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by **TCWJoe** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:39 am

A little off topic, but since ML Soundwave has been brought up. I still have not found out whether it will carry G1 cassetes or not. I've wanted a G1 style Soundwave since I got back into collecting Tranformers (Armada era). I don't have a big collection and justifying the expenses on a high priced toy is very difficult to me. But if I get a G1 style Soundwave I want to be able to use tapes which could decide whether I go ML or with "Sonicron".

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:42 am

It looks better than I expected but I still wouldn't buy it. I'm happy with Music Label Soundwave.

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:47 am

TCWJoe wrote:A little off topic, but since ML Soundwave has been brought up. I still have not found out whether it will carry G1 cassetes or not. I've wanted a G1 style Soundwave since I got back into collecting Tranformers (Armada era). I don't have a big collection and justifying the expenses on a high priced toy is very difficult to me. But if I get a G1 style Soundwave I want to be able to use tapes which could decide whether I go ML or with "Sonicron".

Music Label will NOT tote tapes my friend. The chest does open, but it is where the mini SD card goes. YES MINI. Not sold anywhere in the states. I had to order mine from China. And the tards at Best Buy: "oh man you mean micro SD, like for a phone!" NO YOU BLASTED IDIOT MINI! M I N I
MINI!!!! :BANG_HEAD:

by **MagnaBlade** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 9:54 am

Looks pretty good from some angles, but from a side/profile view, I really don't like the legs. They are too wide and flat. From a straight on front view they look better than from the side, but they are too skinny for my liking.

I like the head sculpt, the shoulder speakers, and the paint apps.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:22 am

FLOPPY FLOPPY :lol:

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:26 am

They should have made his chest the size of actual micro cassettes. He's way too bulky toes really good interpretation of GG's soundwave.

So far it's a pass.

by **Biocore** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:32 am

Hello my fellow saybertronians from saybertron.com!

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:58 am

Biocore wrote:Hello my fellow saybertronians from saybertron.com!

No. I will not change. I shall forever pronounce it Cybertron.com
"cept not spelled the same"
-John Coffey, The Green Mile

by **DJLazer** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:10 am

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:13 am

UltraPrimal wrote:It's like Classics Springer. A few years back, a Hasbro design book was given to a few VIP fans that had a close relationship to Hasbro. In that book was a possible design for a Classics-style Springer. Now whether that design was leaked to FansProject and that's where they drew inspiration from or if their Defender toy was already designed and it was just a coincidence is unknown. But now Hasbro cannot produce their own Springer because it would be too similar to Defender. That's probably why they rushed out their own Wreck-Gar/Junkion figure. To cock-block FansProjects own planned version that they showed off at TFcon 09.

I'm going to call BS on that, FP desinged and announced Defender after Hasbro announced in 08 that there won't be another Classics Springer, because the BotCon Games of Decepticon Springer repaint of Cybertron Defence HotShot and the Universe 2.0 Springer repaint of Cybertron Evac where "good enough" and "covered all aspects of the character".

Also, I'm completely let down by this. I was hoping for something better than G1 Soundwave, but this has the exact same problems I have with G1 Soundwave, so no thank you.

News Credits: 8 · by **LiKwid** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:29 am

Thanks for saving me $60 ryan

I think I'll look for a device label Sw though, looks kinda cool:)

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:54 am

Thanks for the review Ryan.

Looks like a big pass: feet/boots too big, too fiddly, and a mess in back.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:00 pm

This soundwave just straight looks like a knockoff, even though it counts as 3rd party.
Iv'e been collecting knockoffs my whole life, no need to stop now!
Recently, I found a bot who was 1 cybertron thunder cracker, 2 cybertron starscreams, 2 cybertron vector primes, and 1 cybertron optimus prime, and they all combined into a massive robot! That thing was cool! not all knockoffs and 3rd party stuff with "BAD QUALITY" are that bad.

At cosco you can get a knockoff yellow g1 devastator with extra parts that form the head, hands, feet, etc. out of plow and drill components. he's just 10 bucks.

I want this guy.

nuff said

News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:12 pm

BeastProwl wrote:... 1 cybertron thunder cracker, 2 cybertron starscreams, 2 cybertron vector primes, and 1 cybertron optimus prime, and they all combined into a massive robot!...

Can you post pics please?

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:17 pm

Nice review. I was on the fence on this release. Soundwave is one of my fav all time characters and once I saw this bot in robot mode, I just couldn't get over the asymmetrical look (which I love for some TF's, but not a G1-inspired/updated Soundwave) or the legs.

About a week ago, because of this third party release, I grabbed a Music Label Soundwave (Spark Blue with Reprolabels stickers already applied) on ebay and he is the best Soundwave I've ever seen. It was reasonably priced (cheaper than this third party toy) and to me, he looks far better than even the original G1 toy (which I own and still love). The proportions look more like the cartoon to me, which is what I always wanted. The width and height of the chest on the G1 toy always threw me off, as did the elongated head and yellow eyes (which I painted), but the Music Label version gets it all right for me.

News Credits: 5 · by **Doctor McGrath** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 12:33 pm

It's a shame this figure came out with the flaws it has because it had the potential to be really cool.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:02 pm

Damn i really want one but $60 is a bit much, $35 or $40 id be a little more inclined to get it but $60 is to much.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 2:25 pm

It looks decent, but I'll refrain. $60 is hefty and I don't want another IT Arcee.

by **vaporretarder** » Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:27 pm

yes, this has officially sealed the deal with me too,......I am definitely going to get a music label soundwave for my classics shelf.

this soundwave just has everything that i didn't like about animated soundwave (short and fat) not to disrespect any short and/or fat people out there, rock on with your bad self,...just don't want it in my figures. haha.

so hello ebay or crave, i'll be on the lookout for a good price on a music label wave (to replace the wfc wave i have there now, unless i decide to get the tiny tiny minions from shapeways for wfc that is) muhahaha

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:12 am

GetRightRobot wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:... 1 cybertron thunder cracker, 2 cybertron starscreams, 2 cybertron vector primes, and 1 cybertron optimus prime, and they all combined into a massive robot!...

Can you post pics please?

No sorry, I'm on vacation in chicago right now, hoping see any leftover carnage! :twisted:

Anyway, no lick. I'll be out here all summer.
I left the big guy in California. I picked him up in, I Think its call corprin? Or corkrin? Some little town up by a desert prison, in one of the town's two dicount stores. they also had a few $10 knockoff light up transformable figures that looked like incarnations of tracks, bumblebee, trailbreaker, and some fourth guy. All I know is they have some cool knockoffs out in the middle of no were sometimes. If you find yourself on a roadtrip anytime soon, check out the chain of local discount stores in the tiny towns you'll pass through, and you'll be surprised the stuff you find that's NOT posted here!

by **Andrius** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 10:13 am

Well, being a staunch collector of all things Soundwave, I had to get this one. My expectations were not high, based on early photos and recent reviews and the best I can say is that Sonicron lives up to those low expectations. I transformed him once, but given the feel of the plastic and the tightness of some of the tabs, I don't think I'll risk breaking him by doing it a second time. The payoff isn't worth it anyway.

Despite the odd proportions, I do still like him as a display piece. Also, the leg joints on mine are much tighter than the ones in the videos, so getting him to stand has not been an issue. It might be because I've transformed him so little or perhaps the screws are a bit tighter on mine; maybe I just got lucky.

All in all, it's sad considering how nice the toy could have been, but he's unmistakably Soundwave, so he gets a spot on my shelf. Hopefully someone will take the same base design and do it right in the future.

by **st@rscream** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:18 am

While I don't care for their Soundwave, I am excited about their Not-Ravage transformer!

News Credits: 3554 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:24 am

jON3.0 wrote:

Some features weren't shown in the video review that Optimus shows in "his" review. Check out Optimus Prime's humorous review of BTS-04 Sonicron.

Omigod dude ... your video was hilarious. It's one thing to get a Transformers fan laughing, but it's a whole 'nother thing when you get someone who's not into our geekiness laughing. My wife thought your video was hysterical. We both got a kick out of watching it last night. Thank you!

On that note, after watching your video, I realized that I had the waist mistransformed on mine and didn't attach the arm storage piece to his back like you did. I took a few additional pics earlier tonight after watching your video.

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=2439&size=0&start=168