Henkei Ironhide - Carded Pictures
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 6:31AM CST
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Posted by Diem on November 19th, 2008 @ 6:44am CST
Posted by Prowl1529 on November 19th, 2008 @ 6:48am CST
All hail Henkei line!
Posted by City Commander on November 19th, 2008 @ 7:28am CST
Good job I get my next loan in January! =D
Posted by Oilspill on November 19th, 2008 @ 8:24am CST
I know that's not hard to achieve, and this guy has plenty of flaws, but I'm a big fan of G1 Ironhide so that makes me happy.
Posted by Powersa on November 19th, 2008 @ 9:13am CST
Posted by First Gen on November 19th, 2008 @ 9:50am CST
No. No way am I dropping and extra 25 bucks on a figure that has the same low head problem.
And given the craptacular job done on Henkei SW and TC, I wouldn't be so quick to call it the better line.
Posted by Solrac333 on November 19th, 2008 @ 10:26am CST
I want it.
Posted by Mephalarse on November 19th, 2008 @ 11:06am CST
Posted by Oilspill on November 19th, 2008 @ 11:08am CST
omega666 wrote:You know what will suck? You finally get it from Japan...and it has a blue face!
I want it.
I can just picture some disgrunted worker painting over the silver henkei Ironhide face with all-spark blue just for lolz
Posted by Nekoman on November 19th, 2008 @ 11:16am CST
First Gen wrote:And given the craptacular job done on Henkei SW and TC, I wouldn't be so quick to call it the better line.
Don’t think that all of the Henkei figures are like that. The only conclusion that makes sense to me is mold degradation. Having owned Henkei Starscream, Thundercracker was completely different. My Henkei Starscream had really tight joints and felt to be of higher quality than even Classics Skywarp.
Though, I will admit my Sunstreaker had some loose joints, all it appeared to be nothing more than a few loose screws. I don’t know what happened with Thundercracker, but all of the other Henkei figures have been far better quality.
Posted by Stormrider on November 19th, 2008 @ 4:10pm CST
Posted by Craven Knight on November 19th, 2008 @ 7:43pm CST
Posted by Tirade on November 19th, 2008 @ 11:45pm CST
Stormrider wrote:The owner of Jizaitoys told me a while ago that the tightness of the joints is due to the pins. If the pins are set properly, you'll have a tight joint. Question for our kitbashers - Is there a way to pull out the loose pins and replace them? Are their other remedies?
That is a darn good question. I would imagine there has to be a way to take the pins out.
As for Henkei Ironhide, I'm excited. Although I already bought Universe Ironhide, I see some improvement with the Henkei version. While the head issue is slightly annoying, it's of little consequence to me. Most of my figs remain in the box anyhoo.
Also, I don't understand why people complain about the vehicle mode. Ironhide is supposed to be a crash test van. The jigsaw look fits fine. Even if you can't accept the story explanation, the alt mode is not that bad.
Now Galvatron is a whole different story. Didn't like him in Universe and don't like him in the Henkei line. Too many problems going on at once (one arm longer than the other, ugly colors in tank mode, size of the figure itself, back heavy). Of all the Classics/Universe molds, this one strikes me as the sorriest. I really see no redeeming aspect in Galvatron. A real pity too. I would love to display Galvatron and Cyclonus together. I'm just worried the Cyclonus figure would make the Galvatron figure look even worse.
Posted by Diem on November 20th, 2008 @ 6:44am CST
Posted by Diem on November 21st, 2008 @ 6:49am CST
Posted by Stormrider on November 21st, 2008 @ 7:06pm CST
Posted by City Commander on November 22nd, 2008 @ 10:53am CST
Posted by Diem on November 22nd, 2008 @ 8:14pm CST
Stormrider wrote:Henkei Ironhide is out. I got him in Nagoya on Thursday. MP Thundercracker is pretty cool by the way. When you add the red stickers to his wings and tail fins he definitely looks like Thundercracker.
I'm gonna see if I can get the Henkeis at Harajuku today.
Is the Ironhide good?
Posted by Diem on November 23rd, 2008 @ 4:06am CST
The new manga that comes with these two is pretty cool, and it has nice sillouettes of the next three Henkeis: Hound, Cheetor and Cyclonus.
Posted by Stormrider on November 23rd, 2008 @ 6:23am CST
Diem wrote:Stormrider wrote:Henkei Ironhide is out. I got him in Nagoya on Thursday. MP Thundercracker is pretty cool by the way. When you add the red stickers to his wings and tail fins he definitely looks like Thundercracker.
I'm gonna see if I can get the Henkeis at Harajuku today.
Is the Ironhide good?
Yes, Ironhide is worth it. Tight joints. Nice paint job.
I don't see the problem with the head that others have mentioned with Universe Ironhide. Henkei Ironhide looks straight (not down). I am not sure if the problem has been corrected with Henkei. There is a notch in the spine so it does not interfere with the bumper. Does the Universe Ironhide have a notch in the spine too?
Posted by Geekee1 on November 23rd, 2008 @ 10:43am CST
Stormrider wrote: I don't see the problem with the head that others have mentioned with Universe Ironhide. Henkei Ironhide looks straight (not down). I am not sure if the problem has been corrected with Henkei. There is a notch in the spine so it does not interfere with the bumper. Does the Universe Ironhide have a notch in the spine too?
Do you have a pic? The other problem was that the wheels would hit the screws in his backpack, and the wheel wells would hit the upper part of his back.
Posted by Diem on November 23rd, 2008 @ 7:31pm CST
Geekee1 wrote:Stormrider wrote: I don't see the problem with the head that others have mentioned with Universe Ironhide. Henkei Ironhide looks straight (not down). I am not sure if the problem has been corrected with Henkei. There is a notch in the spine so it does not interfere with the bumper. Does the Universe Ironhide have a notch in the spine too?
Do you have a pic? The other problem was that the wheels would hit the screws in his backpack, and the wheel wells would hit the upper part of his back.
To expand on Stormrider's info, he does indeed have a gap in his waist for the bumper to go; however on mine at least his bumper doesn't reach his waist due to the issues you mentioned.
Apologies for the poor picture quality:
Posted by Geekee1 on November 23rd, 2008 @ 8:01pm CST
Thanks for the pics.
Posted by Stormrider on November 25th, 2008 @ 4:17pm CST
Diem wrote:Geekee1 wrote:Stormrider wrote: I don't see the problem with the head that others have mentioned with Universe Ironhide. Henkei Ironhide looks straight (not down). I am not sure if the problem has been corrected with Henkei. There is a notch in the spine so it does not interfere with the bumper. Does the Universe Ironhide have a notch in the spine too?
Do you have a pic? The other problem was that the wheels would hit the screws in his backpack, and the wheel wells would hit the upper part of his back.
To expand on Stormrider's info, he does indeed have a gap in his waist for the bumper to go; however on mine at least his bumper doesn't reach his waist due to the issues you mentioned.
Apologies for the poor picture quality:
I don't own Universe Ironhide, but hearing about the problems, I wonder if Takara corrected the issues with the Henkei version. The wheels do not touch the screws in his backpack on my Henkei Ironhide. There is clearance between the wheels and screws.
I am trying to take a decent picture, but my digital camera doesn't do close-ups very well. Hopefully, someone else who gets Ironhide can take comparison pictures.