(NOTE: Because this is a repaint, this is not a full-blown review. This mainly covers any changes made to the mold and the color scheme, and merely compares it to the original RID2015 1-step Sideswipe toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original RID2015 1-step Sideswipe here.)

    Oddly, Blizzard Strike Sideswipe ISN'T a redeco of the "v2" Sideswipe 1-step released earlier in the same year, but rather a redeco of the original Sideswipe 1-step mold. Which, quite frankly, is fine with me, given my opinion of the "v2" mold. Anyways, the Blizzard Strike redecoes are always very "arctic-y" in their decoes, and this Blizzard Strike redeco is no different. The main color-- especially in vehicle mode-- is a very pale off-white with a bluish tint that makes it look like snow, which is of course an appropriate color. There's some dark blue-- considerably more prevalent in robot mode than in vehicle mode-- that is also an arctic-y "flavor". It both contrasts and complements the pale off-white extremely well-- this is particularly prevalent in vehicle mode where it's used on the Japanese symbol details. Even better, the dark blue plastic has a bit of glitter in it, so it looks semi-metallic or like it's got a bit of a "sheen" like ice. For the neutral color, Sideswipe has a decent amount of black-- on some obvious parts like the wheels and on the front windshield, as well as the fake "wheel" details molded on his shoulders and fake windshield details behind his main body. As for some of the more minor colors, there's some silver paint on the waist and face of the robot mode, and some fairly light blue paint on the vehicle headlights and on the robot eyes-- they look good, but the silver on the face is a bit too similar to the bluish off-white plastic. The silver DOES work well against the dark blue, though, and the light blue works well against the off-white, so they're nice accent colors.
    No mold changes have been made to Blizzard Strike Sideswipe.
    The idea behind Blizzard Strike Sideswipe may have been done quite a bit in the RID2015 line by this point, but that doesn't mean it doesn't look good. Using an off-white color as a base helps to differentiate him a bit more from the other Blizzard Strike toys, but regardless he's got a dynamite color scheme that really attracts the eye. My personal favorite version of this mold.
 

Review by Beastbot

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