New images and bios of ROTF Swerve and Gears

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

ROTF has had some pretty decent redecos so far.

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

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!"

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.

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

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...)