Full colour images of MP Sideswipe revealed on Ehobby site

[Lint]

Love the finish on that paint! Hopefully they don't con us with these beautiful promo pics and cheap out on the finished product like MP11 Starscream.

[GoktimusPrime]

My concern with the Hasbro version is that the white won't look as pearly brilliant as this one and be more of a off-creamy white; similar to the difference between United and RtS Jazz. Mind you -- that's not _that_ bad... a helluva lot less painful to behold than Hasbro Grey(TM)! Hasbro would have to make a concerted effort to screw up the colours on this toy. What they ought to do is give it transparent windows. I'm not too fussed about the size difference. 1984 G1 Sideswipe was pretty short next to 1984 Optimus Prime. Might take a comparison pic later tonight.

Oh man, how awesome would it be if MP Soundwave came with a "mini-Soundwave" in radio-cassette player mode! Kinda like how MP Convoy came with that "mini-Megatron" gun - i.e. a miniaturised model of him in alt mode to simulate mass-shifting! What they should do is release an eHobby or Amazon exclusive repaint of MP Soundwave as Soundblaster - repaint Laserbeak as Buzzsaw. Oh yeah! (I personally wouldn't get it - not that much of a fan of Soundblaster or Buzzsaw, but there would be enough people who'd want it - and as a limited exclusive I reckon it'd work).

[Tober]

HLJ have just listed with a 20% pre-order incentive. Aprox $60 + shipping.

This usually means Amiami and Anime Export etc will be even cheaper, but HLJ still has their 20% off EMS shipping, so...

[kurdt_the_goat]

Some more pics from Amazon Japan:

[canofwhoopass_87]

Those tyres look plastic to me.....and the windows are certainly opaque

[Trent]

That looks awesomely like a real Countach! I'm impressed. I agree he's a bit small but in order to fit in mp-10's trailer I suppose that's the size he had to be.

The only thing I don't like is the size of the Autobot insignia. Looks to big in alt mode.

[kurdt_the_goat]

The chrome things in the pic above appear to be Amazon Japan exclusive btw

[SharkyMcShark]

What's the scale on this? Looks roughly Alternator sized from what I've seen.

[Tober]

What's the scale on this? Looks roughly Alternator sized from what I've seen.

Closer to Classics/Alternity 1/32.

[Trent]

And I love the little raging bull badge. so cool!

I'm getting this just to leave in alt mode.