My two cents on Ironhide (only got one to asses).
Decent quality plastic, not as nice as Giant, but to my touch feels more solid than Hegemon.
The van mode is awesome alt mode, spot on to G1, rubber tyres, chrome, small details like door mirrors what more could you want?
Transformation is fun, the leg panels are quite interesting, the way the panels on his legs line up is very clever. Getting the alignment right when returning him to van mode can be a little tricky, but overall It's no harder than similar Hasbro toy.
Robot mode is good to, a very solid robot, Ironhide is voyager size but quite a broad fellow he looks like a bruiser. Articulation is good, all the joints you would expect are here, his knees are a little restricted but I can accept this as a result of the clever transformation.
Accessories are plentiful though admittedly not as much fun as say perfect Effect, or Fans Projects. I kind of wish Ironhide's movie guns could have combined into a jet pack or his Sniper rifle come apart, or something, but this is just me inferring the strength of other 3rd party companies on Igear. I really like that they included weapons based on his G1 toy. The alternate heads on the other hand are an awesome idea, and I'd like to see them become a regular 3rd party feature, having a choice of G1 or IDW Ironhide is icing on the cake in my mind.
The only minor gripe I have with the toy is that I wish he had a few more paint aps in robot mode. Ironhide has a heap of sculpted detail on his bot mode, but a lot of it is black and hard to see a few more paint aps would be nice. Paint ap for paint ap he has about as many Hegemon, however most are for his vehicle mode.
So all in all an other solid 3rd party toy, Igear have proven to me when they stop kitbashing Hasbro's molds into endless seekers (or mini MP's) that that they do have the know how to stand with the other emerging 3rd parties.
They seem to fit in fine with Classics to me, though it varies from character to chraracter, Classics Prime looks a bot weedy next to Ironhide, however 3rd party classic type figures like Hegemon and the Giant Constructions look great together.
For once I am hoping that Retrolabels will make a sticker pack with a tiny Autobot symbol for the chest, and a com screen sticker for the arm.
I reckon the Vanbots look great next to Hegemon, I think they work well with classics, though they are more broad than most. I guess we'll see when Sideswipe comes out.Originally Posted by Sutton
@Vert: How did you mange to get the side panels tucked away for your photo? I have tried but it feels like the hinge on the back will break if I push it far enough to push the panels in, any tips on this oddly undocumented feature?
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