Select International Markets to Get Wheelie/Sideways Two-Pack

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Tim Formas, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. Tim Formas

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    Bleh.. this is totally bland. Most '07 Movie packaging atleast had some sort of background in the toy box. This is just a plain waste of cardboard. From the looks of it, it's better for the international marketeers to just buy Wheelie and Sideways separately.
     
  3. Bgrngod

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    Sideways by himself
    Sideways in a different color
    Sideways with Blowpipe
    Sideways with Wheelie
    Sideways with Wheelie in a different color??

    The number of variants for ROTF is already insane.

    Er.. it looks exactly like every other ROTF package...
     
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    Is it me or this Sideways looks darker?
     
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    That's kind of an odd pair up for a two pack.

    Would make more sense to me to package Sidways with Sideswipe. Call it the Opposing Sides set.
     
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    Ya i was thinkin that too looks like a gunmetal grey almost black in that pic .... could just be the pic..
     
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    Funny thing is about repackages... a lot of us would re-buy stuff like this if there was even a minor change in deco on the figures. A battle-damage wash on Sideways or a slightly darker color on Wheelie and I would have gone for these.
     
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    I'm sorry but these 2 guys together are just so so bland

    Also I have a bad feeling for us UK fans. I think this 2 pack will replace the Ratchet BB 2 pack as the shelf warmer for this year
     
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    I see what you did there.
     
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    Is Wheelie's Autobot sigil purple?
     
  11. Sol Fury

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    He has a faction switch gimmick. I guess they've got him set to Decepticon.

    Unusual choice of characters for a two pack. But maybe there is a reason they are being shipped together. Perhaps Sideways & Wheelie have a connection like Barricade & Frenzy? Granted, their bios make it sound doubtful, and there's the small issue of a certain spoiler in the adaptation, but maybe there is a backstory to them.
     
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    Why Wheelie and Sideways? Why not Sideswipe and Sideways? They're rivals!!
     
  13. wildfly

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    The fact that they didn't bother to alter Wheelie's art suggests they didn't exactly rack their brains to come up with this set.
     
  14. Lpcarwasher01

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    anyone notice that Sideways little wings r gone now?? something looks different about his body also its looks a little odd

    I have a feeling though Wheelie is going to be Sideways' little minion kinda like Barricade did with Frenzy in the first film
     
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    Yeah... pass.
     
  16. harrismonkey

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    wings are almost certainly just folded down.

    I think one of the bigger issues here would be that wheelie can't be much taller than Sideways shins in the movie.

    I have to say I was mildly intrigued by wheelie until I found out how big he is. Considering that he's not especially great looking, the size is ridiculous.

    This of course has little to do with the odd pairing except that I already have Sideways and probably wouldn't buy him with Wheelie unless I was having a hard time finding him otherwise (which isn't currently an issue- but I definitely want to buy everything I can get my hands on before the movie opens in case we get a repeat of last time).
     
  17. Dran0n

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    Hopefully it released in the U.S. That would be awesome!
     
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    Hmm, no.

    MTL
     
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    looks cool but pass wheelie looks horrible.
     
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    PLEASE someone bring in G1 Wheelie to step on movie Wheelie. Please. Primus help me when G1 Wheelie is my hero.