Hasbro Asia to Reissue Masterpiece Soundwave in December 2016

Oh goodie.

Great news!

Delta Magnus wrote:I wish Takara would reissue him themselves- from what I hear Hasbro MPs tend to have somewhat wonky QC compared to their Japanese counterparts. Also red eyes vs yellow and the like.

Personal preference I guess.

nycPrime wrote:What awesome news! I'm totally getting this since I missed out on all the others. Any idea what this may go for?

I am thinking 150 or lower. Thats how much Prime was. The original release was 125 for Soundwave, I think so I do expect a bit more than that, but not that much more.

I might get him if the price is good, I have Soundblaster, but not Soundwave. I had passed on the original Takara Tomy Soundwave release because at the time I wasn't sure where the MP line was going and if it was something I would want to collect and only had Hasbro's original Optimus Prime and Skywarp plus TT's Megatron. When I did decide to collect MPs (not long after) I pre-ordered the tapes and hoped TT would do a reissue. When the Hasbro Soundwave first came out I already had the tapes, but it didn't really matter since he never really stayed on the TRU website for long. When TT finally reissued Soundwave it was at a time when money was just too tight to justify buying so I had to pass again. I would honestly prefer Takara Tomy do a third reissue because I think the red visor would look better with the other more cartoon accurate MPs, but I don't know if I want to take the chance.

Emerje

Its so interesting how the YOTG Soundwave actually has a red visor even though its issued by hasbro.

Would make for a great X-mas gift...for me!

I will definitely attempt to purchase this. I promised myself I wouldn't buy a Masterpiece unless it was absolutely awesome. Here he is.

MagicDeath wrote:I will definitely attempt to purchase this. I promised myself I wouldn't buy a Masterpiece unless it was absolutely awesome. Here he is.

yeah i have never owned any of the MP tfs either...on a random day i placed a bid on ebay for all the clear cassettes that came with the the year of the goat? soundwave.....

and for $20ish in cost i have to say these are pretty awesome transformers compared to the G1 cassettes.

If that soumdwave is less than $200 i will try to get him also.

Emerje wrote:I might get him if the price is good, I have Soundblaster, but not Soundwave. I had passed on the original Takara Tomy Soundwave release because at the time I wasn't sure where the MP line was going and if it was something I would want to collect and only had Hasbro's original Optimus Prime and Skywarp plus TT's Megatron. When I did decide to collect MPs (not long after) I pre-ordered the tapes and hoped TT would do a reissue. When the Hasbro Soundwave first came out I already had the tapes, but it didn't really matter since he never really stayed on the TRU website for long. When TT finally reissued Soundwave it was at a time when money was just too tight to justify buying so I had to pass again. I would honestly prefer Takara Tomy do a third reissue because I think the red visor would look better with the other more cartoon accurate MPs, but I don't know if I want to take the chance.

Emerje

For anyone who's forgotten, there was one cassette that had a HUGE deco difference between the TT 2-packs and this Hasbro set: Frenzy.

Takara's Frenzy is colored blue like Frenzy's G1 toy, making him a great representation of Marvel Frenzy, which is important enough to me that bought him and Buzzsaw even after I got this big box 3 years ago. Well, I bought the leftover-part KO 2-pack. And Frenzy had 2 of the same gun. You takes your chances. My wallet leads a stressful life too.

AHEM. My point is, the Hasbro version's "Frenzy" is blue and purple, making him look like Sunbow cartoon Rumble. Now bear in mind, I'm RIR/FIB until I die, but even I reflexively want to call that toy Rumble, necessitating the purchase of the Takara version.

My point is, if you need a toon-accurate Rumble, that might be your deciding factor on buying this box set, not Soundwave's eye-color. This release is a fine UK comic Soundwave, and I might get Takara Soundwave someday too. And a real TT Buzzsaw and Frenzy. Just not anytime soon, because we is getting too much of good things right now.