Possible First Look at Next SS Bayverse Figure, Sideways

Posted by william-james88 Apr 26, 2022 at 8:14pm CDT 106,465 views

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A new image in Discord popped up showing what fans believe to be Transformers Studio Series Sideways. We knew the figure was coming but there was no clue on the robot mode, especially since we never get a good look at it in the film. It appears to be a fully new mold which is intriguing for a character with such short screen time. He did appear in the video games though and his weapon seems based on his PS2 appearance. Now it could be that this toy is to legit, especially since it seems to have rather simplistic engineering for some joints. We'll see. Here are some points brought up on our boards:

- He is slightly mistransformed, the chest portion with the headlights looks like it can rotate up to be more screen accurate.

- His window wings might be able to slide more centrally, it looks like they’re on sliders.

- His gun is actually based on his gun in the PS2/Wii game!

Transformers News: Possible First Look at Next SS Bayverse Figure Sideways

Possible First Look at Next SS Bayverse Figure Sideways

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Comment by SpaceEagle Apr 26, 2022

He honestly looks really good to me, at least for a to-scale SS figure to bulk up the movie 'Con ranks. It at least doesn't look as much as a string bean like the past deluxe (to me, that is.)
I'll definitely pick him up, always nice getting more car transformers.

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Apr 26, 2022

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Very nice! I do really enjoy that figure, I am glad I got a 2nd one when they were all so cheap thanks to deals

I'm glad I did too, my first one broke after being transformed/combined a few times, the joint that allows the arms to swing outwards from vehicle mode just completely snapped inside :-x

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Comment by Spider5800 Apr 27, 2022

What a weird choice. There was a 360/PS3 version of the ROTF game that I'm certain sold better than the Wii/PS2 version, and Sideways appears in that like he was in the movie (licensed Audi car mode even), WITHOUT a giant arm cannon (I think he had a smaller gun "transform" onto his wrist). Seems like an odd thing to include, given how few people would get the reference.

Rest of the figure looks nice, though. Two-tone and even appears to have the silver stripes down the middle. Hard to tell if that's an Audi logo on the chest, of COURSE there's a shine RIGHT THERE, so hopefully this is actually licensed and we get a fully accurate vehicle mode (the car mode got more screen time than the bot, in this case :lol:

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Comment by MeGrimlock78 Apr 27, 2022

I am getting really strong Barricade vibes off of him...

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Comment by First-Aid Apr 27, 2022

MeGrimlock78 wrote:I am getting really strong Barricade vibes off of him...

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that....

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Comment by Overcracker Apr 27, 2022

I will be cautiously optimistic of this actually being a Licensed 2008 Audi R8.

Even the original toy wasn't actually licensed, and we all know how restrictive VW and its associated brands (Porsche, Audi etc...i) have been with their licensing.

I think it will likely just be a somewhat R8 looking car without the Quattro rings.

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 27, 2022

First-Aid wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I am getting really strong Barricade vibes off of him...

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that....

Sideways’ CG model actually reuses several parts from Barricade, particularly in the legs.

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Comment by First-Aid Apr 27, 2022

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I am getting really strong Barricade vibes off of him...

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that....

Sideways’ CG model actually reuses several parts from Barricade, particularly in the legs.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Repaint. Especially Seeker molds.

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Comment by Sabrblade Apr 27, 2022

First-Aid wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:I am getting really strong Barricade vibes off of him...

Glad I'm not the only one thinking that....

Sideways’ CG model actually reuses several parts from Barricade, particularly in the legs.

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Repaint. Especially Seeker molds.

And yet, the original ROTF Sideways mold was a completely different one from Barricade's Movie 1 mold.

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 27, 2022

Sabrblade wrote:And yet, the original ROTF Sideways mold was a completely different one from Barricade's Movie 1 mold.

Yep, I'm pleasently surprised that this one is a totally new mold too! Rumors were that it would be a Dino retool actually, but I think this turned out much better than if it was a retool of Dino.

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Comment by Rtron Apr 27, 2022

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And yet, the original ROTF Sideways mold was a completely different one from Barricade's Movie 1 mold.

Yep, I'm pleasently surprised that this one is a totally new mold too! Rumors were that it would be a Dino retool actually, but I think this turned out much better than if it was a retool of Dino.

I think it wouldn't have made much sense anyway for him to be a Dino retool, his CGI model has way more recognizable car parts than Dino, as it usually is with the designs from the first two movies. He doesn't require as much faking as Dino does.

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 27, 2022

Rtron wrote:
I think it wouldn't have made much sense anyway for him to be a Dino retool, his CGI model has way more recognizable car parts than Dino, as it usually is with the designs from the first two movies. He doesn't require as much faking as Dino does.

Exactly, yeah. Now we just have to hope they saved some of the new tooling budget for DOTM Bumblebee! xD

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Apr 27, 2022

So if this Sideways is screen-accurate, does that mean in car mode he can split in half long ways? :lol:

I mean, they did it with The Twins ice cream truck...

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Comment by jtanimator Apr 27, 2022

He may not be as complex or accurate to the movie, but I'm not really complaining cause I'm a massive sucker for those top heavy proportions. Seriously, it just looks so good to me.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 27, 2022

Upon further review, I am still digging him. I love how the grill deforms to match his CG model. That might be my favorite part of the design.

I know this is more another topic, and I plan to post there, but I wanted to share these images of the Premium Series movie 1 Megatron from SS. The new wash and copper really did this thing justice. i love the retail release, but damn the premium series one brings it home!

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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 28, 2022

Man, PF Megatron looks so good, I'd like to pick it up but $60 is pretty steep. We'll see!

One more note on Sideways, Sideways77 on TFW2005 found what appears to be molded faux tires on Sideways arm higher up than the ones directly attached to the hands - the faux and real tires can likely combine, not only achieving a CG accurate split tire look but also shortening the arms a little bit:

Sideways faux tire.jpg

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Comment by Munkky Apr 28, 2022

I managed to find ROTF Sideswipe for a reasonable price on Ebay recently, so I've bought one. I never disliked the DOTM Sideswipe as much as many others did, but the ROTF version does look a lot better so I'm looking forward to having him.
That recent Direct Line ad with Optimus Prime in it really makes me wish Studio Series does an Optimus in his Age of Extinction / The Last Knight design soon, preferably as a Leader instead of a Voyager, the original Voyager Optimus mould was always a bit too small and skinny for my liking. Of course I don't expect this to happen any time soon, it's just as likely that the next Studio Series Optimus will be the Rise of the Beasts design.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 28, 2022

So, I made a post on Twitter saying I wished I had army-built the Shadow Raider and KSI sentry guys, and I got a reply from John Warden with an interesting little factoid about them:

Glad to hear you like these guys. Fun fact: when I was doing the deco I actually ordered touch up paint for the actual vehicles these guys were based on to get that tone just right.

Tweet: https://twitter.com/wardenfive/status/1 ... 6359200769

Neat little thing that they actually were ordering the actual car paint to color match to in shop, I like that little detail

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Comment by Tuned Agent Apr 28, 2022

Sideways looks pretty good to me so far. The original RotF deluxe was never the strongest figure from that line IMO, so I look forward to seeing more of this guy.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:One more note on Sideways, Sideways77 on TFW2005 found what appears to be molded faux tires on Sideways arm higher up than the ones directly attached to the hands - the faux and real tires can likely combine, not only achieving a CG accurate split tire look but also shortening the arms a little bit:
Sideways faux tire.jpg

It looks like there is also a double hinge within his forearm to allow his hand to collapse in and align with the faux tire. There also seem to be hinges on the outside of his biceps, maybe to allow some car panels to swing to the front of his arms?

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Apr 30, 2022

Rodimus Prime wrote:So if this Sideways is screen-accurate, does that mean in car mode he can split in half long ways? I mean, they did it with The Twins ice cream truck...

My thoughts exactly :lol: