Ninja Nurse!

Does that mean that Night Ops Ratchet is Sakura?

Nah, he has hints of green. He’s Tsunade.

Since this is a straight repaint, I’ll only be going over the paint on Night Ops Ratchet. If you wanna see my opinions on the mold itself, check out my review of Movie 2007 Rescue Ratchet.

Packaging

Vehicle mode

A stealth ambulance. I don’t think that’s a thing in real life but okay. Putting that aside, the black and green paint look great on Ratchet.

I can dig a nicely painted Hummer.

Transformation

This is a repaint. The transformation is exactly the same as Rescue Ratchet.

Robot mode

Nin… I mean Night Ops Ratchet wears his new colours well. He’s got so many paint apps that it boggles my mind. You just don’t see paint like this on retail Transformers anymore.

My only problem is the paint on his face. There’s so much black it’s hard to see where his head is at a glance. Also, they painted his eyes which means he has neutered light piping. I hate when they do that.

Gimmicks

Ratchet has the exact same gimmicks as well. He’s still got his axe, crab claw and Automorph.

Toy or collectible?

I stand by my opinion that this mold is good and would make a fun toy for the older kids. I also think that the appeal of a ninja medic makes it great to give kids an extra sense of whimsy.

Now I said before that this mold can get expensive. I have no idea how but this version of the mold is the second most expensive version of it now. I have no idea how I found him for RM40 ($10). I was very lucky. Collectors must think there’s something great about this redeco to make it worth that much. I do like it but I can’t figure out why Night Ops Ratchet is worth so much.

Closing

Honestly there are better, more accurate figures for Bay Ratchet. But I do think this mold is still fun, big and chunky. So that means this figure is no longer Ratchet! I rename him…

Crap, I can’t think of a name.