by DREWCIFER » Mon Oct 08, 2018 3:46 pm
Yes, SW has been bootlegged quite frequently within the past 15yrs or so.
The first KO's were over-sized and made of really brittle plastic.
Once Hasbro/Takara re-tooled the G1 SW mould, to make the SoundBlaster (Tak) and Soundwave (Has) reissues, almost all of the re-issue/re-make/re-mould/KO's have featured the 'double cassette' doors.
Since yours features only a single cassette door and has a decent dust pateina, it is either a Mexican KO of the G1 Soundwave, done in black for some reason. Or, a KO of the G1 SoundBlaster.
ASAIK, the original Micro Man toy of 'Cassette Man' was only in blue, like SW.
With all of that said, great find. Finding things like that in random places is great fun.
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