Unused Classics Soundwave Concept Art

I may be in the minority on this, but I'm glad that didn't make it to the prototype stage. Thats... not a very good design for old Sounders. But that's just my opinion.

Interesting, his head comes out of his upside down butt. 8D

But I can see why they did that, so the minions can pop out of the trunk.

I prefer the nostalgic design of ML Soundwave however... I really do need to get him.

Ultra Markus wrote:they should just make him a cassette player like he used to be
so what if its out dated i would buy it over anything else they made him into
and why don't they do a classics reflector ?

Soundwave is in dire need of a permanent alt mode upgrade. We can't keep hanging on to a casette player forever. In a few generations very few people will even remember casettes at all. I very much like the pictures of Soundwave I have seen as a military communications vehicle and would love for that be the inspiration for his future.

Funny... I was just thinking the other day that with a new head and a paint job the upcoming Classics Ironhide could make a descent updated Soundwave. I'm not sure what came first, but that drawing looks a lot like the Ironhide pictures they've shown us.

This concept art of Don Figueroa is great as always. I just hope that Hasbro will release Soundwave even he will not look like in this concept art.

Thunderscream wrote:I may be in the minority on this, but I'm glad that didn't make it to the prototype stage. Thats... not a very good design for old Sounders. But that's just my opinion.

Agreed.

It's fine that they didn't make that. I've been unimpressed with most modern SoundWaves.

Tekka wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:they should just make him a cassette player like he used to be
so what if its out dated i would buy it over anything else they made him into
and why don't they do a classics reflector ?

Soundwave is in dire need of a permanent alt mode upgrade. We can't keep hanging on to a casette player forever. In a few generations very few people will even remember casettes at all. I very much like the pictures of Soundwave I have seen as a military communications vehicle and would love for that be the inspiration for his future.

You hit the nail right on the head. Soundwave needs a new, long term alt mode. Casettes are really, really old school and are all but forgotten and the boom box designs just aren't relavent any more.

I grew up with and love the old design but we've got to get past the whole retro thing. Let's save the casette player for the Encore releases and get on with it.

We've seen him as a jet which was just OK to me, and now as a Scion-esque car in TFA which IMO is pretty nice. If people aren't feeling these alt. modes, what's next? Maybe the Movie will get it right and give us a proper alt mode for his future uses.

Looking at that design, anyone else think it inspired Classics Ironhide?

they made him into an mp3 player and that is awsome! and got rumble and frenzy headphones ill also be getting animated sw just for lazerbeak guitar but they could make him into tiny little sd card i was also toying with the idea of kitbashing some speakers into squalktalk and beastbox and squalkbox

other alt modes?:
computer with acsessorys,
mobilphone/ blackberry?

AWACS plane would be better than scion b

but realy he could be anything on cybertron he was a friggin lamp post