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Ratchet is the quintessential Autobot ambulance.
Toys
Generation 1
- Ratchet (1984, 1986, 1990, 2001)
- Japanese ID number: 99
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles
- Ratchet was originally a Onebox Ambulance Type toy from Takara's Diaclone line before Hasbro brought Transformers to North America. The toy transforms from a Nissan Cherry Vanette SGL Coach ambulance to a robot and gun-station. A variant of the toy includes red crosses on the top and sides of the vehicle. Ratchet and his retool/redeco buddy Ironhide, like all Diaclones, were designed to be piloted mecha, which is why he has a seat instead of a head. The Transformers version applied a face sticker to the back of the seat in lieu of a real sculpted noggin.
- In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (as he was no longer shipping to retail shelves) in multiple offers, including the Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction flier packed with most boxed Transformers toys. He cost $8 and two Robot Points.
- In Japan, Ratchet was originally only available as a S.T.A.R.S. mail-away, costing 1700 yen and 4 robot points. In 2001, he was reissued in Japan as a Collector's Edition e-HOBBY exclusive, paired with Ironhide.
Timelines
- Autobot Ratchet & Flareup (BotCon 2005 Souvenir two-pack)
- Accessories: Lightbar/blaster
- One of two "souvenir" packages exclusive to BotCon 2005, Ratchet is a retooling of the Energon Autobot Tow-Line with a new head, transforming into a large utility van. In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform. Ratchet can fold his legs back and up over his shoulders (wow!) and re-attach to this platform for a "battle mode". In this, ahem, position, Ratchet can also form the top half of a two-robot "Powerlinx combiner" with any Energon Deluxe Autobot, and any of them can also use his platform for their own combination.
- The mold's standard "receiver dish" weapon was not produced; instead, he came with a new "light bar" that pegged onto his roof in much the same manner.
- He could only be purchased in an at-show "souvenir" two-pack along with Flareup. This mold was also used to make Ironhide for the same convention.
Encore
- Ratchet (2007)
- Japanese ID number: 6
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles
- In mid-December 2007, Ratchet was reissued again as part of TakaraTomy's Encore line. This particular version came with an illustration on one box flap depicting Ratchet's cartoon-design head and chest windshield. By punching out the image along the perforated edges, folding it just so and tucking it in behind the toy's windshield, one could give the toy a "real" head, just like in the TV series, instead of using the Diaclone-original windshield face sticker. Sort of. This version of the toy was retooled to add a pair of "clips" to the mobile platform's gun-base, designed to keep Ratchet more securely attached when riding it. However, these clips are right where a pair of decals normally go.
- Ratchet Emergency Green (2008)
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles
- A redeco of his Encore reissue which homages the live-action movie Ratchet, Ratchet Emergency Green is a Japanese mail-away exclusive available with a purchase of the book Transformers Visualworks. After the book release on December 4, 2007, purchasers could mail in a ticket from the book and purchase either one (5200yen) or two (10,000 yen) of the item. Ratchet shipped to customers in April 2008. He comes in the same packaging as the regular Encore release, including packaging images, instructions, and the same white-headed cardboard torso punch-out.
- He's totally awesome.
Henkei! Henkei!
- A redeco and retool of the 2008 Universe Ironhide toy, Henkei! Henkei! Ratchet transforms into an "emergency" SUV. He has a red Japanese-style emergency lightbar, is cast in bright white plastic and has a deco resembling Ratchet's appearance in the original cartoon series, down to his dark gray head crest. Like all Henkei toys, he features vacuum metalized plastic, specifically his headlights and taillights, as well as his "Converting Cannon" weapon. Unlike his Universe counterpart, the license plate is blank. The lightbar was also used for Henkei! Henkei! Alert.
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Universe (2008)
- Autobot Ratchet (Deluxe, 2009)
- Series: Generation 1 Series
- Accessories: Medical Dispenser/Combat Blade
- Like Henkei Ratchet, Universe Ratchet is a redeco and retooling of the Universe Ironhide toy, and transforms into an "emergency" SUV, cast in pearlescent white plastic with a rather generic "Ratchet" deco. He sports the American-style emergency lightbar previously used for Universe Prowl (and later used again for Generations Red Alert) cast in translucent blue plastic (as opposed to Henkei! Henkei! Ratchet's differently sculpted red Japanese-style emergency lightbar).
- While similar in execution, there are a great many changes from Henkei Ratchet to Universe Ratchet. The red paint detailing on Universe Ratchet is different than that of Henkei Ratchet in color and layout. The Henkei version's stripes resemble those of his original toy, while the Universe version more resembles his Animated counterpart. Henkei Ratchet uses chrome paint on his weapon and both sets of lights while the Universe version leaves them unpainted. Gray paint covers Henkei Ratchet's gun barrel and silver on his upper chest (behind the chest window), these parts remain unpainted on Universe Ratchet. The paint used for the windows of Universe Ratchet is a light blue while Henkei Ratchet uses a deeper metallic blue paint. Universe Ratchet has black forearms and upper thighs, while the Japanese version uses a pure white (different from the white used throughout the rest of the figure). Universe Ratchet has a yellow license plate (which reads H3L PU2) and red head crest, while Henkei Ratchet has a blank gray plate and gray head crest. Universe Ratchet features a blue blade on his weapon, while Henkei Ratchet features a red blade. Universe Ratchet also features a lighter red plastic than the Henkei version.
- Like Universe Ironhide, the blue paint used for his opaque windows matches really, really badly with his translucent blue plastic windows. Also, several of his parts are cast in unpaintable red plastic, causing Ratchet to have a rather conspicuous red patch on his otherwise-white roof.
- This mold was also retooled into BotCon 2012 Sir Soundwave.
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Kre-O
- Autobot Ratchet (2011)
- Set number: 30662
- Pieces: 197
- Kreons: Ratchet, Medic
- Accessories: Pistol
- Part of the first wave of Kre-O figures, Ratchet can be built in either G1-inspired robot mode or Animated-inspired ambulance mode. He comes with two Kreons to drive the ambulance, one of himself and one of a human medic.
- Kreon Class of 1984 (Kreon figure set, 2014)
- Set number: B0090
- Voted: Class Fixer
- Accessories: Andorian blaster, syringe
- This version of Ratchet, part of the Kreon Class of 1984, has much more detailed toy-based tampographs than his prior version, though he keeps the cartoony head, of course. Oddly, he also has a Wheeljack-style wing-pack, despite neither the toy or cartoon version of Ratchet having wings. But hey, who can complain about extra parts in a customizing-heavy play pattern, huh?
- He was only available in a San Diego Comic-Con 2014 exclusive pack of 30 Kreons dubbed the "Kreon Class of 1984". Remaining stock was to be sold at Hasbro Toy Shop online, only there was no remaining stock after the show.
- Autobot Ratchet Vs. Soundwave (Battle Changer 2-pack, 2015)
- Set number: B1507
- Accessories: Cobra Commander pistol
- Battle Changer Ratchet uses a modified Kreon torso and pelvis, that is then built up with bricks to form a larger robot that can transform into an ambulance mode without needing to be disassembled and reassembled. He seems to be equal parts based on the original Ratchet and Prime Ratchet.
- Also, by this time, the "Ratchet" helmet had been retooled to widen the opening for the face, so the crest no longer completely obscured a Kreon's eyes.
- Ratchet was only available in a "Vs." pack with Soundwave, who also came with Frenzy, Rumble, Laserbeak and Ravage.
Bot Shots
- Autobot Ratchet (2012)
- Series: 1
- Number: B006
- Fist strength: 720
- Blaster strength: 290
- Sword strength: 630
- Part of the second wave of Bot Shots Series 1 single-packs, "Autobot Ratchet" is a teeny little emergency-response SUV with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. His robot body and elements of his vehicle mode are based on the live-action movie Ratchet, though his colors and head are based on the original Ratchet.
- This mold would also have been used to make the unreleased Bot Shots Protectobot First Aid.
BeCool
- Ambulance (Ratchet) (2012)
- ID number: B02
- BeCool "Ambulance" is a slight repaint of Ratchet's Bot Shots toy, featuring silver paint on his grill. Instead of game stats, his chest stickers display images of a syringe, a lightbar and a stethoscope.
- Highway Patrol Car (Patrol Ratchet) (2013)
- ID number: B13
- "Highway Patrol Car" is a yellow redeco of the Ratchet toy with identical paint details, including the BeCool-only grill. His stickers now depict a traffic cone, a street sign and a picture of his vehicle mode racing to the rescue.
- Rescue Car and Rescue Base (Rescue Ratchet) (2013)
- ID number: BS02
- "Rescue Car" is a redeco of the Ratchet toy in red with white and silver paint details. He comes with the Rescue Base, a red redeco of the Ironhide Launcher, which can attach to him as a trailer or open up into a base with a spring-loaded vehicle launching ramp. It also has a pair of articulated buzzsaw-arms and comes with a sticker sheet for decorating it as you please.
Prime
- Autobot Ratchet (Deluxe, 2012)
- Series / Number: 1 / 006
- Japanese release date: 2012-03-31
- Japanese number: AM-04
- Accessories: Dual Battle Blades (Hasbro only), "R.A." Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
Prime Ratchet was repurposed as Generation 1 Ratchet in The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers.
- Part of the second wave of Prime: Robots in Disguise Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale version of Ratchet has a "dramatic head reveal" gimmick, with his robot-mode head being spring-loaded to pop up once his "backpack" is pulled down. He features 5mm peg-holes for his hands, a pair on his front bumpers/shins, and a pair on his vehicle roof.
- He comes with a pair of battle blades that can mount/be held via 5mm post, and his hands can be swung down at the wrist to give the appearance of the blades sprouting out of his wrists, as seen in the cartoon. The blades can mount into the peg-holes on his front bumper, creating a battle mode, and the blades can store on tabs underneath his vehicle.
- His instructions depict an alternate head apparently intended for an as-yet-unreleased Gears. The sculpt was used as the basis for Prime Swerve.
- The Japanese release of Ratchet, part of the very first assortment of TakaraTomy Prime toys, omits an incredible number of paint operations, replacing them with customer-applied foil stickers. (On the other hand, this does give him his "lifeline" decoration missing from the Hasbro version.) As part of the "Arms Micron" gimmick, six 5mm peg-hole attachment points have been glued onto him (as opposed to having existing parts specifically retooled to include them like many other toys in the line) on his vehicle-mode roof, doors, and side-panels, which respectively end up on his legs, forearms, and shoulders. The Hasbro version's twin blades have been replaced by the Arms Micron, R.A., who transforms into a considerably larger version of one of the blades, and can still work as a "wrist-mounted" weapon.
- Ratchet was redecoed into 2014 Transformers Protectobot First Aid and retooled into BotCon 2014 Cannonball.
Q-Transformers
- Ratchet (2016-03-19)
- ID number: QTF-09
- Q-Transformers Ratchet is a retool of Ironhide transforms from a licensed super deformed Toyota HiAce with a lightbar to a cute little robot.
Generations
- Autobot Warriors (multi-pack, 2014)
- Accessories: Gun/front spoiler
- Universe Ratchet was re-released in a three-pack with Generations Sergeant Kup and Reveal the Shield Perceptor, available from Hasbro Asia and TakaraTomy Mall. All three Autobots feature new metallic paint decoes.
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Combiner Wars
- Autobot Ratchet (Deluxe Class, Botcon 2016 Customization Class)
- Accessories: Combiner hand/foot, axe
- Exclusive to BotCon 2016's customization class, Combiner Wars Ratchet is a redeco of First Aid with a previously-unused pretooled head. Like all Combiner Wars Deluxe toys, he can become an arm or a leg for any compatible Voyager-class figure (including Unite Warriors figures) or into one of Legends Godbomber's legs. His G2 bio invites you to use him as a member of the Combiner Wars G2 Defensor that doesn't exist, or as a member of Modulus who possibly exists.
- Class participants were given four deco options for the Ratchet head (Marvel G1, cartoon G1, G2, and Shattered Glass Ratchet), and a fifth deco option for the automatically-included-in-the-sprues First Aid head as Medix. Four sticker sheets were available (with the two G1 decoes sharing a sheet), and class participants were given the G1 sheet and one other of their choice.
- Class participants who finished creating their toy in-class were given an exclusive Enigma of Combination accessory that can be either held by Ratchet/Medix or fit into Ultra Prime or Optimus Maximus's chest. Unpainted/unstickered versions of Ratchet with the Ratchet head were offered for sale during registration and at the convention, whilst the G1 sticker sheet was later offered for sale at the online club store, bundled with either a set of autograph cards or a pair of sunglasses.
- In 2017, the unpainted Ratchet was sold at the Club's site in very limited quantities.
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War for Cybertron: Siege
- Ratchet (Deluxe Class, 2019)
- ID number: WFC-S34
- Japanese ID number:
- Japanese release date:
- Accessories: Laser cannon/robotic arm, cyber spanner/robotic pincer, gun/welder
- Siege Ratchet is a retool of Ironhide, featuring a new head, grill and weapons, that transforms from robot to Cybertronian van and back. His vehicle mode takes several design cues from Titans Return Sergeant Kup, though it shares no parts or engineering with the mold. Despite being classified as a Deluxe Class figure, Ratchet is actually a full head taller than the other Deluxe-sized figures of the same line. Instead of the "W-35 LR Doomblast Forge Launchers" from his moldmates, he features new accessories compatible with the C.O.M.B.A.T. System, that can also combine with him into a new third "repair mode" (achieved by fiddling with his transformation) evoking his original toy's medical sled. He also features multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the Battle Masters assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.
- Due to part-molding and a lack of paint, Ratchet sports peculiar white wheels in his vehicle mold. It is unknown if he features the same hinge flaws as Ironhide.
- Ratchet was a Walgreens exclusive in the U.S., an EB Games exclusive in Canada and a Toys"R"Us exclusive in Hong Kong. The mold was also used to make Crosshairs.
Masterpiece
- Ratchet (2016-04-23)
- Japanese ID number: MP-30
- Accessories: Missile launcher, missile, static laser gun, 2 laser pistols, x-ray blaster, repair beam emitter, repair beam effect, 2 cyber spanners, magno-wrench, laser scalpel, arc-welder, repair bay, 2 faces, cardstock EKG image
- Masterpiece Ratchet is a retool of Masterpiece Ironhide, with a new head, skirt armor, and lightbar.
- Ratchet shares several accessories with Ironhide: a pair of generic Autobot pistols (prominently dual-wielded by Ratchet in The Transformers: The Movie), a static laser gun and missile launcher based on those included with his original toy (though, unlike Ironhide, not used by Ratchet in the cartoon), and an extra face. He also comes with multiple new accessories, mostly various kinds of medical tools he used in the show, including a "repair beam emitter" that plugs into his forearm (used occasionally throughout the series, but first seen in "Transport to Oblivion") complete with an attachable beam light effect, an "arc-welder" that replaces his hand (Ratchet used a tool like this regularly in the series, but this accessory is specifically based on the detailed one seen in "Dinobot Island, Part 2"), a pair of "cyber spanners" (used in "Attack of the Autobots"), a "magno-wrench" (from "The Autobot Run"), a hand-held laser scalpel (also from "The Autobot Run") and an "x-ray blaster" (from "Microbots"). Similar to how Ironhide included a cardstock image of dinosaur bones, Ratchet includes a cardstock image of an EKG reading that fits behind his windscreen.
- Ratchet has two options for his red cross stickers–placed on his shoulders, and the sides and top of his vehicle mode–both of which sidestep the trademark issues involving the Red Cross organization: one set places an Autobot insignia over the center of the cross, whilst the other adds a red square into each corner of the cross. You didn't hear it from us, but you can totally cut the squares off the latter set to give Ratchet his original plain crosses.
- If purchased from a seller supplied by Hasbro Asia, Ratchet includes a collector coin mounted in a card which resembles the front of his van mode.
Unite Warriors
- Lynxmaster (2016)
- Japanese ID Number: UW-EX
- Accessories: Clamp weapon, double-barreled gun/fist/foot
- Released as part of the Lynxmaster box set, Ratchet is a redeco of his BotCon 2016 customization class figure, making it the very first Japan-only release of the retool itself. Ratchet comes with a clamp weapon, which was originally included with Rook.
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Merchandise
- Cybertron Hero Collection 22 (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)
- In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Ratchet was available in part of a massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his Tech Spec ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of Transformers board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something.
- Ratchet (Decoy, 1987)
- Decoy number: 6
- The Hasbro Decoy release of the Ratchet game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded Throttlebots, Aerialbots, Protectobots, and Technobots.
Super Collection Figure
- Ratchet (2002)
- Act: 6
- Accessories: Stand
- A three-inch tall PVC figurine of Ratchet was available in "Act 6" of Takara's Super Collection Figure line, a slight retooling of the Ironhide figurine with a new head, left hand and right-wrist-mounted... welding tool? (Despite the fact that their two character models are not quite identical.) Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full color figure and a metallic silver "pewter" version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve blindpacked figures.
- The pewter version of the figure has a potential problem with connector peg breakage, due to said pegs often getting a layer of pewter paint before being forced into a socket, leading to sticking and tearing. Care should be used when moving or removing the arms; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue.
- In eight out of ten cases, the pewter version of Ratchet came packaged with the left leg of the wave's Grand Maximus collectible "build-a-figure". This part could be either full-color or pewter, packed at a ratio of six color to two pewter.
Heroes of Cybertron
- Ratchet (2003)
- Ratchet's Super Collection Figure PVC was released the following year by Hasbro as part of their Heroes of Cybertron line. Like all the figures in the series, Ratchet was given a light-piping gimmick by being cast entirely in translucent blue plastic then painted everywhere except on his eyes and the back of his head.
- Part of the fifth and final wave of Heroes of Cybertron, Ratchet was, unlike the Japanese figure, sold on an individual blister card and came packaged with the right leg of the Metroplex "build-a-figure".
Thrilling 30
- Ratchet (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
- Series / Number: 1 / #3
- Accessories: Collector's base
- A super-deformed Ratchet was released among the blindpacked Thrilling 30 Collectible Figurines by Goldie Marketing. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.
- Collectible Figurines (5-pack, 2014)
- Series: 1
- Accessories: 5 collector's bases
- The same Ratchet figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave.
Transformers Mini-Bust
- Ratchet (2009)
- Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Ratchet was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1000 pieces. The bust continues the tradition of giving all Ratchet merchandise (but not toys) the red cross insignia on their shoulders to better match the Animation model. Ratchet's Bio credits him and Wheeljack with creating the Dinobots; effectively making him the cartoon version but he comes packaged with two heads for do-it-yourself retconning. Comic accurate red helmet with white chevron, or the cartoon accurate white helmet with grey chevron. Fans of the Universe 2.0 version (white helmet, red chevron) will have to buy some red paint when they pick their bust up. Three tools are also included with the Bust. One slightly resembling the power booster rod, the other a Cybertronian version of an otoscope and the third is some sort of medical gear shaft. They are not sculpted on nor do they possess a magnet and are simply lodged in his hands for display.
Tiny Titans
- Autobot Ratchet (Tiny Titans, 2015)
- Series: 2
- Number: 10/12
- Part of the second assortment of Tiny Titans blindpacks, this version of Ratchet is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode.
- He includes a collectible card that renders him in the 2015 Robots in Disguise styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the Robots in Disguise mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
- This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was not picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.
Notes
- In later years, toys sporting the name "Ratchet" require an additional "Autobot" prefix for trademark reasons, hence making the official name "Autobot Ratchet".
- Ratchet's original toy is part of a matrix of cross-referencing redecoes:
- In 2008, the original 1984 Ratchet mold got a green redeco as "Ratchet Emergency Green" in obvious reference to his movie counterpart.
- Meanwhile, the movie counterpart's toys got a red and white "Rescue Ratchet" redeco... based on the original colors of the 1984 toy.
- Elsewhere, Animated Ratchet includes elements from both characters, including Generation 1 Ratchet's chevron crest and coloration. (Animated Ratchet later got a movie-based "Rescue Ratchet" redeco, to boot.)
- The Decepticon character Oil Slick combines elements of "Ratchet Emergency Green" and Aligned Ratchet's Go! toy.
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