In both modes, Sideswipe is built for speed. Sideswipe is an official licensed product of General Motors, and thus its vehicle mode is a genuine scale model of the real Corvette “Stingray”. The Stingray is a concept car, and not likely now to ever make it into production. The vehicle is cast in two shades of metallic grey plastic, and the outer shell has an additional coating of metallic silver paint.

A second issue of Firecracker’s mould was released in the same year: as Sideswipe.