Color Pics of Henkei Ratchet

[Golden Phoenix]

I like the mould. Got to play with it today. I would have preferred a van done like the IDW design.
I think that they need to get red of the red on the front. That square U doesn't look good (I think anyway)

Looking at all the probs with this Classics Ironhide/Ratchet mould, How cool would it have been if they'd recycled the Botcon versions of them, slapped on a little bit of chrome to differentiate it & bam! = We're all happy!

Yeah, but then the Botcon people would be up in arms and people would be calling Hasbro lazy for a repaint/re-release

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, redoing the Energon Tow-Line retool again would have been lazy and also possibly in violation against Hasbro's deal with BotCon organisers (as the retool was done exclusively for them). As much as there may be some issues with the Henkei/Universe Ironhide/Ratchet moulds, at least they are making an effort to give us something entirely new and also more ambitious.

[jaydisc]

I also had a play with the toy today. While the alt mode is a bit weak, the robot mode and transformation are both fantastic. While leaving the back window clear makes sense, I wish HasTak would just stop making the effort on clear plastic for clear windows. The paint matching is too tough, it reveals unnecessary kibble and painted tinted windows (in any color but Allspark blue) would be just fine and solve a lot of these problems.

[GoktimusPrime]

Perhaps either Hasbro or Takara will opt to have the windows as painted solid plastic instead of clear? It happened with 1970s movie Bumblebee - Hasbro version has solid painted windows whereas the TakaraTOMY version has clear blue windows. C'est possible. *shrug*

[Pulse]

Yeah, but then the Botcon people would be up in arms and people would be calling Hasbro lazy for a repaint/re-release

Yeah, redoing the Energon Tow-Line retool again would have been lazy and also possibly in violation against Hasbro's deal with BotCon organisers (as the retool was done exclusively for them).

Yeah, the Botcon people would most probably resist it but they did give their ok to Henkei Thundercracker/Coneheads so... I shouldn't get my hopes up...

[lcz128]

Perhaps either Hasbro or Takara will opt to have the windows as painted solid plastic instead of clear? It happened with 1970s movie Bumblebee - Hasbro version has solid painted windows whereas the TakaraTOMY version has clear blue windows. C'est possible. *shrug*

Yes! And it can work! The Takara Bumblee had a BEAUTIFUL shade of blue for the 70's camaro. It just added to the robot mode too when you transformed him.

So yeah, I'm a big fan of clear windows whether or not there's kibble on the inside :b Why? Cause it CAN be done right - TakaraTomy typically {there are exceptions ... KOFF HENKEI CONVOY KOFF} do get it right, but Hasbro typically has the mismatched colours. Personally would love to have seen Takara use clear blue plastic for the windows on ironhide and just painting around it all - but from the pix we already know that ain't happenin

O well

[jaydisc]

Supposedly, the possibility of Universe has been debunked according to Seiberton

[kurdt_the_goat]

That's a very iffy 'supposedly' if you ask me! Their site is full of Hasbro promo shots for Takara toys.

[Pulse]

If that's the case, what's with the baby blue (aka allspark blue) on the windows?

(I thought that was a "Hasbro thing"...)

[lcz128]

I'm still betting on proper Henkei deco for Ratchet. The current images have no chrome, and we all know that's blasphemy for TakaraTomy's Henkei line

Rest assured, it will come, and it will be beautiful