Short Circuit wrote:They didn’t even remould his abs to let his new chest sit flush or give him a spoiler. What the heck?
TF-fan kev777 wrote:I'm guessing the spoiler would have been too difficult with how the back portion of the car becomes his knees and some of the car ends up inside his legs. There may not be enough clearance inside, or it would have put the parts count too high.
Cybertron version? Have you forgotten Siege Sideswipe?Short Circuit wrote:Still going to get him because he’ll look perfect with sunstreaker. Sucks we never got a G2 or cybertron version of him.
Skywarp, Santon, and Lio Junior weren't always combiner components. All three were originally separate individuals. It wasn't until Skywarp and Santon forced Lio Junior into fusing with them against his will that the three were turned into a combiner. This could easily represent Skywarp from before that time.Short Circuit wrote:Skywarp looks neat too, but he’ll be lonely unless they make a santon from Rhinox and a Lio Junior.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote: Have you forgotten Siege Sideswipe?
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Because comparisons are best done with actual images instead of just from memory:
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Sideswipe Gallery
The car shell is all new it looks like. Only thing truly missing is his spoiler.
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Sideswipe Gallery
The robot parts are the same, which makes sense to do so.
Va'al wrote:I keep track of everyone. Backwards.
There are atandarfs to maintain.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Hey, If Mindmaster survived then you should do just fine.
Skywarp, Santon, and Lio Junior weren't always combiner components. All three were originally separate individuals.
Nemesis Destron wrote:Why the hell did they leave the patch of black on Swipes alt-mode? I think keeping the whole body solid red would have given a much cleaner look IMO.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I just don't see the differences with this new Sideswipe. They couldn't give us a spoiler?
Razorbeast88 wrote:Also in the bio for the other set, they're taking on dinobot, starscream and waspinator. Solid threat
These guys are up against scorponok. And he is smol. And alone. Smolone. And he's not a "decepticon-predacon threat" unless this dude also has Titan scorpies spark in him or something
TF-fan kev777 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:I just don't see the differences with this new Sideswipe. They couldn't give us a spoiler? I'm still buying it for sure, I'm just glad we're getting ALL the weapons.
I'm guessing the spoiler would have been too difficult with how the back portion of the car becomes his knees and some of the car ends up inside his legs. There may not be enough clearance inside, or it would have put the parts count too high.
william-james88 wrote:Razorbeast88 wrote:Also in the bio for the other set, they're taking on dinobot, starscream and waspinator. Solid threat
These guys are up against scorponok. And he is smol. And alone. Smolone. And he's not a "decepticon-predacon threat" unless this dude also has Titan scorpies spark in him or something
All 4 are taking on all 4 at the same time. They just divided up the bios as they appear on the individual boxes. Lets not go mental over this.
Wolfman Jake wrote:Earthmode Sideswipe is a total win, unlike how Earthmode Mirage is a total disappointment, being a downgrade from the Siege version. This new Sideswipe looks just like Earthrise Sunstreaker in alt mode, which it should, gets the coloring correct (white instead of grimy off-white parts), and even includes his shoulder cannon AND hand-held blaster, both also now white for better G1 show accuracy. They even have the Autobot badge correctly centered on Sideswipe's chest this time, and omitted the "C.O.M.B.A.T." pimple on the hood/chest too! The ONLY nitpick I have is that they should have swapped out the tires to make them match Sunstreaker too. I guess Sideswipe got some custom rims? Also, it makes sense that Sideswipe doesn't have a spoiler, because Sunstreaker doesn't have one either. The real questions is, why didn't Earthrise Sunstreaker have a spoiler to begin with? I hope we eventually get Earthmode versions of Tigertrack, Deep Cover, and G2 Sideswipe. At least we are pretty certain that the Walgreens "Kingdom" exclusive this winter will be Earthmode Red Alert.
Mindmaster wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Because comparisons are best done with actual images instead of just from memory:
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Sideswipe Gallery
The car shell is all new it looks like. Only thing truly missing is his spoiler.
Transformers War for Cybertron: SIEGE Sideswipe Gallery
The robot parts are the same, which makes sense to do so.
Okay, now I see the differences. Still not enough for me to justify getting this set and letting go of Siege, but if my girlfriend gets me this then I won’t complain.
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Nemesis Destron wrote:Why the hell did they leave the patch of black on Swipes alt-mode? I think keeping the whole body solid red would have given a much cleaner look IMO.
More than likely unpaintable plastic.
transformers_va wrote:In case you're interested, here is an unboxing/review video of the new Autobot Ark: https://youtu.be/GRLYVdTXG3k
MGrotusque wrote:OMG WHY SIDESWIPE? I'm so sick of that guy. He's the default figure to get lumped into everything these days it seems. Isn't there like 45 different versions released of him now in the last 2 years??? Feels like it to me.
Emerje wrote:Is it just me or is it strange that the one thing that looked the most like a Lambo on the Siege figure, the entire back end of the car with those big vents behind the doors, also got replaced on this figure? I guess they wanted it to match Sunstreaker, but that's dumb because he isn't supposed to have those to begin with (MP Sunstreaker had them as an option, but they weren't exactly character accurate).
Emerje
primalxconvoy wrote:MGrotusque wrote:OMG WHY SIDESWIPE? I'm so sick of that guy. He's the default figure to get lumped into everything these days it seems. Isn't there like 45 different versions released of him now in the last 2 years??? Feels like it to me.
There's only been 4 releases of him so far (Seige, G2, Netflix and Kingdom). For me, and the others weren't relevant, due to the cr@pple-damage paint, so I'm really glad this new version came out.
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