TRANSFORMERS Studio Series 29 Deluxe Class Dark of The Moon Sideswipe Action Figure

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I knew from pics I would not like the feet, but it's worse in hand. Side arm was a lot more stable if you moved those "toes" around, and he still looked correct with wheel feet. His bicep and thigh swivels are REALLY tight on mine. I need to grip him hard to use those joints without moving something else. While it has never been confirmed, the move to include 1986 characters in the Studio Series toyline after three years of continuous focus on the live-action films, was likely done to allow Hasbro and TakaraTomy to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the film, without stepping on the toes of the Beast Wars 25th anniversary, which was celebrated as a part of the War for Cybertron Trilogy. Evidence suggesting this is the inclusion of some of the film's main characters ( Cyclonus, Rodimus Prime and Galvatron) being sold in the concurrently-ran Kingdom toyline and the shared design aesthetics of the toys between both lines.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail. Cores, Deluxes, Megatron

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Find out what I look like when I don't spend all of my 3-second appearance jumping through a building.

While in many ways simply a larger version of the Deluxe toy, it has several changes. The wheeled feet may now fold out into a stand system, allowing Sideswipe to stand without having to balance on the wheels, or be left as is to retain a more rounded look, and his blades are now rubberized to prevent injury and damage, as the blades lay flat underneath in vehicle mode. The sword-hands can also be slotted into a gear system connected to the front wheels, which causes them to spin as the wheels are turned. The passenger's seat may either be used as a seat for Epps, or turned into a missile launcher slung over Sideswipe's left shoulder. Second, his doors, which collide the most with things... are clear ballcups. yeah I worry about the durability of these, but I do like that they are balljoints so they can articulate. Along with Breakaway, Sideways was initially released in two color schemes, a light silver version and a less common very dark silver version. If you move the headlights, doors and legs of the lighter Sideways to the darker one, allowing for a dark hood and roof, and silver everywhere else, it helps to make for a slightly more movie-accurate Sideways. However, the stripes will still be missing. This mold was retooled into the Deluxe Class version of Revenge of the Fallen Dead End and Movie Advanced Series Dino.The figure suffers from a small design flaw in that the front hood of the car is attached by such tiny pegs that it pops off quite easily. When Audi was looking to win screen time for one of its cars in the summer films during 2009, Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, a marketing consultant from Propaganda Global Entertainment Marketing, helped the company to find an opportunity in Revenge of the Fallen. Ruben talked the movie's staff into finding a role for the Audi R8. Ultimately, an Audi R8 appears in the film as Sideways. Thus, Sideways became the only car Transformer in the movie whose alternate mode is not manufactured by General Motors. [8] Sideways's toys and merchandise are not licensed by Audi, and are thus merely approximations of the R8. However, Sideways's appearance in the Revenge of the Fallen video games is fully licensed, so he is accurate to the car used in the film and has Audi's logos and signage. According to designer Hisashi Yuki, the wheels on the hands were a rushed late addition due to a design change in the movie character model. [5] This is why the hand tires are not integrated more properly into the toy.