http://www.tf08.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1168

Vehicle mode only.

He's not really wowing me like the majority of the Scouts do. I can't really pick out why either. It's definitely an interesting concept, but sculpt turned out kinda bland.

It's the robot mode that kills it for me, as this vehicle mode actually looks pretty neat.

Nice, I like the patch over the one window; adds character.

I'm pretty sure that's a deliberate defacing of the toy prototype, in the event it is stolen and attempted to be sold. If you want your Scattorshot to have added character, pull out your exact-o knife.

I like it.

Ah, okay; I thought it was part of the "Mad Max" aesthetics of the vehicle. (As someone at Botcon described it.)

I wonder if he's lost a gun or if the person taking the picture only had one of them. SDCC pics showed him with two.

Scattorshot pics from Hasbro's SDCC presentation, just to jog everyone's memory.

This still totally screams Sentinel Prime in vehicle mode, but I'll take it as another upgrade of our old geeky Scattorshot.

... Having the prow so far out ahead of everything just makes it look doubly odd to me.

That, and he's like the stretch limo of Mad Max pickup trucks.

I like Scattorshot a bit more than some of the other movie scouts.

I think it is funny that they get around lost trademarks by mispelling them.

Eh, I'm already using Dune Runner as Backpack, Scattershot is still a Technobot, and he's too scrawny to be Sentinel Plow. . .

The colour and certain alt-mode details (the fenders and door-skirt) make me think of Gears. This is a far better form for him than a repaint of a Decepticon. He just needs a little red detailing on him.

How about changing it? Movie Scattorshot is more or less supposed to be Cybertron Scattorshot. He has more in common with Cybertron Scattorshot than Dune Runner does.

I disagree. The color and presence of heavy weapons is the same, but Dune Runner "channels" Cyb Scattorshot (the basic) much better than ROTF Scattorshot.

The vehicle mode's similarity to Animated Sentinel Prime's has been noted, and I'm thinking of just calling ROTF Scattorshot "Sentinel" or "Sentinel Minor" and make him Ani S. Prime's Multiversal analogue.

*Is aware that a Sentinel Prime is already mentioned in ROTF*

Dune Runner is Hound IMO

I could think of this guy as Gears myself becase this is not a Technobot maybe AEC Scattorshot but defnalty not a Technobot

My Dune Runner shall be the Throttlebot, Rollbar. This guy will be Scattorshot, although iirc I wasn't too jazzed about his headsculpt.

Well nobody is thinking Scattorshot as a new form to the original Scattershot. Just the Cybertron Scattorshot.

I think it's more funny that they don't.

So then...Scattershot has been readily available all this time and Hasbro just can't spell?

Pretty much. Although in this case I believe it's considered derivative of "Scattor" (LOL) which they already owned.

I guess if they really wanted, say, Moonracer, they could use Moonraiser or Moonrazor or something...

Oh good, I'm not alone. His blue is even similar to what Marvel used for Rollbar's gray.



I'm pretty happy with Cyb. Scattorshot. I want this new mold, but I'll wait for the redeco. Ruckus? Brushguard?

I think maybe Ruckus would be better from Dune Runner preferably with a head remold.

Yes. And I'm now really into the idea of Scattorshot as Brushguard, if only because it's a mold with usable arms.

I'd love to see Brushguard updated to a body that can actually use its arms.

I assume it's mostly because "Scattershot" is an existing word and thus harder to defend in court than the made-up "Scattorshot".

See "Demolishor".

See what? They misspelled another word. What's the trademark status of "Scattershot"? Or "Demolisher"? You assume they don't do it the way Axaday notes isn't exactly a more compelling argument.

-Or is awesome and futuristic. -Er is lame and everyday.

Just ask the Masters of the Universe

Mastors of the Universe!

If someone else had "Scattershot", Hasbro couldn't just get around it by changing one letter. It'd still be "confusingly similar".

However, if Hasbro spelled it "Scattershot", another company might call their toy that and claim it's a common word and Hasbro couldn't claim it as an exclusive trademark. By spelling it "Scattorshot", they make it a made-up word and make it a lot harder for another company to question their exclusive claim of the trademark.

And for the record, the USPTO website knows of no trademark application for the spelling "Scattershot", and the only "live" application for "Demolisher" is for saw blades.

that robot form is horrible ! the vehicle form looks good but the robot form realy is horrible !!! and I thought he was a decepticon !

Mind if i ask where you saw robot mode pics? I dont remember if ive seen it or not =]

http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/attachmen...achmentid=12034

Thanks Bass =]

Ok thats awesome and weird at the same time...Need to see a better shot of his head...as it stands I'm not a huge fan of it, it looks too...angry / evil...but that doesnt take away from the fact that he looks badass.

Definite want.

I hope he has goggles and they're just not visible in that photo.

Why would he have goggles? This is the movie line. Is Ratchet white? Does Hooligan have any red? Is Swerve a pick up truck?

I think he's probably about as close to actually feeling like the character as they could bring themselves to make him. The movie line is all about learning to settle.

http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/RescueRatchet/ratchet.htm

You know, I'm pretty sure I've seen that face somewhere before...

Oh, right.

I'm immediately reminded of TM Optimus Primal's gorilla head.

He's gonna mess up those b*tches that took his "e".

Folks:

I like it. It's a cool Mad Max truck, and the robot mode has a sort of lean and hungry look, which fits well with that. It almost looks like the bed is open, but I'm not sure about that. Would be cool if we can load it up with oil drums. "Scrounge" would have been a cool name, but he certainly can scatter a lot of shot around with those guns.

The robot mode is very lanky - if this is a Scout, the truck mode will probably be small. That's not a bad thing at all. I like little cars.

rescue ratchet ! , that reminds me the only ratchets I have are the white and red ones who are both repaints of the green movie one type

http://www.kotoys.com/forum/index.php?topic=368.0

Well, that's unfortunate.

He has... faux parts on his chest.

One more tie to Animated Sentinel Prime...I hate that blah grey plastic, but that's a cool head sculpt.

Scattorshot is one of the few ROTF scouts that just doesn't do it for me.

Cool, brawny-looking little figure.

Of course, with those gold plastic ball joints at his shoulders and hips, it's gonna be interesting to see how many of these guys are still in one piece ten years from now.

Whoa, that's a mean guy judging from his head sculpt...he looks like he's wearing an Iron Grenadier-style helmet w. gas mask setup.