I had a decent Transformers collector as a kid back in the ’80s and I enjoyed the show, but I haven’t quite latched on to the modern Transformers toys enough to start collecting them until now. Something about the blocky, articulated robots and alien alt modes in the Siege: War for Cybertron Trilogy line has been calling to me and I finally picked up the phone with Ironhide here. Let’s take a look!
Ironhide comes in an impressively illustrated, wedge-shaped window box that features some stunning art and lots of nice pics showing off modes and additional accessories on the back.
The interior of the box also has a really colorful insert with an interesting logo that’s not really all that visible when the figure is in the box.
The robot mode is a thing of beauty and is super boxy and chunky in the best way and covered with greeblie detail and panel lines.
One thing I didn’t notice out of the box is that the robot mode is not quite transformed as he’s shown on the box. The chest plate with the windshield hinges open and there’s another hinge and notch that allows you to angle the chest plate so it juts out a bit more (see below, for the jutty chest).
I think it looks pretty good both ways, but angling that piece gets you closer to that G1 cartoon Ironhide feel.
The articulation in robot mode is really nice. I’m used to the hit or miss old style Transformers, so I was glad to see Ironhide could move almost as well as a Marvel Legends figure for the most part. The articulation in robot mode is:
- Ball and socket head
- Swivel/hinge shoulders and hips
- Bicep, waist, wrist, and thigh swivels
- Single hinged ankles, knees, and elbows
Ironhide comes with a massive gun that looks like a missile launcher, called the Doomblast Forgelauncher. It’s got an impressively detailed sculpt and actually transforms to an axe mode too.
The figure transforms fairly easily into a jet van or whatever you want to call this ’80s style beauty. The only issue I had with the transformation is sometimes the panels on the side of his legs don’t want to peg down solidly. They flap up slightly in robot mode.
I really dig the look of the vehicle mode as the aesthetic leans hard into the ’80s chunky robot sensibilities I grew up with. Plus, it just looks bad-ass with the massive missile launcher on the roof.
Paint is okay with the figure mostly cast in the appropriate plastic color. I do like the bits of silver drybrushing to show wear and tear on the feet and weapon, though I’d love some panel lining. I can see why it’s not there, though. If they panel-lined this figure, it would take forever to manufacture.
Overall, I’m really happy with this figure and he’s a blast to play around with. The figure is about six inches tall, so it feels very similar to a Marvel Legends figure in hand.
I’m looking forward to picking up a bunch more of these figures.
