Review: #906
Name: Ironhide
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Studio Series
Year of Release: 2022
Size Class: Deluxe (Wave 16)
Mold Status: retool of Studio Series Ratchet
VEHICLE MODE:
While the figure is based upon the Ironhide that appeared in the Bumblebee movie, he never transformed onscreen, and so for the toy, this mode is made up.
It's not a bad vehicle at all, and the rear of the vehicle doesn't leave any unsightly gaps or exposed robot parts, which is great.
Ironhide is a retool of Ratchet, but there are no new parts in vehicle mode, just a different color scheme.
The robot weapon can peg on top of the vehicle.
The front section is transparent blue plastic, so a lot of red paint was needed to cover up the parts that are not windows.
A decent, if small, vehicle mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
Ironhide has an interesting transformation and one that's complex, but let down by the small size so it can be a little bit fiddly. The easiest are the legs which just unfold. The hardest (and thus the most interesting) is how the the arms the panels at the back kind of fold backwards / inside out around the torso.
ROBOT MODE:
Ironhide's robot mode is great, he has a buff bulky look to him.
Impressively, Ironhide has no kibble. Thanks to the transformation scheme, the panels fold up around the torso nicely and neatly.
The head sculpt is good, although like with most movie toys, the face can be slightly overly complicated with too many details.
The only retool compared to Ratchet is the head.
He comes with a cardboard stand depicting Cybertron.
Articulation is great, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
He comes with a black gun.
The gun itself is actually quite large and long, a bit too large for him.
The gun can peg on his back for storage.
The robot has a really good design, although you can see the weirder plastic color clashes where they must have been on different sprues, such as his red hips but grey thighs.
The other thing is that while the Deluxe class usually has a lot of balljoints, Ironhide actually has hinges and swivels.
A great robot mode.
OVERALL:
Ironhide is a good solid figure. If you don't want to get both Ratchet and Ironhide, then whichever one you like the color scheme more of is worth getting. It's a nicely engineered figure, where the only negative really is his smaller stature.
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