2005 boards member tfctoys has provided scans of the card backs of certain Transformers Revenge of The Fallen characters. Click on the title bar to read biographies of deluxe Sideswipe, Rampage, Sideways, & Breakaway, as well as bios for the FAB Sideways & Long Haul.
These bios shed light on just who Sideways is, and should answer the question of whether or not he is actually a returning character from the previous movie. Nonetheless it is a subject which shall fuel energon induced bouts of internet righteousness. Is he the same, but not really?
Or perhaps a greater subject of debate, is what exactly Sideswipe does with those meat cleavers, and why Breakaway‘s shoulders hurt.
[Wing_Saber-X]
sighs. Why bother posting something the majority of us has already KNOWN for ages? FAIL.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Sideswipe is killa . Also, Rampage's Bio rocks. Sideways is a stealthy sneaky sly fox …and you gotta love Long Haul for his supposed "clumsiness"..
TM2 D-bot
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Bgrngod
If Breakaway is not in the movie, then he would be the only ROTF Deluxe figure (of the ones that have been announced so far) that isn't. Seems odd to have an early release figure not be in it. I guess you could argue that preview Deluxe Soundwave might not exactly be in the movie, but we are all pretty damn sure that Soundwave will show up in at least some form.
I have a feeling Breakaway will show up at some point. Probably get killed right away, but I bet he makes it.
trebleshot
Bay has nothing to do with the toy side of the franchise, and I seriously doubt Hasbro would spend money and resources to print up "false" packaging just for Bay's shite campaign.
If there is any connection story-wise between Barricade and Sideways beyond the similar robot modes, you'd think Hasbro would have mentioned it in Sideways' bio.
jadtdt
Every toy gets a bio like that. Landmine, Stockade, Arcee, Wreckage, Incinerator, etc. from the first movie line all had bios equally detailed as Breakaway's.
firehawc_69
The Barricade = Sideways idiots are still going to be saying it even after the movie comes out…"But, but, but, you never see them in the same frame at the same time, so it's STILL possible…"
Shadow25
With his pretty detailed bio, will this mean Breakaway is actually in the movie? I wouldn't mind it, even if it's a short cameo. Me want Springer!
jadtdt
That was officially confirmed by Hasbro at Toy Fair over a month ago.
MegaHavok
seriously?
edgemaster
Individual parts of Devastator not transformable
I went to http://www.tfclub.com and found an interesting piece of info. It states that the individual pieces of Devastator are not transformable on their own… http://www.tfclub.com/art/20090216210236_0231.html
Sound-Wave
"He likes to let other robots' gear bounce out of his truck bed, and tell them it got 'lost' on the way"
Nice one Long Haul.
RedAlert Rescue
You know these Bio's make the Decepticon Constructicon's teammates and hangers on seems quite sympathetic – and makes them seem like the Autobots are trying to ethnically clense them or something.
Adiansyah
2 or more robots have similar appearance…it happens in G1, classic line, and now in the movie universe.. from g1: ironhide-ratchet, optimus-ultra magnus, prowl-bluestreak, starscream-thundercracker-skywarp, bumblebee-cliffjumper. Maybe Sideways is Barricade's twin, and a different vehicle mode with similar robot mode is the best way to translate that twin-thing for the movie… if they just make them the same vehicle with different colors, that's lazy!
Ultrawave
Did they get lazy, or did they pull something from Animated? Weren't Bumblebee and Wasp built off the same protoform mold or something on Cybertron?
Maybe they came from the same type of Protoform.
Either way, they arent as hard to tell apart as people make them out to be.
Rikotron
face it, the sideways / barricade argument is over. the designers got lazy. nuff said.
Nutcrusher
Nah. My theory is that they're saving Barricade for the third movie for a big showdown between him and Bumblebee unless they kill him off in retcon.
Eric
Wow, so Sideways is a wimp. But I still hold onto my theory that this is just a disguise for Barricade.
General Magnus
Cool transformers. I guess the Autobots are short of flying troops. Nice nod to G1.
Shin Densetsu
Sideswipe sounds AWESOME!