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News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:18 pm

We have some interesting news. An couple of interesting auctions have appeared on ebay. Ebay seller babyboyz306 has post auctions for some unreleased G2 Go-Bots. The figures are on cards featuring the art for High Beam. The auctions can be found here and here. Here are the images form the auctions:

by **Ramrider** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:29 pm

How odd; those are the Side Swipe and Daytonus moulds. If these are genuine, then why would they be sealed onto High Beam's card?

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:34 pm

AH, these molds are crap, but the sheer rarity makes them so sweet!

I love the lack if variation on the cards. Did they make it past testing? I can't recall if G2 started flaking on backing cards.

News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:35 pm

Liege Evilmus wrote:AH, these molds are crap, but the sheer rarity makes them so sweet!

I love the lack if variation on the cards. Did they make it past testing? I can't recall if G2 started flaking on backing cards.

More than likely they are sales samples.

by **nolga supreme** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 7:44 pm

I wonder if this guy knew what he had? He doesn't say anything other than the carded name. Bet he is shocked at the price.

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:00 pm

The 1st one is obviously the Daytonus mold, but the second one is NOT the Sideswipe mold. It looks like a C5 Corvette? Is that what it is? If so, that hasn't been released before to my knowledge.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:12 pm

That is the side swipe mold. The only thing is that the front looks more rounded. The back is the same as is the doors.

News Credits: 9 · by **Zeds** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:24 pm

nolga supreme wrote:I wonder if this guy knew what he had? He doesn't say anything other than the carded name. Bet he is shocked at the price.

I do not think he knew what he had but I am sure that he knows now. Just waiting to see what they end at. I would bid on them but those black marked numbers at the bottom of the cards really irks me.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:05 pm

They look uncannily like AFX slot cars...

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:18 pm

Megatron_Wolf wrote:That is the side swipe mold. The only thing is that the front looks more rounded. The back is the same as is the doors.

Ack. I was thinking G2 Gobots Sideswipe (one word) not the RiD Spychanger Side Swipe (two words). You guys are correct.

News Credits: 1 · by **D-340** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:19 pm

Oh if I had the money, they would so be mine.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Pepsimus · by **Black Bumblebee** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:28 pm

Yeah, seller is totally obvlious. Selling some other generic G2 gobot cards in other auctions. I love the one on the right. "Vinny's Pizza." Hmm... I wonder what the "in joke" is behind that?

News Credits: 1 · by **Cybertronian** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:29 pm

Seibertron wrote:The 1st one is obviously the Daytonus mold, but the second one is NOT the Sideswipe mold. It looks like a C5 Corvette? Is that what it is? If so, that hasn't been released before to my knowledge.

Side Swipe is a Pro Stock version of the mid 1990's Camaro. The taillights look Corvette-ish, but the front end tells the tale.

Apparently to poorly-named "Daytonus" mold isn't selling as well as the hard-to-see-his-face Side Swipe mold. I wonder if the first version has that same hood-won't-fold-down-right problem as the RiD 1st edition. (The RiD Tiny Tins version doesn't have this screw-up.)