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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:58 am

The-Arker.com has new photos of the cards from Transformers Revenge of The Fallen Swerve and Autobot Gears.
Swerve is a repaint of Sideswipe with a new head while Gears is a repaint of TF1 Stockade.
Giving us a look at their bios.

Swerve wrote:Swerve is highly intelligent, though you wouldn't know it to watch him drive. His duties as a metallurgist and fabricator for the Autobots expose him to a lot of toxic chemicals, which his circuits have been constantly exposed to for years. He has trouble holding a straight line as a result. The other Autobots prefer to keep him far away from battle, since he aims about as well as he drives

Gears wrote:If there's a negative angle to be found in any situation, Gears will find it. It's not that he's a miserable guy or that he's unhappy on earth. He just really likes complaining. Nothing makes him happier than having something to gripe about. The other Autobots actually find his complaining funny, rather than annoying, which is part of the reason he keeps on doing it.

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News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:11 am

Gears huh? He looks cool, I like him. Swerve's not bad either.

ROTF has had some pretty decent redecos so far.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:18 am

Ilike these redeccoes and their bios, but Gears bio is just plain win.

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:27 am

Considering how much trouble I'm having finding Sideswipe, I'm tempted just to leave him and get Swerve. Hope Takara release him!

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 9:41 am

I really like the Gears design. Not sure if its just me but there is something very Prime like about the design, I have Stockade and im not sure what it is. Maybe the head or slight Optimas Primal monkey look with the big arms.

by **Cobalt Prime** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:05 am

Two handsome pieces indeed! Will definitely buy.
The new head mold for Swerve truly makes him unique from Sideswipe (tho I woulda called this one Windcharger) , and the radically different paint scheme of Gears from Stockade make it striking and distinctive enough to warrant a purchase in this case.
Plus, I'm a Gears fan of old!

"Yer squeaking's not the problem, Gears, its yer Squawking!"

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:35 am

I like Swerve. I already have Stockade. I don't think I need his repaint.

News Credits: 5 · by **bumble_bee_68** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:54 pm

Well, I already have Sideswipe and Stockade - I just wish the movie version of Sideswipe was more G1-ish with the red paint scheme instead of silver; but don't get me wrong, silver is a nice color for a Corvette Stingray, but if I'm not mistaken, Sideswipe was a red sports car in G1

As for the Stockade repaint as Gears, it's ok, but Hasbro could've given him a new head sculpt, so pass on him - As for Swerve, I'm gonna pick him up because my girlfriend just happens to like red Corvettes, as she always says; they are very curvy, just like her :grin:

by **Valandar** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:57 pm

Stockade was one of the better Deluxes in the previous line, and while I don't think the mold actually suits Gears, it does suit that redeco. I likes it.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:11 pm

I like Swerve but theres nothing new on the Gears mold from the first iteration so i might not get that one. Great mold but im sick of repaints with no remolds.

by **Hard Hacker** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 2:30 pm

The original Stockade mould inspires me to do dark, dark things. It was that rubbish. Pass.

Swerve, by contrast, looks fun.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 3:02 pm

Man, that Swerve bio is full of freaking win.

News Credits: 8 · by **LiKwid** » Tue Jun 02, 2009 7:05 pm

I'm not big on repaints but that sideswipe mold is hot. I'll be getting swerve for sure, he'll look cool as F right next to sideswipe . Stockade though, meh, his design was always so wierd.. The ape arms just did nothing for me..

News Credits: 5 · by **Oilspill** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 11:07 am

Love the fact that Swerve can't drive in a straight line or shoot straight, yet he has a skill rating of 9

by **SentinelA** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:01 pm

I want Swerve but will pass on Gears.

News Credits: 1 · by **Cybertronian** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 10:20 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Swerve wrote:Swerve is highly intelligent, though you wouldn't know it to watch him drive. His duties as a metallurgist and fabricator for the Autobots expose him to a lot of toxic chemicals, which his circuits have been constantly exposed to for years. He has trouble holding a straight line as a result. The other Autobots prefer to keep him far away from battle, since he aims about as well as he drives

Gears wrote:If there's a negative angle to be found in any situation, Gears will find it. It's not that he's a miserable guy or that he's unhappy on earth. He just really likes complaining. Nothing makes him happier than having something to gripe about. The other Autobots actually find his complaining funny, rather than annoying, which is part of the reason he keeps on doing it.

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Both of them are cool, but to be honest, I'm a touch disappointed.
Not by the profiles or color schemes. Both of them fall into place perfectly (and like Wal-Mart's Ramjet are spot-on to their G1 counterparts), but I was expecting something different out of both.
In the case of the TF2 Sideswipe/Stingray mold, I always expected a yellow gold (since the car body is painted, no GPS) repaint, cast as Sunstreaker. My other choice for a repaint would probably have been Tracks, though I can almost hear the customs community laboring to make a Wheeljack out of Sideswipe.
As for Gears, it seemed to me that Dropkick/Salvage's "not a Chevy S-10" truck mode favored him best. I even sought out 2nd copies of Salvage and Dropkick for the sole purpose of assembling a Gears -- with minimal painting; I still need a 2nd Dropkick. Once complete, I may take the 2nd Dropkick's head and swap it onto an extra TF1 Longarm (who would become the TF Crossovers equivalent to "Cooter").
Swerve is best served by removing the door detailing (the Sanford & Son inspired "Sparkplug and Son") from Salvage. (Another crazy thought -- sorry if I offend anyone with my skintone -- team TF1's Salvage up with TF2's Twins. I can hear the theme song playing already...)

News Credits: 8 · by **LiKwid** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:31 am

Diem wrote:Considering how much trouble I'm having finding Sideswipe, I'm tempted just to leave him and get Swerve. Hope Takara release him!

Dude! SS is a pegwarmer here along with Sideways.. I could have bought a army of Sideswipes by now.. I think that takara is releasing swerve so you'll be in luck!

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:52 pm

LiKwid wrote:
Diem wrote:Considering how much trouble I'm having finding Sideswipe, I'm tempted just to leave him and get Swerve. Hope Takara release him!

Dude! SS is a pegwarmer here along with Sideways.. I could have bought a army of Sideswipes by now.. I think that takara is releasing swerve so you'll be in luck!

Aye, Takara is releasing Swerve, it's a bit less metallic as the Hasbro version, or that's what I think from the pictures.

Here they are; http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... rve/16406/

by **Prime Riblet** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:05 pm

Swerve is a must-have.

Gears is a big probably. I never bought the first iteration of the mold, and I think this one looks good. I actually like the "ape arms". He looks tough.