You forgot Lambor, Ravage(Battle Ravage) and Streak. What was Takara's name for g1 Ironhide anyway? I thought it was different. I know it's not Skids.

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Takara didn't release the Ironhide toy back in the day; however, the character on the show was named "Ironhide".

 

And they "reissued" him in 2001. Named "Ironhide".

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Clearify - do you mean the original G1 character was called "Ironhide" but used the "Skids" mold?  so when Takara reissued him as #4 that was actually "Ironhide" they reissued??

 

Hunter

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No. There was no Ironhide toy in Japan in the 80's, but they reissued the same toy we had outside of the collection series in 2001.

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So they had to wait 20 yrs for Mr No Head?

You forgot Lambor, Ravage(Battle Ravage) and Streak. What was Takara's name for g1 Ironhide anyway? I thought it was different. I know it's not Skids.

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Takara didn't release the Ironhide toy back in the day; however, the character on the show was named "Ironhide".

 

And they "reissued" him in 2001. Named "Ironhide".

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Clearify - do you mean the original G1 character was called "Ironhide" but used the "Skids" mold?  so when Takara reissued him as #4 that was actually "Ironhide" they reissued??

 

Hunter

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No. There was no Ironhide toy in Japan in the 80's, but they reissued the same toy we had outside of the collection series in 2001.

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So they had to wait 20 yrs for Mr No Head?

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Yes.

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Actually - the skids Mold (in Red) would have made a kick ass G1 Ironhide....

 

Hunter

Atleast there's an actual head behind the glass this time around. Instead of a creepy sticker.

 

 

Hey Gen Zero, can we get some back pics of the "Proper transformation" and maybe a back pic of the window face transformation?? Pretty please with sugar on top :ghey

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First, a better shot of the front, in the "official" transformation:

 

 

A better shot of the side:

 

 

The back:

 

 

And now, for the "G1" transformation:  (And no, there are no modifications necessary to achieve this, although depending on which pieces end up being metal on the BT, I wouldn't reccomend it with a painted verion.  The edges of the back window panel section could easily rub the sides of the front of the car, and would possibly cause scratches over time.)

 

Back view:

 

 

And a better side view:

 

This is ironhide, I am probanly doing  a blind bet, but I'm sure They did that on purpose.

 

By the way, could you show where the seats are stored?

thanks

Could you make the doors more "G1 Skids-like" by having them swing back as wings behind the arms rather than having them fold downwards?

 

Everything else looks great! Thanks for the pics! The Ironhide G1 toy look is hopefully a coincidence - as they're already getting Skids and Blaster out of the mold I'd be surprised if we got Ironhide and/or Ratchet out of it as well. Here's hoping that we get a new mold for those!

 

Actually, thinking about it we've only a few G1 Autobot cars left to be BT'd (excluding minibots): Ratchet/Ironhide (happy for them to share a mold), Trailbreaker/Hoist (dito), Mirage and Inferno/Grapple (yeah, right! I wish!). As I don't care so much for the BT Decepticons OR the likes of Grimlock, Blaster et al as cars I guess the line isn't gonna hold much interest for me soon... Unless we see Bumblebee, Brawn, Gears etc...

 

That'll save me some money!

 

Steve.

Thanks Gen 0!! A lot of people never take pics of the back view when a fig first comes out. I'm greedy and want to see every thing. I cant wait to have this figure in my hands. He looks so complicated. It's gonna be xmas before this guy comes out Prowl and Decepticharge aren't even here yet. Having to be patient sucks!

This is ironhide, I am probanly doing  a blind bet, but I'm sure They did that on purpose.

 

By the way, could you show where the seats are stored?

thanks

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The seats are still attached, you can see them hanging below the windshield in the "back view" pics above. :thumb

I think they arent meant to come off anyway ;)

This going to be another "IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUNSTREAKER BUT CAME OUT TO BE DEAD END INSTEAD" deal isn't it? :tdown Should have been Ironhide :P