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Transformer of the Day for March 20, 2009

RATCHET

-Faction: Autobot
-Era: Movie (2007, 2009, 2011)
-Function: Medical Officer / Emissary
-Motto: “You Can’t Save them All“
-Notable Toy: Best Buy Exclusive (Hasbro, 2007)

Notes: Unlike Movie Bumblebee, you can see the shared personality traits between movie and TF:A Ratchet. They’re both gruff and a bit war wary. And while Ratchet doesn’t share a conventional colour scheme with his counterparts across the TF multiverse, the neon is very appealing to me, particularly on the Best Buy edition. Now if we could just get someone to make us a proper spinning arm blade for the toy version…