Possible Transformers the Movie Ratchet original concept art?

It still looks silly but much better than the one produced, a less alien insect looking face and actual hands.

Yep, I too like the head and hands on this one much better than the actual movie Ratchet.

looks rather fan made.

Glad they didn't use that.

To everyone who said it couldn't get worse...



I like the head though

Too bad that can't be Ironhide.

I think it looks spiffy, in a "level guardian from Megaman" kind of way. Emerald Twilight over on the 2005 boards (who I gather is in the know about such things) said that the second Ratchet voyager in the new set of movie toy listings was in "G1 Inferno colours". Could it be this? Passed off as a "previous form" or suchlike? I'd buy it.

Post 23, if anyone's wondering:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=121720&page=3

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Looks more appealing than Birdie-Canary Ratchet.

Wow. That looks pretty cool. Make it a van and it could be Ironhide. A little slim, though.

I give it a 7/10.

Looks like design cues from Bubblegum Crisis, or Ghost in the Shell.

I rather like it!

It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK

Looks horrid compared to the one we actually got.

Much better....

One a second thought, this could do a good Red Alert! Dunno why, but Brawl is the Police car so....

this is much better looking has some g1 style to it head and hands are good decent now if only the others looked more like this it really be a big hit it really is sad on how things turn out for the worse maybe if they were smart they would have had true transformer fan on the set designs would be better than the ones we have now its ironic two americans created transformers and now transformers might be trashed by one american.

one word fugly.

Alex Kingdom wrote:It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK

My sentiments exactly.

I think he looks a lot better than the design they went with but then again, it doesn't take much to look better than a pukey green/yellow rescue hummer that turns into a giant bird-headed monster.

I like it, the head is still throwing me off though...

it's like a mix between power rangers, gundam and something else

Alex Kingdom wrote:It's not great, not by a long chalk, but it does retain more of Ratchets orignial colours and a head sculpt that bears a passing resemblance to G1 Ratchet. This design appears to more along the same lines as the Bumblebee and Prime designs, a radical update and redesign but retaining features of the original character. I'd have been more comfortable with this Ratchet than the one chosen.

Yours AK

I completely agree, i felt the Movie Ratchet was too brawny and bulky and not like the original.. I wish this was the design chosen

83457W422102 wrote:Glad they didn't use that.

I'm a dumbass. When I had posted my quoted comment, I had forgotten just how bad the Ratchet design they ended up using is.

The only things I like better with this one is the colour scheme and the head.

The filmmakers probably thought another red autobot would clash with Prime...

I like that better than the puke green thing that we are going to get.

that actually looks pretty good... which is why i think it was a fan creation

Could conceivably be passed off as a movie-style Inferno

it looks good. but that red paint in bot mode kills it. i dont think its a real pic because they already have a yellow ratchet toy, unless they make another ratchet(repaint?)

okay guys to clear things up a bit here, this image has surfaced the first time out when the other ones did. but, they removed and changed it to that butt ugly peice of junk they call a transformer.

my opinion on michael bay's attempt at actual live action tf is that this guy don't know jack squat about tf. otherwise he would know they never looked like blanking insects., go back to classes you moron and learn what all us tf fans know what real transformers actually look like.

I rather like this one better, colors are better and all. I don't know about him being a beach patrol? It's cool none the less.

ASFTF2007 wrote:okay guys to clear things up a bit here, this image has surfaced the first time out when the other ones did. but, they removed and changed it to that butt ugly peice of junk they call a transformer.

my opinion on michael bay's attempt at actual live action tf is that this guy don't know jack squat about tf. otherwise he would know they never looked like blanking insects., go back to classes you moron and learn what all us tf fans know what real transformers actually look like.

Simmer down, we went over that tons of times. Nothing can be change now, so let's hope it's still a awsome movie, and move on. I'm sure there be lots of this movie will be right on, and we enjoy the amazing visual effects. So, the Transformers look awful, well, let's make the most of it, and have fun.

ASFTF2007 wrote:okay guys to clear things up a bit here, this image has surfaced the first time out when the other ones did. but, they removed and changed it to that butt ugly peice of junk they call a transformer.

my opinion on michael bay's attempt at actual live action tf is that this guy don't know jack squat about tf. otherwise he would know they never looked like blanking insects., go back to classes you moron and learn what all us tf fans know what real transformers actually look like.

How's this. You knock off the bashing of Bay in a topic that is discussing a drawing, and I'll forget you went ape shit in only your second post.

The drawing is not as busy compared the present Ratchet.

AH what the crap is that? twas what I said when I saw it.
Seriously it looks like a go-bot to me. I don't like it.

ASFTF2007 wrote:okay guys to clear things up a bit here, this image has surfaced the first time out when the other ones did. but, they removed and changed it to that butt ugly peice of junk they call a transformer.

my opinion on michael bay's attempt at actual live action tf is that this guy don't know jack squat about tf. otherwise he would know they never looked like blanking insects., go back to classes you moron and learn what all us tf fans know what real transformers actually look like.

Hi there, welcome to last year. It's july and we're all pissed off and complaining about the new leaked pictures of Optimus you're just in time to flame Bay with us.

I really dig this design better than the one chosen. Guess this one doesn't look "alien" enough. All I can say is, this movie better be worth the hype it is getting.

I really like this version. If it can't be Ratchet though, I'm sure it can be Red Alert. Too good a design to pass up if you ask me.

He has a normal gun. No stupid arm cannon. I like this Ratchet better. All it needs is to be white. But since its not being used then it should be used for Red Alert in the next movie. But knowing Bay he'll make it Inferno.

How do we know this is official concept work from the movie? It looks like fan work.

Yeah, reminds me of Prowler from DM.net's work.

SKowl wrote:The only things I like better with this one is the colour scheme and the head.

The filmmakers probably thought another red autobot would clash with Prime...

maybe that's why ironhide is black

NightFall wrote:

ASFTF2007 wrote:okay guys to clear things up a bit here, this image has surfaced the first time out when the other ones did. but, they removed and changed it to that butt ugly peice of junk they call a transformer.

my opinion on michael bay's attempt at actual live action tf is that this guy don't know jack squat about tf. otherwise he would know they never looked like blanking insects., go back to classes you moron and learn what all us tf fans know what real transformers actually look like.

Simmer down, we went over that tons of times. Nothing can be change now, so let's hope it's still a awsome movie, and move on. I'm sure there be lots of this movie will be right on, and we enjoy the amazing visual effects. So, the Transformers look awful, well, let's make the most of it, and have fun.

Ok lets not kill this guy on his post, he's just a noob and hasn't seen all the Bay-Bashing we went through Last year, but I do have to say, regardless of the awful neon ratchet, I hope this design in reused in the sequel as a red alert, i would definately buy that as a toy..

Okay concept art Ratchet reminds me of Minerva from Choujin Masterforce ...

If they had this on the drawing board why did they revamp it to be tennis ball yellow with a squashed version of bigbird's head?

coff77 wrote:If they had this on the drawing board why did they revamp it to be tennis ball yellow with a squashed version of bigbird's head?

LOL wow... that was probably the most amusing comment I've read on these boards since alittle before the crash. Thank you for making my shitty day not so shitty with that moment of laughter