2005 Staff member and WTF@TFW podcast co-presenter Vangelus has posted a review of the upcoming Revenge of the Fallen Scout Class Ransack. Check out his first impressions and images of this cool biplane Transformer (the first ever biplane to be featured in a Transformers toy line!) by clicking on the title bar.
Snake_eyes1975
I agree 100%, This one just kicks ass.
I would LOVE to see a HA scale ransack..
jametron
Still one of my absolute favorite scouts, if not TF's period. Him and/or Divebomb are always present in the den somewhere…
Wallas
Mein Ransack
Decided to throw in some pics of this guy since I just finished the photoset.
Quite enjoyable if not slightly bizzare Decepticon
SPLIT LIP
I really like his skeleton-look. Mine's face comes off really easy. Might have to glue it. I recommend him.
NGW
I'm not really into modifications so I dunno how all that would work, but the entire nose and propeller blades (the whole grey bit at the front of the plane) are one solid piece.
Philister
For more pictures, click on the image above
Robot Mode: Ransack's robot mode looks kind of awkward, almost skeletal. You get the feeling he isn't built to walk on two legs. His actual body is rake-thin, while the wings from his vehicle mode give the impression of a long cape or coat he carries around his shoulders. I especially like his head, which just looks cool somehow. Ransack carries off the look of a World War I warrior in robot mode almost as well as he does in vehicle mode.
Looks aside, Ransack is pretty posable, though some parts of his construction do get in the way at times. He carries an old-style machine gun on one arm as a weapon, two bombs on the other. Ransack can also assume a kind of 'battle mode'. His wings unfold and form a single surface behind his neck. Additionally he can swing the propeller on his chest forward to shred opponents at close quarter.
All in all I like Ransack's robot mode. It isn't the best, but it looks exactly as it should: Old, slightly awkward, outdated. So mission accomplished. A well-made robot mode.
Alternate Mode: This is where Ransack truly shines, assuming an alternate mode we have never seen in Transformers history before: A World War I biplane. It's quite an amazing bit of engineering how all the various robot pieces fit together The result is a very authentic looking biplane (see the picture where Ransack stands together with some model biplanes, provided by Desastron).
The only thing that is slightly off about the biplane is that, to my knowledge, there was no such plane that had the machine guns under the wings. But whatever, it's Ransack's only fault in this mode. Apart from that, a very nice, good-looking biplane. And as I said, so far the only biplane in Transformer history. So thumbs up for the vehicle mode.
Remarks: ROTF Ransack continues the trend of using classic plane designs begun by Generation 2 Ransack (who was a World War II fighter). And while Ransack did not appear in the Revenge of the Fallen movie, he was more or less given a possible backstory by it as one of the Seekers, who have hidden on Earth throughout its history. An old warrior and looking the part, Ransack is very good Scout-class figure despite his slightly awkward robot mode. Easily recommended to all fans of classic vehicle modes.
Rating: A-
eisen
repainted mine as Dick Dastardly.
closetrat
The only thing really that bothers me about him is that blasted propeller…
-Don't have this one, but would it not be possible to mount the blades on a pin joint & the actual prop on a spring – that way the cone could be pulled away from the nose, the blades folded in next to the axle & the nose cone could go back to the nose…
jorod74
^^^^this sounds promising.
i still would like a brighter, lighter paint scheme, but WWI Powerglide rocks, too.
no one doing a custom of HoS starscream???
Gingerchris
Repaint him as Powerglide.
My03Tundra
I think he'd sound more like a busted up old man, with one leg in the scrap pile!
jorod74
i think with a proper paint app, he could become an autobot.
He'll probably have light tan paint like breakaway and the Bullseye insignia like the Allies back then- with an Autobot faction crest in the middle.
but do-able.
just a thought… i felt that Ransack would have a voice similar to TFA Blitzwing (the one with the monocle) and would be a cool, cold, strategist persona.
NGW
I would say an autobot repaint wouldn't be likely, as his design just screams decepticon…then I see the Nightbeat repaint of Detour and cry inside.
My03Tundra
I keep playing with him and I wonder what his Autobot repainted version would look like. It is inevitably going to happen…
But, I THOROUGHLY enjoy little Ransack for his whimsical nature and appearance. I don't know why but he strikes me as someone always say "what," or "huh" all the dang time.
If there was an oversized KO, I'd love it to be 1:18 scale, so you could fit a Wild Weasel G.I.Joe figure inside!
NGW
Oh most definitely.
Hell, I'd put him as one of the best of BOTH movie lines.
Hear hear!
eisen
here's to waiting for an oversized KO.
jorod74
i ordered a 2nd one Friday- just in time for my Birthday. i like that i can have one in each mode. he is one of THE best of this toy line.
NGW
Oh, a deluxe would be killer awesome. Hell, he already strikes me as a deluxe stuck in a scout's body. He has some great articulation, and a really involved transformation, especially for this size class. He could work as a deluxe even if he was just upscaled.
eisen
freaking finally saw him on shelves along with wave 3. he's awesome to behold… i wish they did him in Deluxe class though…
NGW
Just got this guy today and I am so happy I did. His alt mode is great, very unique, so glad to finally see a biplane-former. His transformation is just incredible for a Scout, I thought Scalpel's was something for the size class, but damn. Bot mode is really cool looking, very obviously a decepticon with a neat skeletal look and some awesome old school weaponry. I cannot recommend this guy enough.