View Poll Results: Dark of the Moon Sideswipe - Worth Buying?

Voters
21. You may not vote on this poll
  • Damn, he's good!

    3 14.29%
  • Only if his price is cut like Sideways

    8 38.10%
  • Only if (something else)

    3 14.29%
  • Wouldn't touch this toy with a flip out sword

    5 23.81%
  • I prefer Sunstreaker (not interested)

    2 9.52%
Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 29

Thread: Dark of the Moon Deluxe Sideswipe Review

  1. #1
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney NSW
    Posts
    37,637

    Default Dark of the Moon Deluxe Sideswipe Review

    Toy Review: Dark of the Moon Sideswipe

    Links to pics:
    Vehicle mode
    Robot mode

    Series - Dark of the Moon
    Sub-line - ?
    Size - Deluxe
    New/remould/redeco - New
    Wave - ?
    Released here - ?
    Approximate Retail Price - $30
    Approximate Size - 'bout the same size as ROTF Sideswipe
    Allegiance - Autobot
    Alt-mode - Corvette Stingray convertible
    Main Features/Gimmicks - Mech Tech
    Main Colours - grey with black and silver highlights. Clear transparent headlights, red tail lights. Robot mode has cobalt blue accents (same colour as mech tech weapon)
    Main Accessories - Looks like a 6-barrelled pump-action shottie with flip out blade (push on the rifle stock to flip out sword)

    cbb typing a proper review - so just brief comments here.

    * Colours aren't as nice as ROTF Deluxe Sideswipe. The toy mostly uses a plastic that's like a "silver" grey (i.e. it's really grey that that's trying to pass off as silver). Not as bad as Hasbro grey, but I can see how this might bug some people. It doesn't personally bother me, but I can forsee a lot of collectors repainting this toy silver themselves.

    * Upper door panels on mine doesn't sit flush.

    * Toy has an open roof and there are two reasonably detailed seats inside. Looks like a Diaclone pilot could sit there... I'll have to test this out when I get back to Australia.

    * Whereas Skids had two MechTech ports on the roof, Sideswipe has three - one on top of the boot (in front of the spoiler) and one on either side of the car - allowing you to mount his Mech Tech Weapon either on top or on the side.

    * The MechTech weapon is a big gun with a flip out blade. The blade has characters from the language of the Primes written on it which says, "Peerless Under Heaven" -- the same as the Japanese writing inscribed on Drift's sword. Okay, I made that up... I have no idea what the writing says. It could say "Chick-Chick-Boom" or "Property of Sunstreaker"... who knows.

    * The transformation is fiddly as one might imagine for moofie Sideswipe - though not quite as fiddly nor satisfying as ROTF Sideswipe. The engineering in this toy isn't as complex as ROTF Sideswipe as some engineering may have scaled back to cater for the MechTech gimmick - but it's not bad either. There are some clever elements to it and the toy does offer some articulation which ROTF Sideswipe doesn't have.

    * DOTM Sideswipe's arm blades consist of only a single panel which flips over, whereas ROTF Sideswipe's arm blades have two panels which both flip over and combine to form the blades. It still works well, but not quite as cool as ROTF Sideswipe's blades.

    Overall ROTF Sideswipe is the better toy, but DOTM Sideswipe is still a reasonably decen figure in its own right. The engineering is relatively simpler, but not inelegant.

    Recommended if you can get it cheap. Not sure if I'd pay full price for this toy.

  2. #2
    Join Date
    12th Mar 2010
    Location
    Adelaide
    Posts
    3,863

    Default

    Wait isn't this meant to be in the reviews section?

  3. #3
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney NSW
    Posts
    37,637

    Default

    All the DOTM reviews appear to be posted here insted of the reviews section. I'm assuming this is to prevent revealing any potential spoilers to people who are trying to avoid them -- whereas it's more at your own risk when coming into this movie news section.

    I'm assuming that the DOTM review threads might be moved to the review section once the toys are officially out on Aussie shelves or when the movie hits cinemas. <shrug>

  4. #4
    Join Date
    12th Mar 2010
    Location
    Adelaide
    Posts
    3,863

    Default

    Ah k, fair enough. Well I'm definitely going to pick up this figure as it has appeared on screen in DOTM (I'm primarily a movie-verse collector), probably will paint it silver too. If it shelfwarms I'll buy two more and paint them red and yellow lol

  5. #5
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney
    Posts
    6,459

    Default

    I've moved this to the review section (with a redirect).


    Eagerly waiting for Masterpiece Meister

  6. #6
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney NSW
    Posts
    37,637

    Default

    Coolies. I'll post any future DOTM review threads here (that's if I get any more DOTM toys in the near future... not sure if I will)

    In the mean time, perhaps the DOTM Skids review thread can be moved to Ratbat's Reviews section too?

    Cheers.

    Quote Originally Posted by SkyWarp91
    If it shelfwarms I'll buy two more and paint them red and yellow lol
    Hehe, nice. If they get discounted low enough you could buy a few more and repaint them:
    + black (for movieverse Deepcover)
    + white and black and tack on a police siren strobe (for movieverse Clampdown)

    I'm assuming the yellow one will be Tigertrack... maybe you could call the red one "Lambor" (Sideswipe's G1 Japanese name) -- despite not being a Lamborghini... but would be more meaningful than calling him "Corv."

  7. #7
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney NSW
    Posts
    37,637

    Default

    Okay, after more fiddling around I finally got the door panels and windows to sit flush. It's tricky - everything needs to be aligned properly; my problem was that I didn't have the legs tucked in far enough, which you wouldn't think would effect the doors since they're attached to the arms. But yeah, it's one of those kinds of Transformers where everything needs to be transformed exactly in order for all the panels in the vehicle mode to sit right. So it's achievable, but you may need to fiddle to get it just right.

    Here's I took of it just after I managed to get it right (or at least more correct than I had before)...



    And here's a pic I took which demonstrates Sideswipe's lightpiping. His eyes use blue transparent plastic, and not clear transparent plastic painted blue -- so it works really nicely.



    Btw, I let this kid play with Sideswipe today and I don't know what he did, but the blade on the Mech Tech weapon wouldn't flip back in all the way. It was stuck half way. I had to yank on the trigger really hard a lot of times before it realigned itself correctly. And now I gotta be gentle with it or the same problem happens again. I think what happened was that he just played with the gimmick as any kid would - repeatedly pressed the trigger hard, then it got stuck.

    I see this as a significant flaw in a toy's gimmick that's designed for children. Surely Hasbro needs to ensure that the Mech Tech gimmick can stand up to standard rigorous toy play. He wasn't abusing it or anything (I was near enough that I would've noticed if he were bashing the toy). So that's a downside.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Chadstone, Vic
    Posts
    15,772

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    I'm assuming the yellow one will be Tigertrack...
    I'm assuming you are the only person on this board that would think a yellow one would be Tigertrack rather than Sunstreaker.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    30th Dec 2007
    Location
    Japanicus Minimus
    Posts
    7,674

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    "Property of Sunstreaker
    LOL

    I dunno if I am excieted about figurea that are almost exactly the same as ones I already have. The grey plastic looks drab too.

  10. #10
    Join Date
    27th Dec 2007
    Location
    Sydney NSW
    Posts
    37,637

    Default

    It's an entirely different toy from ROTF Deluxe Sideswipe - not a retool. But it is the same character. That's why I decided to buy it here for cheap... other original DOTM characters like Top Spin etc. I'll get when they come out locally, that way I'm getting them MOSC and I get to keep the backing cards and paperwork.

    The place where I got Sideswipe from has a DOTM Jolt too which I'd like to get cheap cos that's also a character I'd rather not pay full price for, especially if his appearance in DOTM is as underwhelmingly unspectactular as in ROTF. But the guy wants to sell it for about $25, which is of course how much I'd pay in AU MOSC. I keep trying to haggle the price down but he won't budge. I'll keep trying and see if I can wear him down... but if he refuses then screw it, I might as well pay about the same price back home for a MOSC one!

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •