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News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:04 pm

The Legion version was a wayyyy better figure.

by **Shuttershock** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:18 pm

"Hey, guys! I finally got my finish done for the new movie."

*wind whistles*

"...guys?"

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 4:25 pm

Shuttershock wrote:"Hey, guys! I finally got my finish done for the new movie."

*wind whistles*

"...guys?"

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:01 pm

Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?

I like the deco but I still prefer Sidearm Sideswipe - I actually rather like the G2 like the Blue Sidearm Sideswipe that is covered in sponsor logos too. The FAB repaint is quite a nice colour too.

I was always a little disappointed in the Human Alliance - I think the gimmick harmed the toy more than most on that one.

With all this propensity for Retooling I kinda wish they'd do that to Voyager Ratchet he's not terrible but a few tweaks would help him a fair bit - even changes to the arms and weapons or a new head sculpt would be a start.

I guess it won't be to many months before the hype machine for the next Live action Movie and indeed the new animated movie begins again.

I hope they learned so lessons with AOE - such as early Power battlers were less popular than FAB was when taken as a whole - when judged by how many they made compared to how many they had left.

by **Shuttershock** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:13 pm

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?

I like the deco but I still prefer Sidearm Sideswipe - I actually rather like the G2 like the Blue Sidearm Sideswipe that is covered in sponsor logos too. The FAB repaint is quite a nice colour too.

I was always a little disappointed in the Human Alliance - I think the gimmick harmed the toy more than most on that one.

With all this propensity for Retooling I kinda wish they'd do that to Voyager Ratchet he's not terrible but a few tweaks would help him a fair bit - even changes to the arms and weapons or a new head sculpt would be a start.

I guess it won't be to many months before the hype machine for the next Live action Movie and indeed the new animated movie begins again.

I hope they learned so lessons with AOE - such as early Power battlers were less popular than FAB was when taken as a whole - when judged by how many they made compared to how many they had left.

I just hope they learn to put more than two domestically available Decepticons out.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:15 pm

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:11 pm

I you know, I actually tried to give Darksteel those guns once, it didnt work, the peg is too short for Vehicle Mode, the springs push it out. And bot mode he had trouble holding onto them with the open hands. Oh well.

by **morphobots** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:15 pm

Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns. :lol:

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 6:53 pm

morphobots wrote:Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns.

But isn't that how the old samurai adage goes? 'The best way to win a sword fight is to use an ak-47 (or similar)'?

by **Shuttershock** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:01 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
morphobots wrote:Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns.

But isn't that how the old samurai adage goes? 'The best way to win a sword fight is to use an ak-47 (or similar)'?

"One skilled with a sword means little to a man who can kill you with a twitch of his finger."

News Credits: 2 · by **REX-203** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:20 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:31 am

REX-203 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

I dont think so since he is an exclusive.

News Credits: 2 · by **REX-203** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:05 am

william-james88 wrote:
REX-203 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

I dont think so since he is an exclusive.

Ah, ok. Maybe shipping from RK won't be too bad for a smaller item like this. I do like the silver finish over the gray plastic on the DOTM one.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 4:28 am

Like the shiny silver. Makes it look far better than the Hasbro version but I skipped that one because Sidearm Sideswipe was just overall much better.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 3:22 pm

I just realized this looks like the deco for the Takara version we were first shown years ago.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:06 am

Just wondered as sometimes exclusives ship in pairs. (even 2 products of different sizes) - I just thought I'd ask in case there was some random Voyager I didn't know about too.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 1:53 am

Is this item exclusive to RobotKingdom or will it be available elsewhere?

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 3:51 am

Hey good folk, not sure if we have seen these already, but hey, have a couple of photos courtesy of @gikogakodo/Twitter of the rather silvery redeco of Deluxe Movie Sideswipe.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:03 am

At least he finally looks good in silver. He looks awesome!

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:22 pm

Just cause I found him, wanted to let you guys know I found the power battlers Vehicon, Junkheap, Lockdown, and Snarl at 5-Below today. Bought the vehicon. And they also had Prime Beast Hunters legion predacons too

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:51 am

Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:53 am

william-james88 wrote:Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

Wow, super nice........ and super late, by about 4 years :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:44 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

Wow, super nice........ and super late, by about 4 years

Actually no, that's the new Movie Advanced silver redeco of DotM Sideswipe. See how it's all shiny compared to this:

Transformers Dark of the Moon Sideswipe Gallery

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 7:20 pm

JelZe, you missunderstood. It's not about the mold itself. It's about having the mold in a proper color scheme from Takara instead of the bleh Hasbro original. It is indeed late by 4 years.

4 years... Wow... That much already?