Studio Series 86 Ironhide Seems to be a Completely New Mold

That looks w lot better than the previous Deluxe figure.

...Maybe THIS one will get a proper Shattered Glass Deco down the road?

Is it possible this is a retool of Core Class Ratchet and thus a Core figure? It's hard to judge size and scale with just this image.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it possible this is a retool of Core Class Ratchet and thus a Core figure? It's hard to judge size and scale with just this image.

They look too different:

Until this mold comes out there is still no decent G1 molds outside of that convention exclusive (not inckuding MP or third party anyhoos) Not sure about the shoulders on this and will have to wait to see more photos.

I didn't have a problem with the robot mode of the ER figure, it was the vehicle mode. So if we do get a brand new SS86 Ironhide/Ratchet mold, that's what needs to be fixed.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Is it possible this is a retool of Core Class Ratchet and thus a Core figure? It's hard to judge size and scale with just this image.

They look too different:

They might share engineering. arms look similar. The kibble flaps end up on the front of the leg on ratchet, and side of the leg on Ironhide.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:He has a head. So he isn't '86 accurate...

That, that cut me deep bro. I need a moment.

Any chance this is an Authentics or Cyber Series figure?

Seriously though. Some of these figures are going to need effects parts.

This was bound to confuse fans. While the Studio Series 86 line will have both Ratchet AND Ironhide this year, they are not the same class, and are entirely different molds. The Ironhide we just showed you is a voyager class toy, while the upcoming Ratchet is a core class toy. There will probably be redecos later on but for now, the two autobots are in different classes. Regarding Ratchet, the toy is now out in Taiwan and has been bought at retail. This means we have a better look at the toy through a video review (and screenshots). And this shows us his bot and alt mode at a different angle than we have seen before and it gives us a look at the backdrop we get with the toy which happens to be the shuttle cockpit where Ratchet had his last stand.

I have Botcon Ironhide.
I have Combiner Wars Ironhide.
I have Siege Ironhide.
I have Earthrise Ironhide.
I will get Studio Series '86 Ironhide.

I will not sell any of the other figures either as I'm at that point in my collecting that I no longer need to sell older figures just because a newer/better one appears. I did however sell Universe 2.0 Ironhide because while I did like it, it just didn't work very well as a whole and I became as disappointed with it as he looked with his droopy head. Okay I might sell Siege Ironhide but only because I picked up two to do a black custom of one but they got around to doing that before I could. I'll sell my second Siege Ratchet too even though they never did yellow or green Ratchet at any point. I'd sell my third Ratchet as well but I already started his greenification even though I never did finish it. If I knew how much that figure would end up going for, I would've picked up more when they were clogging the Walgreens shelves in my extended area. I could've had as many of him as I have PotP Wreck-Gar and I stopped at eight of him.

It would be awesome if the eventual voyager Ratchet comes with two guns for better accuracy. I always loved that it was the medic and not the weapons specialist that pulled out the two guns. Shame that it didn't help his accuracy any.

One hope I have is that I want at least the Earthrise mold to released as Energon Towline at some point. It just feels like such a wasted opportunity.

Oh and I thought they were going to stop the translucent windows? It's not like this is part of Legacy and has the same gimmick with the weapons. Not only the chest has it but it looks like some of those leg flaps are made out of it too. That's cool I guess for the vehicle mode having Translucent windows and all but it doesn't do anything for me. They're prone to breaking and red is a difficult color to paint match with as we already know from Earthrise Ironhide. I do appreciate that the front hip skirts are separate pieces and not a single piece as on the Earthrise Seeker mold. Or rather, that's how it appears.

With the way figures have been getting leaked like this before any real official pix/info from Hasbro I think it looks Legit, deluxe proper Ironhide. Ill get him for sure.