Ratchet here was part of the second wave of Animated Deluxes and a pegwarmer in my area that never really appealed to me until recently when he became one of the best characters on the show in my opinion. So I grabbed him and was pleasantly surprised by his over all quality. Not the best toy in the line, but far from the worst. Like most deluxes from Animated, his transformation is simple but fun. He's got a surprisingly good amount of detail work on his body with the only real missing paint is from his head which I can just paint easily with some black on his cheeks and under his eyes. The head is probably my favorite of the Animated line so far. His face clearly depicts a bot long in the tooth that has seen far more violence and bloodshed then anyone should have to. Scars cover his...[See More]

Autobot Ratchet is a good figure, not a great figure, but a good figure. The Pro's: he is a nice size figure, he has many different tools that he can use, and has nice light piping. The con's: he has mis-matched paint(different shades of red), on my figure his light piping pops out when his head pops up, I do not know if this is an isolated problem or not; his size while large for a deluxe, being an ambulance, he really should be a voyager. Articulation: His head can rotate 360', his arms rotate 360' at the shoulder(they are ratchet joints, not ball joints) his arm bends at the elbow as well as rotates 360' at the elbow, he has no wrist articulation, his fingers can open and close, he has no waist articulation, his legs can move forward and slightly back, he has no foot...[See More]

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