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07-19-2008, 01:40 PM
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#11 | | Anti Spiral Messenger Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,413 Location: South Wales, UK Collection Count: 131 TFs, 69 Daleks, 6 Revoltechs | Good luck to them. | 
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07-20-2008, 02:37 AM
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#12 | | Spark of #Evolution Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,940 Location: Running on the Rings of Saturn Collection Count: Unknown high quantity | | |
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07-20-2008, 03:05 AM
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#14 | | Cybertonian Guru Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,843 Location: In a TF Museum. Collection Count: All but a few. News Credits: 2 | It could also be that they may use it for the movie as well and they don't want to have to call him Autobot Sideswipe. Grammatically Editing Art since 2000! | |
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07-20-2008, 05:51 AM
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#15 | | Keiner versteht mich. Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,414 Location: Germany News Credits: 37 | ARGH. Please, people. Calm down. 
Technically, there's no-one really to stop Hasbro here. Anyone to oppose "Sideswipe" would have also opposed "Side Swipe" seven years ago. Alternatively, anyone registering anything that could pose a problem for "Sideswipe" between 2001 and now would have encountered problems with Hasbro's existing "Side Swipe" trademark. And the "Autobot Sideswipe" scenario is extremely unlikely, considering that "Sideswipe" is already a compound word.
Essentially, the only thing that has stopped Hasbro from pursuing the single-name spelling up until now was... well, money. Spending several hundred dollars just to get rid of a space in a name was just not worth the effort. Wonder what has changed.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
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07-20-2008, 06:55 AM
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#16 | | Keiner versteht mich. Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,414 Location: Germany News Credits: 37 | ... I just realized that this year's BotCon exclusive was called "Sideswipe" (single name) with a "registered"-® behind it.
However, considering Fun Publications also called two of last year's exclusives "Huffer®" and "Springer®", I'd chalk that up to "They don't know what the hell they're doing".
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
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07-20-2008, 11:28 AM
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#17 | | Autobot Slut! Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,027 Location: SMALLEST country in the world, no? Collection Count: 1 COLLECTION!!! News Credits: 3 | I've no problem with that being Sides Wipe or Sideswipe. However, PLEASE kindly..Do away with those EARS!  | |
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07-20-2008, 12:53 PM
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#18 | | Herald of Unicron Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,049 Location: Halifax, New Scotland, Canada Collection Count: Never counted, like 50? | What's the matter? Too G1 accurate for you?  | |
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07-20-2008, 03:18 PM
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#19 | | Argumentative TF Wiki guy Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 6,007 Location: Sydney, Australia Collection Count: Some. News Credits: 4 | (FFN explains the above joke)
It it highly suspected that originally, the 1984 toy we know as Sunstreaker was originally intended to be Sideswipe and the Sideswipe toy would be Sunstreaker. That's why Sunstreaker has all of Sideswipe's equipment, from his jet pack to things that could pass for pile drivers. This is also why Sunstreaker has these red stickers on his arms - they were part of one of the original Diaclone colour schemes and would have been red for Sideswipe as well.
Also explains Sunstreaker's bio dissing his brother for the big engine that 'spoilt his lines'... even though Sunstreaker is actually the brother with the engine mounted on him. | |
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07-20-2008, 03:30 PM
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#20 | | my brother Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 133 Location: cornwall Collection Count: around 300-350 News Credits: 1 | thank the lord, sunny and side have the most character of the original 1984 bots imho (i may be a tad biased!lol) hope side gets some more love in the future! | |
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