Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-11 Ratchet, is now up for pre-order!

Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-11 Ratchet

We have the pre-order up for Transformers Masterpiece Movie Series MPM-11 Ratchet. Reserve yours today by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Newage Toys H8 Miller, is now in-stock!

Newage Toys H8 Miller

We have Newage Toys H8 Miller in-stock! Get yours by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Planet X PX-21 Mars & PX-20 Vejovis, now in-stock!

Planet X PX-21 Mars & PX-20 Vejovis

Now in stock are Planet X PX-21 Mars and PX-20 Vejovis. Pre-orders are being processed. Get yours by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Newage TOYS H8T Miller (Clear Version), is now up for pre-order!

Newage TOYS H8T Miller (Clear Version)

NewAge Toys H8T Miller (Clear Version), is now up for pre-order! Just follow the links and reserve yours. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!

Shadow Fisher upgrade kits SFM-03 and SFM-04, are now in-stock!

Shadow Fisher upgrade kits SFM-03 and SFM-04

We finally got them stocked! Check out the Shadow Fisher SFM-03 and SFM-04 upgrade kits for MP Ironhide and Ratchet. Use the links to order yours. Thanks for your continued support of The Chosen Prime!

Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Deluxe figure set, is now in-stock!

Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Deluxe figure set

We just got our stock of Wave 1 Deluxes from the Transformers Studio Series, featuring Bumblebee, Decepticon Stinger, Decepticon Crowbar, and Autobot Ratchet. Get your set ordered by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Shadow Fisher SFM-03 and SFM-04 kits are back in-stock!

Shadow Fisher SFM-03 and SFM-04 kits

We got the Shadow Fisher SFM-03 and SFM-04 kits now in-stock! Pre-orders are currently being processed. Get yours using the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Mech Planet HS-08 Ambulance, is now in-stock!

Mech Planet  HS-08 Ambulance

We have the Mech Planet Hot Soldiers HS-08 Ambulance, now in-stock! Order yours by using the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

MechPlanet HS-08 Ambulance is now up for pre-order!

MechPlanet HS-08 Ambulance

MechPlanet HS-08 Ambulance is now up for pre-order! Reserve yours today by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Takara Unite Warriors UW-EX Lynx Master is now in-stock!

Takara Unite Warriors UW-EX Lynx Master

Takara Unite Warriors UW-EX Lynx Master is now in-stock! Get your set by following the links. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Dx9toys War in Pocket Campaigners pre-order is now up!

Dx9Toys War in Pocket Campaigners

Dx9Toys War in Pocket Campaigners - X1 Speedoo, X2 Guartinel, and X3 Medilance, being released as a set. Reserve yours by using the links provided. ETA of late September release. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

KFCToys KP-12R Articulated Hands for MP Ratchet, now up for pre-order

KFCToys KP-12R Articulated Hands for MP-30 Ratchet

Here comes the KP-12R Articulated Hands for MP Ratchet, from KFCToys. Slated for September 2016 release. Reserve yours today! Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime.

Takara MP-30 Ratchet Photo Gallery

Takara MP-30 Ratchet

Here's our Photo Gallery for Takara MP-30. Check out the rest of the images by clicking the picture above. Thanks for you continued patronage of The Chosen Prime!

Takara MP-30 Ratchet Video Review

VooDoo Robots Salus - Ratchet

Salus looks just fine as an ambulance. Red and silver paint break up all the white. His windshields are lightly tinted. He rolls just fine on plastic tires. His side view mirrors look to be less fragile than those on TFC Medic. I forgot to photograph him next to another MP car. He is the same length and width as Masterpiece Ironhide, but is taller by a couple millimeters.

Transformation is definitely more difficult than Masterpiece Ironhide. It's not exactly complicated. The legs were easy enough to form from the various panels. The backpack could have been handled better. There is some flexing to get parts past each other and it doesn't seem to clip securely to his back. It just frictions into place. I suppose I could have mistransformed it.

His head sculpt has the right details, but I would have preferred sharper edges. His face is a little too curved for my taste. I like the shape and proportion of his chest more than that of Masterpiece Ironhide. I wish his windshield tinting were darker so you couldn't see through the whole figure. Although I like the general shape of the backpack with the two tires in the middle, I don't like how it doesn't connect to his neck. I'm also not a fan of the legs, which are simply panels surrounding but not attached to the actual leg. If you mess with his feet in the wrong way, the whole leg assembly will explode open.

His head is on a ball joint. The panel his neck rests on is on a hinge, allowing for a larger degree of upward and downward head nodding. This would normally break the sculpt on other figures, but there is no sculpt here anyways. His thumbs are on ball joints. His fingers are single pinned, but his pointing fingers articulate separately from the rest and have a second knuckle. He swivels at the waist, biceps, wrists, and lower legs. His lower leg swivel is ratcheted. He has double jointed elbows, but single jointed knees, which are both ratcheted. If you unclip his abdomen, you can make use of an ab crunch. His hip joints are ratcheted universals. Each foot has a friction rocker and a ratcheted tilt.

The ratchets in his hip joints are spread too far apart, resulting in a very wide A-stance on the first click outward. There is a video on YouTube by pro design, showing how to turn the ratchet joints into friction joints. It involves disassembling the legs, clipping the ratchet arms, and replacing the pins wth M2x12mm screws and bolts. I'm still debating whether to take this irreversible step, but am seriously leaning toward it. I imagine it would dramatically improve his posability, much like Combiner Wars Motor Master / Menasor with Nonnef's ratchets.

His only accessories are two rifles and a bunch of hole covers. The rifles are decent and are the same style as the ones that come with Masterpiece Ironhide. One rifle is grey while the other is painted silver, which I prefer over chrome. Unfortunately, they use the Masterpiece style tabs so are sort of fiddly to fit into his palm slots. At least his thumbs can be moved out of the way. The hole covers aren't the exact same white as his panels, but are close enough. I found a pair of nail clippers was useful for snipping off the remnants of plastic after twisting the covers off their sprues. A colorful instruction card shows where each piece goes. Unfortunately, the sprues aren't colored coded as well. The camera on my phone was handy for enlarging the ridiculously small numbers printed on them. Pay careful attention to aligning the covers correctly in their holes because they do have small details on them for completing panel lines. Except for a pair in either leg (the rear wheel wells), most of these holes wouldn't have really been noticeable in robot mode. Most fold away to the inside of the backpack.

For now, I'm placing Salus on my Masterpiece shelf. He's definitely too large for my CHUG shelf. Once Masterpiece Ratchet arrives, I'm not exactly sure where Salus will end up. I suppose if you don't like having mold mates, he will serve on a Masterpiece display next to Masterpiece Ironhide, or vice versa if you wait for both companies to release their next figures. Salus is not a bad figure. I hope that VooDoo Robots won't turn out to be a one hit wonder and that they have a chance to help fill out the gaps in the Masterpiece line.

Voodoo Robots PS-01 Salus, now in-stock!

Voodoo Robots PS-01 Salus

Just arrived today! Voodoo Robots PS-01 Salus. Pre-orders are being processed. Get yours by following the links. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Takara MP-30 Ratchet is now up for pre-order!

Takara MP-30 Ratchet

Reserve your Takara MP-30 Ratchet. Pre-orders are up! ETA of April 2016. Thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

TFCToys OS-01 Ironwill and OS-03 Medic, now in-stock!

TFCToys OS-01 Ironwill and OS-03 Medic

Newly stocked - TFCToys OS-01 Ironwill and OS-03 Medic. Order yours today, and thanks for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Voodoo Robots VR-01 Salus, now up for pre-order!

Voodoo Robots Salus

New 3rd Party group, Voodoo Robots' first foray into the MP scale market. Here's their Potion Series figure - Healing Potion Salus. It's an MP Scaled figure based on G1 Ratchet. It comes with two blasters and is 8.5 inches tall in robot mode. Transforms into a van and scales well with other MP figures. Check them pictures out, then check out at our store and secure your pre-order. Just click on the main image above or use the form at the bottom. ETA is September of 2015. Take advantage of the Prime Directives!