Comments on: Soundwave in San Diego

By: Nightboomfer

Nightboomfer — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:39:59 +0000

I sent you a PM on the Oafe forums. I’d love to get a G1 soundwave. I can send you the money through PayPal if you can hook me up.

By: doubledumbassonyou || a colorful metaphor » Blog Archive » Link Dumping Because I Can

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:05:47 +0000

[...] announced their exclusive Transformer for SDCC. It’s the ‘original’ single-deck Soundwave with Buzzsaw, Rat Bat, and Ravage. [...]

By: doubledumbassonyou

doubledumbassonyou — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:40:47 +0000

Like many here, I snapped up the TRU release a year or two ago and love it. Even if it is technically the Soundblaster mold painted up to be Soundwave. The only thing that this one has is Ratbat .. okay and Buzzsaw. I can pick those up easy enough through the Encore sets or at a toy show. I’ll be passing on it along with the Mattel exclusives. Let’s hope that GI Joe has something good in store for SDCC.

By: Philip Reed

Philip Reed — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:34:33 +0000

G1 Transformers and articulation? Almost always a joke; many of the G1 toys are solid bricks that have arms that _might_ move up and down. Pretty much any articulation on the G1 toys is based on what was required to transform between modes and not anything that would make it a better action figure.

By: PrfktTear

PrfktTear — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:16:00 +0000

@Griffin: MP Soundwave truly would be a dream toy!

@Frowny: I believe it is the wrong picture. G1 Soundwave’s clear plastic chest piece should be flush with the rest.

Considering what the prices even for the reissue Soundwave have been going for, $50 for him plus four mini-cassettes is practically a steal.

How to make an awesome MP Soundwave? Bigger, Articulation, Detail. I’ve always thought the body was pretty flat/skinny, so perhaps giving him a little depth would do him some good, especially in his chest and head. Throw in some articluated fingers, a flip up communicator on his arm, maybe, Then again, SW is only as good as his tapes, it’d beg for an MP Ravage, Lazerbeak and Rumble/Frenzy!

By: Chris "Magneto76"

Chris "Magneto76" — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:17:27 +0000

Fwoosh rules..!!

By: Chris "Magneto76"

Chris "Magneto76" — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:16:59 +0000

I truly would only pick him up for the Ratbat cassette. I have the rest of them and both of the Takara re-issues of Soundwave and Soundblaster.
If I have the extra cash after grabbing the Mattel exclusives then maybe i’ll be picking him up.

By: Grenadier

Grenadier — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:56:38 +0000

I have the TRU Soundwave reissue, I don’t care about Buzzsaw, and Ratbat’s in the second Encore cassette set with Slugfest, Ramhorn and Steeljaw. It’s a pass for me, but I can see how Hasbro wants to appeal to non-hardcore TF fans this year, with the whole 25th Anniversary thing going on.

Think Soundwave will ever surpass the number of reissues G1 Prime has had?

By: Griffin

Griffin — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:51:13 +0000

I don’t have one of these guys, what is the scale and articulation like?

By: Frowny McBeard

Frowny McBeard — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:55:50 +0000

PrfktTear-

So the picture’s wrong? Because that’s definitely the reissue version in the pic.

And MP Soundwave seems like a dicey proposal. How does one complicate that design to give it the wow factor MP Prime has?