(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 legion Sideswipe toy. For a review on the mold itself, read the review of the original RID2015 legion Sideswipe here.)

    "Alpine Strike" Sideswipe is basically RID2015 Red Alert, as he's in Red Alert's colors (though certainly not in a "police-y" way like Red Alert, because that would require remolding of the alt mode). In vehicle mode particularly this scheme looks pretty good, as the white and red-- though a fairly basic Autobot color scheme-- works well together, what with the long red stripe along each side of the toy and red pieces on the top that become Sideswipe's feet in robot mode. (Actually, I can't believe it never occurred to me before, but the red feet pieces on top DO kind of look like slightly oversized sirens. If that was intentional, nice job there, Hasbro.) The shade of dull aquamarine on the windows and headlights also is quite good and goes REALLY nicely against both of the other main colors, to the point where I wish it was used more often, Red Alert-accuracy be darned. In robot mode the black becomes a bit more apparent beyond just the wheels, being used on the upper legs as well. There's also a few red paint apps on the waist, middle of the chest, and around the entire head except for the eyes, which are little blue dots. It all looks pretty good, though I wish a bit of blue was used for the faux headlights on the chest and perhaps a bit of red on the arms. Those are small quibbles, though.
    No mold changes have been made to Alpine Strike Sideswipe.
    Alpine Strike Sideswipe-- regardless of whether you want to make him RID "Red Alert" or not-- is a pretty nice color scheme on the toy, with the red paint used on the vehicle mode and robot mode chest really helping to make the color scheme work and be more visually interesting than Sideswipe's normal red-and-black scheme. Recommended over the original Legion figure.
 

Review by Beastbot

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