Customer Reviews

Transformers *ENERGON IRONHIDE* Deluxe 4x4 Vehicle

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From the new Transformers: Energon toyline comes the heroic Ironhide! Featuring electronic sounds and projectile launching accessories, Ironhide transforms from a blue SUV to mighty robot and back! In addition to these features, Ironhide can combine with the Autobot Jetfire (or other Transformers in the same size class) to form a larger, more powerful robot: Powerlinx Ironhide! Large, well-articulated, and bristling with accessories, Ironhide's playability is undeniable. A great toy, and a definite must-buy for children and collectors alike!

Ironhide is about 9 inches tall and 2inches wide.Cool modes and easy transformations.He can powerlinx with Jetfire.Ironhides head is exposed in vehicle mode.You might not beleive me but he can powerlinx with Hotshot,Inferno,Prowl.But it doesen't make sense if Ironhide is the top.

When i first got this toy at energon i thought well i have jetfire so i should get him too. i opened it up and ironhide was great! he was so easy to transfrom. i didnt even look at the instructions at first. When i got home, i went up to my room to get jetfire the instint i got out o fthe car. i first made powerlinx jetfire and it was great! then i made powerlinx ironhide and i noticed somting he couldnt stan up strait! so i would say this is a really good toy and i recomend it.

Well I normally talk about what's good about each figure and my gripes, but this guy... is he really worth the effort? I bought him because there were tons of them at the toys R us I went to and no Jetfire and I didn't think anything of it and bought him anyway. I was going to buy him anyway but after Jetfire, who I wanted first(read my review on Jetfire) but I got him first because it didn't make any sense not to. For a long time I din't have much of a problem. When I got Jetfire I had to PL them because thats Energon's gimmick telling you there's no point in having two figure if you dont(well I actually had five or so at this point but when you powerlinx him with a deluxe he'll just look like a gorilla or a guy with big legs) so I began to expiriment with it and found out that Powerlinx Ironhide's cylindricalness and inability to stand up wasn't going to cut it for me. Powerlinx Jetfire was then I realized the superior of the two. He was great, he was good, he could stand. I have Jetfire, Ironhide, Hot Shot, Inferno, Rodimus, and Prowl (and others) and my favorite combinations are PL Jetfire PL Hot Shot and PL Prowl. Well, I guess you want to know what I have against the real figure of Ironhide One day I was lying on the couch and I had Jetfire and Ironhide with me and during a commercial I decide to turn them into good ol' PL Jetfire so I turned Jetfire into his upper body mode and was changing Ironhide when something went horribley wrong...
I was flipping one of Ironhide's black flaps (you know the one that acts as the back of his foot) and it snapped right off. The black flap is attached to tis part of IH's leg that is a little cylinder so the flap can flip around when you transform it. Well the flap is sort of cylindrically shaped on one side so it fits on that part of his leg. Well it's sort of a small cylinder with a big cylinder with a hole in it, you se how they would go together, and the big cylinder can twirl around the small one. Well the big cylinder sort of snapped in two, When I did I was all panicked-like and I was like Oh my god I broke it! So I went through my whole house lookiung for some super glue or something and couldn't find any so I had to tape it by cutting some electric tape and shaping it on one side of the cylinder. I haven't found any super glue so it's still like that and every time I transform it and it fall of I get madder and madder at it. I guess if I want to tell you anything it's that you should really watch it with mega figeres in the Energon line, the plastic they're made out is really cheap and breaks easy.

Tah!

The size, colors, and sounds are all great but as soon as we opened the box his door fell off and continues to fall off everytime we touch it. I hope the rest of the energon toys are not this flimsy. We just bought Armada Tidal Wave and he is sturdy and awesom for a 4 1/2 year old to play with. My son transforms all the guys with no directions.

Well, I can't say I can suggest buying this one unless you're a collector. The back door panels fell right off after my son tried it. They will only stay on in robot mode,... but thankfully my son has a great imagination so the fact that it broke didn't really ruin it for him! ;)

I also agree that the head of the robot should be a little more concealed as an suv.

Anyway, be aware of this design flaw.

In vehicle mode, Ironhide is a blue Honda Ridgeline. It is cool, but I do have problems. Once when I went to K-Mart, I admired it. You REALLY have to turn the red thing around so you don't see the head. That is one of my problems. But Hasbro made it just fine.

I must say I like this robot. His robot mode is good, and both his "shirt" and "pants" mode works well. I only have a few problems with it. 1) Stability: it is almost impossible to have him connected to another robot and have them stand unassisted due to all the extra kibble, and 2) They could have hidden the head much better in vehicle, and 3) it feels like one of the preschool Transformers more than an teen/adult Transformer.

Great figure, great price. This is a great figure for kids and collectors alike.
Kids can look at the picture and look at the instructions and transform him themselves, even if they can't read. Great to help kids problem solve and work on their mechanics.
When they are done, they have a cool toy to play with!