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Hellscream9999 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:I know we don't worry about scale too much, but a boom box that transforms into a base is pushing it.

The ultimate form of mass-shifting; the transformers' middle finger to logic has reached it's final form

This just made my day. holy crap

Shockwave7 wrote:Well, it's true - we all knew Blaster would be repainted as Soundwave for Titans Return. Will those who have MP Soundwave feel the need to buy this one too?

No, this Soundwave doesn't fit at all with the Masterpiece figures. I've already got MP-13 Soundwave, and he is GLORIOUS! The ONLY Masterpiece placeholder figure I have right now on my Masterpiece shelves is Takara Legends Megatron. When standing with the rest of the Decepticons, he looks great and not terribly out of proportion or short. The trick is keeping him AWAY from MP-10, lol. The question with the Titans Return version of Soundwave is more about if he fits on our "Classics" shelves. He's the closest to an updated G1 design we've gotten since 2006, but he's too big to scale with anything but the other Leader Class figures, honestly. My shelf is based on Optimus Prime and Megatron being Voyager sized, allowing for figures like Leader Jetfire and Ultra Magnus to properly scale with and tower over them. Deluxe Starscream will look awfully shrimpy next to Leader Soundwave. For now, I'm in agreement with Will, that FoC Voyager Soundwave is still the best way to go for a G1 "Classics" Soundwave.

quite to be expected tho I think the mould suits blaster more as he was always more chunky especially in his toy form whereas sound wave was more svelte. Sound wave's g1 toy, like grimlock's was amongst those that for me were close to the anime model (or rather the anime model was closer).

I will buy blaster. I will buysound wave as I need them for my generations collection and think they're pretty good. Makes me wonder if the next 80s gimmick they bring back is micromasters since they have these base modes the might be able to connect to each other (correct me if i'm wrong).

One small failure for me with this guy is the gun.. it's just a repaint of blaster's. Soundwave's weapon was always rather particular looking. Glad they included his shoulder cannon, 3rd party manufacturers are probably already rubbing their mitts.

shajaki wrote:This is a great and terrible day for me. That Soundwave looks like a tonne of fun which I WILL own, but is SO not the size class I need.

He does scale perfectly with Leader Megatron adn the Seekers.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:That stereo mode is pretty terrible.

Pass.

Totally agree. I was kinda on board until I saw that pic

I much preffer Blaster's alt mode which makes me realize how this Soundwave is clearly the recedo here.

Will, I love ya man, but are you really gonna skip this guy because he doesn't turn into some antiquated piece of tech that has been obsolete since the late '90's? (maybe more or less)

No, I dislike him because he DOESNT turn into that antiquated tape deck but instead into a boombox with really underwhelming speakers. I mean if you'll go antiquated, go all in. Blaster is a boom box (or Ghetto Blaster hence the name), and this soundwave alt mode just looks like a lame retool/redeco. I thought they would do something interesting for the retool but this looks super bland.

You could all call me a negative Nancy, but I preffer to go by Roberta.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:This is a great and terrible day for me. That Soundwave looks like a tonne of fun which I WILL own, but is SO not the size class I need.

He does scale perfectly with Leader Megatron adn the Seekers.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Delta Magnus wrote:That stereo mode is pretty terrible.

Pass.

Totally agree. I was kinda on board until I saw that pic

I much preffer Blaster's alt mode which makes me realize how this Soundwave is clearly the recedo here.

Will, I love ya man, but are you really gonna skip this guy because he doesn't turn into some antiquated piece of tech that has been obsolete since the late '90's? (maybe more or less)

No, I dislike him because he DOESN'T turn into that antiquated tape deck but instead into a boombox with really underwhelming speakers. I mean if you'll go antiquated, go all in. Blaster is a boom box (or Ghetto Blaster hence the name), and this soundwave alt mode just looks like a lame retool/redeco. I thought they would do something interesting for the retool but this looks super bland.

You could all call me a negative Nancy, but I preffer to go by Roberta.

As I said they look close enough to an ipod docking station/speaker thing that I can let it pass, besides it's better than a walkman. I don't deny it doesn't really fit with the image of Soundwave, but I'm not sure what everyone was expecting; I'm surprised actually that he got this much re-molding...

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:I know we don't worry about scale too much, but a boom box that transforms into a base is pushing it.

The ultimate form of mass-shifting; the transformers' middle finger to logic has reached it's final form

This just made my day. holy crap

Always glad to help

I didn't really think of that angle, I just figured it was a base that turned into a boombox the size of a building for massive block parties at their new base modes, but this is actually really f'ing funny, I wonder if it'll shrink enough for the headmaster to use it himself

Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

I dunno, I think it would've been cool if they modified galvatron into an attack satellite and made that soundwave

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

I dunno, I think it would've been cool if they modified galvatron into an attack satellite and made that soundwave

And the club could have turned in into the D.N.G.S. from TFP.

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

haha, I cannot wait for cyberforming, if I can afford it after the combiners coming out in May...

Who's Roberta...?

Mindmaster wrote:Who's Roberta...?

william-james88 wrote:You could all call me a negative Nancy, but I preffer to go by Roberta.

Cobotron wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:Who's Roberta...?

william-james88 wrote:You could all call me a negative Nancy, but I preffer to go by Roberta.

Should be Wilma Jamie 88 then

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

It looks like the earlier art we saw (which looks like it's a photo of the real toy), didn't have the head completely transformed. Looking at the new renders, it seems that the helmet is supposed to sit lower on the head, making the visor much more narrow.

The Titans line has me hyped. Like them all so far.

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

I was actually envisioning doing this series of gag comics myself, but I don't posess the means of doing it...

Mindmaster wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

I was actually envisioning doing this series of gag comics myself, but I don't posess the means of doing it...

You don't have a digital camera, or do you not have the time?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

I was actually envisioning doing this series of gag comics myself, but I don't posess the means of doing it...

You don't have a digital camera, or do you not have the time?

Oh there will be enough photo fun for all, I'm sure. I might even have to get back into making animated gifs.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

I was actually envisioning doing this series of gag comics myself, but I don't posess the means of doing it...

You don't have a digital camera, or do you not have the time?

Mix of both, but more the camera part. Best I've got his my phone camera, but it's not the best in quality and it's got very little space as is.

Mindmaster wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Well Roberta, at least he's not a damn satellite.

And yes Hellscream...
*Commence Cyberforming in, 3, 2, 1...

Nothing wrong with a satelite done right. Superlnk Shockwave is testament to that.

I guess I am just upset at how apparent him being a retool/redeco is. I wanted a cyberverse city with a bunch of diversity but it looks like it will be similar buildings in different colours

Just do what I said earlier and have them as opposing nightclubs. Then it won't be so bad that there buildings are so similar. I kinda want someone to make gag comics out of that scenario now...

I was actually envisioning doing this series of gag comics myself, but I don't posess the means of doing it...

You don't have a digital camera, or do you not have the time?

Mix of both, but more the camera part. Best I've got his my phone camera, but it's not the best in quality and it's got very little space as is.

Well, decent camera's aren't that much any more, maybe keep an eye out for a good sale

this soundwave design.........inferior!!!!!!!

GuyIncognito wrote:I know we don't worry about scale too much, but a boom box that transforms into a base is pushing it.

It's a base for cassettes and head masters when not connected to another Transformer.


I'm pretty sure that's obvious with the fact that Blaster and Soundwave are compatible with the new cassette bots coming out next year.

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I shed one manly tear knowing I have lost my good friend Cobotron.

NOPE! Not getting rid of me that easy Senor Poopy Pants!

I just caught up on the CW and TR threads and I think Roberta88 is the new HellScream...

Oh hiya buddy, didn't see ya there

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Yeah, you show 'em! Get all these guys and the vehicle dudes and show them how much fun they can be in super-colossal-conjoined-base mode

CYBERFORM YOUR SHELVES, WITH THE MIGHTY TITANS RETURN BASEFORMERS!!!!

I already have a huge area picked out for just that.