Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Ratchet Review With New Images
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 4:23pm CDT
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These assorted in-hand Ratchet images come from Twitter user singgg4. Also ExVee over at Tformers rounded up images from several Facebook users such as Victor Wong, Marco Sze, and David Ng through HK-TF.
Enjoy the Ratchetfest and share your thoughts in the forums. And as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!
Images from Singgg4 on Twitter:





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Credit(s): Tformers/Singgg4 at Twitter
This article was last modified on Friday, August 2nd, 2019 7:30am CDT
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Posted by Flashwave on July 31st, 2019 @ 4:25pm CDT
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:WJ, I wouldn't call that a "stark white" on SIEGE Firebolt so much as a very pale gray. Stark white would be Jetfire and Red Alert's color. It's a paler gray than the original toy, but it's still very much a gray. Speaking of color matching, you might call SIEGE Blowpipe's blue "an off shade" but it's a hell of a lot closer to the original toy than the Legends version's blue is. As for that "Fracas"... He's a lousy Fracas, but he's a great Premium Firedrive![]()
Regarding the arms... as AcademyofDRX pointed out, the arms are a different color because they're actually separate pieces from the torso (unlike the original toys). That and Hasbro decided to put all the separate pieces on one sprue (rather than the arms and torso sharing a sprue); this may have been influenced by cartoon!Firebolt having gray arms, or maybe they just wanted the arms to be visibly separate pieces.
As for Takara's Legends Targetmasters turning out much more accurate, IMO that's only half true. They may all have unique parts and more accurate color layouts, but Aimless' details are wonky and they all transform wrong.
I would, in fact I would more accurately call it a "Pastel Easter White". All of the early Battle masters fall into that description. Which mwould be okay if it were consistant, but almost all of the Siege Figures and many of the older figures use darker, matte-ed hues. Neutral greys over bright white.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on July 31st, 2019 @ 4:50pm CDT
Posted by Stargrave on July 31st, 2019 @ 5:00pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:That Ratchet is a really good figure, I just wish it had a comic accurate head. Otherwise it's a must have. I just hope Walgreens around here won't drop the ball with him like they did with Wreck-Gar.
Are you going to maybe paint the crest red? I’m debating it I just don’t want to mismatch my reds.
Posted by Emerje on July 31st, 2019 @ 5:03pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I agree with you that "Caliburst" is completely wrong. He is not really Caliburst at all, he is G2 Blowpipe. I can only assume he was spawned by some fool operating under the delusion that it was a good idea to use "The TrainwreckRebirth" as a reference.
As you said, Caliburst is just a mess, even if you squint and try to make it a darker colors "The Rebirth" version of the character.
They at least at some point intended Caliburst to have his normal colors if you go by the package art.

It's hard to tell in the lighting of the photo, but the art is definitely blue and not purple in person.
Emerje
Posted by Skritz on July 31st, 2019 @ 5:28pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 31st, 2019 @ 5:33pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I agree with you that "Caliburst" is completely wrong. He is not really Caliburst at all, he is G2 Blowpipe. I can only assume he was spawned by some fool operating under the delusion that it was a good idea to use "The TrainwreckRebirth" as a reference.
As you said, Caliburst is just a mess, even if you squint and try to make it a darker colors "The Rebirth" version of the character.
They at least at some point intended Caliburst to have his normal colors if you go by the package art.
It's hard to tell in the lighting of the photo, but the art is definitely blue and not purple in person.
Emerje
You sure that's not a darker Blowpipe in that art?

Posted by Skritz on July 31st, 2019 @ 5:57pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on July 31st, 2019 @ 6:11pm CDT
Skritz wrote:I think with Caliburst they worried it would be too close to the other two. From a toy-selling standpoint this make perfect sense as in G1 the Targetmaster came with the partner as a bonus accessory. Here they need to sell these little guy alone and them being too samey doesn't help sales.
In that case they should have released Shrute at retail and Caliburst in correct colors with Skywarp. Then Skywarp would have come with a black gun and a blue gun, it would have worked out just as well.
Emerje
Posted by Stargrave on July 31st, 2019 @ 6:14pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:08pm CDT
Stargrave wrote:Why couldn’t they have named him anything other than Blowpipe...except for Suckpipe, that would definitely be worse.
What's wrong with Blowpipe? It's just another name for a blow gun or dart gun.
Emerje
Posted by Microbot on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:14pm CDT



Posted by Stargrave on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:18pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:25pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:I dont get it. So right now, your targets stock new toys, but you would rather they be gone and instead get back the TRU you lost? Everyone on these boards kept saying TRU didnt stock toys well and were always more expensive, why would you want that instead?
No I dont want back the TRU I lost, I want the one from 20 years ago that looked good. The one YOU have NOW, ya know, with Siege Jetfires as far as the eyes can see, and all that
There are only a few jetfires and nobody cares since all those who wanted him bought him from tru.ca when he was up 2 weeks prior. The TRU you liked is long gone, from both the US and Canada. Aside from big releases like Jetfire, Canada's TRU is constantly 4-6 months behind. It still didnt stock studio series Jetfire for instance and only now are we seeing Siege Ironhide. I am sure fans would much rather have a store that stocked toys they wanted sooner rather than have a nice store with a bunch of old merchandise, which is the case with Canada's TRU at the moment. Walmart and Amazon have been getting a lot of my business this year even though I can get to 3 TRUs quite easily.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:33pm CDT
And finally, my local Walmart is Tumbleweed City. This is frustrating.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:45pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on July 31st, 2019 @ 7:48pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Skritz wrote:I think with Caliburst they worried it would be too close to the other two. From a toy-selling standpoint this make perfect sense as in G1 the Targetmaster came with the partner as a bonus accessory. Here they need to sell these little guy alone and them being too samey doesn't help sales.
In that case they should have released Shrute at retail and Caliburst in correct colors with Skywarp. Then Skywarp would have come with a black gun and a blue gun, it would have worked out just as well.
Emerje
That's....huh, crap you're right.

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 31st, 2019 @ 8:04pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2019 @ 10:10pm CDT
Posted by Latebrus-K on July 31st, 2019 @ 11:01pm CDT
EDIT: That Ratchet review was touching. Reminds me of the somewhat deeper reasons - the nostalgia, the great works of fiction, etc - that I and presumably others pursue the hobby.
still think he needs red thighs though
Posted by Stargrave on August 1st, 2019 @ 12:02am CDT