(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to the original Movie Voyager Ratchet toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original Movie Voyager Ratchet toy here.)

    Everything old is new again, at least when it comes to many of the repaints of the movie toys-- here, Ratchet gets decked up in his classic G1 colors of white and red with bit of gray/silver for good measure. The colors worked together very well on the G1 toy, and the Movie toy is no exception that rule either. All of the colors provide great contrast against each other, including the bits of black and dark blue that give Rescue Ratchet a few dark colors to even things up a little bit. Ratchet's also got some really nifty new paint apps in his vehicle mode-- namely, a large red stripe going around his entire form, with his characteristic "heartbeat" sign still on the sides and "AMBULANCE" added to the side doors and the front hood. (Shouldn't "AMBULANCE" be backwards on the front hood, though?) The dull orange and dark blue accent colors used for his headlights look REALLY nice against the gray, as well. In fact, the only real complaint I have about Rescue Ratchet's colors has to do with his robot head. Having an almost entirely red head just looks weird, especially when the red is this light of a shade. The silver tusks look alright, but that red, just... ick.
    No mold changes have been made to Rescue Ratchet.
    Rescue Ratchet takes an already great mold and makes it better by getting rid of (in my opinion) a fairly ugly greenish-yellow color and replacing it with a much better-looking and appropriate red-and-white color combo (and that's ignoring the G1 homage). The head is the only part that's colored oddly. If you only get one version of Movie Ratchet, get this one.

Review by Beastbot

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