I've never understood it when people say stuff like that. I mean, that is Ratbat, just adapted to fit into IDW's story. A minicon would not hold a position of power in the IDWverse, so he was given a origin which allowed him to be in power whilst also eventually becoming a casette.

Besides... Why would he have an Earth beast mode while on Cybertron?

 

He wouldn't. He would have a vaguely Batlike non-humanoid robot mode, similar to how Lazerbeak is usually portrayed.

I just really liked Budiansky's take on Ratbat.

 

Ever since War Within, I've liked the concept of Ratbat being a former humanoid/bipedal robot. I'll have this alongside the bat incarnations for a past-and-present deal, similar to how Ravage can be displayed with his Beast Wars and Alternators versions.

 

Sorry dude, not that it really matters, but it looks like I submitted this as news before you apparently made a thread about it. When you submit it as news it doesn't appear as a news thread until a moderator approves of it, helping prevent double topics that then have to be locked.  

I really don't see the problem. Ratbat IS a flying bat in IDW contuinity, and he has been one for at least 4 million years! They just gave him a backstory that involves a cruel/ironic twist of fate, which in my opinion only enriches the character. (Although I still think it's funny there could ever be a senator with the inspiring name 'Ratbat'   ).

His characterization is close to the one he had in the old Marvel comics, too. So...you're appparently ok with the other side of G1 - the cartoon, where he was a brainless animal - but when IDW writes him similar to his old comic version, including the bat altmode - just with an extra backstory, you can't accept it as Ratbat? Then you must love what they did to Shockwave.  

Not that it's somehow wrong to have an opinion of course   , I just find it weird that it would somehow be an objection...

(I'm actually not the biggest Ratbat fan, but I generally enjoy him in most ways he's used, animal or sentient)

 

This is the best idea of mold repaint in CHUG!

 

Uh? Is that Ratbat a new mold?   Thanks for sharing this with us!  

 

Nope, it's a retool of Generations Scourge.

I would still wait for an Hasbro version of Ratbat.

 

I think tho that the Ratbat with using the Scourge mold wouldnt be a bad ideal

 

Never expect that Scourge mold will look that good with alternate new head.

 

Pretty snazzy. Takara's shiny paint doesn't always do it for me, but it's well-used here.