Title:
Sideswipe 2nd Robot Mode
Description:
Side Swipe (2003, 2004)
Alternator ID number: 2
Binaltech ID number: BT-02
Accessories: Dodge Viper Engine/gun
The second Alternators toy released, Side Swipe’s alternate mode is a licensed 1:24 scale Dodge Viper (identified as an SRT-10 model by the Japanese Binaltech version) featuring opening doors, a detailed interior, and a hood that opens to reveal an engine bay holding a replica Viper V-10 engine. The vehicle mode also features movable steering and rubber tires with vacuum-metalized wheels. His removable engine becomes a blaster.
The main difference between Hasbro’s Alternators Side Swipe and Takara’s Binaltech "Lambor” releases is that the Binaltech version has die-cast metal parts for most of the car’s outer body shell, with the exception of the rear end (the "backpack” kibble in robot mode), and the entire red exterior of the car is fully painted, unlike the Alternators version’s flat red plastic. Furthermore, the Alternators version sports additional "blackwash” paint operations on his chest the Binaltech version lacks.
The Dodge Viper sculpt was originally designed to be a new body for Tracks after the first attempt to secure the Corvette license had fallen through. Eventually, though, Chevrolet had a change of mind and granted Hasbro and Takara the license for the Corvette design after all. As a result, the Viper mold was slightly redesigned, was given a new head sculpt and released as Sideswipe (or "Side Swipe”) instead. This explains why, unlike most of the early Alternators toys, Side Swipe’s robot mode bears little resemblance to his G1 self. The most noticeable redesign from the "Tracks” design was the vehicle mode’s doors being moved from the "backpack” kibble (where they would have resembled the G1 Tracks toy’s wings) to the sides of the arms, thus being the most obvious visual cue taken from the G1 Sideswipe toy. The doors are, however, still splayed out to the sides in the Alternators version’s package art and can be moved to match Tracks’s wing configuration, which implies that the redesign may have been done before the switch from Tracks to Sideswipe was made.
This sculpt was retooled to make Dead End, who was then redecoed into Sunstreaker (although the retool was originally done with Sunstreaker in mind).
Alternator ID number: 2
Binaltech ID number: BT-02
Accessories: Dodge Viper Engine/gun
The second Alternators toy released, Side Swipe’s alternate mode is a licensed 1:24 scale Dodge Viper (identified as an SRT-10 model by the Japanese Binaltech version) featuring opening doors, a detailed interior, and a hood that opens to reveal an engine bay holding a replica Viper V-10 engine. The vehicle mode also features movable steering and rubber tires with vacuum-metalized wheels. His removable engine becomes a blaster.
The main difference between Hasbro’s Alternators Side Swipe and Takara’s Binaltech "Lambor” releases is that the Binaltech version has die-cast metal parts for most of the car’s outer body shell, with the exception of the rear end (the "backpack” kibble in robot mode), and the entire red exterior of the car is fully painted, unlike the Alternators version’s flat red plastic. Furthermore, the Alternators version sports additional "blackwash” paint operations on his chest the Binaltech version lacks.
The Dodge Viper sculpt was originally designed to be a new body for Tracks after the first attempt to secure the Corvette license had fallen through. Eventually, though, Chevrolet had a change of mind and granted Hasbro and Takara the license for the Corvette design after all. As a result, the Viper mold was slightly redesigned, was given a new head sculpt and released as Sideswipe (or "Side Swipe”) instead. This explains why, unlike most of the early Alternators toys, Side Swipe’s robot mode bears little resemblance to his G1 self. The most noticeable redesign from the "Tracks” design was the vehicle mode’s doors being moved from the "backpack” kibble (where they would have resembled the G1 Tracks toy’s wings) to the sides of the arms, thus being the most obvious visual cue taken from the G1 Sideswipe toy. The doors are, however, still splayed out to the sides in the Alternators version’s package art and can be moved to match Tracks’s wing configuration, which implies that the redesign may have been done before the switch from Tracks to Sideswipe was made.
This sculpt was retooled to make Dead End, who was then redecoed into Sunstreaker (although the retool was originally done with Sunstreaker in mind).
Theme:
Alternators
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2003
Country:
United States
Series:
Alternators
Date Added:
2022-05-09 17:21:49
Date Added:
2022-05-09 17:21:49
