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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)=== | ===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)=== | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Prowl 2 / Side Swipe''' (Basic Class 2-pack, [[2001]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': Rifle | |||
: Available in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' "Basics", Side Swipe transforms into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in [[Alternate mode|car mode]]. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He was available in a two-pack with [[Prowl 2#Toys|Prowl 2]]. | : Available in the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)| Robots in Disguise]]'' "Basics", Side Swipe transforms into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in [[Alternate mode|car mode]]. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He was available in a two-pack with [[Prowl 2#Toys|Prowl 2]]. | ||
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Side Swipe''' (Tiny Tins, 2001)}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': Rifle, storage tin | |||
: Side Swipe was one of several ''Robots in Disguise'' toys to be released as an individual in a [[Tiny Tins]] release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version. | : Side Swipe was one of several ''Robots in Disguise'' toys to be released as an individual in a [[Tiny Tins]] release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version. | ||
Revision as of 05:13, 15 August 2023
| This article is about the Autobot Spychanger from the 2001 Robots in Disguise toyline. For the Autobot rebel from the 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon, see Sideswipe (RID). For a list of other meanings, see Sideswipe (disambiguation). |
- Side Swipe is an Autobot from the Robots in Disguise continuity family.

Side Swipe is part of the Autobots' Spychanger team. He wears goggles.
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
When Sky-Byte accidentally poisoned all of Earth's energon on Viron 1103.12 Gamma, Side Swipe and the other twelve Autobots had to downsize into Spychangers.[1] Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18
Toys
Robots in Disguise (2001)
- Prowl 2 / Side Swipe (Basic Class 2-pack, 2001)
- Accessories: Rifle
- Available in the second wave of Robots in Disguise "Basics", Side Swipe transforms into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He was available in a two-pack with Prowl 2.
- The copyright information printed on the joint connecting the chest to the body prevents the former from swinging down all the way.
- This mold was used to make the 2003 Universe version of Silverstreak.
- Side Swipe (Tiny Tins, 2001)
- Accessories: Rifle, storage tin
- Side Swipe was one of several Robots in Disguise toys to be released as an individual in a Tiny Tins release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version.
Notes

- Side Swipe was the first official release of a mold originally intended to be released as part of the Generation 2 Go-Bots sub-line. Owing to the name printed on the front bumper, the original identity of the mold appears to have been Rumble.
References
- ↑ Ask Vector Prime did not specifically mention Side Swipe, but there were exactly thirteen Autobot Spychangers identified in the Robots in Disguise line, including Side Swipe.


