Title:
Sideways Dark Grey
Description:
Sideways (Deluxe Class, 2009)
TakaraTomy ID number: RD-05
Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxes, Sideways features Automorph action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood, and his robot abs flip down. His Mech Alive gimmickry are the internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw” blade.
Unlike the other on-screen characters in Revenge of the Fallen who turn into consumer vehicles, Sideways’s vehicle mode is merely an unlicensed approximation of an Audi R8 and is not an accurate replica. Sideways is missing the black hood, roof and trunk lid seen on the real car, as well as the unique silver stripes on top of the black areas seen on the APR-tuned Audi R8, which was the car used in the movie.
Yet another victim of late mold changes rampant among the 2008-2009 financial crisis, Sideways appears to have had a hinged thumb on his left hand in Hasbro stock photos whereas this is a solid section molded on to the arm on the final toy. Although not indicated on any early photos nor instructions, Sideways’s windshield underside has two notches that connect to Sideways’s hood on small square pegs immediately behind the front wheels. This requires folding up the two small triangular pieces on top of the hood. Also it seems as if the spinning saw blade was originally powered by gears, the gearbox and shaft for the lever can still be seen on his right forearm but are molded just like his thumb onto the arm.
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.
TakaraTomy ID number: RD-05
Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)
Part of the first wave of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxes, Sideways features Automorph action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood, and his robot abs flip down. His Mech Alive gimmickry are the internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw” blade.
Unlike the other on-screen characters in Revenge of the Fallen who turn into consumer vehicles, Sideways’s vehicle mode is merely an unlicensed approximation of an Audi R8 and is not an accurate replica. Sideways is missing the black hood, roof and trunk lid seen on the real car, as well as the unique silver stripes on top of the black areas seen on the APR-tuned Audi R8, which was the car used in the movie.
Yet another victim of late mold changes rampant among the 2008-2009 financial crisis, Sideways appears to have had a hinged thumb on his left hand in Hasbro stock photos whereas this is a solid section molded on to the arm on the final toy. Although not indicated on any early photos nor instructions, Sideways’s windshield underside has two notches that connect to Sideways’s hood on small square pegs immediately behind the front wheels. This requires folding up the two small triangular pieces on top of the hood. Also it seems as if the spinning saw blade was originally powered by gears, the gearbox and shaft for the lever can still be seen on his right forearm but are molded just like his thumb onto the arm.
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.
Theme:
Revenge Of The Fallen
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2009
Date Added:
2023-05-28 14:10:48
Date Added:
2023-05-28 14:10:48
