iGear PP05 Ironhide?

I could definitely go for better Classics-styled Ironhide and Ratchet figures. The actual Classics/Henkei versions look pretty good in bot mode but are pretty awful in vehicle mode.

Of course, what I really want are Trailbreaker and Hoist....

Yeah, I'd totally be on board for Trailbreaker/Hoist. Guessing Hasbro has this on their list... after seeing the Legends one.

But I'd definitely get an iGear Ironhide if it is an old school van. The backwards transformation of the Classics one still doesn't feel quite right... not to mention his codpiece issue. I'm still waiting for a perfect Ironhide for my Classics shelf.

Let me guess...a KO'd Towline with a new head? Or just the head to put on to Perceptor, probably the Perceptor head KO'd and painted red.

Maybe not Impactor after all then:



Or maybe this is Impactor?

Not sure but these look too similar. The crest, the angular eyes, the top edges of the "ears" and the brow rougly match.

--B-- wrote:Let me guess...a KO'd Towline with a new head? Or just the head to put on to Perceptor, probably the Perceptor head KO'd and painted red.

Haters gotta hate....

What will they KO for the body?
And if this is indeed a full and original figure, I may reconsider my opinion on them.

But, I call dibs for the story when i-Gear decides to cancel this due to "Cost and time".

I'm hoping the "Impactor" head isn't the Ironhide sculpt. The helmet covering the nose is all wrong, to me. Looks like an Animated sculpt.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Maybe not Impactor after all then:



Or maybe this is Impactor?

Not sure but these look too similar. The crest, the angular eyes, the top edges of the "ears" and the brow rougly match.

If that's not Impactor I'll be extremely disappointed.

The "Impactor" head doesn't quite match the art on the Ironhide preview. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean anything....

curiouser and curiouser...
Could they be making something genuinely new? I'm intrigued.

iGear's always been in a strange place since the 3rd party boom

WHOA.
Igear... You now officially have my attention.

Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

That's why I choose to not post them when I can avoid it. Other than the Kup heads, I'm pretty disdainful of their practices. We're all trying to do a better job of reporting third party/knock off news, while not drowning out the real Hasbro/Takara news and keeping everything unbiased. It's tough when we're all so passionate about collecting.

Thanks for keeping us honest!

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

That's why I haven't posted a single i-Gear article since the black trailer one, I just hate them too much.

love em or hate em... they're probably the only shot we'll have at a complete Masterpiece line of seekers.

More info please... yesthanks!

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

That's why I choose to not post them when I can avoid it. Other than the Kup heads, I'm pretty disdainful of their practices.

This.

amcgrath929 wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

That's why I choose to not post them when I can avoid it. Other than the Kup heads, I'm pretty disdainful of their practices.

This.

But MP Ramjet is soooooo tempting. The price has made me reject the idea of a pre-order at this time. And the other piece about not being an original idea, but a design taken from another...

tigertracks 24 wrote:

amcgrath929 wrote:

Razorclaw0000 wrote:

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:Looking forward to this. Also, let El Duque post the iGear stories, he has the rare ability to post the news and stay professional at the same time - without letting bias get in the way of writing a good article... Dead Metal.

That's why I choose to not post them when I can avoid it. Other than the Kup heads, I'm pretty disdainful of their practices.

This.

But MP Ramjet is soooooo tempting. The price has made me reject the idea of a pre-order at this time. And the other piece about not being an original idea, but a design taken from another...

Yes, I agree. I think all three of them are but for all the wrong reasons. Maybe, depending on how this Ironhide is made, my attitude will change.

I reckon leader class Ironhide KO in g1 deco with new head.

Primacron's Little Helper wrote:I reckon leader class Ironhide KO in g1 deco with new head.

Ooook. I wouldn't buy that! LOL.

It could easily be for the universe / henkei release. Wouldn't be worth it, but it wouldn't be the first time an iGear product fell into that category.

Yeah, I've got my hopes up for a whole new figure. OR maybe it's a new head, arms, and leg-boots for the G1 figure!!! ROTFL.

Primacron's Little Helper wrote:I reckon leader class Ironhide KO in g1 deco with new head.

That was my first thought. It'd be pretty lame, even by iGear standards.

Even if this does turn out to be an original piece of engineering (and I seriously doubt it is), I think it's going to take more than one figure to change most people's perceptions.

speaking of original engineering... I wonder what the scoop on that little sharkticon they posted is???

Since the PP series is their stolen MP's in Alt/BT scale, I'm thinking it's Alternator Ironhide (and Ratchet eventually.) They were also doing the VW Bug Bumblebee too so it would fit.

This should be unrelated to Impactor.

An alternator I'd buy... but still, would be kinda unethical... like the Masterpiece shrinked-figures

this is getting pretty old. to be honest i have zero interest in any i-gear products not for any reason other than that i prefer the takara packaging having said that it would be nice if they would actually release something finally i mean how long have those seekers been in development and now after info on another 3-4 repaints we still dont have the product in hand (not to mention a 2 yr old trailer). with all due respect maybe we shouldnt front page every teaser image they spit out until they have something released other than a head set.

put in the 3rd party forums and leave it there just my opinion.

gothsaurus wrote:An alternator I'd buy... but still, would be kinda unethical... like the Masterpiece shrinked-figures

As long as it's an original mold there would be nothing any more unethical than any other 3rd party product. More than likely though it's a reuse of Alt Skids mold.

just remembered a while back i saw a custom ironhide made from mp prime maybe this is the basis for the idea?

oh hell yes!!!!!

Primacron's Little Helper wrote:I reckon leader class Ironhide KO in g1 deco with new head.

And that's all I have to say about that...

metaphorge wrote:

--B-- wrote:Let me guess...a KO'd Towline with a new head? Or just the head to put on to Perceptor, probably the Perceptor head KO'd and painted red.

Haters gotta hate....

Realists gotta keep it real.

You know, we don't have to play this guessing game without using a few tricks of our own. I've lightened the picture in Photoshop.




I don't recognize the body, but does somebody else?

Well, Gauntlet, that's not Impactor for one thing.

Maybe one of the Marvel Crossover figures?

It would be flippin sweet to see Impactor as a Figure. I'm into it.

zodconvoy wrote:Well, Gauntlet, that's not Impactor for one thing.

Maybe one of the Marvel Crossover figures?

No, not Impactor. Which is too bad because Impactor would be nice.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... /841/1/74/

It does sorta look like Blaster, though. But not really on closer inspection.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:It does sorta look like Blaster, though. But not really on closer inspection.

Which is made from the Skids mold that I mentioned earlier.

Gauntlet101010 wrote:You know, we don't have to play this guessing game without using a few tricks of our own. I've lightened the picture in Photoshop.

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I don't recognize the body, but does somebody else?

I'll give them credit for the very Nick Roche looking face, but the body does look a lot like Alt Stepper.

Let's apply a little critical thinking to this. The head that was shown earlier is clearly Impatcor from LSOTW:





Everything matches down to the grooves in the helmet.

The PP05 Teaser is clearly an IDW inspired Ironhide:





Plus the tag line is a give away: "Such heroic nonsense" is the last thing Megatron said to Ironhide in the 86 movie before killing him.

So far everything in the PP line has been full figures. Yes, they've been KO's of MP figures, but full figures none the less. From what I've been reading in other forums this will be an original design full figure. Guess we'll find out at BotCon, which seems pretty ballsy in it's own right.

iGear is unpredictable. They wear at least two hats, third party toy maker and distributor. The PP series and the MGT-01 Arcee are not iGear products and they are quick to point that out. They're basically just the distributor for these. In a way a think that's pretty cool, there are a lot of talented people out there with great ideas for figures that may just not have the resources or knowledge to ever get their ideas produced. If iGear can help make that happen I'm all for it.

As for the Impactor head, I would also lean toward a full figure. It may be a KO of an existing figure plus their new head, but I think it will probably be a full figure. So far nothing they have released has required any real customization, just part swapping. Of course that could change with this release since they are constantly changing their game.

The bottom line is we'll have to wait and see, but I'm hopeful.

Good analysis. These things might have nothing to do with each other aside from a visual similarity.

I won't be buying this PP05 Ironhide toy.

I'm honestly wondering when I-gear is going to get around to making their promised Monarch Leader small scaled MP Megatron toy. Having a 8 to 9 inch MP megatron would be priceless. as it'll be in better size scale with other Classics & AEC leader sized toys.

These theories are crazy, lol. I'm betting the majority of you saying you won't buy this, in fact will.

deathy wrote:I won't be buying this PP05 Ironhide toy.

I'm honestly wondering when I-gear is going to get around to making their promised Monarch Leader small scaled MP Megatron toy. Having a 8 to 9 inch MP megatron would be priceless. as it'll be in better size scale with other Classics & AEC leader sized toys.

You know if they do downscale MP Megatron, and you bought it, you would be complaining about it being broken right out of the box.
MP Megatron is freaking delicate, there are many thin plastic pieces on him that if scaled down would simply be plastic foil. The thing would crumble in your hands, like the thin weak plastic of the crystal clear Faith Leader.

Wasn't Crystal Faith Leader a cola drink in the 80s?

gothsaurus wrote:Wasn't Crystal Faith Leader a cola drink in the 80s?

No that was Crystal Pepsi, or also known as the drink of the Cinema Snob.
I don't know what the clear version of Faith Leader was called, but lets see if I can find the video...
Ah here it is:

That's what would happen with the downscaled MP Megatron KO if ever made, heck people are already complaining about how fragile the original is.

Just wait a little longer and you can get a vastly overprices official small MP Megatron. It'll probably come with the stock and silencer too. Or at least it ought to for the prices MPs are going for now,

I wonder if it will be just an upgraded kit with a new head or a whole molded figure? Either way, Im interested and want to see what happens.

Sorry, i couldn't resist it, lol

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Just wait a little longer and you can get a vastly overprices official small MP Megatron. It'll probably come with the stock and silencer too. Or at least it ought to for the prices MPs are going for now,

This would be sweet.

I'd want a revamp waist/hip design on the toy. that got rid of the pin joints. and replaced them with ratchet or ball joints.