Transformers Toys Generations Kingdom Battle Across Time Collection Deluxe Class WFC-K42 Sideswipe & Maximal Skywarp. Amazon Exclusive review Earthrise/Kingdom Sideswipe comparisons with Siege Sideswipe.

 

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Aloha folks, today we look at another Amazon exclusive: WFC-K42 Sideswipe and Maximal Skywarp. Without delay, let's get started!

Boxing

The box is fairly small. They are only deluxe figures after all.

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Fighting Draconian measures one at a time.

I'm on a row. Just getting off my butt to do these shoots and review. Without delay, let's get started.

I don't seem to see a location name for his map piece like Trailbreaker. Anyhow, that is your box and contents.

Standing tall

I noticed I put the engine on his back wrong. 

Ankle tilting

This was one of the figures that I contemplated of getting due to me already being impressed with Henkei Sunstreaker. Not to mention, I really loved the mustard yellow the Henkei version sported. However, Hastak decided to scale figures so that really threw everything out the window had you invested in any figure prior to the Siege line. 

First off, ER Streaker looks decent. I too share the complaints of some others on why he has different shades of yellow- namely his chest piece (canopy) and both his forearms. Both these areas are colored with a very light yellow while a darker shade of yellow and some blacks fill out the rest of the figure. Why? I don't know. 

Then the 2nd complaint comes with his choice of weapon. Truthfully, he has none. For this release, the engine is his supposedly weapon of choice. However, he could barely hold on to it. It pegs well on his back, his forearms or even his mini shoulder stacks ( a feature that visually defined him in the G1 toys and cartoons, though over here it looks very small and obscured from certain angles.). The lack of an actual weapon is possibly the most disappointing aspect in this figure.

Last but a novel gesture, he has ankle tilting. I guess for more array of poses. Not too bad to have at all really.

Alt mode

This is where the lighter yellow is more evidently noticed and it makes you question the consistency even further. I mean what was Hastak thinking? Perhaps, like what my TF buddy would say, they probably lost the budget to paint him entirely and give him proper weapons. Worst off, Streaker is missing a wing/spoiler.  I guess they really did run out of money. Another minor gripe was that his front window is halved off due to the bottom half of the window stemming from his heels. Why they decided to make it like this once again is beyond my understanding. So there is literally the jigsaw effect on his front window. There is a good thing or two and that is it is easy to transform from robot mode into this alt mode, I'll give this figure that. Plus, the design doesn't look bad overall. 

With Siege Sideswipe

"I have weapons to spare"

The Lambo brothers together. As you can see, Nonnef's extra weapons came to save the day. Streaker was really happy to fire off Sideswipe's guns. Even Sideswipe had difficulty grasping the engine weapon Streaker came with. It fit well on his biceps though. Worst off is that I couldn't attach any of Sideswipe's weapons on those two empty ports of Streakers alt mode. However, I was able to mix and match a few of their weapons on one another on the canopy area. Use your imagination. 

Conclusion: 

Streaker is a very simple figure. However, he really feels barebones- lack of a real weapon I say? He also looks very simple in comparison to Sideswipe, whom I was wowed by his close resemblance to his G1 look. The choice of yellow baffles me as well. Because of this, he feels so random at times. I'm pretty sure we'll get him mainly just to scale with the current line of WFC figures and complete your season 1 ark characters. Just wait for Nonnef to save the day on the lack of weapons. Er Sunstreaker is possibly the closest Streaker figure to G1 if you missed out on his previous incarnations. Toodles. 

Nonnef Transformer upgrades for Siege Hound, Sideswipe, Red Alert, and Earthrise WheelJack.

 

Something always felt off about some of these characters that Hastak released. They were missing something basically. Let's find out what it is and let's get started!

Hound

What Nonnef did here was reproduced the G1 imagery of Hound's shoulder missile and his Holo gun.

For reference: look here:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)

I really love his missile.

Sideswipe

Sideswipe no longer needs to take off his shoulder cannon to use as a gun. Nonnef supplies you a shoulder cannon that can be leveled to various degrees and a extra rifle. 

Red Alert

Ditto for Red Alert on the shoulder cannon shortage issue.  Now Red Alert has an array of weapons to fire at his disposal.

WheelJack

Extra accessory if you prefer to mount WJ's shoulder cannon to his left shoulder.

You can stick it to the left shoulder if you choose to stick the right shoulder cannon assembly piece but you can see it's a tight fit for him. He can freely move his head if you put it on the other side. Vice versa if you choose to change out the assembly piece, but you have to keep popping the base open which I didn't want to due to wear and tear over time. But for accuracy purposes, it will stay on the right. My only complaint is that I wish the wrenches were adjustable. The Generations version had this feature which allowed WJ to store his weapons more properly. His spoiler allows him to have longer shoulder wings which is a nice touch. I just putted his original spoiler in the back of his legs. 

Perhaps, the most improved in this category. The original WJ design showcased smaller shoulder wings/spoiler and mini shoulder cannon gun. Now he has longer wings, bigger shoulder cannon, an extra smaller gun/repair weapon, and 2 wrenches. 

Here is his reference:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)

Alt mode:

Now these guys are ready to go all out! Hound wins in this category in storing the most weapons wherever you have a 5mm port. WJ has the best redesign though this disables him from storing more weapons. But Hound did him a favor and carried his gun. Funny thing was that I found out you can store his wrenches as exhaust ports. Use your imagination here.

Alternating weapons and final words

Use your imagination again. Overall, a vast improvement over the nearly barebones accessories Hastak gave us. To sum this up, the quality of the custom weapons are great though it took me some time to put some of the pieces together. The characters with their extra weapons look much cooler and are more fun to play around with. Enjoy. You won't be disappointed by the upgrades if you choose to get them.

Check out the site:

https://www.nonnef.com/