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News Credits: 905 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:55 am

Thanks to Japanese site seesaa blog, we get to see the Takara ROTF Swerve, exclusive to Amazon JP in Japan.
From images, seems like the Takara Swerve comes with brighter red, compare to its Hasbro counterpart.

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To view all images, click here: http://otakuhaiyuu.seesaa.net/article/125004589.html

News Credits: 609 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:59 am

I love those stands.

Otherwise, this is a big fat meh over US Swerve.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:05 am

Can't really tell that it's a brighter red from these pictures :-?

, but I love those stands as well.

News Credits: 462 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:27 am

Where do people keep getting those nice posing stands?

Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:44 am

Sabrblade wrote:Where do people keep getting those nice posing stands?

www.posingstandemporium.com? and if not,...I'd better get on buying that domain and making a posing stand emporium website that sells posing stands :-)

but yea, dude shoulda been red in the movie cause it's way better than silver.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:53 am

I love that stand but the figure sucks. I just can't get past that funky melon he's got. And vaporretarder the domain posingstandemporium.com is available and I can help you design the site if you know where to get these jewels of stands they keep coming up with. My fee 16 stands(4 deluxe, 8 voyager, 2 leader & 2 masterpeice sized). What do ya say?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:14 pm

vaporretarder wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Where do people keep getting those nice posing stands?

http://www.posingstandemporium.com? and if not,...I'd better get on buying that domain and making a posing stand emporium website that sells posing stands

but yea, dude shoulda been red in the movie cause it's way better than silver.

I agree on the red, but I sure like Sideswipe's head mold better than Swerve's. :-?

News Credits: 2 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:22 pm

shonenfan4 wrote:Can't really tell that it's a brighter red from these pictures

Agreed - I'm loathe to order this just on the off-chance that it might be different. I'd love to see some comparison pics.

Weren't there also reports that the Takara Voyager Megatron and Leader Jetfire were slightly different shades to their US counterparts? Again, comparison pics are a must.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:34 pm

Now if any mold would benefit from stand assistance for posing, it's Sideswipe/Swerve. Though, I have posed my brother's Sideswipe in dynamic action poses that were more stable than other traditional flat-footed TF figures.

Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:29 pm

Very nice. I'm really glad I found the Hasbro version of Swerve, this is one of my favorite molds.

I'm always so confused when people don't like molds that I really love :lol:

News Credits: 4 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:00 pm

swerve kinda reminds me of:
http://www.shopncsx.com/images/products ... ppa_wx.jpg

News Credits: 8 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:16 pm

I still say he was originally going to be passed off as a G1 colored Sideswipe but for some reason they named him swerve. Who really looked at this figure and thought Swerve?

Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:23 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:I still say he was originally going to be passed off as a G1 colored Sideswipe but for some reason they named him swerve. Who really looked at this figure and thought Swerve?

One could make the case that he resembles or is an homage to Universe Swerve, but certainly not G1 Swerve.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:56 pm

The plastic looks so cheap.

News Credits: 129 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:00 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:I still say he was originally going to be passed off as a G1 colored Sideswipe but for some reason they named him swerve. Who really looked at this figure and thought Swerve?

Same guy who named this one:

Apparently, red car = Swerve.

News Credits: 767 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:23 pm

The US version looks cooler.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:35 pm

Dead Metal wrote:The US version looks cooler.

Cheaper too, at least in the US. :lol:

News Credits: 129 · Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:39 pm

Lighting aside, looks the same to me.

Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:21 pm

Agreed...I don't see much of a difference.

Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:42 am

I don't know. I'd say this Corvette Stingray looks closer to a G1 era Trans-Am than a G1 era Lamborghini.

As for the color, I too want to see some comparison pics between the two versions of Swerve.

Anyhoo...

Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:46 am

You know what? I'm starting to like this figure.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:50 am

Elvaan wrote:You know what? I'm starting to like this figure.

same here, so i went out and bought the hasbro swerve today :grin:

News Credits: 3658 · Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:32 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:I still say he was originally going to be passed off as a G1 colored Sideswipe but for some reason they named him swerve. Who really looked at this figure and thought Swerve?

Same guy who named this one:

Apparently, red car = Swerve.

The Alternators version has a true homage to G1 Swerve's head. Still surprised that we got him and even more surprised at how valuable that figure is.

At least they're both red corvettes. That's a nice touch. And he's still a metallurgist.