Posted May 29, 2011 at 9:07 pm
![DOTM-Sideswipebot1](http://www.shortpacked.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/05/DOTM-Sideswipebot1-300x238.jpg)
I was just about to open with something about how all of Sideswipe's toys seem to be pretty awesome, but then I remembered the Human Alliance version. Clearly my intended assertion is not true. But still, a pretty good percentage of movie Sideswipe toys are pretty awesome! I really liked the Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class toy, I don't own Sidearm Sideswipe, but I hear he's pretty good, and I like this new Dark of the Moon version of Sideswipe as well.
![DOTM-Sideswipecar1](http://www.shortpacked.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/05/DOTM-Sideswipecar1-300x225.jpg)
One of the reasons I picked him up is that he's in a new body this go-round. Well, his robot mode might not be any different, but now he's (as I understand) the actual production version of the new Corvette Stingray, rather than just the concept. And he's a convertible! The convertibleness is probably one of the reasons why I'm so smitten with this new form. Since he's got no roof, he's got something approximating a detailed interior. He's got seats, a dashboard, a steering wheel... all really cool things that add visual interest. Not many Transformers cars are convertibles.
![DOTM-SideswipeFlintstones](http://www.shortpacked.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/05/DOTM-SideswipeFlintstones-272x300.jpg)
What Sideswipe doesn't have, though, are floorboards. You can look right through him from the top, peeking at the ground in between his seats. He's a Flintstones car! This tickles me.
Unlike the previous movie Sideswipes, this one doesn't have a silver paint job. That's kind of disappointing. Instead, he's a flat matte French gray-ish thing. Not a dealbreaker, but it's something he's lost from his older iterations.
![DOTM-Sideswipesword](http://www.shortpacked.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/05/DOTM-Sideswipesword-300x115.jpg)
Sideswipe is known for his giant arm-mounted blades. You know, the ones with which he cut Sideways in two! Poor Sideways. And because two arm-mounted blades that can easily bisect any Decepticon just isn't enough, his MechTech cannon also auto-converts into yet another blade that he can carry around in his hand.
That's kind of overkill, Sideswipe.
Tags: sideswipe, dark of the moon
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