I got Sideways and Sideswipe this the first day they were released at TRU. I liked the whole look of the line, but I had the need for speed, so I got the two Sports Cars. Sideways is an Audi R8, but lacks any Audi symbols on the car, partly because of trademarks. It has a dark gunmetal grey on him with reddish, pinkish windows. Overall the color scheme seems menacing enough. There is also a black Decepticon symbol on the back of the car. If you look underneath, there are some exposed robot parts, but it's a transformer, most of them have revealed robot parts in alt mode. Another thing to notice is it's missing the black stripe seen in the movies, nothing a customizer can't fix... His transformation is pretty good. Not your normal fold out transformation, you actually get involved. They...[See More]

One of the first Decepticon cars I've seen in the new movie line he isn't really much to write home about. His design is a generic sports care design that would easily blend in on a busy street. The articulation is about average as is the sculpting of his head. What I found disturbing is he's the same generic silver as Sideswipe. I'm not sure why but like most of the new line he suffers from a case of being very bland and begs for a paintjob if not a customization. The lack of weapons also bothers me it seems like every Transformer these days has integrated weapons and the days of guns that are handheld are long behind us. The good side is the quality of the mold is good. Very little flash, and no swirls in the plastic from poor blending of colors during the injection molding process. The...[See More]

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