The Energon Pub

Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:40 pm

This may have been covered already, but has anyone else noticed that the boxes and instructions for both Soundwave and Soundblaster show them both with their respective guns, but no guns are included with the figures? :???:

Understandably there are, and have been, variations between figures and box "art" but this one bugged me.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:55 pm

I was wondering that. The back of the box even shows a weapon included.

Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:04 pm

Yep, and when I opened Soundwave the instructions featured the same gun. I shot Hasbro an email letting them know, and I've already received two call backs asking me to clarify what was wrong with them and now it's at the hands of the R&D department. Apparently they are going to alter the packaging or add a gun? I guess we'll see, whichever is cheaper I'm sure.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:07 pm

I'm sure it will be small print at the bottom saying "gun not included" if anything at all

Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:10 pm

Most likely. I thought that too, but wondered if and how many complaints they get if it will make a difference.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:29 am

I think it's lame that HasTak has chosen not to fully arm SW as they did in the WFC line. Even more so Prime SW suffered not getting a decent weapon.

I have mentioned this before and perhaps others have too...did you notice the Optimus Prime-like guns both Soundwave and Soundblaster on sporting on the back package? :VEHI:

Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:56 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think it's lame that HasTak has chosen not to fully arm SW as they did in the WFC line. Even more so Prime SW suffered not getting a decent weapon.

I have mentioned this before and perhaps others have too...did you notice the Optimus Prime-like guns both Soundwave and Soundblaster on sporting on the back package?

He actually WAS holding G1 Prime's rifle in the original shots we saw of him. :lol:

Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:57 am

Nemesis Destron wrote:I think it's lame that HasTak has chosen not to fully arm SW as they did in the WFC line. Even more so Prime SW suffered not getting a decent weapon.

I have mentioned this before and perhaps others have too...did you notice the Optimus Prime-like guns both Soundwave and Soundblaster on sporting on the back package?

Very lame, at least the Takara Prime (AM) figures get an Arms Micron.

Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:04 am

And for comparison, the gun featured on the back of the Soundblaster box and the G1 Optimus gun...

SB.jpg

G1 Gun 2.jpg

Big Gun.jpg

Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:18 am

Hasbro just got back to me and advised me that nothing is going to change and I do not have a defective product. No guns are supposed to come along with the figure. Not surprised considering it's a molded blaster from 1984. But it would be nice for them to acknowledge this kind of feedback and at least add "gun not included" as dirk pointed out above.

Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:49 am

Sue them. Its false advertising. If there is no disclaimer, then they're breaking the law

News Credits: 16 · Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:03 pm

If you guys are unhappy with the lack of guns with Soundwave, add some vintage ones. They look great!

Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:15 pm

That looks awesome, good call :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 1 · Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:20 pm

Maybe they could afford to give us complete figures if they started selling some of those magical slave labor tears they have all over the place.

News Credits: 16 · Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:34 pm

Slave labor tears aren't free, you know. Don't you realize how much it costs to bottle that stuff?

Fri Jan 04, 2013 10:22 pm

I just picked this guy up and I have to say he looks really great. I wasn't planning on picking him up, but the pictures just looked so good!

On a side note...my Laserbeak disc doesn't fly out, it gets stuck?

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jan 04, 2013 11:34 pm

It Is Him wrote:If you guys are unhappy with the lack of guns with Soundwave, add some vintage ones. They look great!

Yep....I agree...... I had an extra G-1 Optimus Gun....and it works great.

Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:06 pm

warzon3 wrote:On a side note...my Laserbeak disc doesn't fly out, it gets stuck?

Yep, some of the discs are just slightly too big to fit properly. Much like Laserbeak, Ratbat really required a lot of force to stick into his case (have not tried to put Ratbat in SW's chest, though).

You may have more luck getting Frumble/Renzy or Ravage to fly out, they seem to be slightly easier to push in.

None of them actually seem to autotransform like the packages claim when coming out of SW, though.

News Credits: 12 · Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:38 am

warzon3 wrote:
On a side note...my Laserbeak disc doesn't fly out, it gets stuck?

Same with my Soundblaster. And I had a hell of a time getting it back out. I guess I can't ever put it back in there.

I like the Soundblaster figure itself, but the data disk just seems like a colossal failure: it doesn't eject, it has no feet or legs to stand on, it can't perch on the figure, there's nothing to transform, and it has no posability. It adds almost no value to the figure.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Jan 07, 2013 12:30 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:
warzon3 wrote:
On a side note...my Laserbeak disc doesn't fly out, it gets stuck?

Same with my Soundblaster. And I had a hell of a time getting it back out. I guess I can't ever put it back in there.

I like the Soundblaster figure itself, but the data disk just seems like a colossal failure: it doesn't eject, it has no feet or legs to stand on, it can't perch on the figure, there's nothing to transform, and it has no posability. It adds almost no value to the figure.

I love the Voyager figure, but it seems as though the disks were rushed to get out to market way to fast. A little more time developing a decent product would have been time well spent I think.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Jan 07, 2013 4:04 pm

Guess I can stop searching the trash, packaging, and the floor now.

#$%^@#$$*%$$% !!!!! :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:35 pm

STngAR wrote:Guess I can stop searching the trash, packaging, and the floor now.

#$%^@#$$*%$$% !!!!!

Wow, lol.

Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:07 am

Product and colors may vary. The perfect alibi.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:12 am

Transformers Hoarder wrote:
STngAR wrote:Guess I can stop searching the trash, packaging, and the floor now.

#$%^@#$$*%$$% !!!!!

Wow, lol.

True story. Exact thing happened when I got this as a present. I thought it was stuck with the wrapper somewhere, and looked for it for 10 minutes.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:38 am

gavinfuzzy wrote:
Transformers Hoarder wrote:
STngAR wrote:Guess I can stop searching the trash, packaging, and the floor now.

#$%^@#$$*%$$% !!!!!

Wow, lol.

True story. Exact thing happened when I got this as a present. I thought it was stuck with the wrapper somewhere, and looked for it for 10 minutes.

Smh, that's messed up... lol