william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, is Soundwave the best looking car mode we have ever had in TF toy history?
He is pretty sweet. Best though? That's tough, and there's some good contenders, notably:
RID Side Burn: Really any of the car brothers could fit here but A: I own this guy so I'm more qualified to talk about him, and B: He's the best looking. Seriously, he did an MP Tracks before MP was a thing. That metallic blue, man... Not to mention the car mode is SO good that Hasbro had to alter it for their release to avoid a lawsuit from Dodge. Sure he has the kinda comical looking engine block (with beautiful but short-lived chrome) but he not only has chromed rims, but rubber tires too!
Most MPs: Almost all the cars are great, at least in car mode (and most in robot mode too). I only own one (G2 Sideswipe) but he is gorgeous with his gloss-black full-body paintjob. G1 Sideswipe is great too, in Lamborghini-approved red paint no less. The mold's back end does have that little bit of errant kibble but it's only noticable because of how perfect the rest of the toy is.
The Datsun quintet (Prowl, Smokescreen and all 3 versions of Bluestreak) all look lovely. It helps the Datsun Fairlady Z is a beautiful car, and the mold renders it perfectly. Just pick your flavour; Sexy police deco for Prowl, gloriously decaled-up racing colours for Smokescreen, or three different metallic schemes for Bluestreak. Prowl is probably my favourite, but then I'm a sucker for a 'bot in uniform.
Wheeljack, whilst lacking in a fully-painted finish, does have a wonderful car deco with paint details and decals everywhere. And what a car mode it is! The Lancia Stratos is a thing of beauty, and at least from what I've seen of it, the toy is a very accurate rendition (and at the very least a good looking one).
Bumblebee, whilst not a sexy supercar like Sideswipe or a classy auto like Prowl, is still a very nice looking Beetle. Which IMO is always a good thing. Plus he scales perfectly in car mode with CHUG figures.
Tracks, whilst weak in robot mode, has a very, very nice car mode. It's a Stingray, which is one of my favourite cars anyway, and he's done in metallic blue paint. Of course, if Tracks is too faaaaaaaaaaaabulous for you there's always Loud Pedal in gloss black paint. Road Rage loses a few points for being bare plastic, but regains them for being a literal little red Corvette (RIP Prince).
Basically any Alternator/Binaltech/Alternity figure: Pick a figure. Any figure. Even the ones with weak robot modes have superb car modes. And with interiors to boot!
...OK, that's enough gushing about little plastic cars. You get the idea anyway.
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