:Holy crap, iGear is finally releasing an original figure?

I guess the apocalypse is coming after all...

Autoscout and MGT-01 (Arcee) would like a word with you.

From what I understand, iGear only distributes MGT-01.

This. It even says on their store page "This product is not made by iGear". They only distribute it.

And Autoscout is a neat figure, but it's not full size and it's hardly a marvel of engineering.

In my books, this is the first truly impressive thing iGear has done.

Soooooooo bought! This makes me have high hopes for Impactor!

Holy hell. That is completely unexpected and totally awesome. I will be getting these as soon as I can.

Mkall wrote:If they're deluxe-sized, then I will get them.

I haven't support iGear in their rip-offs but for legit new creations I will get them.

I like the look of them. Size and price will determine purchase for me, but very nice, original work.

With the price of a Classics/Universe Ironhide/Racthet i hoping this will be cheaper

oh dear god yes!!! i must have them!!!!!

I'm probably going to get these, but I also hope this brings the price for Henkei Ironhide and Ratchet down.

I don't know, the art looked great but the prototype not so much. Maybe it will look better when it is finished.

I actually like this. It's very IDW miniseries Ironhide. If the price doesn't kill me I'd pick up Ironhide and Ratchet both.

Look awesome, but damn they're going to make a hole in the wallet... Hopefully they can both be picked up for less than $100

MINDVVIPE wrote:Look awesome, but damn they're going to make a hole in the wallet... Hopefully they can both be picked up for less than $100

The funny part about that is I believe they would sell A LOT more if the pair could be picked up for under a $100. But, I believe $75 is the minimum they will sell for. Consequentially, many people will pass.

GetRightRobot wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:Look awesome, but damn they're going to make a hole in the wallet... Hopefully they can both be picked up for less than $100

The funny part about that is I believe they would sell A LOT more if the pair could be picked up for under a $100. But, I believe $75 is the minimum they will sell for. Consequentially, many people will pass.

ouuuccchhhh.... thats so brutal.... I might still pick up one, and that will have to be Ironhide, just coz I like destruction more than repair. Maybe I can sell my Universe Ironhide for a Universe Ratchet, hah.

I love the robot details, look at the inside of the legs. The alt mode retains the G1 look. I know they will be way too expensive and so I would probably not buy but I have to give credit where its due.