In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave
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To round off today's "first in-hand images of" series from eBay seller lena81822, we have our first in-hand images of one of this year's San Diego Comic Con exclusives: three members of the fictional metal band "Knights of Unicron", Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave! Optimus Prime and Jazz are redecoes of the Generations: Fall of Cybertron toys of the same names, and Soundwave is a redeco of the Generations: War for Cybertron toy of the same name, all figures coming with additional cloth and wig accessories. There are no images of fellow band-member Megatron at this time. Check out the images below!
Credit(s): lena81822
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Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587470)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2014 @ 4:41pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2014 @ 4:41pm CDT
Not just Jazz, but Smooth Jazz. 
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587474)
Posted by Optimizzy on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:01pm CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:01pm CDT
is that mold of jazz a decent mold? I like the way it looks but I was turned off by the hollow areas. is that a problem really? Is he pretty sturdy?
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587478)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:23pm CDT
Posted by Cyber Bishop on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:23pm CDT
I am sorry, to me those look like absolute crap.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587484)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT
He is decent, but not great. His greatest problems are mainly aesthetic, such as the wide hollow chest and narrow waist.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT
Optimizzy wrote:is that mold of jazz a decent mold? I like the way it looks but I was turned off by the hollow areas. is that a problem really? Is he pretty sturdy?
He is decent, but not great. His greatest problems are mainly aesthetic, such as the wide hollow chest and narrow waist.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587485)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:43pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 2nd, 2014 @ 5:43pm CDT
The concept is hilarious, but the execution of the Optimus is a textbook example of why action figures can't have too many cloth accessories once they're below a certain height: between the hair and scarf, you can barely tell what he's even supposed to be.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587489)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2014 @ 6:09pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 2nd, 2014 @ 6:09pm CDT
He's supposed to be outrageous.Bumblevivisector wrote:The concept is hilarious, but the execution of the Optimus is a textbook example of why action figures can't have too many cloth accessories once they're below a certain height: between the hair and scarf, you can barely tell what he's even supposed to be.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587504)
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 7:16pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 7:16pm CDT
Soundwave stole Jazz's gun!
Megatron missed the photo session because he was backstage snorting dark energon.
Megatron missed the photo session because he was backstage snorting dark energon.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587527)
Posted by Shuttershock on July 2nd, 2014 @ 8:37pm CDT
Optimus: Megs? What did you take? Oh Primus, WHAT DID YOU TAKE?
Megatron: Hgggnnnfllfgg...
Optimus: Sounds, get the van! Jazz, flush everything!
Posted by Shuttershock on July 2nd, 2014 @ 8:37pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:Soundwave stole Jazz's gun!
Megatron missed the photo session because he was backstage snorting dark energon.
Optimus: Megs? What did you take? Oh Primus, WHAT DID YOU TAKE?
Megatron: Hgggnnnfllfgg...
Optimus: Sounds, get the van! Jazz, flush everything!
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587531)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 2nd, 2014 @ 8:55pm CDT
Soundwave is the van
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 2nd, 2014 @ 8:55pm CDT
Shuttershock wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Soundwave stole Jazz's gun!
Megatron missed the photo session because he was backstage snorting dark energon.
Optimus: Megs? What did you take? Oh Primus, WHAT DID YOU TAKE?
Megatron: Hgggnnnfllfgg...
Optimus: Sounds, get the van! Jazz, flush everything!
Soundwave is the van
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587538)
Posted by Rated X on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:20pm CDT
Posted by Rated X on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:20pm CDT
Look like fantasy fest in key west for transformers...
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587540)
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:23pm CDT
He's also a klepto. You can see he stole Jazz's gun, and Primus only knows where he's stashed Laserbeak and Ratbat.
Although I guess technically Laserbeak and Ratbat might belong to him anyways. But the point is, they're not in the pictures either.
I do hope it doesn't wind up being terribly annoying to take off the wigs and cloth stuff in order to transform these guys. Or at the very least that the stuff isn't glued on or whatever, because that'd probably make it impossible to transform these things.
I do wonder why they went with FoC Jazz for this set instead of RtS Jazz. After all, RtS Jazz has a sound system.
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:23pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Soundwave is the van
He's also a klepto. You can see he stole Jazz's gun, and Primus only knows where he's stashed Laserbeak and Ratbat.
Although I guess technically Laserbeak and Ratbat might belong to him anyways. But the point is, they're not in the pictures either.
I do hope it doesn't wind up being terribly annoying to take off the wigs and cloth stuff in order to transform these guys. Or at the very least that the stuff isn't glued on or whatever, because that'd probably make it impossible to transform these things.
I do wonder why they went with FoC Jazz for this set instead of RtS Jazz. After all, RtS Jazz has a sound system.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587550)
Posted by Shuttershock on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:47pm CDT
If I had to take a cynical guess, I'd say it's because we had a few hundred FOC Primes and Jazzs left over.
Posted by Shuttershock on July 2nd, 2014 @ 10:47pm CDT
Nemesis Primal wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Soundwave is the van
He's also a klepto. You can see he stole Jazz's gun, and Primus only knows where he's stashed Laserbeak and Ratbat.
Although I guess technically Laserbeak and Ratbat might belong to him anyways. But the point is, they're not in the pictures either.
I do hope it doesn't wind up being terribly annoying to take off the wigs and cloth stuff in order to transform these guys. Or at the very least that the stuff isn't glued on or whatever, because that'd probably make it impossible to transform these things.
I do wonder why they went with FoC Jazz for this set instead of RtS Jazz. After all, RtS Jazz has a sound system.
If I had to take a cynical guess, I'd say it's because we had a few hundred FOC Primes and Jazzs left over.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587553)
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 11:06pm CDT
The plastic colors on Prime are slightly dirrerent, and Jazz seems to barely share any plastic colors at all with the previous use of the mold, so that doesn't actually work. They'd have had to make these new regardless of the mold they chose.
I'm gonna put on my tinfoil hat and say that between this and Generations Nightbeat, I'm starting to suspect something happened to the RtS Jazz mold and it's unusable now.
Posted by Zeedust on July 2nd, 2014 @ 11:06pm CDT
Shuttershock wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:
I do wonder why they went with FoC Jazz for this set instead of RtS Jazz. After all, RtS Jazz has a sound system.
If I had to take a cynical guess, I'd say it's because we had a few hundred FOC Primes and Jazzs left over.
The plastic colors on Prime are slightly dirrerent, and Jazz seems to barely share any plastic colors at all with the previous use of the mold, so that doesn't actually work. They'd have had to make these new regardless of the mold they chose.
I'm gonna put on my tinfoil hat and say that between this and Generations Nightbeat, I'm starting to suspect something happened to the RtS Jazz mold and it's unusable now.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587603)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 8:21am CDT
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 8:21am CDT
Did people seriously pay money for these? And a premium at that?
WTF.
WTF.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587649)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 3rd, 2014 @ 11:11am CDT
Soundwave is going for a little less than three dollars. Jazz is going for a little more than a buck. The highest I've seen Optimus Prime go for is just a little over ten whopping dollars. If those prices are premium, I'm one of the richest little buggers in North Carolina!
Posted by Mindmaster on July 3rd, 2014 @ 11:11am CDT
shockblast2 wrote:Did people seriously pay money for these? And a premium at that?
WTF.
Soundwave is going for a little less than three dollars. Jazz is going for a little more than a buck. The highest I've seen Optimus Prime go for is just a little over ten whopping dollars. If those prices are premium, I'm one of the richest little buggers in North Carolina!
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587689)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 2:42pm CDT
Ummm... you need to recheck you figures there buddy.
Soundwave is going for $33 shipped from CHINA and still has a little under 2 days to go.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dcf%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$25 for Prime, still over a day left, from CHINA
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%204d201b461c%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$22 for Jazz , same
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dc2%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
These are Chinese listings. Just how much do you think anyone in the US will be selling them for?
I think you might have been drinking when you read the comment. Other than that I cannot fathom where you get the ideology that these are going for a few bucks. That is just ignorant. Next time you try to make assumptions, back it up with FACTS. If not, it will make you look ignorant every time.
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 2:42pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Did people seriously pay money for these? And a premium at that?
WTF.
Soundwave is going for a little less than three dollars. Jazz is going for a little more than a buck. The highest I've seen Optimus Prime go for is just a little over ten whopping dollars. If those prices are premium, I'm one of the richest little buggers in North Carolina!
Ummm... you need to recheck you figures there buddy.
Soundwave is going for $33 shipped from CHINA and still has a little under 2 days to go.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dcf%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$25 for Prime, still over a day left, from CHINA
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%204d201b461c%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$22 for Jazz , same
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dc2%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
These are Chinese listings. Just how much do you think anyone in the US will be selling them for?
I think you might have been drinking when you read the comment. Other than that I cannot fathom where you get the ideology that these are going for a few bucks. That is just ignorant. Next time you try to make assumptions, back it up with FACTS. If not, it will make you look ignorant every time.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587690)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 3rd, 2014 @ 2:54pm CDT
Here's a little secret: posts like that are usually sarcastic in nature, especially with accompanying smilies
And yes, some guys will pay a premium for this just to get it first. In this case, "weird" is under the same entry as "unique" and thus "valuable in the long run" in their dictionary.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 3rd, 2014 @ 2:54pm CDT
shockblast2 wrote:I think you might have been drinking when you read the comment. Other than that I cannot fathom where you get the ideology that these are going for a few bucks. That is just ignorant. Next time you try to make assumptions, back it up with FACTS. If not, it will make you look ignorant every time.
Here's a little secret: posts like that are usually sarcastic in nature, especially with accompanying smilies
And yes, some guys will pay a premium for this just to get it first. In this case, "weird" is under the same entry as "unique" and thus "valuable in the long run" in their dictionary.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587697)
Posted by Burn on July 3rd, 2014 @ 3:22pm CDT
Dial the attitude down.
Posted by Burn on July 3rd, 2014 @ 3:22pm CDT
shockblast2 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Did people seriously pay money for these? And a premium at that?
WTF.
Soundwave is going for a little less than three dollars. Jazz is going for a little more than a buck. The highest I've seen Optimus Prime go for is just a little over ten whopping dollars. If those prices are premium, I'm one of the richest little buggers in North Carolina!
Ummm... you need to recheck you figures there buddy.
Soundwave is going for $33 shipped from CHINA and still has a little under 2 days to go.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dcf%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$25 for Prime, still over a day left, from CHINA
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%204d201b461c%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$22 for Jazz , same
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dc2%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
These are Chinese listings. Just how much do you think anyone in the US will be selling them for?
I think you might have been drinking when you read the comment. Other than that I cannot fathom where you get the ideology that these are going for a few bucks. That is just ignorant. Next time you try to make assumptions, back it up with FACTS. If not, it will make you look ignorant every time.
Dial the attitude down.
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587703)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 4:04pm CDT
Maybe you should tell him to "dial down" his attitude by rolling his eyes while making ignorant comments he cannot back up with facts. What is that supposed to mean anyhow? Dial down what attitude? I pointed out the FACT his comment is a lie. How is that against forum rules? Please explain. If anything, this site needs truth from time to time considering the fact that false rumors spread like cancer on this site. Remember the Legends class debacle last winter?
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 4:04pm CDT
Burn wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Did people seriously pay money for these? And a premium at that?
WTF.
Soundwave is going for a little less than three dollars. Jazz is going for a little more than a buck. The highest I've seen Optimus Prime go for is just a little over ten whopping dollars. If those prices are premium, I'm one of the richest little buggers in North Carolina!
Ummm... you need to recheck you figures there buddy.
Soundwave is going for $33 shipped from CHINA and still has a little under 2 days to go.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dcf%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$25 for Prime, still over a day left, from CHINA
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%204d201b461c%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
$22 for Jazz , same
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2FSDCC-2014-Exclu%20...%2035d8fc7dc2%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
These are Chinese listings. Just how much do you think anyone in the US will be selling them for?
I think you might have been drinking when you read the comment. Other than that I cannot fathom where you get the ideology that these are going for a few bucks. That is just ignorant. Next time you try to make assumptions, back it up with FACTS. If not, it will make you look ignorant every time.
Dial the attitude down.
Maybe you should tell him to "dial down" his attitude by rolling his eyes while making ignorant comments he cannot back up with facts. What is that supposed to mean anyhow? Dial down what attitude? I pointed out the FACT his comment is a lie. How is that against forum rules? Please explain. If anything, this site needs truth from time to time considering the fact that false rumors spread like cancer on this site. Remember the Legends class debacle last winter?
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587710)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 4:09pm CDT
Posted by shockblast2 on July 3rd, 2014 @ 4:09pm CDT
T-Macksimus wrote:
If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN!
Did I win the bet? Vote now!
Really?
If you have any high hopes or expectations you might as well leave them at the door because I will bet a shiny new Titan class Metroplex that Hasbro is going to screw us over on Arcee... AGAIN!
Did I win the bet? Vote now!
Really?
Re: In-Hand Images: SDCC 2014 "Knights of Unicron" Optimus Prime, Jazz, and Soundwave (1587757)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 3rd, 2014 @ 6:35pm CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on July 3rd, 2014 @ 6:35pm CDT
