Onebox component
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- Onebox components are Transformer components in the Generation 1 continuity family continuity family.
When Ironhide and Ratchet transform into robot mode, part of their vehicle mode forms the Onebox component. Ironhide's becomes a weapons platform and Ratchet's is likely a repair bay.
Fiction
Generation 1
Cartoon continuity
Ratchet's component stands ready as Hauler rescues Hound. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1
Marvel Comics continuity
When first arriving on Earth, Ironhide and Ratchet rode their components around for a time. The Transformers Power Play!
Soon, both Ironhide and Ratchet were walking without the aid of their component. Ratchet used his to help repair Gears. Prisoner of War!
Toys
Generation 1
- Ironhide (1984/1991/2001)
- Japanese ID number: 98
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles
- Ironhide splits when he transforms, with most of the rear section of his van mode transforming into a battle platform, and the remainder becoming his rather misshapen, headless robot form.
- Ratchet (1984/1986/1990/2001/2007)
- Japanese ID number: 99
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles
- The toy transforms from an ambulance to a robot and gun-station.
Timelines
- Descent into Evil (Multi-figure boxset, 2005)
- Accessories: Fold out gun/radar energon weapon, BotCon 2005 pin
- Like his original toy, Ironhide splits from a van into a robot mode and a battle sled.
- Autobot Ratchet & Flareup (2005)
- Accessories: Lightbar/blaster
- In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform.
Encore
- Ironhide (2007)
- Japanese ID number: 05
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles
- Ironhide's original Generation 1 toy was made available again in mid-December 2007 as part of Takara's ongoing Encore line of reissues.
- Ratchet (2007)
- Japanese ID number: 05
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles
- Ratchet's original Generation 1 toy was made available again in mid-December 2007 as part of Takara's ongoing Encore line of reissues.
- Protect Black Ironhide (2008)
- Japanese ID number: 05
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles
- Tied in to Ironhide's Encore reissue was e-Hobby's exclusive "New Year Special" redeco of the figure: Protect Black Ironhide.
- Ratchet Emergency Green (2008)
- Accessories: "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles
- A redeco of the original toy (well, the retooled Encore version) 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.
Notes
- A gun platform on the Ark strongly resembles this component. The Transformers
- This component is absent in Ironhide and Ratchet's character model, where the robot transforms directly into the whole vehicle. The robot mode itself was extensively redesigned, giving these characters a very low degree of toy-accuracy.
- This component is not mentioned in the text of the characters' bios or Universe profiles, but it is included in the artwork.
- Other Ironhide and Ratchet toys have been produced that do not include this component.
