Neat! I just found Hatchet last night and can't put him down. I really like the little guy and hope we see another version of the figure.
Do they have 3mm clips? what kind of mounting option do they have? 3mm pegs, 3mm clips, 5mm pegs? (wish)
^ Same here - it's a sad, missed opportunity if we don't get a Deluxe Crowbar & Hatchet in the same alt mode as Crankcase...
Wow, Hatchet's MASSIVE. Have him with the rest of my Cyberverse stuff and he just dwarfs them all. And the sculpting and paint aps are just exquisite. He actually has sculpted dreads on his neck... which is covered by the thruster "collar."
Finally found him yesterday at Target. Does anyone else think that with all that gold he kind of looks like a martial arts type of robobeast?
For more pics, click on the image above Robot Mode: Unlike most Transformers Hatchet’s robot mode isn’t a two-legged, humanoid form, but rather a four-legged beast mode. Or to put it more plainly: he’s Ravage. Not in name, no, but he looks more like Ravage than ROTF Ravage ever did. Anyway, Hatchet’s design here is very interesting, as he’s basically the jet (his alternate mode) reversed. The cockpit of the jet becomes the tail, while his head emerges from the rear. Posability in four-legged modes is always hard to rate. Suffice to say that all of Hatchet’s four legs are posable, though the front legs much more so than the back ones. They’re longer, too, and can double as claws for attacking others. The rear legs are little more than stubs, but work just fine for the figure. Additionally Hatchet can pose his tail, too, though up and down is the limit of things here. In terms of weapons Hatchet follows Ravage’s lead of having two weapons on his flanks. They are missiles in their normal mode, but you can flip around the missile tops and have gun barrels emerge. So basically a downgraded Mechtech weapon, working much better than many of the bigger ones. Finally there’s detailing, which is done very well considering the size of the figure. The head and front legs are very highly detailed, and as a bonus there is a panel on the back which flips around to show more details that suggest a spine (something for Bumblebee to rip out?). So all in all, one of the best four-legged robot modes I’ve seen. Alternate Mode: Hatchet gains sympathy points from me for transforming into a (modified) Eurofighter Typhoon jet, a plane that was developed and built in Germany and is currently deployed by the German (and other countries’) air force. The detailing on the jet is as good as you can expect in this size class, so no complaints on that front, and the obligatory landing gear is present, too. Like most jet Transformers, though, Hatchet carries quite a bit of an undercarriage. The front legs of his robot mode curl up underneath the wings and once you attach the missiles (which can convert into guns in this mode as well, of course) to the wings, all attempts at aerodynamics are ruined. Plus, his feet/claws stick out the back. Despite that, though, the jet mode still looks pretty good and pulls it off better than other jet Transformers I can think of. So bottom line: a solid alternate mode, not spectacular, but sufficient. Remarks: Hatchet had a brief appearance in the Dark of the Moon movie during the Highway chase scene (though he transformed into a car there, not a jet). He was destroyed rather quickly by some teamwork between Mirage, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, thus forever relegated to the ranks of cannon fodder. So, pretty much like every Transformer in the Movieverse except for Bumblebee and Optimus. As a toy, though, Hatchet is among the best DOTM toys I’ve seen yet. A solid alternate mode with only minor drawbacks (and bonus points for being a German plane), a superb robot mode, and more bonus points for being the Ravage that ROTF Ravage wasn’t. All of which makes for an excellent figure that’s well worth getting. Rating: B+
Can someone PLEASE post a picture of Hatchet (robot mode) next to Deluxe Cranckase (robot mode) and dotm Deluxe bee with his gun on the roof (vehicle mode)???? PLEASE?
Grrrr. Both of my drones have the same gun piece and it's not the one that allows them to be plugged together.
Go look through the 2 main picture threads it's full of the former. ----- I just Got a Hatchet in the UK (from Tesco) he's rather nice; big too - If someone told me he was a Scout leftover from ROTF/RTS I'd almost believe them. He's way larger than CC Ironhide or CC Powerglide. He looks the most like this to me Mode wise ; http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-twUzwr55oBs/TdMKmC6ms6I/AAAAAAAABJA/NNWq7af1rJk/s1600/148g2o7.jpg
Chanced upon this guy at discount today and since he was on my to-buy list anyway I had to spring for him. Awesome little guy that I kinda wish had been Ravage. Nice and chunky with a good transformation. He really is like a lost Scout. One question though: are the fins on the jet nose glued into place? I seem to have some glue over run on mine. At first I thought it was a molding defect or melted somehow but it does appear to be glue that's run out of where the fin connects to the jet nose. The packaging was properly sealed and the fin is perectly sturdy so I don't think it was a repair attempt and then returned. Just wondering if anyone could confirm the fins are glued. Maybe any repaint will have a different type of fin shape to be different from Hatchet. Or no fins at all.
Ah, that's good then. I mean good that they are glued, not that yours detatched. Did you reaffix them okay?
There are some things I don't like about him, but for the price, he's really good, since I have figures that cost 8 times that amount and have worse issues than he does.
