Transformers Generations Fall Of Cybertron: Sideswipe

Sideswipe (Deluxe, 2012)

Series / number: 1 / 011

Japanese ID number: TG10

Accessories: ”Battle cannon” (Hasbro & TakaraTomy), Pistol (TakaraTomy only)

Note:The Aligned Sideswipe toy was repurposed as Generation 1 Sideswipe in multiple continuities.

Part of the third wave of 2012 Generations Deluxe Class toys, Fall of Cybertron Sideswipe is an extensive retool of Fall of Cybertron Jazz, featuring a mostly new vehicle shell, as well as having a new robot head and weapon. His massive ”battle cannon” is modeled after a Path Blaster from Fall of Cybertron, features 5mm posts for the handle and on its side, has a spinning, ratcheting drum, and can extend its barrel. In an undocumented feature, the blaster can mount at an angle onto his vehicle rear, with the back of the blaster sliding into the spoiler. He features 5mm ports for his hands, on his forearms/rear vehicle sides, and on his vehicle roof.In robot mode, he features a case of faux parts: The centers of his feet are fake wheels (attached to the legs via ratchet joints) that are hidden in the rear section of his vehicle mode, while his real vehicle mode wheels end up on the sides of his chest (partially obscured by panels) and on his forearms.His stock photography depicts him with blue eyes, but the final product leaves his eyes the same black/dark gray color as his head. Creepy.The TakaraTomy version of the figure features a metallic red paint job on the entirety of the car and several other extensive detailing changes. The most notable of these include the metallic red paint, War for Cybertron style Autobot lighting effects all throughout the figure, maroon paint surrounding his striping, silver striping instead of white in car mode, metallic gray legs instead of white, and blue painted eyes instead of cold dead unpainted clear gray eyes. The TakaraTomy version also features the smaller pistol included with Jazz that was omitted from the Hasbro release.The new shell parts involved in the conversion from Jazz have a design flaw. Similar to Jazz, Sideswipe’s back consists of two parts connected via hinge joint that are intended to lock into place by pegging into the pelvis. Unlike Jazz however, Sideswipe’s back parts do not swivel far enough to be capable of latching onto the pelvis, leaving the instructions impossible and his robot mode unstable.Unsurprisingly, Fall of Cybertron Sideswipe was used for several depictions of Generation 1 Sideswipe. The TakaraTomy deco appeared in the Transformers: All Spark manga series. This toy also serves as a rough stand-in for Sideswipe’s body in ”Season 1” of IDW Publishing’s Robots in Disguise comic series.

Generations War For Cybertron

Hasbro

653569782360

2012

Fall Of Cybertron

2018-06-08 15:36:32

~$19.98

2025-07-19

2018-06-08 15:36:32