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News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Thu May 12, 2011 1:57 pm

In our quest to bring you 2500 galleries in 2011, Seibertron.com proudly presents Dark of the Moon Barricade, Jolt, and Sideswipe.

First up, we have fan favorite Barricade, whose fate was up in the air at the conclusion of the 2007 Movie. It appears he's back with a vengeance and fearsome claw MechTech weapon.

Barricade (Deluxe Class, MechTech)
Dark of the Moon

Next, we have a returning background character from "Revenge of the Fallen", Jolt. Originally planned to have a more prominent role in the second Transformers movie, Jolt was relegated to providing the, well, jolt that fused the parts of Jetfire to Optimus Prime in the epic final confrontation.

Jolt (Deluxe Class, MechTech)
Dark of the Moon

Finally, we're featuring yet another ROTF character who's role was diminished due to budget, time, or both. Sideswipe thundered into the movie during the cleaving of Sideways, but remained as a background character for the rest of the movie. Will Sideswipe feature more prominently in the upcoming movie? Only time will tell.

Sideswipe (Deluxe Class, MechTech)
Dark of the Moon

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by **Shockwave.** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:04 pm

OH Man! Its GOOD!

I love it!!!

And whats up with that purple colour on barricade? He looks different and ODD :SICK:

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:31 pm

Alpha Sentinel. wrote:OH Man! Its GOOD! I love it!!! And whats up with that purple colour on barricade? He looks different and ODD

??? He's always had purple/metallic light purple on his figures since Day 1.

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:33 pm

Huh. Jolt doesn't look half-bad here. I'll still wait and see about a repaint though.

I'd buy Sideswipe if his colors weren't so bland, because that gun is badass. Too bad they seem to give different Mechtech weapons to repaints.

News Credits: 1 · by **FanimusMaximus** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:35 pm

Cool, but I'm still waiting on Megatron.

Like f-primus-unicron on Facebook · by **f-primus-unicron** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:37 pm

WHAT's with sideswipe? he has no details, he looks like a ko compared to de previus ones (im talking about molded detail not the color)

Like f-primus-unicron on Facebook · by **f-primus-unicron** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:38 pm

and what withs his leg articulation? im gonna pas this one, and barricade an jolt still my favorite deluxes from this line

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:48 pm

Damn:

Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Thu May 12, 2011 2:53 pm

2007 Barricade to DOTM Barricade: I shall name you, Mini Me!

That's quite a size difference.

Like f-primus-unicron on Facebook · by **f-primus-unicron** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:15 pm

actually the new barricade has his knees "bended" but he is almost the same size at the head, still the 2007 one is bulkier, but this one is better, i dont care what people says, this is thounsand times better than the 07 one i have the recon and is one of my favorites but the new one looks really god to me

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:20 pm

Counterpunch wrote:Damn:

Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

Barricade is the exception height wise. Worst offender of this bunch. Jolt's pretty close in size.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:22 pm

kirbenvost wrote:Huh. Jolt doesn't look half-bad here. I'll still wait and see about a repaint though.

I'd buy Sideswipe if his colors weren't so bland, because that gun is badass. Too bad they seem to give different Mechtech weapons to repaints.

Jolt's actually pretty cool. I like him better than his ROTF incarnation -- except for his color scheme.

Can anyone confirm with their Jolt that mine is missing half of his right eye? I'm sure it's just a fluke that mine is screwed up, but I'd like someone to confirm before I go out and drop another $12 for a replacement figure so that I can return this one.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:24 pm

I really like the new Jolt! I want it!

As for the new Sideswipe... :SICK:

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:27 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Damn:
Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

Barricade is the exception height wise. Worst offender of this bunch. Jolt's pretty close in size.

Oh, that's disappointing. I was under the impression that DOTM Barricade is actually taller than his previous Deluxe.

I was hoping he'd be about the height of Battle Blades Bumblebee.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:30 pm

It Is Him wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Damn:
Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

Barricade is the exception height wise. Worst offender of this bunch. Jolt's pretty close in size.

Oh, that's disappointing. I was under the impression that DOTM Barricade is actually taller than his previous Deluxe.

I was hoping he'd be about the height of Battle Blades Bumblebee.

DOTM Barricade is a huge improvement over previous Barricades though, despite his height challenge. I guess I didn't realize how crappy the original Barricade was until I got the DOTM one.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Thu May 12, 2011 3:49 pm

Seibertron wrote:
It Is Him wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:Damn:
Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

Barricade is the exception height wise. Worst offender of this bunch. Jolt's pretty close in size.

Oh, that's disappointing. I was under the impression that DOTM Barricade is actually taller than his previous Deluxe.

I was hoping he'd be about the height of Battle Blades Bumblebee.

DOTM Barricade is a huge improvement over previous Barricades though, despite his height challenge. I guess I didn't realize how crappy the original Barricade was until I got the DOTM one.

Yeah, those Movie 1 toys are pretty dated now

I'm willing to give the new Barricade a chance, but the height issue is disappointing, especially since I don't care about Mech Tech.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu May 12, 2011 4:24 pm

Jolt needs more coloring like that he looks like a prototype or KO figure, sideswipe also looks like a KO but the mold it self is crap so it doesnt matter, Barricade looks pretty good except his weapon sucks & hes to small. Barricade was the only figure i was going to buy before i started my boycott of the line but im not paying $13 for a figure that small. Remember back when we use to pay 10 bucks for deluxes that had awesome paint apps, didnt break if you looked at em wrong & you didnt feel ripped off when you bought one or put it on display, good times.

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Thu May 12, 2011 6:42 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:Jolt needs more coloring like that he looks like a prototype or KO figure, sideswipe also looks like a KO but the mold it self is crap so it doesnt matter, Barricade looks pretty good except his weapon sucks & hes to small. Barricade was the only figure i was going to buy before i started my boycott of the line but im not paying $13 for a figure that small. Remember back when we use to pay 10 bucks for deluxes that had awesome paint apps, didnt break if you looked at em wrong & you didnt feel ripped off when you bought one or put it on display, good times.

They're $9.96 at Walmart.

Like Michael Alex Kawa on Facebook · by **Michael Alex Kawa** » Fri May 13, 2011 1:08 am

I like the new Barricade

and Jolt

,but that Sideswipe :WRECK:

is both lack of detail and color :BANG_HEAD:

.Sorry about that chap !

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Fri May 13, 2011 5:55 am

Counterpunch wrote:Damn:

Look at what Mech-Tech does.

It stunts your growth.

Talking about paying more for less! and i wonder if Barricade used his MECH-TECH weapon as directed?

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:24 am

Nice galleries as always, but here's my take on them:

Barricade: Nope, naada, PASS.

Jolt: Maybe, but still too drab for me and nice improvement over the previous ones. On the fence.

Sideswipe: epic FAIL!! hasbro went cheap-ass on this figure! lame mold and lack of paint luster, what is hasbro trying to do, create a line that customers or parents have customize or paint the toy now? this is horrid!!!!

Only Shockwave, Skyhammer, and Megatron are the winners for this round, unless the HA line impresses me, which i doubt it, i know my money will be devoted to Fans Project, PE and CD will be dedicated to them and even some of the new GI Joe stuff coming out in a few months, looks 10X better than this!

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Fri May 13, 2011 7:30 am

The ONLY! good thing about Sideswipe is is that his legs have some articulation.

Jolt looks like he is from another cartoon almost Gormiti like?.

Barracade i still like the original design the only good thing again is articulation.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Fri May 13, 2011 9:49 am

The new Barricade is nice, but the diminutive size is a deal breaker for me.

I really like the Sideswipe, crappy paint apps notwithstanding.
I'll give mine a repaint.

Jolt actually looks pretty good, but I think he is on my skip list.
The character does nothing for me, and in 6 months I'd just pack him away with the rest of the movie-verse extras.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri May 13, 2011 12:18 pm

After taking a good look at these figures.

Barricade; It's fun to see the character evolve from '07 Movie Deluxe to ROTF Human Alliance to this. It's certainly the better mold, and a good pickup for anyone who missed out on the previous two Barricade incarnations. However other than that.. it's a pass for me.

Jolt; The mold looks better than the ROTF version but the colors are extremely lacking

Sideswipe; I'll get the figure, just not this one. The corvette looks well engineered but there isn't a dull grey corvette on the streets of Midgard.

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Fri May 13, 2011 1:34 pm

I don't understand why everyone hates ROTF Jolt. He's a goddamn Satyr. The mold is way more awesome than anyone gives it credit for. He's posable. The transformation is interesting, but not fidgety. He has a cool head sculpt.