Alternator Ironhide!

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Wed Jun 08, 2005 10:35 pm

http://www.toymania.com/toybuzz/messages/75004.shtml

I'm not thrilled

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:14 am

I am!!!!

Anything that's not a repaint is a time to be happy.

An Alternator that's not a car is a time to rejoice!

Post by **Best First** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:47 am

hmm - proper van would have been better, if you get my meaning.

Looks better than some of the recent ones.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 11:43 am

Where are the pics? It gives me a blank...

So it's not a car, what isit?

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 12:19 pm

It's a Scion XB, if I'm correct.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 3:57 pm

and the remold will be some decepticon looking like Ratchet?

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 4:02 pm

He needs just a bit more bulk on the arms (maybe a tad on the legs too) for me to be impressed right now. I want an IronHide Alternator but not if it's reminiscent of Fatimus Prime.

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:44 pm

As others have pointed out, it could be Skids.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:37 pm

Denyer wrote:As others have pointed out, it could be Skids.

Dammit - that was what popped into my head when I saw this. The head is VERY Skids-like. It would also make a nice Trailbreaker or Grapple with a different head-sculpt. Hmm... I can see the undeniable upcoming multiple repaints already...

jboyler · Post by **jboyler** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:13 am

The robot mode looks great.

Could've picked a better van, though.

-J

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 5:02 am

Autobloke wrote:The head is VERY Skids-like.

So are the arms, IMO. And that's a small gun.

metalhead24 · Post by **metalhead24** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 7:46 am

I think that the chest is way too big for the lower body.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 3:17 pm

Denyer wrote:And that's a small gun.

Don't embarress the poor guy in the showers.
True though, even though I kinda like the 'engine as gun' thing, sometimes they come out too small. Yes, I know Hound/Swindle hid their gun in the tyre thing (should have become that silver engine-block thing from the G1 toy), but that's no excuse.
I also agree with the dodgy proportions - I thought one of the points of the Bt/Alts line was to make decent robot modes that didn't look Elephant Man-like because of poor transform designs.

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 7:36 am

More pics here, if interested:
http://www.tfans.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=27497

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 8:09 pm

Best First wrote:proper van would have been better, if you get my meaning

Ironhide - you've been pimped.

Nice pics kingmob - but where are his front seats? And I don't like seeing his legs when the front doors are opened. Not very realistic - I guess the 'realworld detail quality' bubble has finally burst.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:52 am

Just read over at TFW2005 that Alt Ironhide is actually going to be Skids, so we were right in our comparisons. Also, it looks like the old molds are going to be rereleased (again

) as FEMALE characters. Talk about squeezing out that last penny, eh?

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 4:49 pm

WHAAAAA????

Skids, okay, cool, no problem, even though that bastard looks rightly like Ironhide.

All old molds repainted as females? RIDICULOUS!!!! Let's hope Hasbro has the foresight to know those things would bomb as Alternators. That's really, really ridiculous.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Fri Jul 01, 2005 7:27 pm

This is where the info came from originally:
http://www.zincpanic.com/article/23158.html
Not particularly in depth, I'll admit.
It does say that the females might be figures that go in the Binaltechs - at least that's the impression I got.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 12:53 pm

there are no fembot BTs (only maybe 'Black Widow' but this hasnt been confirmed for 100%)

the repainted BTs will come with female DRIVERS (humans)

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Sat Jul 02, 2005 5:23 pm

That's what I meant. But why do they need drivers at all? Bloody humans.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:07 am

-because humans helped develop the BT technology off course

-because they wanna sell more BTs to men that like hot women driving cool cars

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:56 pm

All I know is that one of the repaints is a Viper named Sunstreaker. For that, I'll accept the little female driver that comes with it.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:16 pm

Cyclone_X wrote:-because humans helped develop the BT technology off course

-because they wanna sell more BTs to men that like hot women driving cool cars

Not any good reason enough for me. And the bad grammer should tell you that.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:03 pm

Autobloke wrote: And the bad grammer should tell you that.

please only laugh at my bad grammar if you know french and dutch grammar

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:42 pm

Cyclone_X wrote:
Autobloke wrote: And the bad grammer should tell you that.
please only laugh at my bad grammar if you know french and dutch grammar

I think he was laughing at his own "not any good reason enough for me" grammar.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Sun Jul 03, 2005 9:43 pm

Shanti418 wrote:I think he was laughing at his own "not any good reason enough for me" grammar.

Yup.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:29 pm

ok, my apologies

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:40 pm

Worry not, pal.

Cyclone_X · Post by **Cyclone_X** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:35 am

after seeing your sig, I DO worry

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:34 pm

Yeah, and I haven't even put the batteries in it yet...

So, do we like the idea of female drivers? (leaves question slightly ambiguous)