Cyber Slammer Ratchet's vehicle mode is a chibi-fied H2 Hummer ambulance, with the rather cartoonish, exaggerated proportions that you'd expect for a toy aimed at the little bitty kiddies. He's wider and "stubbier" proportionally than he should be, and the front part of the ambulance is much larger proportionally that it should be in comparison to the back part, but obviously this is intentional given the Cyber Slammers' target audience. As far as his mold detailing goes, it's definitely simple, again understandable given the target audience-- it's used where needed, but not in many other places (though, understandably, he does have considerably more mold detailing in robot mode). The overall color scheme doesn't outright clash, but I've never been a fan of Movie Ratchet's "pea green" colors, and this toy isn't any exception to that rule. The black and red do fit well against the green, though, and the dark metallic blue is a great-looking color for windows. The "Autobot ambulance symbols" on Ratchet's doors are missing, but he does have the characteristic red "heart beat" line painted on the sides this mode.
    Like all Cyber Slammers, Ratchet can be locked in ambulance mode by pushing the white tab on the bottom of the toy forward-- otherwise, when you slam down Ratchet's robot body into his vehicle mode, the ambulance will take off (providing he's on a flat surface), and after scooting about six feet or so the robot mode body will pop back up again. Because of this gimmick, Ratchet doesn't really have any lower body in robot mode, just most of his vehicle mode. His main body, head, and arms are molded onto the underside of his vehicle mode roof and doors. What's more, he doesn't "straighten out" all the way in this mode-- his upper body leans forward slightly, due to all the bulk on the rear end of his vehicle mode. It doesn't look nearly as good as on the sleeker Cyber Slammers, like, say, Barricade. The robot parts are very well-detailed, though, both when it comes to paint and the mold itself. Using the "cutesy eye paint apps" doesn't really work well on Ratchet, though-- his face just doesn't scream "cute" no matter what you do with it, so trying to make it that way looks... odd, to say the least. As for articulation, Ratchet has the same points of movement as all Cyber Slammers-- his head can turn and his arms can move at the shoulders, though the latter snap back into their default position after you let go of them.
    Cyber Slammer Ratchet is my least favorite of the sub-line, due to his not-so-great head design, so-so color scheme, and the fact that's he's defintiely overly bulky in robot mode with that big vehicle roof backpack. Only recommended if you're a completist.

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