The die-cast rear fenders of the car weigh down his feet and make him very stable when standing. His robot mode distinctly shows his Diaclone heritage, with plenty of stickers and chrome highlights. His transformation is a more complex version of a simple scheme: the legs pull straight down from the bottom of the car, the arms pull out to the sides from the door areas, and the hood folds down flat to become his chest. The only detail seemingly omitted from the first Walter Wolf Countach are the black-painted fender flares and spoiler pylons. Sideswipe is highly accurate, featuring chromed “telephone dial” wheels shod in rubber tires, stickers to simulate the black highlights, a Lamborghini bull emblem on the hood, and even sculpted tail lights under the stickered tail lights. As the Walter Wolf Special, Sideswipe features a blend of iconic traits from the LP400, such as the black trapezoidal depression in the roof to accommodate a periscopic rear-view mirror. Sideswipe transforms into the 1975 Lamborghini Countach LP500S Walter Wolf Special, chassis nr. The US Patent, titled Reconfigurable toy vehicle (aka Transformers G1 Sideswipe) was filed on Septem(U.S. Like most Car Robot toys, Sideswipe was designed by Koujin Ohno. The yellow version later inspired the Transformers character Tigertrack, and the black version (available in a giftset with the Diaclone equivalent of Ultra Magnus) later inspired Transformers’ Deep Cover. Like many Diaclone-era Transformers, however, this release was also available in alternate colors. Indistinguishable from the Transformers release, except for minor sticker variations. This version included a small plastic and die-cast driver who could sit in the cavity in the center of the car’s cockpit. Sideswipe, like all the Autobot Cars until 1986, was originally released in Takara’s Diaclone as Car Robot New Countach LP500S. Movie - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF) (127).
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