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News Credits: 5749 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 4:38 pm

Here's the review many of you have been waiting for, Takara Tomy's Transformers Masterpiece MP-13 Soundwave with Laserbeak! Check out the review embedded below by YouTube member thielmj1.

News Credits: 372 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:14 pm

WANT.

The MP-13 looks perfect.

And that "accessory free" Laserbeak is pretty brilliant.

I hope the price will eventually go down. I've taken some heavy hits from customs this month.

Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:29 pm

Can't wait!! Where did he get that Prime from? Doesn't he come out in April?

News Credits: 25 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 6:10 pm

Want, want, want, so much want! :BOWDOWN:

Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:18 pm

Ha ha! Called it! Hands are similar, if not the same, as MP-10.

Cant wait. Soundwave superior!

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 7:37 pm

Very glad I pre-ordered this! He's gonna be on semi-permanent display in my man-cave.

News Credits: 409 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:39 pm

He looks great. Nice review. Not sure if feet are that much of an issue. I don't like that the back of the alt mode has kibble. They could have easily have hidden that all and made it more smooth.

News Credits: 104 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:42 pm

Want.. PLZ take my money right now... Thanks..

Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:49 pm

If i only get one TF this year (witch is probably the case) than this is the one too get. I have no desire too wait for a TRU release on this guy and possibly lose out on an accessory like mini megatron or have it be grey plastic instead of silver paint.

Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:30 pm

This guy is picking the fly **** out of the pepper. That Soundwave is perfect. I wish I had the money to pick that up!

News Credits: 16 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:08 pm

Dollar per dollar, this toy is way, WAY better than MP-10. Better design, better aesthetics, and better accessories. I really don't understand his grievances over its price.

Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:13 pm

it is perfect, but at that price Ill skip it

Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:24 pm

Video is set to private... what gives? Am I the only one who that's happening to?

News Credits: 10 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:36 pm

timcourtois wrote:Video is set to private... what gives? Am I the only one who that's happening to?

Same thing for me... :-(

Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:52 pm

You would be complaining about price too if most of your mps are at the 59-79 dollars range. Optimus, grimlock, Hot rod, thundercracker, skywarp, and starscream are all superior figures with that price range, which I have obtained with very little hassle. Ultr magnus and magatron was the only ones I bought for $120 recently. For soundwave to be 159-189 price range at preorder is insane. Ill wait for hasbro to come out with theirs. Not hat I'm complaining about the price difference, most people prob have never considered spending over a hundred for a toy, thus the complaint. I've considered the past few days about my transformers spending and I do agree with those people that spending over a hundred for a toy is a bit overdoing. But each his own. You have money to spend, do it.

Wed Jan 16, 2013 10:54 pm

By the way, it is better than mp-10, but I got that for 79.99, buy one get one free. So yeah, it is better but price wise, it's not

News Credits: 461 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:07 pm

Awesome! So glad my girlfriend got this for me for Christmas instead of MP Red Alert. hehehe :grin:

News Credits: 5749 · Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:13 pm

The reviewer is making some adjustments to the video. I'll put it back on the frontpage when it becomes available again.

Wed Jan 16, 2013 11:37 pm

Stormrider wrote:He looks great. Nice review. Not sure if feet are that much of an issue. I don't like that the back of the alt mode has kibble. They could have easily have hidden that all and made it more smooth.

In many cases I would agree with the kibble quilms, but on a character such as Soundwave, it doesn't bother me. He's going to be in robot mode any. Cannot wait for U.S. release!

News Credits: 10 · Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:09 am

El Duque wrote:The reviewer is making some adjustments to the video. I'll put it back on the frontpage when it becomes available again.

Thanks!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 17, 2013 5:36 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Very glad I pre-ordered this! He's gonna be on semi-permanent display in my man-cave.

What does it take to be on permanent display in your place? :lol:

News Credits: 11 · Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:15 am

SO GOOD. I neeeeed him!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:52 pm

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Very glad I pre-ordered this! He's gonna be on semi-permanent display in my man-cave.

What does it take to be on permanent display in your place?

LOL! How about more space? :lol:

I'm seriously running out of display real estate here, and most of my collection have to be put on rotation so I can bring out some new figs to display. My MP figs will be on display most of the time, although there will come a time when I'll have bought too many MP figs for my glass shelf to accommodate, and I'll have to put them on rotation as well--hence, semi permanent.

News Credits: 16 · Fri Jan 18, 2013 12:25 pm

For those who thinks $160-$180 (price depending on whether or not it was pre-ordered) is too much for this toy - the reviewer, particularly - is ridiculous.

He had used MP10 Black for comparison (a toy that cost about just as much compared to a far better toy like Masterpiece Soundwave as I have mentioned in my past post) makes his grievances even more puzzling.

He's also overlooking the fact that he's paying for TWO figures, not one - Laserbeak alone worth about $30 (in a two cassette set that typically costs about $60), making MP Soundwave cost about $130 to $150 - that's about the cost of Takara MP Grimlock.

This makes his complaint over the price point pretty WTF since he got Black Convoy. If he's collecting the Takara versions, he should know that's how much they cost by now.