Cast character S*******e full body shot.

[griffin]

I think my brain is broken - when I saw S*******e, my first interpretation was S**thouse. I hope it's not freudian.

It looks like he'll just be a humanoid Segway in robot mode.

Why on Earth (or Cybertron for that matter) couldn't he be red? I know OP is red, but people are hardly going to confuse them. Is it something to do with the animation? I seem to recall hearing that certain colours look less 'convincing' when animated, and I think that red is one of them.

Yeah, I remember Bay saying something about Optimus having as much red covered up (by the flame detailing) because it is a bad colour to use in filming/lighting (when they used the actual truck prop).

As for Sideswipe not being red - I don't think it would be for preventing confusion, but more for the visual aspect of cast (promo) shots being more diverse/interesting with the colours, or any scenes with a group of Autobots in them. Kinda like how Hasbro try to have a variety of colours in an assortment of toys, swapping the release of figures or the colours of a figure to make the shelves look more interesting with different figures/colours. It'd all be marketting in the end, and how they can get the best predicted return from the options at hand.

[1orion2many]

I thought Rollerblading went out in the 90's. I find the silver quite bland, when they translate this colour over to the toy it'll be another dull gray Jazz.

[i_amtrunks]

Silver is bland, but I think it's a better colour for the Solstice, not sure if it would look as good in red.
However it might confuse the younger (as in really young) kiddies who might mistake him for Jazz. Wonder why they went Sideswipe rather than a more fitting Silverstreak or something?

And I wonder how many lines Sideswipe will get, and if he will be killed off, to create a "curse of silver Autobots"?

[MV75]

Don't worry, just wait for the red coloured toy that WILL come along with a yellow one too.

Wheel feet for the loose. Which is a shame as the rest looks great.

[Hot Rodimus]

I agree with everything that has already been said...... He should be red and the feet?? The hell is going on there, why on earth did they think it would be a good idea to turn Sideswipe into a 'Man-Blader'?

[STL]

I think we'll get a nice G1 red homage in due course. It's inevitable and since they missed out the 1st time with Ironhide, I reckon its even money that Voyager Ironhide gets the G1 homage too.

All that = yay for me.