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Title:
Sideswipe
Description:
Sideswipe (Deluxe, 2008)
Series: Classic Series
Accessories: "Flare Launcher”, engine supercharger intakes
Part of the third wave of 2008 Universe Deluxe Class toys, Sideswipe is a retool/redeco of Universe Sunstreaker, transforming into a modified Lamborghini Gallardo. Though the car is mostly based upon the Gallardo, to avoid legal problems, it also features modified headlights and elements taken from other cars—most of them are taken from other Lamborghini models, such as a rear end that is basically a cross between a Murciélago and a Diablo; however, the split side windows and the ridges on the door vents are based on a McLaren F1. He also comes with the same roof-mounted engine supercharger accessory as Sunstreaker. Hasbro’s early plans for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had the two as straight redecos of each other, only differing in their head sculpts besides their colors—namely, Sunstreaker would have just been Sideswipe in yellow with a different head. It was TakaraTomy designer Hisashi Yuki who suggested an alternate transformation by turning the upper body by 180 degrees (and swapping the hands to accommodate the different upper body orientation), thus providing more individual robot mode looks for the two characters that resemble their respective Generation 1 designs more.Universe Tigertrack. Fortunately, this didn’t happen.
Hasbro also originally intended the alternate mode’s supercharger to split into two halves which would then become the handgun and a spring-loaded shoulder launcher for the robot mode. On the final toy, the Flare Launcher (a redeco of Sunstreaker’s Electron Pulse Blaster) can be combined with the removable supercharger engine accessory by wrapping the intakes around the gun and mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders to simulate Sideswipe’s Generation 1 missile launcher. Of course, this leaves him without a hand-held weapon. The engine can also be mounted on Sideswipe’s back as his rocket pack. Most of this is not shown in the instructions, which only instruct the owner of the toy to put the gun in his hand and attach the supercharger to his back.Even worse, Sideswipe’s instruction line art is recycled from Sunstreaker’s instructions and therefore incorrectly gives him Sunstreaker’s transformation and head, despite the stock photo depicted on top of the instructions showing him with the hood as the chest and the correct Sideswipe head.Unfortunately, the stock photo Hasbro provided to online retailers retains this incorrect transformation, and throws in some additional mistakes as well. Oy.The Sunstreaker/Sideswipe sculpt was also retooled into Timelines Punch, Generation 2 Breakdown, and Generation 1 Breakdown, as well as Henkei! Henkei! Alert and Generations Red Alert.
Series: Classic Series
Accessories: "Flare Launcher”, engine supercharger intakes
Part of the third wave of 2008 Universe Deluxe Class toys, Sideswipe is a retool/redeco of Universe Sunstreaker, transforming into a modified Lamborghini Gallardo. Though the car is mostly based upon the Gallardo, to avoid legal problems, it also features modified headlights and elements taken from other cars—most of them are taken from other Lamborghini models, such as a rear end that is basically a cross between a Murciélago and a Diablo; however, the split side windows and the ridges on the door vents are based on a McLaren F1. He also comes with the same roof-mounted engine supercharger accessory as Sunstreaker. Hasbro’s early plans for Sunstreaker and Sideswipe had the two as straight redecos of each other, only differing in their head sculpts besides their colors—namely, Sunstreaker would have just been Sideswipe in yellow with a different head. It was TakaraTomy designer Hisashi Yuki who suggested an alternate transformation by turning the upper body by 180 degrees (and swapping the hands to accommodate the different upper body orientation), thus providing more individual robot mode looks for the two characters that resemble their respective Generation 1 designs more.Universe Tigertrack. Fortunately, this didn’t happen.
Hasbro also originally intended the alternate mode’s supercharger to split into two halves which would then become the handgun and a spring-loaded shoulder launcher for the robot mode. On the final toy, the Flare Launcher (a redeco of Sunstreaker’s Electron Pulse Blaster) can be combined with the removable supercharger engine accessory by wrapping the intakes around the gun and mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders to simulate Sideswipe’s Generation 1 missile launcher. Of course, this leaves him without a hand-held weapon. The engine can also be mounted on Sideswipe’s back as his rocket pack. Most of this is not shown in the instructions, which only instruct the owner of the toy to put the gun in his hand and attach the supercharger to his back.Even worse, Sideswipe’s instruction line art is recycled from Sunstreaker’s instructions and therefore incorrectly gives him Sunstreaker’s transformation and head, despite the stock photo depicted on top of the instructions showing him with the hood as the chest and the correct Sideswipe head.Unfortunately, the stock photo Hasbro provided to online retailers retains this incorrect transformation, and throws in some additional mistakes as well. Oy.The Sunstreaker/Sideswipe sculpt was also retooled into Timelines Punch, Generation 2 Breakdown, and Generation 1 Breakdown, as well as Henkei! Henkei! Alert and Generations Red Alert.
Theme:
Generations
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
653569325208
Year:
2008
Country:
United States
Series:
Transformers: Universe
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:36:17
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$22.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-01-14
Date Added:
2018-06-08 15:36:17
