New Galleries: Platinum Edition Year of the Goat Soundwave with Cassettes

He should have come with a transformable sheep.

I keep trying to tell myself that this works for some people, and that to those people, it looks nice, but the more I see it, there's no getting around it: that thing is fugly. Clear and orange? WTF??

Desslok2201 wrote:I keep trying to tell myself that this works for some people, and that to those people, it looks nice, but the more I see it, there's no getting around it: that thing is fugly. Clear and orange? WTF??

Now, if it was white and orange, where the white replaced the clear, I'd be very tempted to buy it. The orange looks great on it. Combined with the clear, however, it does look odd.

i wonder if this will start showing up in say... BBTS or TRU's.... i dont wanna pay a premium to get the sucker.

Soundwave would look much better if he was done up like his Cassettes.

Hasbro didn't use a clear image of the symbol that represents Year of the Goat. From my Google searches, it looks like it's supposed to be the Earthly Branch symbol. If I used the incorrect symbol, please correct me so that I can update the spotlight image accordingly.

Not JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Except those aren't the symbols that Hasbro used on the Year of the Horse package. The symbol they used last year came from the Chinese Zodiac symbols which are different than the actual words.

OK, that's a weird glitch...

Anyway, the character for Sheep 羊 seems to be the closest match, it's just highly stylised I'm guessing. Two disconnected stripes on top, one vertical line and three horizontal.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Anyway, the character for Sheep 羊 seems to be the closest match, it's just highly stylised I'm guessing. Two disconnected stripes on top, one vertical line and three horizontal.

Thanks for your help, JelZe GoldRabbit

Diem wrote:This thing is so mad I actually quite want it now. Obviously not at full price. Maybe if it dips to, like, half price.

I imagine some people will want the vaguely stealth-style Ravage anyway...

My biggest issue with it is the lack of paint on his face shield.

I do like the idea of transparent Masterpiece figures, which is something we've oddly not had prior to YOTG Soundwave. I would be all about a Sons of Cybertron styled MP-10 Convoy or "Lucky Draw" ROTF Leader Class Optimus Prime.

Diem wrote:

Seibertron wrote:
I do like the idea of transparent Masterpiece figures, which is something we've oddly not had prior to YOTG Soundwave. I would be all about a Sons of Cybertron styled MP-10 Convoy or "Lucky Draw" ROTF Leader Class Optimus Prime.

There was Ghost Starscream. I would also like some clear MPs but it might be an engineering issue considering the comparative fragility of transparent plastics. Id' be interested to see how well this one holds together after a few years of ownership.

I forgot about Ghost Starscream. Mine is still holding up just fine. I worry about the translucent parts on the Cassettes more than I do Soundwave. Of particular concern to me are Laserbeak and Buzzsaw, but maybe they're not any more fragile than the regular versions are which I've heard some people have had problems with.

I felt bad for the Linkin Park guys while working on this gallery. I kept thinking ... here's the golden hued paint that your exclusive was supposed to have but somehow was absent in lieu of brown colored plastic. The Linkin Park Soundwave would have looked so much better with a similar shade of gold paint on the toy instead of just plain brown plastic.