DOTM GDO Ironhide: Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews 256 

As somebody who got into Thew just before he was going through that existential crisis during lockdown, I'm so glad that he's enjoying himself again.

Funnily enough “TFDOTMGDOTWAAI” is one of the sound effects on this figure

I unironically loooove the hidden arm blasters that are still functional on the truck roof. Also, a knife hidden in his left shin?! Genius!

Considering this thing had to deal with the pop-out weapons gimmick, light-and-sound ackshun, the Bayverse-mandated vehicle mode accuracy, replicating the movies' hyper-greebly aesthetic, AND still being able to transform acceptably, the fact that it still kinda works and isn't just a plastic box with a GMC logo is quite impressive. Hats off to whatever overworked toy designer managed to bring it together.

"And if you activate them all at once, it takes a screenshot" Got me so bad, I haven't laughed so hard at a joke in a review in weeks

All honesty, this toy looks like it could be some kind of mini-boss monster for a collection

I love Thew's unbridled joy towards these toys. He always finds something to love about them, get in lads.

I liked the attempt to merge the two designs, frankly because I think the Bay design is the overall superior look and is more fitting to Ironhide's gruff and tumble personality. Pickup also works better then Van. I feel the same about Ratchet, with him being an actual emergency vehicle and not a minivan with sirens glued on. I'm not anti-G1 or anything, but G1 Ironhide and Ratchet just have the most non-descript designs of the entire franchise; they had a windshield and that's it; because their rest of their alt mode buggered off to be an accessory. Which I think is why there is so much trouble trying to give them good looking toys.

Nails are fly AF and are expertly done to match our GDO lad

The reason I think 2007 Ironhide had a blue variant is that the design may suppose to be Trailbreaker (given that he had a Diaclone variant that's blue), but since the 2007 movie was originally had Arcee but then after replaced her with him, and the designwas inspired by Trailbreaker but with personality of Ironhide, we got Bayverse Ironhide. Either way, we got this red one now.

In the voyager class figure from DOTM. All the promotional images (including the one in the video) show him with "long legs". If you own the figure, you'll notice that Ironhide has two knees which can fold backwards like a grasshopper to "shorten" his legs to a more movie accurate design. He doesn't stand very long in that pose unfortunately.

The Flint Lockwood style of naming was well played, I think giving it an Doofenshmirtz "inator" could have worked too.

@6:08 fun fact about that left arm cannon. In ROTF Ironhide lost that gun during the air strike attack. You see it falling off his left arm when he's stumbling out of the smoke holding his chest which was on fire as well. To make up for it Hasbro/ Takara decided to try and give him a replacement even though in DOTM he doesn't even use either of his arm cannons.

Ironhide is just a neat guy. No matter the iteration.

The weapons coming out of the top of truck mode makes me think of MASK.

I'm high as fuck playing halo reach and that line freaked me the fuck out

I love that combat knife storage so much

For the old Movieverse Ironhides, I must say I love the Recon Ironhide--though I never owned one. It's look, shape, and weaponry just says: "What if Ironhide went full Rambo in RoTF?"

I need someone to look at me with the loving eyes that Thew has for obscure movie toys

I do like leader ironhiade. Especially his hidden stomach Gattling gun (I like to call it a Guttling gun lol)

I wish you would do more Bayverse Transformers Reviews even after April. The nostalgia hits hard.

The GDO Line is geeting quite a bit of attention these days, I imagine the mush of Bayverse and g1 works better a few years in.

I mean, there was a reason there was so many wreckers. It was a partnership with the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing, aka NASCAR. To put it in British terms, it was bloody intelligent to me as a kid, as I love NASCAR.

Oooh such a good video. Now all I need is Bayverse B List for ROTF

As much as I love the Studio Series (Voyager Ironhide being one of my personal favorites), I’m kinda disappointed we haven’t gotten any G1 inspired repaints yet. It would look goofy, but I would love a G1 ROTF Devastator.

on fire right out of the gates with "satisfironhide" and "tryinhide" lmao i love this channel

FYIronhide; The pic you had when mentioning the DOTM Ironhides was cyberverse (not that one) instead of deluxe. But I doubt anyone will crIronhide over it.

Please do a Hunt for the Decepticons or Reveal the Shield figure, to me those are the perfect marriages between the Bayverse Aesthetic and the regular CHUG stuff and it's very Nostalgic.

I have bad memories with this mould. I bought one at TFN for 40 quid because it was supposedly complete. It was only at the end of the night when I unboxed it for the first time that I realised that both the leg compartments were empty and one of the arm cannons was broken.

The Bayformer movies was definitely my first exposure to Ironhide, so I've always been very intrigued in his design ethic. I understand why people are so attached to G1, but I kinda wanna see new designs that blend what's best of all the iterations, too. It'd be sweet to see a new take on Iron, where he's rocking that classic redvan look and rocking two massive arm-mounted cannons.

Seeing thew bald in the clips he pulled from older videos was a wave of nostalgia

Cool it's the red version of him finally! I always wondered why they went with black instead of the OG colors.

I have the black version of this guy and the truck mode is sweet as hell! Great review Thew.

2:01. "Legs Up to its Armpits" LOL 😂

I actually have that original "Ultimate" Ironhide (at least, the American version). It was... neat.

That's not the dlx Ironhide, that's regular release of the commander class Hide. That's just why we love ya Thew, just an ordinary guy providing entertaining content talking about plastic robots. Every now and then an oopsie makes it through editing providing an unexpected bit of added entertainment. I say this with all sincerity, you have no idea how much I needed that unexpected bit of joy.

Always wanted the red one. Have the original black one, and the OS KO (which is awesome even if the plastic sucked). Like the Leader Class Optimus Primes from that first movie, this figure was just fun. Never really cared about movie accuracy, so they totally worked for me.

Of the older Bayverse designs I've grown to appreciate the decepticons. Since they don't have the baggage you're supposed to like them, it's easier to dial in to the jagged monster piles they leaned into.

So everything my day starts out horrible and I'm in a really horrible mood I watch a Thew video and end up in a way better mood about have way thew. Thank you Thew. Thank Thew haha

At some point used to review overlord He's basically a duoCon but bigger

I love how you always find the good about any figure you've got your hands on, it makes the video so fun to watch, thank you for visibly enjoying the toys. The pop out cannons were very cool. Keep doing what you're doing!

9:35 “But with reduced expectations and a buffer decade…” Man, it’s been over 10 years since DotM came out… I never even realized until now. I feel old

I love Ironhide. Also thank you for showing the g1 repaints of the movie bots... Now I gotta go find them.... Thanks a lot Thew! (thought you were my friend! *sniff sniff*

Dang Thew can actually sing

I got him and the matching G1 colored leader Starscream together on sale some years ago. The starscream has started to crack in places and like yours my ironhide is so loose in too many joints. But I still got a soft spot for this lumpy lug of plastic. The gimmicks are fun, the look is messy but fitting for the designs, do kinda wish he had the full sound lines but it's still fun, transformation is complex to be fun but not enough to be difficult....once you have it down anyway. Hoping the movie masterpiece one gets a recolor like this one.

It was also in Generations GDO that Hasbro get idea to take HFTD Leader Class Starscream mold and dip that in G1 Starscream deco. Bummer though that planned Generations GDO Brawn get canned only to see day light years later in Japan. It's bit sad that ROTF Voyager Starscream mold didn't get dipped in G1 deco.

Thew: what's your favourite halo game? REACH!?!?!? Me: I came here for a good time and honestly feel so attacked right now

also blue Ironhide is a reference to his Energon cartoon incarnation.

Two videos in one month we are blessed

6:13 I'm pretty sure that's supposed to be a repurposed full spare tire used as a gut minigun (minigutun, ok you make it look easy). I don't know if the GMC C4500 Topkick ever had a full size spare tho?

That halo joke towards the beginning got me :)

ngl ultimate ironhide's vehicle mode in bright red gives me roadbot with lights vibes

Love the reach reference

Thew. We all know that your favorite Ironhide toy of all time is the Classics one, and nothing will top that for you. And that is why you didn't show his review clip here, cause your love for him is immense and he's the most perfect out of them all. No need to hide it!!!! lol :D

I have the original version, loved it when i got it but the inaccuracy of the left arm cannon always bugged me lol

The original DOTM Ironhide figure had different voice lines. "WEAPONS READY!" and "IRONHIDE HERE!"

I love this big-boy and this deco is such a treat! thanks for the video on this great fig!

As someone who has collected the g1 colored movie “seekers” like shown at 4:32, I’d love to see you review one of them! There’s just something so charming about movie figures in their g1 colors. Great vid as always! :)

I am now using “SatisfIronhide” as part of my vocabulary now.

"What's your favorite Halo game? Reach?" Damn, I wasn't aware you were psychic.

I always thought Ironhide looked like Bowser, and since 2007 i havent been able to unsee it

i love how thew paints his nails to match the topic of the video, its a fun little subtle touch ive noticed recently that really shows thew cares about what hes talking about, as if is innate en-thew-siastic and fun personality werent enough :)

“What’s your favorite halo game?” “REACH?!” I don’t get the joke but it still works somehow

I haven’t seen thew upload this much in years

Great review Thew. I agree that some of the Transformers throwbacks were a bit lackluster. My favourite redeco is Wolfang and K9 from the Vintage Beast Wars line.

Always makes my week seeing a new Thew Video ❤

Loving the more consistent vids and glad to see from twitter you are finding a good groove. Keep up the awesome work thew!

I own the DOTM leader Ironhide, it's a fun figure despite its flaws

I really hope Baypril becomes a thing....Gotta appreciate those old and new figure's from Bayverse becomes we've had alot more good then bad in my opinion 😅

I like all the pop-out weapons gimmicks. Gives me War Machine vibes and I mean he’s the weapons specialist he should be BRIMMING with weapons.

Oh man, I regret not having bought it when I had the chance

I had the normal color scheme of this fella and he was one of my favorite toys growing up. So. Much. *CHONK*

This was one I wanted to get when it was new, but by that point the burnout from robots was happening. Maybe one day, but until then, these Grindy metal driven throwbacks are appreciated

I had a theory back when this was released, that it was an holdover originally designed for the 2010 Transformers/Reveal the Shield line, because it had nothing to do with the line-wide Mech Tech "articulated weapons" gimmick in Dark of the Moon. It kind of matches what they were going for with the electronic leader class Bumblebee and Starscream from those lines more so than any of the leaders from Dark of the Moon.

I got it! We call him the DOTM GDO Good Try Ironhide. … Good Trironhide.

I had the original of this and it was a HELL of a lot of fun, and it marks the first time I dipped my toe into third party with the FWI upgrade kit! But ultimately, I only wanted an accurate Ironhide, and I had to wait til 2018 to get that (sort of)!

🔥🔥🔥GREAT REVIEW‼️ I might definitely grab this guy in the near future for an animation 🎬📸🎞️🚗💨‼️

It's nice that ironhide has painted his toenails to match your fingernails

The screenshot part got me. 😂. Great vid

Nice The Day Today reference.

No wonder the folks over at Hasbro love Thew so much, whenever I watch one of his videos his infectious enthusiasm for the hobby makes me want to go out and buy some more toys. Man is an advertisement for Transformers to rival the original show hahahaha

I've still got my original dark of the moon ironhide, but I remember I cut myself on the hidden knife and I didn't touch it again for like 3 months

It's only after we achieve perfection that we can appreciate our flaws.

Looks great as Trailbreaker

The DOTM toyline may not have been great, but it DID give us Darksteel, and I'm love him.

Enjoying Baypril!

Their was a voyager sized one too. It's a bit floppy but not too horrible.

I think movie ironhide with g1 colours and head could be a perfect live action version of the character

Babe wake up new Thew vid just dropped

I have that fig! Only in Black…

I don't suppose your opening music was inspired by TV II by ministry?

Go look at the Ironhide from Transformers Universe. Prefect blend of the G1 and Bayverse designs while adding the sleekness of Prime. Best Ironhide design imo.

Oh wow, you managed to correctly pronounce my last name. Very rare!

Ironclad retro-review!👍

The way it transforms, there’s no way they could have added real headlights.

Still one of the better movie Ironhide mold, with that serious gimmick energy.

"There's something weird about a Bayverse Transformer holding a combat knife. Aren't you guys made of knives?" Only the Decepticons.

Headlights on this mold are a bit challenging to pull off unless u also want the front turn signals to light up alongside the headlights

You know something? Hasbro should repaint the studio series mold in these colors, i'd Buy that ASAP

Also, just realized, the G1 colored movie Ironhides could become good or halfway decent prime Ironhides with a headswap.